Shrimping and Skating

On Saturday, M to to the Izz-A and I took Kake to the Shrimp Festival in Downtown Fernandina Beach. I absolutely love Centre Street because for some reason, while walking along that street, it's easy to pretend that I'm on vacation somewhere far away. And that's what I do, go on imaginary vacations...

Here she is, headed for the festival with enough sunscreen and excitement for the both of us. Please don't be jealous of my hair parting abilities. When ya got it, ya got it. And when ya don't, ya don't. And well, I don't. But like the old saying goes: Blondes with crooked parts have more fun.

Touring one of the coastguard's boats. Not quite a shrimp boat, but close enough.

I enjoyed some of the best shrimp I've ever eaten while Matt chowed down on some crawfish. Rock on dude. I'm all about some lobster tails, crab legs, and fried calamari, but I've got to draw the line somewhere.

I've always been a firm believer that people hear what they want to hear.

What I actually said: Awwww, take a picture of us with this pirate.

What he apparently heard: Awwww, take a picture of us with this pirate's crotch.

It didn't make a difference though, because as you can clearly tell from the photo, Kate was not a fan of the pirates.

Also let it be known that nothing was done to earn the beads...they were handing them out freely!

There's nothing quite like cooling off with a chocolate ice cream cone. Or so I've heard...

Later that afternoon we went to the Roberson triplet's first birthday party at our local skating rink.

I remember going to that same rink was I was a kid and hoping that my mom would just drop me off instead of going in and hanging out while I skated. She never did drop me off and I guess I'm thankful for it now. Although it really cramped my style back in the day because you know I loved playing "We like the cars, the cars that go boom" on the jukebox.

Enjoying their cakes

I thought her hot pink skates were adorable. They were a little big but she didn't seem to notice. She didn't want to take them off.

Hey Matt, Jack Tripper called and he wants his skates back.

Having fun...

...and then she starts in with her favorite phrase as of lately, "Hold me Mommy." I must admit, I don't mind.

Abbi and Adam

Kennedy enjoying her balloon


On the road to our house there is a small field of flowers that Kate points out every time we ride by, so after church on Sunday we stopped to let her play for a while.

The flowers made for some beautiful shots of my love...

I hope you all had a great Monday. I'm off to read a little more of Twilight. I know, a little late to jump on the bandwagon. I finally gave in and decided to read the series to find out what all the hype was about with Edward Cullen. I started reading The Shack a little while back but was having to share the one copy we own with Matt, and let's face it, that's just not practical. You read a page, I read a page, you read a page, I read a page...What are we? In elementary school? So I'm going to read the Twilight series until he finishes.

Have a great week!