Beach Bums

We rolled back into the 'hood about 3:3o today. By 4:00, I had everything unpacked and the washer/dryer were humming along good. We had a great time. The Hilton will never be same I am sure. We left our mark - Bug dropped a convertible yellow Hot Wheels car down one of the drain thingies out by the pool. I must brag on what a good Mommy I was. I pulled the grate up and attempted to retrieve the car. But alas, my arm was not long enough. We stood up, we grieved, and then we purchased another later in the evening.

I guess I am getting ahead of myself though. The ride down went well. I only had to ride about 50 miles in the back seat. I wasn't too car sick when we arrived but man, I was glad to get out from back there.

When we went out to the beach, Monty commented that he felt like John Candy in Summer Rental and I had to giggle because he was dead on it. The beach was P-A-C-K-E-D! But we found a spot (right in the middle of where everyone was walking up and down the beach by the water) and began to splash and play. All the while, we ignored the looks from those who were a little put out that we were sitting right down the walking path at the shore. But frankly, we didn't care. There was honestly no where else to sit.

Here are a few pictures of Lane and some of Monty and I with Lane's bucket hat. Of course, the tractor went to the beach again this year too!

So, more tomorrow about the trip. I have some really funny video footage of Bug. That boy......

CONGRATULATIONS

I just wanted to give a big congratulatory shout out to my cousin, Napp. He, his wife Angela, kids Xylie & Zayden and little puppy Carleigh will be moving to Athens at the end of the Summer. He will be teaching at UGA. Oh my gosh! I know....what could he be feeling deep down right now.....he graduated with PhD in Political Science from University of Florida (GO GATORS) and now....well, he must go "lie amongst dawgs"! Watch out for fleas!! Hee hee hee
I couldn't resist it.
We love you guys!

Countdown

Hello, hello, H-E-L-L-O!!

We are getting packed and ready to go. I can hardly wait. The boys are out and about running a few errands. I have 99% of the stuff packed and only about 10% loaded in the truck. But I am cleaning really well before I go. I know I will go nutty when we get back if I walk into a house that is in complete disarray.
So with that said, I want share one of my absolute favorite little finds. Click here to see what gem I stumbled on about a year ago. It is wonderful! The long handle comes off and the wide floor attachment slides off and it becomes a little hand held vacuum. I used it last night to clean out my truck. It also comes with one of those tiny crevice cleaner attachments. I love it for my hard wood floors. It really sucks up dirt and cracker crumbs. And heaven help me, we have plenty of cracker crumbs at my house thanks to Bug!
So, let me go do a little dusting and then load up the truck!
Y'all have a great weekend.
Disclaimer: Anybody wanting to come to my home and burglarize it while I am gone, note that there is nothing really of great value here. All diamonds are on my person and are electronics in our home....well....let's just say no DVRs, no flat screens, no HDTV. We love what we have but I am sure it won't bring much for you at the pawn shop.

Tah-Tah!

My Friday but it is only Thursday

Hey Y'all!

It is Thursday actually but to me to it is Friday for work purposes. I will go in and tie up all loose ends so I can ease my little mind on our long weekend. So anyway, yada, yada, yada. I hope you all are having a good week. It is all down hill from here.

I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of Bug at the fountain earlier this week. We dined at Old Mexico and then walked up to the big fountain at the Courthouse. Bug loves it so much. As you can see, his Daddy is standing behind me. We thought he was going to dive in at any second because he had already tried. He likes to put his feet in our waterfall at my work too. It is not nearly as deep as this one.

And last, here is a picture from Bug's bath time. The big fish with the duck is the boat and the duck is driving it. The small round thing with the turtle is the innertube and the turtle is riding it. Isn't that too cute??

Dreaming...

of the weekend! We are going for a little three day weekend vacation down to Sandestin and stay at the Hilton there. We haven't been there before but the pictures look so nice.






























I am scheduled for a little R&R at the Spa there.....man, I am looking forward to that!

So if you see me around town and I have a glazed look on my face - I am simply wishing it was Friday and we were headed on down. Just smack me around and tell me to get back to reality! LOL

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the Daddys!!

I know I don't tell my Daddy enough how much I love him. So, be sure to share with yours today if you haven't already.

Here is an old picture from July 4th of last year.

I think it is a sweet picture of Bug and his Daddy.

Derby

Well, I know I am a country girl and I am quite proud of it. Just to name a few "country" events I have attended - a rat shoot, anything hog and pig related whereas I was raised on a pig farm, but there was one thing missing from my list and last night I had the chance to add it. We went to the local Demolition Derby. Y'all, it was crazy! We had a great time.

We only had mud slung up on us one time. Bug and I both were a little disturbed with that - for 2 entirely different reasons. I wear contacts so dirt coming at your body including your face is never a good thing especially when you recently popped in a fresh pair. And Bug, well, he doesn't like his hair washed so it didn't do him any favors either.
But after that, we settled in for a good 'ole Derby and started picking our favorites. Obviously, we need to load Bug up and head to Vegas whereas 2 out of his 3 picks finished first. Not too shabby I must say.


Waiting for the start was kind of boring as you can see.




This guy didn't do too well. I wasn't heart broken - he is the one who slung mud on us.

Pickle eating contest was held between heats 2 and 3. Hmm....never seen one of those either. This guy with the mullet won it. I think the contest was unfair. He clearly had an advantage over the other contests. They didn't hold a candle to him. I wonder if his belly has stopped hurting yet.....

This car was cool - Mullets Gone Wild - was the name AND it was Orange & Blue (GATOR colors) so it was naturally a favorite for us.

The Po-Po car was cute too but also didn't do too well.

The little Toyota won the 2nd Heat. We surely didn't think that little car would hold up along side some of the larger and heavier cars. What we didn't factor in was how quick and agile this little car could be. He flew all around the place - sounded like a bumble bee.

This pink car won the 1st Heat. Of course, being a girl, I had picked it as my favorite.

So tonight they do it all again. Look around if you go, we may go back if we don't go to the Lake House!