Our First Family Vacation

The four of us went on our very first family vacation together. We went to our new beach house in Destin. I have to be honest, Jeremy and I were a little apprehensive about how much "vacation" it was going to be without the help of Maymie or Grandmama, but it was surprisingly relaxing. We had a really great time and we can't wait to go back!Kingston shows off his new swimsuit.
Kingston does a little jig in his new swimsuit. He is so excited to go to the pool.

Kingston rides the carousel at a little kiddie amusement park.

This is Solomon's favorite place, in the backpack.

Kingston and I snuggle

Solomon on the beach

Kingston on the beach

Solomon in his big hat. He hated it and constantly tried to pull it off, but I loved it.

Kingston sat on a phonebook on a "big chair" and ate his cereal.

Adventures in Motherhood!!

So today I guess I had several more adventures of motherhood. We met our friends the Sharpes for lunch at McDonald's in Green Hills because they have a huge play area. Kingston is usually pretty well behaved except every week he gets to the top of the play area and can't get down. For the most part though he gets along really well with the other kids. Today, however, I heard him scream his high-pitched, ear-piercing, "I'm mad" scream, and I looked just in time to see him slap at another little boy who was about 3. I yelled "Kingston Thomas Pharr!" and asked what happened. He said "that boy hit me in the face". I proceeded to give him the motherly speech about how that little boy didn't mean to and he shouldn't ever scream at or hit anyone else. So I followed Kingston over to where the little boy was standing and Kingston looked at him and said "I'm sorry". The little boy proceeding to kick Kingston in the knee. We gathered up our stuff and left.

We were in Green Hills and I have been meaning to stop and get some Estee Lauder lipstick for about 2 months, so I decided now was a convenient time. I broke my rule of trying not to take both of the kids anywhere that it is inappropriate for them to scream. I got my lipstick without any incident, but I pushed my luck. I saw a rack of dresses for $29 and decided to take a look. I'm browsing and I hear "I'm hiding from you" and I look...Kingston has escaped from the stroller. He is in the middle of a rack of clothing peeking at me from behind dresses. I go over to get him and he is laughing and runs to the other side of the rack where I can't reach him. We do this little dance for about a minute and I say "Fine. Solomon and I are leaving". Kingston proceeds to come outside of his hideout and knocks over the WHOLE 2 iron racks and sends dresses flying in a 6 foot radius. Humiliated, I set the racks up and put all the dresses back on.

I keep pushing my luck. I go to the dressing room. By this time, Solomon is screaming and Kingston spots himself in the mirror. Any of you that know Kingston know that he has no version of an inside voice, so he is talking to himself and laughing at his own replies in the mirror. When I come out of the dressing room, there were about 7 women standing in the vicinity staring at me. You know those scenes in movies when someone walks into a bar and everyone stares? It was like that. I'm pretty sure that we could be heard all over the Green Hills Macy's store.

I learned my lesson.

Easter

The Pharr Family came over to our house for Easter lunch. We had a great time. Everyone made it except for Shane and Amanda. Caleb and Caden were sick, and we really missed them. Of course, we made pictures and the kids had an Easter egg hunt in the backyard.Xander, Sharon, Zach, Jeremy, Solomon, Paisley, Phill, Kingston, me, Tara, Brian, Lacy and Phillip

Kingston, Xander, and Paisley get ready to hunt eggs

They're off!

Zach, Sharon, and Phill. Zach just got back from a mission trip to Guatemala on Saturday, so he wasn't up for a lot of eating or dressing up!

Lacy and Phillip

Tara, Xander, Paisley and Brian

My sweet family

Happy Easter!

Solomon got new sunglasses in his Easter basket

So many kids...

Saturday night some friends from church came over for pizza. We had so much fun, but combined we all have 9 kids!! I had to line them up for a photo shoot! They are: Maddox Sharpe, Keaton Sharpe, Will Flanigan, Solomon, Kingston, Abigail Johns (it may actually be Ansley...I can't tell), Weston Sharpe, Sophie Flanigan, and Ansley Johns (or Abigail).

Adleigh's Party

Saturday my family got together to celebrate Adleigh's 5th birthday. Adleigh is my sister's youngest daughter. She is hilarious and so creative. She wanted everyone to dress up as a movie character. We had so much fun. Only Adleigh could throw such a great party!!Adleigh is a princess
Autumn watches while Adleigh blows out her candles

Cousin Paula with sweet Solomon

Jeremy, Adleigh's dad dressed up as Batman....his bat ears never stood up straight though

Granny Jo and Adleigh

Kingston went at Bob the Builder

Dad and J-Daddy, Adleigh's 2 grandfathers both dressed as pirates

Great Great Aunt Mimi and Kingston (she went as Wendy, Bob's other builder)

Twyla was Cruella DeVille!

Uncle Dean and Aunt Barbara

Mom was Fiona...I think she should've won the award for best costume!

Jeremy, me, Ben and Lacy went as Fred, Velma, Shaggy and Daphne from Scooby Doo. Autumn was the Scooby Doo Mummy!!

Jeremy and Rachel as Batman and Catwoman

The Scooby Doo gang

Future Professor?

Kingston dressed in his blazer and bowtie on Sunday. It was too cute not to share.

The Smiths Visit The Pharrs

Our good friends, Micah and Amy Smith came to visit for the weekend with their kids, Ella who is 3 years old, and Jonah who is 4 months old. We hadn't seen them in a year, so we were so excited about visiting and Kingston and Ella playing together. We had a great weekend, which was unbelievably relaxing considering all of the children that were running around.

All the kids together. Poor Jonah and Solomon!

Solomon and Jonah

Solomon kept eyeing Jonah's ears like he wanted to grab them...see the next picture.

Ella, Amy, Jonah, and Micah

Ella was showing out for the camera while eating her cheese dinner

Kingston and Ella playing in the playroom. Kingston is zooming his cars on the table. Ella has a "baby" wrapped in a blanket and is packing fruit in a basket for a picnic. A few minutes later, Ella had a blanket and Kingston was following her every command carrying the baby and fruit basket.

Kingston plays on his "Bob the Builder laptop commuter"

The playroom was completely destroyed at the end of the day

Playing in the playroom