Sister Wives on the Beach

I spent this past weekend in Cocoa Beach with Ruby, and my two girlfriends and their kids.


We scheduled and rescheduled this trip already, so the anticipation was high. 
We all arrived to Marissa's family condo by 9pm on Friday night. 
We did it. 
Somehow we even managed to stay up til 2am that night.   


Saturday
The weather was overcast, but warm and the waves were strong.  


Jameson ran around like a dare devil, while Veronica (who by the way threw her back out right when we pulled into the Condo parking lot) ran around trying to catch him.

Marissa and I kept and eye on the other 4...


Sweet Stella slept 
Ruby ate sand 
Colton ate sand too, but in a more sophisticated, "I'm almost 2 and have mastered this" way by using a sea shell as a spoon 
and 
Chloe danced around phasing in and out of joy and despair. 

Sunday
It took us the entire day to repack what we brought and get out of the condo.  
We all arrived safely back in Tampa at 3pm. 
We did it.


Sister wives is the only fitting way to describe our weekend. Because we all pitched in.  It was intense, 
but so much fun. 


BUT, next time either our men are coming with us, or no kids...although, they were pretty irresistible...

Two years

So much has changed in our life over the past 2 years...

Married

New house

New baby

I am 30

We are actually settled in to life (I think) 

Not sure which "new thing" contributed to this new found satisfaction, but I would like to think everything culminated this feeling. 

For those that know me, know that I always say "these are the times of our life". The pictures and memories we take and make now will be the ones we hold so dear as we grow old.  

Ruby will look back at these days and say "wow, my parents were normal people...they were young once too." 

But she won't really understand until she gets to that stage of her own life.   

Funny thing about life, everything you hear over and over again from more "experienced" folks is true.  Time flies, especially the older you get, your kids magically become the light of your life, etc. 

So here we are, time is flying and these are the days I want to hold on to.  

Happy 2 year Anniversary Aaron baby, I love you.

How we got here

So just to recap the past few years, and then fast forward to the present.

KristaSparkmanPhotography

Preservatives

Good day all, I am here to preserve. Now that I have a living calendar (my kid), I've noticed life is whizzing by. Hopefully this will prove to be an efficient way to track our life, and also to serve as an outlet for day to day insanity.  I will reminisce, vent, amuse, and proclaim. So, with out further ado, let the preserving commence.