this wonderful week,

Taylor and Morlynn came home from camp, both with best camper awards for their ages. So, they were both beaming with pride. The babies (and mom) were happy to have big brother home. Things have been back to normal, except daddy's home too. The funniest thing Trevor said this week? He has decided that his name is Trevor-the-Daniel. So, Dad asked, "Does that mean that Jewel's name is Jewel the Ann?" Trevor got a serious look on his face and said, "No, dad, she is Jewel the Bean." =) This week has been fantastic. The beach trip went wonderful, glad I brought toys and food. We even managed to go kidless for most of one day, which was good for us in ways we didn't anticipate. No one got a sunburn. I took 250 pictures and still feel like I missed the best shots. And we had plenty of time to read and think. I mean, think about one thing at a time. Now, thanks to some old magazine articles I didn't get to read until now and my husband's curiosity, I have a hundred things to "look up". Which I can only pretend to be annoyed by. Now, we all returned Thursday. So, why didn't I post any captions with our beautiful vacation pics? Because, Agent Courageous, codename "the mom", has been fully involved in two simultaneous "situations". Facing off against the nefarious Captain Clickypants and his messed up computer, while trying to get ahead of the Maniacal Mayhem Siblings and their mysterious messing house. She has resolved the messed up computer and imprisoned Captain Clickypants. The Maniacal Mayhem Siblings have been temporarily sequestered to the far reaches of the mimi's (8 minutes away, one in each direction), but this is only a lull in the ongoing battle. But, at this point (especially with the move a month away), let's face it, if a messy house is my biggest problem, I am doing fantastic. So, here are the captions. Well, they are in order, but I skipped some of the pictures. You can have fun guessing where they go, or write your own... 1.Are you really going to drink that? 2.MMM, black cherry makes beach smoothies mo' bettah... 3.Oh, I am gettin' me some of that... 4.MMM, yummy! 5.Note to self, never wear that again... 6.F R E E, that spells free...Jellybean loves those commercials... 7.ARGG! 8.AAAAH! Mommy's unplugged. What is this pencil and paper crap about? 9.Take me back to the beach, or I'll do it! 10.Bubble time! 11.POP! 12.Daddy thinks he's so smart. I've known how to climb on a chair since sister was born... 13.Where could Trevor be? 14.Running away.... 15.Running back... 16.The biggest water beetle I've ever seen... 17.It almost got squished in the roadway. 18.Art time!!! 19.Beautiful!! 20.Are they hugging or wrestling? 21.More beauty! 22.Daddy's "rocket". 23."Wawa" 24.She loves it! 25.lovely overcast weather 26.the "tower" 27.patient daddy... under, breathe, under, breathe... 28.it did pay off, she put her face in the water later... 29.his royal hieny gets to play dirty! 30.mmmm. icecream! 31.we got all tatted up, like any good pirates! 32.We made a brief stop at the nascar Mecca. 33.super safe! 34.in the deep end! 35.sharing popcorn at the track! 36.Trevor fixed my hair, thanks! 37.we stayed out too late! 38.Last call, digging to the end. Special thanks to Mimi and Big Daddy!!!

the wayward son returns with his own treasure...

And, his room, just the wreck, I mean way, he left it.

we be through plunderin', here be the treasure...

Originally, I posted this with no captions. But, a change of templates made the pics go haywire. So I am copying the captions from the post I made later. (long, boring story) I had to add more text (not your problem, i know) so the captions are really just scattered in. So, here are the captions. Well, they are in order, but I skipped some of the pictures. You can have fun guessing where they go, or write your own... 1.Are you really going to drink that? 2.MMM, black cherry makes beach smoothies mo' bettah... 3.Oh, I am gettin' me some of that... 4.MMM, yummy! 5.Note to self, never wear that again... 6.F R E E, that spells free...Jellybean loves those commercials... 7.ARGG! 8.AAAAH! Mommy's unplugged. What is this pencil and paper crap about? 9.Take me back to the beach, or I'll do it! 10.Bubble time! 11.POP! 12.Daddy thinks he's so smart. I've known how to climb on a chair since sister was born... 13.Where could Trevor be? 14.Running away.... 15.Running back... 16.The biggest water beetle I've ever seen... 17.It almost got squished in the roadway. 18.Art time!!! 19.Beautiful!! 20.Are they hugging or wrestling? 21.More beauty! 22.Daddy's "rocket". 23."Wawa" 24.She loves it! 25.lovely overcast weather 26.the "tower" 27.patient daddy... under, breathe, under, breathe... 28.it did pay off, she put her face in the water later... 29.his royal hieny gets to play dirty! 30.mmmm. icecream! 31.we got all tatted up, like any good pirates! 32.We made a brief stop at the nascar Mecca. 33.super safe! 34.in the deep end! 35.sharing popcorn at the track! 36.Trevor fixed my hair, thanks! 37.we stayed out too late! Mimi and Big Daddy were calling us from the patio here, when they learned that their granddaughter was actually a boy! That was two weeks before he was born, and about 3 weeks after Mimi had purchased the beautiful pink crib set that I picked out. Go figure. Luckily we got to use it eventually. I have hours of video of Trevor at one, running on the beach naked. And although there weren't waves this time. I did get to body board while pregnant with both babies. Hopefully, there will be waves in September. Jewel was not afraid of the waves nearly enough to stay safe. But, Trevor wouldn't go near them. That is more strange when you see the pictures of him playing happily in the waves last year. We always have more fun with the kids. But, Taylor and Morlynn are at camp. Before they were old enough for camp, they were the inspiration for pirate stories and treasure hunts. In fact, the first time I went on the Lawhon family Daytona vacation, Trent's family drew a treasure map and made up a story to trick Taylor. Even including the waiter at the restaurant. He told the then, 4 yo, that a pirate had stopped by with this map and a message for him. From then on, my son was a pirate and the battles with Billy Bones have been ever changing. Including a year the he was actually, really scared. And, last year Billy Bones stole the treasure back right from Taylor's room at home. Then, we found it again on the beach. When we go back in Sept. Taylor will go, and I am sure Billy Bones will visit too. Taylor and Morlynn used to watch every light off the coast at night, as if any one of them could be a pirate ship. And, Big Daddy's stories didn't help calm such fears. Morlynn even skipped a year, because the treasure hunt night was too scary. I was a little disappointed that no pirates appeared this time. It will be fun to see what Trevor thinks of the hunt, now that he can understand the ideas behind it. Another atypical tidbit about this year is that usually the sisters and their hubbies are with us too. But, they couldn't make it this time. In general, it is difficult to keep Trevor with us when his Mimi and Big Daddy are around. Thank goodness they have to work sometimes or I might never see him. 38.Last call; digging to the end.