Fernandez Family Reunion

Earlier in July we had our annual Fernandez Family Reunion weekend down in Port Aransas.  We look forward to this trip every year, I just love it!  The first night we had a 4th of July party on the beach, complete with matching Patriotic T-shirts

Cora spent the majority of the party rearranging these flags.  She was enamored with them.  

We were there from Wednesday to Sunday so we had a lot more beach time this year than usual and the weather was beautiful.  Cora had the best time and even flew her first kite!  Monica brought a bunch of them and taught her how.  She also learned how to say, "kite."  

We also had our annual July birthday celebration which is always a good time.  This year Tio Bullie was included as well because he celebrated a big one  . . .

Cora found a new best friend in Alyssa's fiancé, Matt.  She was all about playing with him in the sand.   

He was such a good sport.  Even when she was knocking down all of his creations. 

                         

She also had a crew working for her in the ocean.  

At least she paid in a lot of sweet hugs. 

And when she finally fell asleep, 

Sawyer took over, just livin' it up . . .

And here is the whole group, followed by some unintentional entries for the next Awkward Family Photo book. . .

And this one is perhaps the most awkward of all, but certainly the most joyous!!  

Little baby P, due to arrive in January!! We are thrilled!! I cannot believe that we get to do this all over again.  A whole new batch of amazingly precious moments for our family.  Please pray for us and our new baby :)  

"4th" of July Weekend

Last weekend was our second annual 4th of July weekend trip to Galveston.  It wasn't technically in Galveston, or on the 4th, but we still pretended like it was.  And the patriotism was brought to a whole new level by Molly, Andrew, Joe and Casey. They were not messing around!  I was so excited that they were able to come this year!  

We had a wonderful house right on the beach, but we didn't get to enjoy the location as much as we had hoped because we were pretty much rained out the whole time.  Luckily, the four little girls provided PLENTY of entertainment.  

We had a small window of nice weather when we got there, so we headed straight for the water.  I expected Cora to be a bit timid at first, but she totally went for it and was in love.  Instant beach bum. I am blaming Abigail for this surge in bravery. Cora was her little shadow the whole time.  

Sweet Sawyer Beth loved the ocean too.  

We spent a lot of time just lounging around the house and playing with the little ones.  Abigail definitely warmed up to JoeJoe.  She was running away from him about 10 minutes before this picture was taken. 

Before long, she was smitten. 

Love these two love birds.

Luckily the weather did clear up for a bit on Saturday afternoon so we finally got to enjoy our beautiful surroundings.  If you look closely, you can see Andrew heading down to set up our camp in true patriotic fashion. 

Cora loved playing in the sand with Molly.  

And getting in on the kickball game. 

This was right before Cora tipped the chair over and face planted directly into the sand.  

On Sunday, we had to take our annual baby picture.  Here is last years . . . 

Sawyer (18 weeks), Abigail (11 months), Cora (3 months), Julia (35 weeks) 

This one took a little more work . . .

But it was totally worth it!

Cora (15 months), Julia (11 months), Sawyer (7 months), Abigail (23 months)

Even though Sawyer couldn't run around in the sand with the bigger girls just yet, she had plenty of her own fun!  She was so so cute with this little sprinkler. . .

slash water fountain.  

Too much cuteness for one weekend!! Tomorrow we will head to Port Aransas for my family's coast trip.  Happy 4th of July, everyone!!

Judy's Birthday Weekend

We started off the weekend by going to my parent's house on Friday night.  My dad got Cora this little princess tent and sleeping bag and she loved it.  I think she went in and out at least 100 times.

We had a nice dinner then spent the rest of the evening watching Cora play outside in this little sand pit.

She played very hard, as usual, which led to this lovely sweaty hair-do, styled by M.E.  

Judy's actual birthday was on Saturday.  We had a pool party for her at their house during the day . . .

and went out to eat on the River Walk that night. Cora was obsessed with the "wa-WA" and the ducks.  We had a great dinner all together.  I wish I would have gotten a picture of all of us!  

We came back early on Sunday to spend a relaxing day at home.  Another great weekend :)