A Visit from the K-Crew {Year 5}

We were so excited that my best friend Kristi and her girls (aka: the K-Crew) were able to come and visit us again this year.  It's hard to believe it's been 5 years that they've been visiting us in Jacksonville.

Let's Go Surfing Now...

Kristi and her girls were here a few weeks ago for their annual girl's trip to Jacksonville.  While they were here all the kids (and Jonathan) took a surfing lesson.  Jacksonville Surf & Paddle did a private lesson for us and they were phenomenal with the kids.

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I'm going to close out my K-Crew pictures with a few of the 4 kids together. These pictures make me so happy. Happy that they were here and happy that even though Kristi and I live many, many miles apart that our kids will still grow up knowing each other.

Yummmm...

One thing is for sure, there were lots of good treats while the K-Crew was here.

Kid Pick Dinner...

One of the things we did while the K-Crew was visiting was a Kid Pick Dinner. We put a variety of different courses into a bucket and everyone drew one out. Then we went to Super Target and the kids were allowed to pick out whatever they wanted for their course. It was awesome. We all had so much fun and they picked some really good stuff. Here was what everyone ended up getting:

Jonathan - Vegetable - Corn

Cole - Main Course - Steak

Shannon - Fruit - Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Kristi - Side Dish - Tater Tots

Kalli - Drink - Rootbeer Floats

Kaya - Dessert - Cookie Cake

Kiley - Appetizer - Cheese Sticks

A Trip to Target...

One night after our kids went to bed early Kristi & the girls snuck out with me to visit Target. We stocked up on back to school clothes and supplies and I worked a little coupon magic to make their dollars stretch a little farther.

Bowling...

I signed all the kids up for the summer Kids Bowl Free program and when they were here we took Kalli & Kaya for some bowling fun.

Sweet Pete's Candy Shop (part 3)...

The kids all picked ice cream for their in-store treat and then they each filled a little back with treats to take home. It was so much fun to see them all perusing their choices oh, so carefully.

Sweet Pete's Candy Shop...

After printing our own t-shirts we headed downtown to Sweet Pete's All Natural Candy Shop. It's a quaint little place where you can get ice cream, cotton candy and the most delicious Sea Salt Caramels. The kids each got to pick a treat to eat there and a treat to take home. Pete himself even took a picture of all of us on their very colorful stairwell.

Printing Shirts...

One morning we took the kids over to Misfits & More, the t-shirt shop that we used to own with Jon's parents before we sold our shares. Back when I was running things there I started a program to have kids come for field trips. I would give them a tour and explain the screen printing process. Then they would get to see shirts getting printed and print some of their own. It was a fantastic program and all the kids and teachers raved about how much fun and how interesting the field trip was. I did a scaled down tour for Kalli, Kaya & Cole and we just tried to keep Kiley from touching chemicals. They all (even Kiley) got to print their own shirt, send it through the dryer and catch it on the other side. It was a huge hit!

Boogie Board Fun (part 2)...

When we were done surfing we turned the boogie board into a photo prop and got some super cute pictures of the kids.

Boogie Board Fun...

After our first beach adventure I sent Jonathan to Target to pick up a boogie board for the kids to use later in the week. It was a hit! Everyone got in on the boogie board action. Jonathan helped the little kids ride the waves, but Kalli was able to do some surfing all by herself.

More Beach...

I was glad Cole was feeling better for our 2nd beach outing. It was a little overcast and perfect beach weather. The kids had fun digging and playing in the waves.