Ocean City 2016

We had a fantastic visit to Ocean City with the Hepper side of the family! It was a great way to kick off the month of August!

One of our first activities at the shore was to buy two more hermit crabs to keep our veteran crab company. 

Julia enjoying the carousel at Wonder Land. 

Caroline and Mommy on the ferris wheel. I was terrified; Caroline was not!

Daddy and his little thrill seeker on the log ride.

Margaret and Daddy getting ready to ride a slower paced roller coaster.

Love these two silly girls.

Cheeeeese! 

Caroline and her sand heart. 

Mommy and Caroline being goofy

There were a lot of doughnuts consumed during our week at the shore. Theses ones came from Ove's, but we know the best ones come from Dot's!

Julia was a happy beach bunny.

Twinies heading into the water with their sand buckets.

Caroline and her cousin, Catherine.

Let's boogie board! 

Margaret - always the stylish one! 

Caroline riding the waves.

Of course, there was chocolate cake at the shore! Julia loved every bite! 

Uncle Tate and all the crazy cousins.

A trio of lovely ladies at the beach. 

Our obligatory Ocean City family picture! 

Julia and Margaret (5), Caroline (7) 

Big Canoe 2016

Since it's nearly August, and we're heading to the beach with the Hepper side of the family tomorrow, it's probably a good time to (finally!) put up pictures from this year's trip to Big Canoe.
We spent the first week of July with Marmee and Grampy, Aunt Allison, Kevin, Landon, Sophia, and Ryleigh AND Uncle Michael and Aunt Yoo Jin! It was a packed house, and we had a blast.

On the road, baby dolls in tow!

The first thing we did at Big Canoe was celebrate Landon's 10th birthday!

Then it was time to get dressed up for Uncle Michael and Aunt Yoo Jin's convalidation.

We clean up pretty good!

The flower girls: Caroline, Margaret, Sophia, Ryleigh and Julia 

Julia did a great job walking carefully down the aisle.

Lookin' good, Grampy and Marmee!

The Groom and his Bride.

Uncle Michael, Aunt Yoo Jin and all their nieces and nephews (except Landon).

Stink face.

My gorgeous girls.

Marmee and her grandchildren

The ladies of the DeNiro family

Happy couple

We took the girls shopping at the outlet mall. Claire's, the Disney Store, and Bath and Body Works were "must shops!" 

Margaret blossomed as a swimmer while we were at Big Canoe! It was so awesome to see her progress so much! 

Hard to believe I used to go down this slide 30 years ago.

Rock slide adventurers

Sand castle time! 

Teamwork!

Grampy teaching "donut diving."

We love Grampy! 

Ready for 4th of July fireworks at the ball field!

Sparkler fun

 I promise Margaret was having a good time.

 Caroline enjoying the water slides on the ball field.

 Cotton candy before lunch time is a real treat!

 All the "big" cousins: Sophia, Caroline, Ryleigh, and Landon

 Cousins and friends

 Tackling the field in tandem.

 Margaret being goofy with Sophia

Uncle Michael sporting the jacket Grampy wore to his wedding...over 40 years ago!

Daddy and his mini-me, Julia.

Caroline, Sophia, and Ryleigh, celebrating the 4th!

Cannonball! 

Julia did this pool jump about 1 million times over the course of the week.

Cousin jump fun!

Margaret

Julia

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

June wouldn't be complete with what feels like a million birthdays! Once we get through the girls' birthdays, it's time to celebrate Daddy (and Uncle Tate!) This year, their birthday happened to fall on Father's Day. We celebrated the night before with dinner out with friends, and then the men played golf the following day. We finished up the 2-for-1 holiday with a backyard BBQ.

36 looks good on Daddy!

Fuzzy picture...which matched our collective state at that point in the evening ;-) 

Birthday boys

Here's to another great year!