We had Thor's 2nd Birthday Party on Saturday. I started taking pictures of the kids when we got there and right as he was about to start opening gifts, my camera flashed an error and would not take anymore pictures!!! This has never happened before!! Here are a few of the kids, pre-party!!! Happy Birthday Thor!! Happy #2!!
Zac and Jordan concentrate on their construction site!!!
Landon is pulling Thor in the wagon while Kayleigh goes whizzing by pushing the car!!
Say Cheese Kayleigh!!!!
Spring Break 2009 will go down in the books as the wettest spring break in history!!! We don't mean that we got wet in the pool, or at the beach or in a wet T-shirt contest! Since we got off last Friday it has rained and rained and rained and, well you get the picture! Above you can see the dam on our property between our two, as of last week, dry ponds. This is the water that is now flowing over the now, filled to the brim ponds.
There was a dry hole there that you could drive completely around??? Watch out tractor under the shed!!
And to the left we have a beautiful waterfall right here in Bristol, Florida, at the Eikeland's.
Cayla is that your house that was by a small dry hole in the ground??? My what a difference a day makes!!!
Pop and Zac try out their new water craft!
John is trying a new irrigation system.....or is that a new aquatic gardening experiment he's working on??? Someone call Epcot!!!
Amanda and Thor hurry home you have a new pond in your back yard! The rain is still coming, it could be even closer by tomorrow!! 
I looked out my window Monday morning.....the one morning so far that it Wasn't raining, and this is what I saw! Zac has been staying with me since Cayla is not off for Spring Break! So I grabbed the camera! I don't remember what those turtles drove.....but an FSU golf cart seems to work pretty well!!
I met the Turtle at the door! "Which one are you?" I asked?
Turtles on the half shell!
Who is that masked man......Really??????
I love enjoying a walk on the beach on a beautiful winter day. We rode down to St. George Island last Saturday and walked on the beach for a little bit. As you can see Zac was getting out some of his energy from the long drive!!! He looks like he's trying out for a role in the next Karate Kid!
Don't you love the feel of the sand between your toes!!
Does this fit together like a puzzle????
This is as far as Rascal got on the beach.
We were sure that this sign did not apply to our little member of the family!!!!
Is that a smile? Let the data show.......teenagers can experience fleeting moments of happiness when surrounded by family and small children!
Me and my Shadow!!!
Thor and cousin Kayleigh just checkin each other out. We tryed to get them to sit still for a picture......ha, ha, these are the pictures we got!! Cute I think!!!
Hey Kayleigh, I think they want to take a picture. Whatdaya think? They're sayin' we should kiss!
I don't know about that!
OK!!! SMACK!!
What was I thinking!! 
Well Thor cooperated for a little while, for Amanda and I to take some pictures of him. Here is one of the shots I got. I'll try to post some more later.
Hello Zac in the windshield of the golfcart!! Big, beautiful, brown, eyes!!
Here we are smelling the toes!! We all have to smell them, then wave our hand in front of our nose and say Peeeeeeuuuuuuu!!!! Of course Thor laughs! Why we do this just to see a baby laugh I don't know.....because they REALLY STINK!! Well, I guess that's why we do it, just to see a baby laugh!
Now that's more like it! I'll smell those toes!! I'll even kiss them!
This afternoon I went on a little outing with my grandson Zac, and my nephews Jordan and A.J. We rode the golfcart's around and explored and played and took pictures. They told me what to take pictures of and I snapped away! Here are some of the highlights of our adventure!
There's nothing like racing barefoot on a dusty dirt road! On your mark.......get set.......
GO!!!!!!!!
I guess you could call this a one sided game of Leap Frog!!! Keep your head down Zac!!
A close up of an unsuspecting grasshopper! We let it go after it's photo shoot!
A.J. set up this shot!
I think these are weeds, but they thought they would make a pretty picture!!! Pretty nice!
The butterflies are everywhere! I stopped and grabbed this shot on the way back! The weather was great and the company entertaining!! Boys and men are just alike.......we had to race on the golfcart's back to the house!! I won't say who won....just that the gas one had the advantage!!!:)
Zac was prepared just in case we lost power!! He had his headlamp ready to go!
And we Did!! Friday night for several hours. We were very lucky, our power came back on just before they called the crews in for the night when the weather got bad. Some people did not get power until the next day.
But just a little power outage didn't stop the Eikeland's from dining! We grilled up some hamburgers in the middle of the downpour! Boy were they good! Candlelight dinner and all. Can someone pass me the ketchup!
Hello to the 1st and 10!!!! Grades that is!! I even got them to act nice for 5 more minutes to take pictures! Taylor has been keeping Zac all summer and I think they are ready for a break from each other.....well I know that she is ready for a break!! I don't know if school is the break she was hoping for, but oh well!!
I can't believe Taylor is in the 10th grade. She made the big transition from Hosford to Liberty County High School last year. The year seemed to fly by, and here she is ready to start her second year of high school!!
I'll be blogging her Sr. year before I know it and she'll be off to college!!
Give me a D....A....W....G.....S!!! Gooooooo DAWGS!!!!!!
Thor enjoyed the beach so much. He was so funny. You couldn't stop him. If he got knocked down by a wave, he got back up or we scooped him up and he'd come back for more. I just loved how he was so determined. He got those little arms up and took off for the water.......leaving his little footprints in the sand! I hope he keeps that little determined attitude through out his life and leaves his mark upon the world, leaving his footprints behind for others to follow.
For those of you that I have heard "are about to scream if I have to look at those toes again"! Here are some new pics!!!! I have learned that traveling, is not for sissies! Don't go more than 1 time zone away from your own, unless you have a whole week to lie around the house and sleep when you get home! And last, but not least pack light! We had a great time......but I'm glad to be home! I love home! I'll post more later!
