St. Simons/Jekyll Island

Life here is good. It is hard to believe that we have been here 4 days now. My how time flies when you are away from "reality." The girls are having a blast! For the first couple of days all they could talk about was going to the beach and finding "she shells." It's so fun seeing how excited they get about seeing the sand and water.

On Sunday morning, we got up and when to church at Lovely Lane Chapel. It was a nice way to start off our trip as well as the day. After church, we then headed to the village at the pier and found a "hidden jewel." There was a store in the pier called "Lela's." Lela was so excited to she her name on the sign. We made quite a few pictures with her standing in front of it and even bought her a t-shirt from there. (Poor kid, this will probably be the only time in her life that she will have something personalized due to her name and the spelling, it's definitely not one of the more common names out there.)

We took the trolley all over the island, too. Talk about an interesting way to see everything. We learned of the colorful history this island has to offer. Of course both girls fell asleep as the wind pasted through the windows, creating such a nice and relaxing breeze. After the trip on the trolley, we ate at one of Kevin's favorite place of all times - Barbara Jean's. It was good!!!

Yesterday, we took a trip down to Jekyll Island for the day. They have a smaller version of Whitewater called "Summer Waves." The girls had so much fun there!!! Lela went up and down on the water slide at least a hundred times it seemed. Lacey we put life jacket on her and had her floating on her back in the lazy river. She got so relaxed floating on her back that she actually fell asleep. Too Cute!! I have discovered that the best way to get them to take a nap is to completely exhausted them. When we take this course of action they will fall asleep within minutes.

Last night we had a nice rain, leaving the air feeling little more humid and everything more green. Dinner was at Mullet Bay, where we dined on shrimp, deviled crabs and mahi mahi. Mom had never had mahi mahi before, but has discovered that it has become one of her favorites. Today, we are taking it slow. Lacey didn't wake until around 9:00 am, we will probably head down toward the pier at some point. Tonight Laura, Ben and the boys will arrive. The girls can't wait to see their cousins. Tomorrow is Evan's birthday so we will have a party at some point, and Kevin will head back to reality. The girls and I still have a few more days of R and R. Yeah!!!

Our Little Performers

In the midst of trying to get ready to leave, the girls decided to put on a show for me tonight after dinner.

Well.....

Friday is finally here! Tomorrow we leave for St. Simons Island. The girls are giddy as can be. I'm running around trying to get last minute stuff together and hoping I don't leave anything.

Lela had tennis lessons this morning. It was her last one for the summer before school starts back. She announced that she didn't want to continue with it after this session. I was a little shocked because it seems like she has really enjoyed it and has improved quite a lot since she first started. She told me the reason was because she was going to be in kindergarten and she just really didn't have time for it. (Thank you.) Talk about a wise little girl, she is such an old soul. I'm glad that she has at least had the experience of doing tennis.

The one thing I'm hoping that I will be able to do while we are gone is keep the blog updated. (I know it's just sad. It's become my addiction.) Since the girls and I are not coming back until next Friday, that is a long time for me not to blog. Kevin, though, will be home a little sooner due to work responsibilities :(

We already have somewhat of an idea of things we want to do. Sunday, we are planning on going to church at Lovely Lane Chapel (this where we got married.) They have a 30 minute sermon each Sunday, so hopefully Lacey can be quiet enough to get through it. I'm thinking if she has her "milky", "baby" and Mommy to hold her we should be good to go. We also plan on taking the Trolley Tour around St. Simons, which I'm very excited about. (We rented it when we got married but had never done the tour before.) The girls love doing stuff that involves riding buses or anything of that nature. We have gone to the hospital and the big thing is getting ride in the golf cart from the parking lot to the lobby. Go figure. Another thing I think the girls will like is going down to Jeykll Island to the water park; from everything I have seen it is basically a smaller version of WhiteWater.

Got to run, luggage and laundry are calling my name.....where is my housekeeper when I need her?

Creative Spirit

I am a big believer in creativity, but this going to extremes? Lacey is so our free spirited child. Yet again, I let her and sister color with markers and make pictures with stickers on them. Obviously Lacey had another idea on her mind. She decided to get undressed, marker up her legs, arms and face, then take all the stickers out of the container and spread them on the floor??? Oh, how I love her!!!

More Sewing Projects

Here are few more things that I have been working on. A few quilt tops and one is a handbag that I just finished up the other night. This is definitely the creative outlet I need in my life.




This quilt I entitled:
Summertime at the Hamptons













This quilt is called:
Strawberry Pie














I call this one:
Chocolate Hearts

Getting Ready

Everyone is excited, we are getting ready for our trip to St. Simons Island. It will be the girls first time going and our first time back since getting married there in 2000. Wow, where has the time gone? It's hard to believe that we have been married almost 8 years! Between teaching classes, cleaning house and keeping the peace between the girls I'm going crazy. I swear there is just as much preparation in going out of town as there is in returning. Every morning Lela proceeds to tell me how many more days until we leave. I know it won't get here fast enough for her.

TGIF

I'm so glad it's Friday!!! Talk about a long week. We're all pretty worn out that's for sure. Lela's last day of dance camp was this morning and they got to dance for us. She did really good. It was her first time getting to jazz dance which was a new experience for her. It is definitely something she seems to enjoy. It was fun watching the little girls dance; trying to imagine Lacey doing that in a few weeks. She is such a loose cannon I just don't know what to expect with her. She will either love all the attention of getting to perform in front of others or she is gonna hate it, and your guess is as good as mine as to how she will do.

After Lela's little performance, we all headed to her favorite place to eat...Johnny's Pizza. Of course, she got her usual - cheese pizza. It was just nice having lunch all together - Kevin, me and the girls. Since Publix is in the same shopping center, the girls and I went in and picked up a few items. While we were in the store, we ran into Lacey's new teacher - "Miss" Cynthia - who she will have this fall. Cynthia and I started talking and I was telling Lacey who she was and out of nowhere Lacey started acting like a dog. She was barking and putting "baby" in her mouth; telling us "I am a dog." Why me? Only Lacey.....

Now were home (yeah!) and I have big plans. I bought some peaches at Publix and I'm going to make a peach cobbler for the first time. I also would love to sit down and sew; I have new handbag pattern that I'm dying to make. But as usual the house needs to be cleaned and there is some laundry to do. Where's the maid when you need her? I guess she is off.