AJ visits

to break the chaotic start of a school year our wonderful AJ came to visit us...

 so exciting!  We love you AJ

 I want to be just you like :)

 most memorable moment helping/witnessing baby sea turtles make their big journey to the ocean

 like mother like daughter

 cooling off in the water and with yummy cool treats

 Gracie girl returns after her summer vacation in NJ

Bubba is still walking around saying where's AJ?  When the doorbell rings or when phone rings he hopes it might be you!!  Thanks so much for all the fun and extra hugs for all the wonderful PJs and finding the impossible Disney Planes  xo

See you soon in DC AJ and Pops (we missed you this visit)

Happy Birthday Jacks

It was FIN-tastic

Twas the NIght

Before First Grade...

Back to School

mommies exact thoughts about my first week back... 

someone had fun visiting and playing with my 1st Grade team

How did we do?

The Gill's Summer Bucket List

1. Vist the beach weekly  sometimes 2x
2. Visit a new beach this summer  Seaside Heights
3. Visit the pool weekly  
4. Visit a park weekly~ we have so many great ones to choose from this was an easy one
5. Visit a waterpark we never went to before Rapids for you
6. Shop, Shop and more shopping  OH YES 
7. Clean out the garage successful garage sale
8. Clean and organize all of our clothes when you shop too much this is necessary
9. Eat somewhere new Roadhouse Steakhouse
10. Make a height measurement chart for Bubs so we can mark him growing
11. Visit family love them so much
12. Spend time with Florida Family Sunday Fundays
13. Visit friends from NJ, college, and school amazing friends
14. Turn bubba's blog into a book- ahhh something I NEED to do
15. Sleep in past 7:30 everyday some nights we got up several times with you gotta love toddlers good thing we could stay in bed until 8:30
16. Help Colin master his last 8 letters from the alphabet
17. Learn our Colors you learned all your letters, colors, numbers and several shapes you even know diamond
18. Make a magnetic wall in his playroom for his letters instead of letters we made an animal wall
19. Transition big boy into his toddler bed its great that you can get out of bed whenever you please, haha
20. Potty Training Work in Progress
21. Stay away at a hotel for at least a night Gaylord Palms an amazing time
22. Read past my usual 10 o'clock bedtime it will be hard breaking this habit
23. Go to a Phillies Game
24. Love on little baby Ryan  we miss that sweet boy
25. Make daddy some new yummy recipes  you'll find out soon that mommy does NOT like to cook and daddy does most of it so he actually made a yummy balsamic chicken recipe in the crockpot
26. Get some things done for school next year (this can wait until August) you came to help me early in my classroom and in 5 minutes you managed to destroy my apple post-it notes holder and pee on my floor
27. Enjoy every moment because I know it will go super fast

I would say we mastered 93% of this bucket list with you, it definitely went way too fast but GOLLY we had a great time

Week 9 was just FINE

I can't believe this was my last week of summer :(( but I have to say we made the most of every moment.  I'm so glad mommy has the summer to enjoy her family I'll cherish our memories all year as I have pictures in my classroom to remind me of all our fun

 my favorite ocean days when the water is nice and flat we saw lots of fish and even stingrays

 A fun-filled two nights in Delray tasting drinks and food from 18 different restaurants YUMMY

while enjoying paradise and seeing my favorite parrots flying around

 

WOW this will be a hard to summer to beat I can only smile heading back to school thinking of all our fun