Joes Crab Shack

I think it is pretty obvious that we like eating at Joe's Crab Shack, we go there everytime we are at the beach...AWESOME FOOD, AWESOME TIME!!

Beach Trip 2010

We decided we needed a family vacation, so we called and made reservations for a weekend getaway at Myrtle Beach last weekend. We happened to pick a weekend that they were hosting the car show, but the trip turned out great. We stayed At Compass Cove Resort, as always, it is so family friendly and the rooms are always so nice. The kids love all of the activites they have to do there and we just really had a blast.

Blessings.....

Dinner with my parents is a blessing....

Bones helping me unload the dishwasher is a blessing (even though he did drop a ceramic plate on my foot and bruised my baby toe).....

Millie Grace coloring us LOTS AND LOTS of pictures is a blessing....

J and my dad in law putting railing on our front porch is a blessing....

J and my dad in law rewiring our well pump so we could have water is a blessing....

There are so many things that happen on a daily basis that are true blessings that I just don't take the time to be grateful and thankful for. As a mommy I get very wrapped up in toys being picked up and floors being cleaned and and laundry being done, to recognize most of these blessings until they have gone well past. J is always telling me I need to slow down and take my time. I am beginning to see that he is right, so from now on when the playroom is a mess and the laundry needs to be folded, I will be found enjoying my blessings, smelling the roses, taking time to enjoy the little things, because when it comes right down to it, the little things are the most important things.

Christmas 2009

This is A.G and Bones Christmas picture from last year. J gave in a let him wear knee socks which simply thrilled me and his Nanny. The photographer loved this picture she said it was just "simply natural". We love it too!!

Snow Much Fun, AGAIN in 2010!

We woke up and there was snow on the ground and our bowl was full of snow, we started out with snow cream for breakfast and then moved on to homemade waffles. Then it was time to play in the snow. Can't wait until it does it again!

Sledding.....and away they go!!!

So the first big snow we didn't have a sled, not a true sled, I mean we could have used cookie pans, or car hoods, or whatever people use these days instead of the good old fashioned plastic sleds. So as soon as Bed, Bath & Beyond got their newest shipment of sleds in "J" and Bones went and bought a sled, and man was Bones happy about it. I thought just as soon as we bought a sled it wouldn't snow again this year, but that little boy used the sled as a fishing boat in the middle of the playroom floor for days, he would sit in it and eat his snack, he would watch cartoons, it was so funny to see him with the sled.
When it snowed over Valentine's Day weekend the first thing we did was get the sled out, and if you know Millie Grace, you know she is not afraid of anything, so she was the first to go down our driveway on the sled, now I took the job of standing at the bottom and taking pictures and of course to make sure they stopped and didn't run into any trees. Our driveway doesn't look that steep until their is a 4 year old barreling down at you going about 20 mph. ( I am sure I am exaggerating here but you get my point) So then we let Bones go down and he did a great job I got him stopped successfully before smashing into the firewood pile. Then we let them go down together, oh how sweet you say? Not so much, I can tell you from experience with 2 children in the sled it goes faster, picks up speed quicker and is definitely more difficult to stop. Now this is the part where Millie Grace started screaming and Bones learned that if you don't want to be on the sled the snow is soft and it's okay to just roll off of the thing. Needless to say every time Bones got back on the sled he would roll off, because you know that is the most fun part....and Millie Grace didn't get back on it with her brother.
We had a blast and no one came out any worse for the wear, no black eyes or broken bones, definitely thankful that day for the many, many, guardian angels we have watching out for our babies!!! LOL

More Snow 2010

These are pictures I took of the snow that fell before the Valentine's Day weekend.