Wild Fourth of July Weekend

I am finally back from my hiatus and ready to catch you up on everything we have been doing.  I'm starting with July 4th Weekend and then will go back and catch up.

July Fourth Weekend had plenty of excitement! From scalloping, to fireworks, to dog bites, to fires....we covered it all.

Saturday we loaded up in the boats and head over to Lanark to go scalloping.

Scuba Steve

Mom

The joys of cleaning them

Sunday we had Drew's family over for a Fourth of July Celebration.  John Andrew had bought a bunch of fireworks on their way back from visiting Hensley and Sawyer.

The Musselwhite Family + Cameron and Regan

Mac found a shell on the beach

The Firework's Team

Mary Carlton and Regan

Right before Drew's family arrived we had a little incident with Copper.  Ty and Kevin came down for the party and fireworks and Ty was hungry so we were making him a sandwich.  He went over to the Doolin's side to get some ham for his sandwich and while walking back Copper bit him on his calf.  Poor Ty had to go all the way back to Tally so that Dr. Stoetzel could bandage him up and luckily he didn't have to get any stitches.  Here is where Copper resided the rest of the weekend.

 And here is Ty with his leg bandaged up.

Once everyone had eaten all the wonderful food and desserts, the Smith/Davis/Wagnon clan came down to watch the fireworks.  Tripp and Heather were in town and I got to meet Aubrey for the first time.  This year we decided to shoot the fireworks off in the yard instead of on the beach so everyone could sit on the porch.  This seemed like a great idea at first......

We started off with all the little one doing sparklers.

Then we got ready for the big ones.....

The first few fireworks went off and everything was going smoothly.  Next thing you know, one turned over on its side and shot towards the swamp between us and our neighbors.  Once it finished two of the sparks caught the grass on fire and the whole swamp went up in blazes.  Everyone was running around like crazy....grabbing hoses, buckets, ice chest.  Several neighbors from along the beach came running over to help us put the fire out.  Within several minutes or so we had the fire put out.  Thank you everyone for pitching in and helping us.  Some of the kids were freak out but most of them thought it was cool.  I don't think Uncle D thought it was so cool and he is now ready to retire from lighting of the fireworks. 

After that fiasco we somehow decided to continue with our fireworks which only ended in another scare.  Another firework block tipped over and shot toward our other neighbor.  The firework went right under their house and exploded.  Luckily everything was okay and there was no damage.  At that point we decided that all fireworks will be let off at the beach so thats where we wrapped up our grand finale and it was exciting!

Thank you Uncle D and Drew for being our brave firework igniters!

Monday was pretty laid back.  Drew, Sarah and I went out to the spit to do a little tarpon fishing.  We didn't catch a tarpon but we had a great time.

Drew and Sarah w/ a Sheephead Fish

We had a wonderful weekend full of family, friends and sunshine!!  Looking forward to do it again soon!

Mother's Day Weekend

Drew and I had a fabulous mother's day weekend!  We got down to Drew's family's beach house on Ochlocknee Bay in the wee hours of Saturday morning.  John Andrew and Kay were waiting up for us and we all watched the House Sine Die and went to bed.

Saturday we went on a fishing trip to the South Sholes. 

Mac's First Catch of the Day

Fuller catch's a big one

Cool Cat

Three Big Spanish Mackerel's

The Fishing Crew

Proud Daddy

That evening we celebrated Kay's Birthday with a great fish fry!!  Kay even broil some mackerel which was my favorite and Mary Carlton made a brownie cake. 

Yummy Food

Thanks Shannon & Shafer!

Sunday morning we all woke up to a wonderful Mother's Day Brunch cooked by John Andrew!! Then Kay and Andra Kay opened presents.

After brunch it was so beautiful outside that we went for a boat ride.

Walker enjoying the ride

That evening we took my mom out to dinner for Mother's Day!  We had a wonderful meal at the Melting Pot! On the way to dinner we stopped off at Roselawn and left a flower for Nanny.  We know she was looking down on us and knows how much we miss her.  Happy Mother's Day Nanny!

