actually got the mouth this time!

and finally...two little couch potatoes

here we go again!! this is our third year to venture down to Ocean Isle Beach for our annual family beach trip! along with my parents, my sister, brother in law, their 5 kids and our 2 kids...we headed down to enjoy another week together. many thought we were a little nutty to be arriving as most were leaving, anticipating the arrival of tropical storm/possible hurricane hanna. not to be detered, we decided our trip would not be disrupted by this potential natural disaster.
on thursday, we tried to "block out"the sound of the loudspeakers as men drove by on trucks shouting "voluntary evacuation!!" these are not words you particularly want to hear on vacation. as it turns out...we were quite fortunate! there was a little afternoon rain on thursday afternooon which we had great fun playing in on the beach. GREAT waves that allowed my husband and evan some fun/terrifying (for my sister and i to watch) bodysurfing. this was followed by a little wind (ok, quite a lot of wind, some building shaking and torrential rain) on thursday night. then, we awoke friday morning to beautiful weather!!
personally...i think we were the bigger threat to the island than hanna! if you've meet our crew, then you know what i mean!:)
here are a few pics from our trip so far. we actually splurged this year and had some professional ones taken, but the "real" ones aren't ready yet. i included a few candids that we took that night ourselves. more to follow!

what a crew!

Daddy and his boys

Mommy getting tackled

Come on, Daddy...let's go!

as of late, it seems that ben david has developed a pet name for ben and i: "Honey"
around the house, it is rare that ben and i acutally call each other by our proper names. most often, we do refer to each other as "honey" (very sweet, i know!:)
well, ben david apparently caught on to this, and not wanting to be left out decided to start using this term himself.

here is a snipet of our conversation yesterday...it went something like this:

me: "here is your snack, ben david."
bd: "thank you, honey!"
me: (puzzled expression...followed by laughter) "no ben david, i am mommy."
bd: "no...i call you honey!" (adamant, slightly offended tone)
me: "no ben david, you call me mommy. daddy calls me honey."
bd: "NO...I SAY HONEY!"
me: no comment. unsure how to proceed...this was not in the parenting manual.
bd: satisfied look.

so there you have it! as if having a "ben and ben david" around the house wasn't confusing enough...we now have a bunch of "honeys!"
no pic on this one...was hoping for a video to prove this occured, but alas, no cooperation on that end. stay tuned for more funny antics!