Just Beach-y

We took Abby to the beach a few weekends ago when we were visiting Garrett's parents in Savannah. I had such cute images in my head of her running through the sand with Garrett's brother, playing in the surf with Daddy, and getting some pictures.

Haha.

In reality, Abby hated pretty much every moment we were there. She hated the sand on her feet and hands ("dirty!!"), she was deathly scared of the water, and she had no desire to play at all. Garrett was pretty frustrated but I knew I should have expected that to happen. I mean, she is pretty funny about dirty hands and feet.

Better luck next time! She frequently asks to return to the beach, especially when she sees the pictures. (She saw me posting these pictures, and she keeps saying "Beach? Hold hands with Rylan? Play in the water?" in an optomistic tone. Maybe we'll try for round two this weekend.

A day late...

I know I'm a day late, but Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday to Garrett. One of the reasons I married Garrett was because I could tell he would be a great dad, but he really has exceeded my expectations. Especially with me being a week and a half away from delivering our second baby, Garrett has done so much to help me, even after a long, hard day at work.

Garrett and I both come from a long line of great dads to look up to. Happy Father's Day to those who bless our lives every day. We love you!

19

My sister Audrey Rose would be 19 today.  Time flies!

Lions and Tigers and Bears (oh my!)

We really wanted to take Abby to the zoo before it got too hot (and before the baby comes!), and we finally got the chance last Saturday.  It was so much fun!  It's a great little zoo, and had pretty much every animal you'd want to see.  Abby just loved it - her favorite was definitely the aquarium. Garrett also got some great shots with the camera - here are just a few of the things we saw. Hopefully we can go back again someday!

Quite the yawn!!

Memorial Day

We had a fun Memorial Day!  Garrett spent the morning playing volleyball at Church, while I hit up a fabric store sale for some much-needed quilting supplies.  I really did need them.

We spent the afternoon BBQ'ing with friends.  Abby didn't eat much dinner but she sure did love the ice cream sandwiches.

I really do miss our Memorial Day traditions from growing up, though, and I look forward to establishing similar ones with my own kids someday.

Memorial Day 1995

What do you do....

...when strawberries are in season?

You have a strawberry fest!

Fruit pizza...

Strawberry bruschetta (my personal favorite)....

Strawberry cake...

And, of course, no strawberry party would be complete without chocolate covered strawberries!

We also had lemonade with frozen strawberries, and vanilla ice cream with strawberries on top. YUM!

Thanks to everyone for the delicious treats!

Guess Who, Part 2

That's right, chickens (and a rooster). They come into our yard pretty much every day now, just waddling around and making a mess. Our neighbor across the street owns them.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to them being around when Garrett's home - free chicken dinner, anyone? Garrett's been practicing his shot lately (he hit a squirrel just a few days ago), so it shouldn't be much longer.

We're surprised that the neighborhood cats haven't gotten to them, actually. In fact, while I was taking this picture, I saw a cat come strolling up the road and psyched myself up for a great fight - I had my camera ready! Nothing happened, though... that darn cat just walked on by and didn't even give those chickens a second glance.


(Don't worry - we're not really going to shoot them. Really, who wants to clean a chicken? Not I.)