A few more Florida pictures I love...

We were only there five days and I took over 1600 pictures. It was a wonderful trip. Here are a few more I just love.

The Jacksonville Zoo

Here are just a few of the pictures we took at the Jacksonville Zoo.

At the Beach

I took about 500 pictures of the girls at the beaches while we were in Florida. I could not stop taking pictures so I would never forget how awesome it was. I swear Kalli looks like a teenager in these pictures. All of us sure loved the ocean. It was amazing to see them play in the ocean. I wish we lived by water.

Super Family

We were lucky to get some lower priced tickets to Great American through Neil's work. We totally surprised the girls. It was a great day. Kaya won us all CAPES so we could be a SUPER FAMILY. It was awesome. Neil and I were the only adults wearing capes that day at the park, and I LOVED IT. I do have a super family.

We love Florida!

The girls and I came down to visit my best friend Shannon. We have had the best time. I have taken over 800 pictures in just three days. Here are just a couple that Shannon uploaded to our husbands from our SUPER FUN day at Sea World and then Dinner with Mickey.

Of course she had our four kids in coordinating tie die shirts. Tomorrow she has new LIFE IS GOOD shirts for all of us to wear. It has just been wonderful and the girls are LOVING on her new baby girl. I wish we lived closer to them because LIFE IS GOOD with the Beckham family.

Lucky

When I see this in the morning, I realize how simply LUCKY I am to live my life. They share a bed ALL SUMMER. Not just a room, most days, they fit into one or the other's twin bed snuggled all into each other. I love when they do this.

Happy Father's Day Neil!

The girls love any reason to celebrate, so you bet they loved Father's Day. I loved both of these pictures so much.

Softball Rocks

Oh I am always so sad to see the softball season end. Here are a few shots of Kaya's first year (she was soooo cute - it looked like her uniform was eating her she was so small - she was by far the smallest kid on the team) and some of Kalli who was an AMAZING catcher this year. How I love coaching them. I wish my Mom was there on the sidelines because she really would have loved watching them both play.

Kaya Graduated

And it was awesome. Well, it rained so we had to move it all inside and it was hot and we had too many people in a small place, but it was still awesome. She was so proud and said her part in the poem nice and loudly. She looked incredible, too. She was so proud and so happy. She kept asking me to take more pictures. I loved it. I love anything that celebrates life and accomplishments. Here are some pictures....

I was so lucky to have been her Pre-K teacher for 187 wonderful days.

I cannot even imagine

the pain a mother goes through when she buries her child. My friend Val has a dear friend and neighbor who lost a 16 year old daughter on Monday. She was in a car accident in the rain on Memorial Day and she died as a result of her injuries after a week of intense surgeries at the hospital. She was a twin. So she left behind her best friend and sister of 16 years and an older sister.... I simply cannot imagine. So, I offered to help my friend Val prepare for the wake which is tomorrow. For about the last 24 hours I have scrapbooked non-stop with the help of about 30 teens for a few crazy hours last night. I took it all home afterwards and worked on it all day today. I created a four foot by eight foot wall (using a huge sheet of foam from Lowes) of the FRIENDS pages that ended up one of the most incredible things ever. To see that many pages set up like that was just amazing.

I also trimmed a 3' x 3' foam piece for another board and used three nice boards the funeral home provided. I put a few pictures in frames, too. It is all in page protectors (with the holes trimmed off) and the page protectors are glued to the boards. This way, after the funeral, we just slip out all 58 12 x 12 pages and put them into a binder Val has purchased so the family will have it forever. I hate that this family has to do this tomorrow. I hate it. I hate that their daughter is gone forever because of rain on a road at 2 PM on a Monday. I hate that all of their lives changes forever in that one instance. It all just makes me so sad. I pray they find some comfort somehow.