TJ's bday, Disney, Legoland!

TJ's bday was in February....so this is late. He is now 7 years old and doing great in 1st grade homeschooling. He is excellent at our homeschool group CC. He learns really well with songs and has made some great friends there. For TJ's bday, we went to Disney with my parents.  We also went to Legoland with some of our CC friends. And then we had friends over for pizza and cake a different day. So, what a special birthday he had!! We love our TJ!!! Nathaniel is super cute saying his name. Its nice and easy for a 1 year old to say.

 A huge banyan tree!! Its branches grow to the bottom and make like another stump...so all of those stumps are actually from the same tree. Its amazing!

Our little man, Nathaniel!!!

Our little guy as we like to call him is growing up so quickly.  He loves to be a big kid like his siblings. His language is quite good...he always surprises me when I understand him.  Our neighbor has been dogsitting for their friend for 3 months now and we have been enjoying the dog quite a bit. We walk the dog quite a few times a week with them.  The dog is a 14 year old black lab and it is so calm and sweet. Nathaniel was nervous around it the first few times, but now will hold the dog's leash and "walk" the dog. He loves it. And does not want to take turns with the other kids. He thinks he is soo big!  He also figured out how to ride Abigail's scooter.  He can ride it down our driveway which has a slight downhill. Nathaniel also got a real haircut from Kevin. Kevin had trimmed the bottom of his hair a little before, but actually got it all trimmed up the other day. He looks so big!

Enjoy the pics!

Gators, gators, gators!!!

So I grew up in Florida and don't remember seeing any alligators. But, I have now lived here 8 months and have seen 3 alligators up close. The boys went alligator hunting in February with Kevin and a Christian group on the base land, but they did not catch an alligator.  So the boys went again with Kevin last Thursday and the men on base who are experienced in alligator hunting and they caught an 8 foot alligator.  So, they stopped at our house to show us it before they took it to a place to get the meat and skin. 

Last Saturday, we went to a state park here...I can't believe we did not take our friend from Ohio on a hike at this park.  I guess she will have to come back for more Florida adventures. We saw a little 3 foot alligator on our hike.  That is when I actually said that alligators can be cute, but only when they are still and sunning themselves and 3 feet long.

Then on Sunday, we were driving home from church and we spotted an alligator sunning itself by the little pond by the entrance to our neighborhood. So the kids and I went and took some pics.