Friday Favorites

It has been a week! We have been on the go ALL week so today is a LAZY day for us. Next week starts VBS so it's going to another busy week but it's going to be FUN!

After the gazillon doughnuts we ate last week I figured we need to slowly detox our system. My mom had a doctors's appointment Monday (and Tuesday) in Florence. We happen to pass a KK on the way home so it made perfectly good sense to stop and get a dozen or so. 

And I'm going to be honest here. I can't stand seeing the KK box on my counter. I have no explanation for it. That's why my doughnuts are on my cake plate. And I have decided the sour cream cake doughnuts are the BEST! 

It's SUMMER READING every day at my house. Every one reads for at least 20 minutes...including me. 

If you do not follow LaLa Life Book Club on Instagram you really should. She has some amazing book reviews. They are some of my favorites!

Our kids at church do a Bible Science group on Wednesday nights. They all had fun this week with fire! Ha! They talked about serpents and made snakes 'grow'. It was pretty cool. 

Our Children's Director also does Marvelous Monday's with our kiddos. They've been to the movies and this past Monday they went swimming. She has lots of fun stuff for the kids this summer. 

I saw these cute shirts on GroopDealz and maybe Jane. There's a new local business that does custom shirts so I'm going to see if they can do something similar for me. I'm all about supporting locals! 

OMG! This is my absolute FAVORITE! We have had LOTS of rabbits in our area this year. We have enjoyed watching them in our yard and last night we found where a mom has her nest. I didn't want to do a garden this year so I haven't touched my little garden spot. I know it looks bad but that's where she has her nest! I'm so excited.  I can't wait to see the babies!

Vacation Part 2

Here's the second half of our beach vacation pictures. It was sad leaving but I'm so happy to be HOME!

I could watch the boys play in the ocean all day. The weather was perfect - sunny with a breeze. 

After a while down at the beach the boys would want to head to the pool. 

This is the look of a little boy who just finished eating blackened Mahi Mahi! He LOVES it! 

 I tried to get a picture of the two of them. This is the best I could get. Haha!

Here's proof the Michael and I were actually there as well.

Carter ran and played the entire time we were at the ocean. Miles would go out and play some but not like Carter!

My tumbler from That Inspired Chick made it on vacation too! It kept my drinks nice and cool.

Me and Miles

Me and Carter

Me and Jackson

Jackson asked me to take pictures of them jumping in the pool so I thought I would share them as well! 

Carter doing his thing.

And Miles who still holds his nose when he jumps in. It's a work in progress with him! 

Dinner at our favorite place - The Gulf Stream. The are getting tired of me taking their pictures! Haha!  

My goofball. Michael would not smile right in any picture I took of him. But I'll keep him!

Nothing says fun like mini golf. Haha!! Some one always asked for a redo or some one was always cheating. But...I can say I beat everyone and I wasn't wearing glasses or contacts.  

It's a joke in our family that some one usually gets sick. Well, I had a sinus infection the week before this trip. We thought that was our sickness but Carter wanted more. He had bullus impetigo. This is part of it and it looks really good here. I'm thankful our pediatrician is beyond awesome. We texted him a picture of Carter's leg and he called him some meds since we were out of town.  

Hello Monday Vacation Part 1

This past week we had our first vacation of the summer. The beach was FUN! We were in Murrells Inlet, SC and we rented an ocean front house in a gated community. It was rainy several days but we still managed to have a blast. 

All five of us in our first new car selfie! We went through Georgetown and stopped for lunch before heading to the grocery store and to get the keys to the house.

Sunday afternoon was spent on the beach even though it was overcast and a little rainy. And guess who didn't put on sunscreen and got a little burnt? ME! I'm still sporting a tank top tan line after a week of trying to even it out. 

Michael took a big kite and the boys had fun flying it. Why does Jackson look so grown here? 

I guess he was tired of standing up watching the kite. 

And the NEATEST thing...there were 4 sea turtle nests right down from our house.

We could get used to a pool in our back yard. The boys had the best time swimming.

We made our way to Krispy Kreme and it was delicious. I think we ate 5 1/2 dozen doughnuts while we were there. I will say there were 7 of us it that makes it any better. Haha!!

They were super excited to head out shopping. Not really but we were going to Dave and Buster's so they were fine!

Out of the blue Jackson said he wanted to ride a helicopter. So we did. Well Jackson, Pop and I went on a little ride. It was pretty cool. 

The pilot was awesome with Jackson and talked about what all we were doing. Our only complaint was it was a short ride. 

This section of the beach is perfect! Our boys can run and be loud and NOT bother any one. 

Part 2 coming up soon...

Friday Favorites...Hello SUMMER!

This is the first week of summer break and we have been LOVIN' it! 

08.20.2018

First day of school

Jackson 5th grade

Miles and Carter 2nd grade

06.07.2019

Last day of school

Here's a little recap of Jackson's 5 years at NHE. 

First day of 1st grade

First day of 2nd grade

First day of 3rd grade

First day of 4th grade

And his LAST day of elementary school. 

I honestly can't believe we have a child in middle school!

And just for kicks...here's the last day of pick up in the front car line my guys. I'll be back in this line when M and C are in 4th grade.