Monday, July 02, 2007

family vacation 2007


june 15th-june 22nd was our renfrow family vacation! we had a great time at the beach, this year, in frisco, nc. our family has always gone to the outer banks for vacation in years past. however, the flocks of tourists, constant traffic and over-crowded beaches called for a new location this year. after lots of online searching and chatting with neighbors, we decided cape hatteras was our new beach destination. we looked into cottages that would fit the whole family (including our two BIG labs!) in the area and came upon the oceanside "sanfred & sun" in frisco, nc-- about 8 miles north of the ferry to ocracoke island. what a blast! we had BEAUTIFUL, warm weather and incredible company. even john got to visit for a long weekend! apart from the venomous spider that bit me (check out the pics below) it was a vacation for the books. i like to let my pictures speak for me, so enjoy! :)


john and i liked to walk the dogs on the beach at night


kiddies- cover your eyes!


lil wyatt in his adorable swim trunks & matching hat


he loved the sand


joe cool in his shades


the beach wears ya out!


my mom adores him.
and i believe he feels the same way about her, too. :)


look at those cuties in their hats!


wyatt didn't like brown auntie ash. :(


hangin' out in his very own little chair


my boys!


i love these two


monkey see, monkey do!


wyatt loved john!

cute couple if i say so myself :o)

i saved the best for last!
a spider bit my foot as i was walking back to the cottage one afternoon.
it was obviously venomous (or so the doctor said!) and just took some time to reduce back down to normal size. my last few days of the trip were spent inside, on the couch, reading. :( at least i got some fun in the sun in while john was visiting!

Sunday, June 03, 2007

party pics, take two!

of course i couldn't take just a few party pictures. here are the rest!

mackenzie ballin'

alex is so tiny, he could walk under the tables!

what a sweet lil guy


"give me the cake!"


eyeing both the cupcake and john, the photographer :)

" hmm, what is this?
i've never had one of these before"

going in with a "smack!"

of course on your first birthday,
you have to smash your cake before you eat it!

& keep smashing til it is no longer recognizable!

chocolate frosting everywhere!

and now, the clean-up begins!

like the sign i made?!
unfortunately, most of our riders were not yet walking,
so we didn't really need a "line starts here!" sign!

oliver walked behind the shed and came out with this!

a little farmer in the making :)

of course!
it's a renfrow, john deere party!!!

cake-face!

and now, it's present time!
boy did wyatt have a time- there were SO MANY PRESENTS!


this is my favorite picture from the whole weekend.
how adorable is wyatt in his little j.d. hat from grannie & pop-pop?!

i think wyatt liked the bucket loader i gave him!

the happy family!
ali (with baby #2!), matt and wyatt- the birthday boy!

let's party!


may 12, 2007 was wyatt's first birthday! of course, it also happened to be my graduation weekend. thus, matt and ali decided to move wyatt's birthday celebrations until the following weekend so that everyone could attend. (thanks!)
mom, dad and myself traveled down to willow springs, nc after mom & i got out of school on friday. john met us down there that evening to help wyatt celebrate too! we just relaxed and caught up on friday night, while making a few more preparations for the big john deere party.
saturday morning was very busy! between decorating cakes, installing shelves in the nursery, going to get balloons, decorating the backyard and keeping up with the birthday boy himself, we had a great time preparing! at 12:30 the guests starting arriving for what i believe is the best 1st birthday party to date. :) i'll let my pictures speak for me.
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY WYATT!
WE LOVE YOU!

wyatt loves his little jumper swing,
especially when john plays too!


wyatt's smiles go straight across his little face & i love it!

waiting on lunch,
wyatt & mackenzie


"okay mom, now we're REALLY hungry!"
wyatt, mackenzie and wyatt's neighbor


mom & dad got wyatt a tractor/tricycle!
john deere of course :)


a sepia-toned shot of wyatt on the new toy

wyatt LOVED my big sunglasses!

they nearly swallow his tiny face!

hangin with my joe cool :)

wyatt checkin' out his new wheels

wyatt's friend, alex, came to the party too!

wyatt has more friends than i do!

the backyard set-up

look at that loot!

all of the yummy food

where's the cake?!

i love to watch wyatt try new foods
isn't he precious?!

alex is a busy boy!
here he's checking out one of the gardens

and no john deere party would be complete without gator rides!
eston and oliver decided they would start it off
(don't worry, it wasn't running!
they were just pretending to drive!!!)


eston, taking it all in


and oliver!