Sun & Sand.

I've got my toes in the water, toes in the sand.

Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand.

Life is good today....

Life is good today.

-Zac Brown Band

(Okay, I didn't have a beer in my hand, but I did have a cold Dr. Pepper!)

Ice Time

Tonight was my little monkey's first time ice skating. And yes, those are tiny hockey skates. She loves them and to say she was very upset when she had to take them off would be an understatement.

Favorites

These are my absolute FAVORITE pictures of our trip.

A Week in the Adirondacks. Part Two.

On Sunday, we headed up to Indian Lake, to spend the rest of our vacation with hubby's sister Debby and brother-in-law Mike. We had so much fun with them. The boys thoroughly enjoyed throwing their watermelon rinds over the bank behind the house so the bears could eat them (we didn't see any in person, thank God!). They loved roaming the woods by the house in search of the perfect marshmallow and weenie roasting sticks.
We did alot of swimming on the lake and in the river. (And when I say "we", I mean the kids and Debby. It was WAY too cold for me!)

Mike, Jonah and hubby skipping rocks across the river.

Sophia loved the water in the river until she fell over in it. She wasn't much of a fan after that.

We had a fire almost every night and we roasted weenies and made countless S'mores. Even Sophia got in on the action!

Family Friday Night

We started out with dinner at Vickery's on Shem Creek. The kids loved to walk the docks along the water.

Next we took the kids to play at the park on Sullivan's Island.

Then we ended the night with a some ice cream and a walk on the beach on Isle of Palms at sunset.

Life's a beach!

Strawberry Pickin'

Today, the kids & I met up with some good friends and headed out to Boone Hall Plantation for their annual Lowcountry Strawberry Festival. We picked strawberries, the kids went on some rides, and we all had some deee-licious freshly churned, homemade strawberry ice cream.

As you can see, the kids were pretty worn out by the end of the afternoon, and fell asleep only minutes after we got into the car.

Send in the clowns!

Over the weekend we went to the circus, thanks to an email we recieved with vouchers for free admission for military members and their families. So we packed up the kids and headed to the Big Top for some free family fun!

Five Years

My little man is 5 today. Last night as we were watching the Super Bowl, I kept thinking that five years ago I was doing the exact same thing (only a heck of alot later at night, because we were stationed in England then) only having contractions off and on during the game.

We had Jonah's party on Saturday at the bowling alley. He had a blast!

And I have to toot my own horn here, but I made Jo's cake and am so proud of how it turned out, that I just had to show it off!