July Fun

How's everyone doing? We all had a great weekend down here celebrating the fourth. The weather has been agreeable and with wind out of the east the oil has been kept at bay...for now.

Earlier in the week we set out the sprinkler and let Aidan run through it. He had fun trying to get Mommy and Daddy wet...which I don't have pictures of since I was running trying to keep the camera dry!

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Saturday we woke up as Aidan ran into our bedroom. He jumped up on the bed and said he wanted his tooth to come out (this is the tooth that he knocked loose in Nov when he fell on the kitchen floor and used his face to break the fall). He started wiggling it and it just popped out (finally!). Of course, if anyone asks, the story is that he got into a fight at the bar. Then we went to the Farmer's Market in Pensacola where we got some corn on the cob and spent the afternoon just goofing around the house until Scott went out to watch the UFC fight. Sunday we did the obligatory yard/house work prior to celebrating the fourth. Scott made smoked jerk chiken wings on the grill and boiled the corn. It was a tasty meal followed by amateur fireworks at our church. On the way home from the church we saw the professional fireworks from the soundside beach.

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Unfortunately we got to the formal fireworks show a little late and it was sprinkling a little so Scott didn't get to try the Canon on the big show.

And today (Monday the 5th) the weather has been rainy so we've been resting up and watching movies. Scott got to introduce Aidan to Star Wars this weekend. Choruses of "Look, a spaceship!" and "Look, an alien, daddy!" filled the house.

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Here's the rest of the summary from June. Brett finished his visit and his friend Tallie came down for a day to visit and provide him company on his long trip home. Following that, Heather's Mom and Dad came down with Kevin in tow. We had an action packed four days of fun which included boating, beaching, bowling, golfing, drinking, grilling, shopping, and brunching. It was a solid success of a vacation.

So, without further delay, let's get to the pictures.

The rest of the pics from Brett's visit:
We went fishing and caught some serious snapper!

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Then we went to the beach

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Brett and Tallie enjoying the beach and getting too much sun!

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Then a storm came in, and with it, the oil!

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The Urban's came a week later, and the party started all over!
Grandma Urban and Aidan at Juana's

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Scott and Heather on a Jet Ski

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Scott and Aidan on the boat

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Kevin and Aidan on the Sound-side of Santa Rosa Island

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Grandpa Urban enjoying the sun

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Not everyone could keep up

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But dessert at Harry T's brought him around!

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It was a nice night on the Harborwalk

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Kevin tried his hand at golfing - we played 18 at Eglin in the morning...it must have been in the 90s

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Finally, we all went bowling. Grandpa helped Aidan out

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Good times!

WAY too much going on

Thing have been busy around here. Heather has been on the road, Scott has been on the road, we got new windows installed, and we are trying to suck as much Florida fun as we can this summer (since Scott isn't deployed) and next summer should bring a PCS.

With that said, we have also been negligent and slow in our updating of the blog. We have been posting pictures on Picasa and keep most family up to date with Facebook entries and mobile picture uploads. However, if you are an interested reader/follower/stalker and don't have access to that stuff please let us know by emailing at madrupe@gmail.com and we will hook up with necessary invites.

So here's the quick summary of May, and Jun will follow shortly...
Aidan has mastered his tricycle!

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We celebrated Mother's Day

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We went camping at the Blackwater River State Forrest

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The neighbor had a birthday pool party

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Brett showed up to spend a week with us

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More pics of Brett's visit will posted for June. Like I said, we've all been busy. Hopefully you enjoy some of these pictures.

St. Patrick's Day and Easter

The fam went on vacation in March to Wisconsin for the big St. Patrick's celebration in New London. We drove instead of flying and Aidan and Bailey entertained themselves in the backseat for 20 hours on the road (yeah right, but they did okay).
On our way up north we stopped in Chicago at my grandparents house for a visit.

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Once we got to Wisconsin we stayed pretty busy.

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There were patches of snow left that Aidan jumped right into.

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He got to ride grandpa's tractor

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We went exploring in the woods at my parents house.

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We found some treasures along the way.

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Making paper airplanes with grandpa

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And hot chocolate with grandma.

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Grandma and Grandpa took us to the Children's museum, Aidan thought it was the greatest!

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We played a little whiffle ball at grandma and grandpa Ruppel's.

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Scott and I went out and saw some old friends from high school.

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I didn't take any pictures with the camera of the parade but I got a couple with my phone. Aidan looks good in green :)





We had a great week and Aidan talks about "Sconsin" sometimes :)

Easter came up quickly and we hopped right into decorating easter eggs and talking about bunnies.

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We enjoyed an afternoon Easter party at Aidan's school and watched all the kids gather buckets of eggs.

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Aidan happily helped me with some planting when we spruced up the yard for the year.

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Aidan has become a fan of the squirt bottle, he washes the car, he washes the house..

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Easter morning came and there was candy, egss, and prizes found all over the house...

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