Family beach trip 2015

Mom won a silent auction for a week at a beach house in Fort Morgan. The house was HUGE and so close to the beach, it was great! Baron did a lot of sleeping under the tent. He would fall asleep almost immediately after we got to the beach. Between the sound of the waves and the wind, he didn't stand a chance. Before the end of the week, he did start having a little fun in the sand. 

Taylor had fun from day one! Dancing on the beach, building lots of sandcastles, and even laying out a little bit! :)

We also had some fun at the pool! 

Trying to be just like Mommy!

We also had fun taking traditional pictures on the beach, going out to eat a couple of nights and going to The Track! Taylor played mini golf, rode the Wild Woody track with Daddy and then even drove her own go cart on the kiddie track!

Just a cute picture! 

Colorado Ski Trip

Adam got the opportunity to go on a work trip to Beaver Creek, CO, and I got to go with him! It was such a fun trip. Baron turned 6 months old while we were gone, which was about the same time I first left Taylor over night. 

We spent the first day in ski school. Adam, of course, picked it up pretty quickly. I did okay, but I had quite a few falls and was pretty sore the next day. It also turned out to be pretty warm that day, it got up to 60! 

That night, we took a snow cat pulling a sleigh up the mountain to Beano's Cabin. It was snowing so much on the way up! 

The next morning Adam had a meeting, but he was free in the afternoon. We got to go snowmobiling! So much fun! 

The final morning Adam had another meeting and I went to the spa for a massage and facial. So relaxing!

Since I was still nursing Baron, I had to pump and save my milk the entire trip. I was a sight going through airport security on the way back, but it was all worth it to still be nursing Baron. We are still going strong at almost 8 months!

Ironman Florida

Adam ran his second Ironman in November 2014 in Panama City, FL. We went down to the beach for almost an entire week and had such a good time. Although, it was my first week back from maternity leave, and I had no more vacation time, so I had to work the whole time. That was not fun!

Taylor loved the sand and became a fish in the water that week.

Baron wasn't so sure about the cold ocean waves, but he enjoyed laying on the beach and floating in the pool! 

The day before the Ironman was Halloween. They had trick or treating at the Athlete's Village and an Iron Kids race that Taylor ran. Taylor was Elsa, Andi was Anna and Baron was Olaf. 

Olaf asleep on Mama Donna's lap while waiting for Taylor to run the Iron Kids race

Matching tattoos

 At the Athlete's Village, Adam and I also tried out the Normatec boots.

The day of the race was the worst weather day the entire time we were there. It was very windy and in the 40s, although the sun was shining. The current was so bad, they had to cancel the swim. I'm so thankful this wasn't Adam's first Ironman, but it was for over 1,100 athletes. So much training to go into it and not even get to do the swim!

Ready to go for a swim that didn't happen. :(

I don't have any pictures from the bike, but I have several from the run. We saw Adam after about 5 miles and his eye was hurting. I ran in to get new contacts for him to switch out when he came back by, but as he was trying to put it in, the wind blew it away! He had to put his old one back in, but thankfully they started feeling better, just stayed foggy for the rest of the race. 

Adam's cheering squad! I don't know if you can see it, but Taylor's drew the Ironman M Dot on hers.

Adam brought the Superman clothing to change into for the last half of the marathon. Apparently, people cheer more for you when you're dressed funny!

Taylor fell asleep while waiting on Daddy.

 Adam Tomlin, you ARE an Ironman!

The day after the Ironman, we went to visit Gulf World. It's a pretty neat place! 

One final seagull feeding the family beach picture before we leave!

4th of July Weekend Fun!

We started our holiday weekend off on Thursday afternoon by taking Taylor to Splash Adventure. It was her third time to go this year, but her first time to go with Daddy! The new owners have opened up the dry rides again, and Taylor enjoys those just as much as the water park! 

Taylor's favorite ride is the Caterpillar ride. She could ride this over and over, Daddy could only go twice!

I rode this kiddie slide a couple of times and couldn't do it anymore. It goes fast enough to push you back, and I just don't have the ab muscles!

After riding the black slides with Aunt Hilary one time and not liking them, Daddy had a lot of convincing to do to get her to ride them. She decided to try it one time with him and ended up riding 5 times! She now loves the big, black slides! It's too hard to get a picture of that though!

On Friday we went to Aunt Karen's and had fun with family! Taylor swam for nearly 5 hours straight! This girl has become such a fish! She was swimming under water and jumping off the diving board. We've been meaning to sign her up for swim lessons this summer, and we finally did on Saturday after watching her on Friday.

Saturday was a fun and relaxing day! Adam had gotten Taylor a Slip N Slide, and we set it up in the backyard. Adam even got in on the fun!

Taylor got a little frustrated that she couldn't make it all the way to the end of the slide, so we set the water up on the slide and she had a blast. Before long, she asked for the slip n slide to be put below her slide and she went crazy! 

After church on Sunday, we took her back to Splash Adventure (we've had season passes for 3 years!). On our way home from the waterpark, Taylor asked if we could set up the slide again, and she spent almost another hour in our backyard. I can't believe how much this girl loves to play in the water! She spent 4 days in the water and would go back for more if Adam and I had her energy level!