Tis' the Season

We have been insanely busy for the last few weeks so we haven't been posting much! All of these pictures were taken by Dad during their visit. I haven't even taken the card out of my camera yet!

Ethan had a performance on the night of Grandma and Pop-Pop's arrival. The venue was Canal Street! The 4th graders performing.
After their performance half of the 4th grade, including us, headed to El Palenque for dinner. The kids had a blast sitting at their own tables.
The next night, Will and Noah had a 2nd grade performance. Will had some "parts" in the performance that turned out to be pretty funny with some antlers falling off, a microphone or two getting knocked down, etc! After the performance I rushed off to the Toy Party and the rest of the crew came home and played Push.
The next morning we headed over to the parade. We were all excited to see Elise on her float!
After the parade, the crew headed over to Flip Flops for lunch and I ran some last minute errands for the boys' birthday party. After everyone settled in from lunch, we headed over to the park to set up for the party.

Needless to say, Star Wars was the theme!
The park the boys had their party at is one of my favorites. There are always dolphins, pelicans, and manatees. There were no manatees there on the party day, but the pelicans and dolphins were as entertaining as usual.
The kids enjoyed some volleyball fun.
The birthday present opening event. There were lots and lots of kids at the party. I never figured out how many, but definitely enough!
Ethan with his buds Anthony and Spencer.
Sunday morning we woke up and headed to St. Augustine. Here we walk down St. George Street.

Here we take a short break in front of Castillo de San Marcos before going in. The boys were very excited to see them fire the cannon. At some point, I would really like to spend a long weekend in St. Augustine. There is plenty to see and certainly plenty of shopping. The boys get bored quickly and won't let me explore as much as I would like!
We all had a great visit while Mom and Dad were here. It was so filled with activities that it went by way too fast!

The last week of school whizzed by. Between evening parties and events it was over before we knew it. This weekend was also filled with holiday events. I FINALLY got to go to Pamela's dance recital. She did an awesome job! On Sunday I went to see Blind Side. It was really good! Last night was GNO at Flip Flops and tonight is "Christmas" dinner with the Eagney's before we head north to my parents'.