Rider Family Vacation- St. Simons GA 2011

We took our first family vacation last week to St. Simons GA. We went to Gulf Shores last summer with the day side of the family, but this was our first family vaca by ourselves. (3 muskateers) We met up with our good friends the Moody's at the beach. They stayed at this hotel last year and told us what a great time they had. We packed up on Tuesday (the day after the 4th and headed out early). The trip was not bad with Mickey movies and naps. It seemed to go pretty quickly. (I wish we had all this technology when I was younger) We got down to St. Simons around 2pm. The Moody's stayed in the room down the hall. They have 3 adoreable girls, Mary Madeline (4), Hendley (3) and Clara Jack (1 1/2). Lee coaches with Matt at Harrison. We took Kennedy onto the beach later that afternoon and needless to say she loved it! As I have said before Kennedy loves the water. She has no fear. She takes off running to the waves and jumps right into the pool. Its almost scary because she doesn't realize any fear. Went spent most of the mornings at the beach and afternoons at the pool. Kennedy was getting some more teeth. (Actually it just broke through last night) So she was a bit cranky. She always seems to be very irritable and moody 1-2 weeks before the teeth break through. Anyways she still had a blast. Whenever she saw the waves or the water she had to be in them. She got tumbled a couple times, because she would sit right down in the water. The first day she ate some sand and licked the shovel a couple times. I think she finally realized she didn't like that gritty taste. We ate alot of seafood, relaxed by the pool and rode bikes. We also met up with our friends the Slattery's for dinner one night. They now live in Camden County which was really close. Kennedy got the cutest little tan (even though I coated with her with 50) By the end of the day she was so worn out after all the excitment. She did not really dig sleeping in the pack in play 5 days in row and towards the end was letting us know in the middle of the night. I also think the teeth had something to do with that. Luckly we were able to nap a bit when she did during the day. The hotel was the perfect location. Walking distance to resturants and ice cream. Which we enjoyed on a nightly basis. St. Simons is such a quiet and friendly place to vacation with kids. On the final night we rode bikes that we rented. Kennedy thought that this was great. Every time Lee stopped she started kicking him or grunting for him to keep going.We came back on Sunday. KK slept majority of the morning and then returned to watching Minnie's boutigue upon awakening. We had a great time and think we have found our family vaca spot for future trips. I took a ton of pics, since this was Kennedy's first time at the beach. I can't believe how independent and big our little doodle bug is getting! Hope you enjoy!

Kennedy enjoying Milk and Cheerio's-The hotel had Disney Channel. YEAH!!!BEACH TIME!!!!

Walks on the Beach

Tried to take Family Pic...Kennedy was not having itRiding BikesGoofing Around Before Bed Time

July 4th 2011

We laid low on July 4th. Went over to Ashely's for BBQ and fireworks. The next day we headed out early to St. Simons for our family vacation. So much fun!!! Next entry...

ROUND 2-Tubes & Tear Ducts

As many of you might know or I think I have posted before. Kennedy had tubes put in her ears and her tear ducts opened back in January. Well since that surgery we have been going to check ups at the ENT.It seemed that her right ear tube was clogged. So after months of revisits and ear sound checks we decided to do tubes again. As if that wasn't enough, her eyes started watering really bad again. So last week Kennedy went back to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and we redid both. The ENT said that her right ear had completely kicked her tube out and the ear drum had closed back up. Basically it was just hanging out in there. The left ear tube was starting to work its way out. The eye doctor put 2 stints in her tear ducts to keep them open. We have to go back in 8 weeks to get them taken out. The doctors said some children's bodys react this way. The body does not like foreign objects and rejects them. Anyways, it was so hard putting her to sleep again. I loose it every time. She had a harder time coming out of the anethsia this time too. I think since they had to put her alseep for a tad bit longer. She was not a happy camper. We came home and she pretty much slept all day. She had a runny bloody nose and some bruising under her eyes, but by the next day she was fine. So far everything seems to be working. (fingers crossed) She is such a little trooper and is never unhappy. We are so blessed that this is the most of our worry's. Childrens Healthcare is great. We are fortunate to be so close to an excellent pediatric hospital!

Pool Time

We have been frequent pool goer's recently. We let her ride in our laps on the way up to the pool and daddy even lets her drive sometimes. Now she thinks whenever we get in the car she can drive. We might have created a problem. Kennedy loves the water and has no fear. She will not think twice about stepping off the edge. We can't take our eyes off her. She is a great kicker and is starting to blow bubbles. Except when she sucks the water in and it goes up her nose. She hates that. At night we eat popsicles on the back porch and let her play in her backyard pool before tubie time. She loves to run through the sprinkler and giggles when it catches her. Here are some pics of pool time.

Harrison Hoyas LAX State Runners Up

Well Daddy's LAX team made it to the state championship, but lost to Walten. We are so proud of the Hoyas and all they accomplished this year. This was daddy's first year being head coach of the LAX program. He did a great job. We are so thankful to the Harrison LAX booster club and how sweet they were to us this year. We are looking forward to a great season next year!

Easter Sunday

We had a great Easter Sunday. The easter bunny came and brought KK an easter basket filled with books, bubbles, bows and easter eggs with puffs inside. She also got a ladybug beach chair for our vacation. We went to church with Kelly and Michael and my side of the family. Then went back to grandmommy and granddaddy's and had Ham with all the fun easter sunday sides. We then had an easter egg hunt in the back yard. Kennedy did a great job picking up her easter eggs. She wanted to open them all as she picked them up, so she could eat the puffs out of each one. Her basket was a little big this year, but will come in handy for future easters.

GO HOYAS!