Saturday, July 28, 2007

I'M BACK!!!

Hey everyone I am back from one of the best vacations I have ever had in my life!! I don't even know how to describe how much fun I had or what I liked most. First off I just LOVED being away from work!!! Although even better than that was having the beach in my backyard for entire week. Better than that would be 20 kids for me to play with. One of the best things of all has to be the fact that I am now officially a surfer girl!! That's right folks I learned how to surf!! Amy's brother in law Matt taught me how and took me out for the first time and then Jack helped me to improve and then from there I had to practice practice practice!! Surfing is SO hard!! I had so much fun but I am not gonna lie I was ready to come home, I missed my bed(sleeping on the couch was not so good), I wasn't a huge fan of being sandy and dirty all the time, and I really missed my friends!! I took TONS of pictures and had a hard time narrowing it down to pick which ones to put on here. As you can tell I didn't narrow it down very well lol!!Me at my girls at Oceanside Beach
Bennett is so Stink'n cute!!
Porter and Lily are such characters! I loved playing with them all week and I am really gonna miss them!
Andrew and Jono surfer boys- wearing my clothes!! Andrew is wearing my rashgaurd and Jono is wearing my boardshorts and my rashgaurd!! Silly guys!!
Carter could totally entertain himself, he makes the cutest expressions by the way!
Ya that's me, the surfer girl!!! I have the reddest eyes ever this day from so many hours out there surfing!
I loved to come in the condo in the afternoon, shower, change into clean clothes, and hold baby Jane!! This girl is so precious, I would hold her all day long if I could!
Rhetty the Yeti!! He loved those chips man!! lol
Amy chillaxing!!
Carter was getting so much attention from all his cousins, they were fighting over who got to play with him!
Kiley in the hot tub with Porter and Gray in the background (those two boys became quick buds!)
Sammy Boy!
Maicy loved holding Bennett and especially loved to make him smile!
Annie and Bennett were totally entertained by all their cousins, they would just laugh and laugh at them as they jumped around and acted crazy!
That Love able Lily always took a cute little cat nap right here on the couch everyday!
All these girls LOVED hanging out together and they splashed into the pool holding hands!
Look at all those kids in the Jacuzzi, it's a good thing it was a big one!!
Late late nights and pictures with little kids don't mix! How many kids can you count crying?
The kids loved it when I dug huge holes for them!! And man does my hair look red in this pic!
Bryce chilling in the sun in his new Birthday Swim Trunks!
Jack the surfer dude!
Rhett LOVED to build sandcastles with me, his favorite part was knocking them down!!
Isabelle the Boogie Boarding Maniac!
Me reading Harry Potter on the Beach, I only got to Chapter 14, there were just too many other things to do!!
Rhett and his Uncle Jack!
The oh so adorable Baby Jane!! She was only a week old and so perfect!
Marrissa and a starfish! Jack and Amy took a bunch of the kids to go find Starfish and they brought back ten live ones! The only problem is they left them on the porch to dry out and they stunk!!
Briley making some crazy stuff in the sand!
Grayson loved to dig tunnels and holes all day long!!
Paigey-poo!
It was so cute to see Matt out boogie boarding with Porter!!
PortDoggie just relaxing!
Maicy
Me and the drooler boy Bennett
Lily, Chelsea, Kiley and Paige waiting for Pizza!!
Jack acting all cool at Pizza Port
It's crazy and this is only part of the crew!! Everyone gathered around Bryce to sing him Happy Birthday on Sunday, it was hard to get a good pic with sooo many kids, lol!
Boogie Board Girls
My two new buddies!! Rhett and Carter, so cute!!!
Annie Girl!
Just Chillin
Cutie Pie Kiley
Lily decided that she was going to surf on her daddy's surfboard carrying bag and Rhett and Carter thought it would be fun to join her! It was pretty dang cute!!!
Oh that Annie girl is so silly!! She was eating the chair! lol
Little Dodge- Just Hanging About


Once again, I know it's a ton of pictures, but it's only a small portion of the hundreds I took! Any of you Collins' that want some of these pics just let me know!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Way too cute!! It looks like you had a blast! (And I could see the pier in the background of one of your picks. :))

Ashly said...

So many cute pictures. I didnt take very many so it was fun to see all of these. I know my mom is going to love looking at them all. I especially loved the one of Bennett and Annie laughing. They both look so cute! Thanks again for all of your help. It made my life so much easier! We will get that Hoven gear out to you this week! I will send it to Amy's so I will tell her to call you when it arrives! Thanks again.

Brooke said...

Oh my gosh you took so many great pictures. It was so fun to look at them. I didn't take any so I would love to get copies of them.
Thanks again for all the help you gave me. I don't think I could have made it the whole week without your help. My kids adore you. You are the greatest babysitter ever. It was fun having you at the beach house and getting to know you better. You're the best.

Mema and PaPa said...

Hey Girl--I'm so glad you have all of these cute pics of my family. I don't think the kids took very many and look what they missed out on. I would love to get copies. Maybe you could print them off for me and send them with Amy when she comes to visit in Oct. She'll pay you for them. I'm glad you had such a great time. I've heard wonderful things about what a huge help you were and how the kids loved you. I'm not surprised. You're the best! Thanks for the great blog.