Family Beach Trip 2012

The Rosenthal three had been looking forward to this beach trip with my family for months and it sure did pay off! We enjoyed beautiful weather, great meals, cousin play time and even a birthday celebration together. The moments we had with Susu & Papa, Uncle Monty & Aunt Em and Mac & Alice were priceless and wish we just could have made them last a little longer! Long live Destin...my favorite beach in the country!

Summer in Cell Phone Shots

Well, you know you're having a good summer when you scroll back through the pictures on your phone and there are too many to even count of fun outings we've done. Quite a whirlwind but so much fun with this little boy! Here is a random sampling...

Sunny Vacations & Fire Stations

Well, I believe the title is self explanatory but I'll elaborate a bit for you. Brandon and I were lucky enough to get away alone for a whole weekend over our fifth anniversary and it could not have been more relaxing. We stayed at a beautiful resort in San Diego and soaked up the sun, ate delicious meals and even got in a game of tennis which we haven't done since before Tate was born. Needless to say, it was a truly perfect vacation. Next order of business this past week was visiting the local Fire Station which was Tate's own personal "vacation". We got to tour the station along with getting up close to and inside one of the fire trucks. Our little boy who is definitely "all boy" loved every second and somehow I have a feeling this will not be our last visit!

Fourth of July

Well, even with a toddler I'd say we had a pretty darn relaxing vacation away for the 4th this year! We joined friends at their family's house and had a spectacular time using the pool, the backyard, the grill and the change of scenery. We're SO grateful for such a wonderful getaway and came back quite refreshed!

Summer in the South

Ahh there's nothing like summer in the south....sweet tea, chicken salad, warm nights, lightening bugs and of course spending time with my family. As usual, we had THE best time visiting everyone from home and are counting down the days until we get to go back for more. 

I do believe, though, that Tate may have had the best time of all as there was never a dull moment for our busy 21 month old. Between two older cousins, dogs, aunts, uncles, grandparents, a pool and tons of green grass to run free on he was on cloud nine. I'm so excited for Tate to grow up with Mac and Alice and this was just the tip of the iceberg of all the fun and mischief these three are going to get into!

We also got to celebrate Papa's 70th birthday while we were home and enjoyed the festivities that Susu put together....

Tate loved getting to see Papa Peace and Shawna too as we were able to celebrate an early Father's Day together!

Cousins! These three were quite the sight to see and while sharing was a foreign concept at times they still soaked up every minute together!

May Days

Another long overdue blog post as my days are getting more hectic with such an active toddler. Not only is it tough to find time to upload photos but it's also tough to capture this busy little boy on camera! Below is the latest of what our curious little 20-month-old is in to.....

 matching characters on his t-shirts

 sipping out of straws which for some reason took a while to master

 picking out his own mother's day gifts for moi

 building towers out of blocks all on his own

 beginning a new obsession with sunglasses