Pics of the Family

If You Are Going to Play, Play Fair

Landon loves to play putt putt. We all know that if we go anywhere there is a miniature golf course, we are going to have to play it at some time or another or be harrassed by the little man. The thing about Landon is is that he is very competitive when it comes to sports in general and that includes putt putt. When we went to the beach in November of last year, I dominated the course. This really upset Landon. Not only to lose, but to lose to HIS MOTHER. This time, Landon wanted to play and he didn't care if there was a line to China and if the temperature was 105 degrees, he was going to play and win. It started off like usual, James in first, me, Landon then Logan. Logan has a hard time playing putt putt and texting at the same time, so of course his game is not what it use to be. I don't worry too much about James. Eventually all of his gloating about being in first place comes back to bite him in the butt and he starts missing the easy shots. I really wasn't trying to hard this time either. It was 10:30 at night, I was sleepy, sweating and plain irritated by waiting on this very slow group that was ahead of us. They acted like they had never been to a putt putt course before in their life. They took their time watching each other putt (all 8 of them) and then cheering if any of them made it in the hole at 3 putts. This was a par 2 course. I don't think they understood what that meant. Anyway, we played. James kept score. When he announced that he was still winning, Landon was a little perturbed. I think you can tell that in the first pic. The second pic shows just how over it Logan was. He was like me, he could have cared less and it was so darn hot. In that pic, James isn't smiling because he never smiles until the picture is over. He just can't get it timed right. The third pic is Landon and James adding up the score. Landon is the self profressed (and yeah, he is) math genius and just really didn't trust his dad's adding abilities. So he was double checking. Ended up James won, then Landon, then me and then Verizon Wireless' favorite customer. James was gloating, which was to be expected. We had a cure for that though. As soon as we got in the truck, Landon, Logan and I all high fived each other and announced that the "Plan" worked. James was confused, of course. We told him we let him win. We had planned on playing poorly just to let him have this one win. The gloating stopped. Just so you know, we didn't plan anything, but if it makes our poor loser self feel better and make James wonder about his win, it is so worth it.

Well, It Sure Does Get Wet Out Here

We are steadily making our way out of the ocean. I keep asking James and the boys do they feel ok. They assure me all is well. We finally make it past the sea wall (which is just a few rocks to break the waves coming into the inlet) and they are getting a little wet. Not too bad. Laughing and carrying on with all kinds of excitement. The further out we go, the bigger the waves get. Up to 6 ft waves. No kidding. The boat was tossing and turning and we were soaked. I wish I could have got some better pics, but I had to eventually put the camera away for fear of messing it up and for the fact that my eyes were about to burn out of my head. My contacts were hard and threatening to pop out at any second. Couldn't have that. I can't see two feet in front of me without them. I needed to be able to see should I have to start some nursing duties with my boys. (that includes James) I figured I needed to be able to see should the boat capsize too. I want to be well aware of what was swimming toward me. The picture I did get of the waves was as we came back in the inlet wall. James has some on his phone of how high the waves were. You can tell by the boys expressions they were none too happy! The boat company usually will reschedule your ride if you can't see dolphins. They actually gave our money back because they admitted when they got us into dock that they should have never taken us out that far in the ocean with the approaching storm that was coming. I knew something was up and told James that when the captain kept talking on his radio and looking up in the sky. When he actually hightailed it back into the inlet and announced that because of the waves the dolphins wouldn't come up, we knew there was more to it. There was. Thankfully, we got our 85 dollars back.

All to See the Dolphins

We decided to go on the boat tour from Murrell's Inlet to the ocean (about two miles out past the inlet area) to see the dolphins. Now, the boys and James have never been on a boat in the ocean. I had told them that it gets a little rough past the inlet wall so be sure not to overeat or anything. I really didn't want them to be puking overboard on some sweet dolphins head, but I was prepared to hold back hair (Logan), wipe a forehead (James) or rub a back (Landon) should the need arise. Here are some pics as they are getting ready to board the boat and on the boat. They are thinking everything is great. Wait til the next post.

BIG HAIR and a LITTLE HUMIDITY

Ok, so we go on this boat to go and look at dolphins. (I will actually be posting that story soon with PICS!!) Logan decides that we need to sit near the back of the boat. I am good with whatever. I am just like let's get the show on the road. It's only 110 degrees outside and I am sweating like a bull. (I usually don't sweat!) Low and behold as we were sitting there waiting for the boat to get going, this guy, YEAH, THAT IS A GUY, comes on the boat and sits a couple seats ahead of us. I can't even begin to believe his hair. What made it worse is the guy looked just like Napolean Dynamite from the front. Wish I could have taken a picture of him from the front, but I didn't want to be TOO obvious. Plus, between James laughing so loud and both boys scrambling for their cell phones to take pictures of this guy's hair, I figured I better take what I could get.

Landon and His Birthday

Landon's birthday was the 24th of July. Right in the middle of the vacation week. We took time out to have a little party. I do have a video of him cutting his cake and me singing to him, but I haven't figured out how to turn it right side up yet and post it on here. It may have to be posted onto Youtube whenever I get it edited. He wanted to go to the Hard Rock Park and that is what we did (terribly overpriced!). He rode his first roller coaster (the Led Zepplin) and it was huge. We bought the video of that because his expressions were priceless. That will also go on You tube whenever I figure out how to save it to my computer (help Kailee!) and upload it to there. I think if I send it in to America's Funniest Home Videos it will probably help pay for college. Don't get too excited thinking James and I went all out to surprise our little man with balloons on his big day. Those were the neighbors and we figured what the hey. We took him outside and let him look at them. We did order the fab cake from Priceless Desserts (I know its small but that cost me 20 bucks) and it was wonderful. It was layered pound cake and icing. Kind of like a wedding cake taste to it, but it was yummy.

James in Shorts and Shirtless

James doesn't like to wear shorts too much because of his psorasis. I say be thankful you have two legs. I don't like to see my fat butt in a bathing suit either, but hey, I could be dead. We have a lot to be thankful for, so what if we aren't perfect. One day, we will be. Right now, I want to live my life to the fullest, fat and all. We have eternity to roam around in Heaven being perfect.

What is a little inconvience now?