Blake's New Room

This past month we have been moving furniture and fixing Blake's room up as him "big boy" room. The bunk beds and dresser were my brother Blake's when he was little and we are so happy that Blake is using them now in his room. We had them painted blue and they turned out really great and Blake LOVES them. I find him in his room on the top bunk many days justing "playing." Aside from changing the handles on the dresser and his very on "reading chair" we are finished with his room....now to work on the guest room and baby room:)

A Week at Edisto

Last week we got to spend the week with GiGi, Gmax, Niki and Chris at Edisto and we had a great time. Blake loved spending the early mornings and evenings on the beach, the afternoons were spent mostly on the porch in our own swimming pool!! We had a great time and a big thanks to Gigi and Gmax for a great week.

Blake loved this chair at the beach house, it turned completely around, so as you can imagine we spent LOTS of time spinning this chair around and around!

Our attempt at a family picture...not so bad!

Hanging out with Fulmer and daddy in the pool.

I had too....this is not intentional...Blake has always pointed with his middle finger. An ongoing joke in our family :)

Here I am for everyone who is asking...61/2 months pregnant.

Water surfing with Gigi.

Take a look at that swing...playing with Gmax and daddy.

My absolute favorite!

Jumping the waves with daddy.

Blake's first ride in a golf cart....he could not wait to go again the next day.

The kids entranced with Toy Story.

Making brownies with aunt Niki.

Chasing birds AGAIN!

Attack of the Birds!

As most of you know we always have a story to tell...one morning while we were at Ono we decided to take a walk on the "big beach." Nothing unusual except that Blake spotted an enormous amount of birds he decided to chase with the encouragement of daddy! As you will see Blake made his way towards the birds as my mom started to notice bird eggs laying in the sand. Those of you who know mom know that she can never resist any kind of bird eggs! However as we continued the birds started to get VERY close to Blake and started hovering and swooping down on him like they would pick him up and take him away or peck him, which of course was what I was fearing at this point. As I am trying to get to Blake as fast as I can my dad noticed signs stating "bird sanctuary" criminal and civil penalties enforced! So as fast as we could mom redeposited all the eggs she had collected and I collected mine (aka Blake) we made our way out of there as soon as we possibly could! :) Just another story from the Evans clan!

More Pictures from Ono

Here are a few more pictures from our time at Ono this summer:

Blake loved to spin in the "river rat," an inner-tube that I had growing up!

Kayaking with daddy.

Blake having fun in the water.

T-daddy pulling daddy and Blake behind the kayak.

Blake "driving" the boat.

Uncle John, for those of you that know my family it is hard to believe this is John Chandler at 17 years old!

A Week at Ono Island

We are so blessed to have a place like Ono to go to during the summer. "The Nesting Place" is a wonderful place to visit and make memories year after year, this year was no exception. Blake was a real trooper in the car (it takes about 8 hours to get there), so that made the trip that more enjoyable. We sent many mornings and evenings in the sun building sand castles and chasing birds. Blake loves the ocean, a true water baby, he was not afraid at all. The "big boys" enjoyed fishing just about everyday and Blake discovered he loved fishing to, although he would not get close once he caught something :) We loved watching the dolphins, who never let us down, we can always count on seeing a few during the week and Blake loved that. Here are some pictures of our week...

Josh and daddy loved to kayak and find the dolphins, here is their best attempt, I will have to say they did really well. They ended up being surrounded by a few dolphins that swam with them as the kayak.

Our attempt to get a family shot:)

Blake on the "big beach"

John and Blake relaxing after a long day...yes we have not given up the paci at bedtime yet but we have mastered the potty, YEAH!!! One thing at a time!

Blake after making brownies with DeeDee.

Our visit to the navy museum:

John and Blake enjoying the ocean.

DeeDee and Blake building a sand castle.

T-daddy brought Blake this whale and he loved riding it in the ocean and his pool, although the whale was MUCH bigger than the pool :)

The best seat in the house...in the hammock!

Just one of the beautiful sunsets at Ono.

We ate dinner at LuLu's, they have a great area for the kids to play!

Blake and mommy on the beach.

T-daddy and Blake in the kayak.

Show me your muscles...

Blake and daddy with the whale in the ocean.

Blake the lifeguard...maybe in a few years!

Finding seashells with mommy and DeeDee.

Playing at the park on Ono Island.

The boys on their way out to fish.

Kayaking with T-daddy.

The boys and their catch on the day.

Blake first fish...

Another beautiful sunset.

Enjoying the water with DeeDee.

Fishing with DeeDee.