Living the life God intended...

Living the life God intended...

Monday, September 24, 2012

Cruisin with our crew and a new Ireland baby…not us for once!

Back in August, Matt’s extended family: Mawmaw, Pawpaw, Uncle Rick, Aunt Marie, Cousin Conner and Billy and Megan all got together with Grammy, Peepaw and and ourselves to have a water filled day on Lake Lanier.  It was great and the kids made lots of memories. Thank you Laynes for the great idea and fun day and the other Irelands (Uncle Billy and Aunt Megan) had a fantabulous announcement!

Everyone got vested up and we were ready for fun.

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We tried to convince her it was fun to wear a vest

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She was NOT having it!

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It got much better once we started playing

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This is pure fun says Lily!

We couldn’t get the boys, even the big boys out of the water!

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Down the hatch!  Conner on the slide.

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Ryan’s turn…

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The views on Lanier are gorgeous!

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The kids enjoyed the beach…

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We loved the family time…

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Should we smile or scream?  Ryan’s manning the wheel.

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Andrew enjoying the wind in his hair!

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…but hands down, the best part was the BIG SURPRISE. 

The kids were

going to have another cousin born in January!

HUGE CONGRATS TO BILLY AND MEGAN!

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Mawmaw was soooo excited, we all were!

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The hours flew by, and it was time to dock…booo!

We really enjoyed ourselves and want to do it again if I can get to courage to take the kids on the water again!

Through MANY tries, we got a family picture, in fact even the guy walking by was looking at the camera…NICE!

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Lily got some more Grandma loving!

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Then, out of the blue (no pun intended), the Irelands announced that our new little one would be…

another boy!

The boy genes run strong in the Ireland family. 

Now what will they name that sweet angel??

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And the ride home?  Lily tested and approved!

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