Flaherty Family Vacation 2014

6/28/14- 7/5/14
Brady & Hailey (almost 2.5yrs)
Colin (14 months)

We headed to Anna Maria, FL June 28th- July 5th with the whole Flaherty family- all 13 of us! Nani and Poppa rented a large house for all of us to stay at for the week.  We had a blast!  The house had a pool, so we had plenty of pool time and the beach was only a block away.

Our favorite outings were to the local ice cream shop in the evening, strolls on the boardwalk and of course, the donut shop! 

 Pool Time in the afternoon once we were in the shade.

 

 

 Headed to the ice cream shop!

 A little beach time!

 

 

 The girls got to enjoy the 4th of July parade! (Daddy and the boys stayed back- they were a little under the weather that day.)

 

 The cousins got to enjoy a lot of quality time together!

 

 The boys got to go golfing a few times.

 They even saw an alligator on the course!!

 

 Brady and his big buddy!!

Lastly (sorry so many photos to choose from), we had some professional photos taken of the family.

 

 

Thanks Mom and Dad we had an awesome time!!  We are glad we could all celebrate your Anniversary together!! When can we do it again??!!

 

 

 

I'm back!!!!

After a few months hiatus (ahem... 6.5 months), I am back and ready to fill you in with what we have been doing since then.  I hope to get a lot of new posts up quickly, so you can get to the present!!

Thanks for checking in!!

Juli Holm Photography: 1 year & 2.25 year

Twins at the Twins

Nani and Poppa were very generous and let us use their tickets to take the twins to their first Minnesota Twins game!!

It was a big hit until it started pouring after 1 1/2 innings. We soon recovered with some mini donuts and now the kids think baseball games consist of running around and mini donuts.   Atleast we got some photos before it poured!!
We'll have to try again next year...

Brady-isms

I have a few funny Brady things for you:

1. We were at my parents when my Mom was in the yard and put a frog she had found in a bucket for the kids. The kids loved it, especially Brady! First he picked it up, then threw it into the grass before I could get to him. I put it back in the bucket for H & C to see it again. The frog then jumped out of the bucket and Brady proceeded to stomp on it. Luckily he missed. No more frogs for this kid!

2. We were finishing up baths and I was getting Brady's PJs on when he says:

B: " I got a penis."

Mom: Yes, you do.

Brian: is it big or little

B: it's a BIG penis. Daddy has little penis.

3. Brady grabbed off a tomato from Nani's garden, then proceeded to eat it and make a mess all over his face.  A few minutes later he was playing with the neighbor's white dog. You guessed it... The dog had red tomato all over his back. And the neighbors had just come back from the groomers. Classic!

4. We arrived at the car after leaving from swim lessons.I was loading in H & C when I saw Brady  put his arm in my car's exhaust pipe. I pulled it out right away and his arm was almost complete black from the soot. 

Where does he come up with this stuff?! At least I can say he is creative!

Cabella Museum

On our way back from Omaha, we stopped at a "museum" called Cabella's!!     It was the best entertainment for the kids!

We walked thorough the fish aquarium, saw all sorts of animals and sat on a tractor.  Who knew Cabella's was so great?

Scott's College Graduation- May 2014

The family headed down to Omaha, Nebraska for Scott's graduation from Creighton undergraduate in May.  He got his degree in Chemistry and will be starting pharmacy school in the fall at Creighton!! (Still so crazy that all 3 boys followed the same path!). 

 

It was the first time since Brian and I had been back to campus and the first time the kids had been there.  We had such a great time touring around town! Plus, the cousins had a blast!

We had such a great time spending the weekend in Omaha with the whole Murray clan. Hopefully we will make it back before Scott's next graduation!

Congrats Scottie!!!