July 02, 2009

Summertime at the Talbots






Summertime means barbecues, baseball games, swimming and late nights visiting on the porch with family. Our sweet Ava is loving the summer. She is already more tan than I am. She is dressing herself everyday (mostly in dresses...). She usually doesn't match, but we love her all the same. We just embrace her own little sense of fashion. Here are some cute pictures of a rainy summer here at our house. Note- Ava really does pick out her own clothes- literally!

FLORIDA!!






Chad and I had one crazy month this June! Every week was just PACKED with so much going on. We LOVE the summer time and are definitely taking advantage of this warm weather. Along with swimming, hiking and playing at the park, Chad and I were able to take a little vacation to Orlando. Chad's really good friend Matt was married in Florida a few weeks ago, so we went to support Matt and Mallary. Of course, the perks of going to Florida were well worth the trip! We had a BLAST! It was an amazing getaway for me and Chad. We started in Orlando and went up the coast. We stopped in Cocoa Beach, Daytona Beach and Jacksonville. Chad and I traveled pretty chill. We just took it a day at a time and booked our hotels along the way wherever we wanted to stop for a night. Most of our hotels were right on the beach, so we lucked out! We were so happy with everywhere we ended up. We were feeling pretty spontaneous and crazy by our lack of planning but we loved every minute of it.It just added to the excitement! There was plenty of night swimming (the hotel pools were all open 24 hours a day) and amazing sunsets.Florida is beautiful. It was so green and the trees were so dense. We loved it there. Along with all of the beaches and relaxing, the wedding was beautiful and the reception was so much fun! It went way too fast. But we went without Ava, so it was very nice to come home to our baby. We missed her so much! We are grateful for Lisa (Chad's mom) who took really good care of her while we were gone. So here are some pics of our little trip.