Sprinkler Fun

First I want to say a big thank you to everyone who linked up yesterday in our Vacation Dreaming Link-Up. It was so fun to read all about your favorite vacations and get ideas for our next vacation. :-)

Now onto today's post. 

This past Friday night, we got the sprinkler out and let Jackson play in it for a little while. He loved it and had so much fun. We will definitely be doing this again.

After playing in the sprinkler for quite a while, he headed over to the playground. He climbs up all by himself now and will slide down all by himself too. He's getting so big! He's very into cars/trucks right now, so he made this face from seeing a car/truck drive past our house. Ha!

I absolutely adore this picture!  

I've tried on several occasions to take this same shot unsuccessfully. Jake always catches Jackson after he slides down the slide and then throws him up in the air. It seems I never have the settings right on my camera and it always turns out blurry. This time I was thrilled to have caught it just right. ☺

 

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Vacation Dreaming Link-Up

Today, Holly and I are hosting a "Vacation Dreaming" link-up! We hope you'll all join us and share your favorite vacation destination, your favorite vacation memory, where you are planning your summer vacation this year, or what your dream vacation would be.

<a href="http://www.asmithstory.com/"><img src="http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd296/AmyRS81/VacationsDreamingLink-UpButton_zps86f0644e.jpg" alt="button" width="250" height="250" /></a>     In Aug. we are taking our first family vacation with Jackson, to Gulf Shores, AL. I can't wait! (Only 6 more weeks away, but who's counting?) I absolutely love to travel, and I've been on several great trips, but I would have to say my favorite was our honeymoon in Maui, HI.    Last year we went to Mackinac Island for our 5 year anniversary (you can read all about that trip here.) and it was a toss up between that and Hawaii. Hawaii was just such a once in a lifetime trip that it beat out Mackinac Island by a smidge.   We had such an amazing time in Hawaii. It was our first trip together as a married couple, which made it even that much more exciting! We left on the Sunday after our wedding and came home the following Friday night.   After landing in Maui, we picked up our Mustang convertible rental car, and headed across the island to our hotel.

  We stayed at the Royal Lahaina Resort in Kaanapali, Maui.

  We had a partial ocean view from our room that was amazing. There's nothing like falling asleep to the sound of the ocean.

  The hotel had a very nice pool and beach.

 

  We tried to see as much as we could while we were in Maui. We drove the long and winding Road to Hana which was probably my favorite part of the trip. There were breathtaking waterfalls, beautiful rainforests, black sand beaches and gorgeous flowers.

These next two pictures are from the Seven Sacred Pools, just past Hana. A definite must see if ever in Maui!

  We took a ferry over to the island of Lanai so Jake could golf there. It was a beautiful golf course right on the ocean.

  We took a helicopter tour of Maui.

  We went snorkeling. (The sea turtles were my favorite.)

  We also went to a fabulous Luau!

  We did some shopping and site seeing.

  We had yummy drinks on our balcony.

  And we watched many beautiful sunsets.

 

  It was so sad to leave...

  But, hopefully we'll get to go back someday.   So now its your turn. I can't wait to read all about your favorite vacation!! I hope to get some great ideas for next years summer vacation.

Project Life 2013 - Week 22 and 23

My page for week 23.

 For this page, I used the Thanks a Million Full Kit Freebie from Victoria Feemster Designs.

My page for week 22.

For this page, I used the Seize the Day Full Kit Freebie from Just Jaimee.

5 on Friday

I'm really enjoying this 5 on Friday Link-Up. I hope you'll all join in!

1.) I took Jackson to a nearby park this past Wednesday evening and took my camera along for fun. I got a few really cute shots. :-)

2.) I'm so excited that my super sweet, and real life friend Holly and I are doing a "Vacation Dreaming" Link-Up party next Tuesday. We thought it was the perfect time of year for this link-up as so many of us are taking our summer vacations now or will be in the next month or so. I hope you'll all stop by and join us. You can post about your favorite vacation destination, favorite vacation memory, where you are planning your vacation for this summer or what your dream vacation would be. I can't wait to read your posts and get ideas for our next vacation!

<a href="http://www.asmithstory.com/"><img src="http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd296/AmyRS81/VacationsDreamingLink-UpButton_zps86f0644e.jpg" alt="button" width="250" height="250" /></a>     3.) Yay for today being the first day of Summer!! I think Summer is probably my favorite season!

Printable found here.     4.) I think I am going to try and do some sandal shopping this weekend. I'm looking for some simple flat sandals, similar to these. 

Sandals found here.     5.) And last but not least, how cute is this 4th of July wreath I found on Pinterest?? I think I'm going to have to try and make one similar.

 Wreath tutorial found here.     Have a GREAT weekend!!!