We decided to get outta the crappy weather in Michigan this year and head south to visit our "serrogate grandparents" Brian and Dorothy Mohr. They have been such a blessing to our family...especially over the past couple of years. We love them so much! Here are some of our memories....
As usual, Taylor is being a great big brother...at least to his youngest sister! Briella just LOVED the beach!! Taylor buried her and she thought it was so great! Then Daddy buried all 3 of the kids....but do you think the picture turned out? Of course NOT!! Ergh!!
Another precious memory that I won't soon forget! Matt was so sweet to take Briella in and out of the water all day! He hates the beach....and yet those kids SO have him wrapped around their fingers. He'd come out of the water with Briella and she'd be ticked....so back out they went! Notice Tay holding his sister's hand....c'mon....is there anything cuter than that?!?
We, being Michiganders, soaked up as much sun as possible down there. Even if it meant laying in Brian and Dorothy's yard. Hailee enjoyed sunbathing with her daddy! She was Dorothy's little lady all week though! She was always making sure she knew of Dorothy's whereabouts at all times!! The funny part of this is that Dorothy spent the day inside because it was only in the sixties this day....go figure....she was looking for winter hats for the kids to wear that day and here they lay in the sun! Typical southern belle!! :)
Briella enjoyed a nice stroll at a park with her pal: Mr. B.....or mmm B.....as she pronounced it! This park is known for manitees....and we got to see some really close up! The kids were pretty impressed!!
Brian had the great idea to go looking for Gators! The kids thought it was so cool! We went on an air boat ride and saw a few gators....one being 13 or 14 feet long!! Afterwards, we ate at a nearby restaurant and our kids actually ate alligator!! Most kids won't even eat brocolli let alone GATOR!! We also ate some swamp cabbage...which is palm tree! Both were surprisingly good!
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More Florida Memories that you only get with kids:
*Taylor puked in the backseat on the way down...and all we heard the rest of the way from Hailee was, "eeew....it stinks back here!!" (fyi: Febreeze does NOT help!!)
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*Hailee got ticked that she couldn't get her sweatshirt off over her head. We had just stopped so we refused to pull over just to get her sweatshirt off....and she's such a drama queen that she wouldn't even try, SO she sat with it around her neck for about 2 hours til our next bathroom stop!
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*The first morning Matt and I awoke to the smell of poop. Briella had taken her poopy diaper off and it was all over everything in her pack n play.
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*2 nights later...Briella is crying in her bed, Matt goes in and feels around in her bed for a pacifier, Matt feels gooeyness, Matt turns light on and see puke all over his hand, Matt puts Briella in bath, Katie refuses Dorothy's help to clean up her daughter's puke....UNTIL, Katie runs to the bathroom to puke herself because she HATES puke....Dorothy cleans up puke...Brian leaves the room....He doesn't like puke either! Dorothy SAVES the DAY!
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*10 minutes after Dorothy cleans up puke: Mommy is holding Briella, Briella PUKES on Katie, Dorothy starts cleaning puke off Katie, Dorothy SAVES the DAY again!
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*Every morning Taylor's goal was to get up before Brian. usually they were within minutes of eachother (6:30ish...way to early for vacation) but him and Brian would eat breakfast together and read the paper. Taylor read the funnies while Brian read the rest of the paper.
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Needless to say, Brian and Dorothy really dealt with a lot allowing a family of 5 to come and stay with them! We are SO greatful for their hospitality and we had SO much fun!!
I was sitting on the computer yesterday and heard Briella saying, 
As usual, Taylor is being a great big brother...at least to his youngest sister! Briella just LOVED the beach!! Taylor buried her and she thought it was so great! Then Daddy buried all 3 of the kids....but do you think the picture turned out? Of course NOT!! Ergh!!
Another precious memory that I won't soon forget! Matt was so sweet to take Briella in and out of the water all day! He hates the beach....and yet those kids SO have him wrapped around their fingers. He'd come out of the water with Briella and she'd be ticked....so back out they went! Notice Tay holding his sister's hand....c'mon....is there anything cuter than that?!?
We, being Michiganders, soaked up as much sun as possible down there. Even if it meant laying in Brian and Dorothy's yard. Hailee enjoyed sunbathing with her daddy! She was Dorothy's little lady all week though! She was always making sure she knew of Dorothy's whereabouts at all times!! The funny part of this is that Dorothy spent the day inside because it was only in the sixties this day....go figure....she was looking for winter hats for the kids to wear that day and here they lay in the sun! Typical southern belle!! :)
Briella enjoyed a nice stroll at a park with her pal: Mr. B.....or mmm B.....as she pronounced it! This park is known for manitees....and we got to see some really close up! The kids were pretty impressed!!
Brian had the great idea to go looking for Gators! The kids thought it was so cool! We went on an air boat ride and saw a few gators....one being 13 or 14 feet long!! Afterwards, we ate at a nearby restaurant and our kids actually ate alligator!! Most kids won't even eat brocolli let alone GATOR!! We also ate some swamp cabbage...which is palm tree! Both were surprisingly good!
We got together with Brooke and Josh and their family on Saturday and Brooke brought an indoor smore maker thingy. So everyone gathered around it and we roasted smores! How fun!!