 Tonight we are celebrating Mother's Day with Kathy and Bridget. 

Thank you mom's for being such wonderful, caring people!  We are so lucky to have you in our lives!

Love you all!

Sine Die

Session is over......what a relief!!!

This year I suprised Drew with an end of session present (which he claims other husbands and wives do):

For as much as this boy is outside, he has never had a nice pair of sunglasses.  So I bought him a pair of Maui Jim's and he was thrilled.  I'm so happy that he is enjoying them.

Glad you made it through another year baby!  I love you!!

Spring Birthday's

The past two weeks have been filled with birthday's galore and I have been very lazy with taking pictures so please forgive me.

Last week we started off our list of birthday's with our dear friend Teresa Dennis. Her birthday was April 25 and we were unable to celebrate at dinner with she and Steven due to a baseball game.  Next up is my cousin Christian.  His birthday is April 26 and he lives in Washington DC so we left the celebrating up to his wife Carla!  Third on the list is another cousin of mine, Kevin.  Drew and I took Kevin out to Barnaby's and had the best time!  What is better than great pizza and good company!  The next birthday boy is Uncle Doug.  His birthday is April 28 and he was off celebrating his birthday in France with the Sister's (Aunt Karen, Aunt Kathy and My Mom)! 

During the week of birthday I spent one evening at Sara Britton and Matty J's house.  I had the best time with Allie Boone.  She is so sweet!

The final birthday of the week was Jason Mork, who is a good friend of Drew's and now mine!  His lovely wife Shelia threw a surprise (or not so much) party at their house.  We had such a great time!  Tons of friends, food and bocce ball.  Saturday before the party Drew, Jason and Jason Hart play golf at Summer Brooke. 

Now this leads me into this week, Monday, May 2, 2011 was my best friend Fran's birthday!  We celebrated with all of her friends at Mockingbird Cafe.  It was a fabulous evening!

The rest of the week was pretty laid back.  Drew has been working late nights so I decided to have dinner ready for him when he got home and we ate dinner outside on the deck.  The weather was perfect!  We also use one of our wedding gifts for the first time.....Thank you Betts's Family!!! 

Copper helping set the table!

The next night we had my mom over for a Mexican Fiesta to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! 

We are so fortunate to have such great friends and family!  Happy Birthday to everyone!

Have a great Mother's Day Weekend!

Bunny's, Slip N Slides and Church

This past weekend was full of fun for all ages.  Friday afternoon Drew and I headed down to St. Teresa Beach for Easter Weekend.  Drew's family was coming and staying at our house so we had a lot planned!

Saturday Morning we headed down to Jay and Bri's Easter Egg Hunt Party.  It was so much fun and the Easter Bunny even showed up.

The kid all lined up to hunt

The parents watching

Mac egg hunting

Cooper with the Aunter Bunny

The Musselwhite's with their favorite Bunny!

The Bunny's Favorite person

 After the Egg Hunt it was time for the munchin....

The Musselwhite's Enjoy the Good Food

After our bellies were full we headed back to our house where Drew had built the longest slip n slide ever!

The kids had such a good time.....and Drew!

Ty

Avery

Kate

Mary Carlton

Claire

Mac

Fuller

And Drew

After our full day of activities we headed back to Jay and Bri's for a wonderful Wharf dinner with music by Jay Kelly.  It was the perfect ending to a fabulous day! 

Sunday we got up early for a pancake breakfast that John Andrew cook for us and then we headed to church.  We went down the beach to the St. Teresa Community Church which was a really neat experience.

Thanks everyone for a wonderful Easter Weekend!  We enjoyed having the Smith/Musselwhite family with us and we missed Mom, Aunt Karen, Uncle Doug, Aunt Kathy, Sarah, Chin, Carla, Uncle Johnny, Aunt Tina, Worth and Mike.  And most of all, my grandmother, Nanny!!  I know we were all thinking about her even though we were spread out all over the world.