Dreams come true....

Even if it take 25 years!

These are pictures of our new house and the 3/4 acre lot that it sets on ... The camera does not do justice to its beauty.

Front of the house looking West from Ocean Blvd. and the Ocean

More pictures of the front yard....

Front yard looking out from the front door.

This is the back yard....

more pictures of the back yard looking from the road on the West side of the property

Wooded area looking back towards the house...

This is the front of the apartment and attached garage. It sets on the North side of the property... 

North side yard looking East from the Front door of the apartment.

Back yard patio looking out from the back door out acrossed the wooded area that divides the patio from the back yard..

Looking at the back side of the house and the Carolina Room (Sun Porch)

The North East corner of the property and the beach access acrossed the street...

walking towards the beach from our front yard...

this is the dunes just before the beach...   

The beach & the ocean just past the dunes....

This open spot on the beach is part of our stuff too... This is where we could keep a catamaran.

This is taken standing on the bridge at the dunes looking back towards the House.

Gingerbread houses

Blake & Leah sent Gingerbread Kits to the boys. The boys in turn challenged them to a House Building Contest! Here are some photos of the fun....

The boys can only assume they won since we haven't seen any photos from Blake & Leah yet....

Happy Anniversary / Celebrating 25 years!

And to Charleston we went!

It was uH.....okay - Nothing Special!



We left Myrtle Beach, stopped by Pawley's Island, (It was fantastic!!!!!!) we wish now we would have just spent the day there.




Anyway, left there.... went on down to Charleston. Battery Park was awesome for history stuff.
WE didn't go over to Fort Sumter or anywhere like that because we are taking the Scouts for an overnighter there in OCT. So we just stayed inland.










We went "Hyman's" Seafood Restaurant (rated #1), NOT IMPRESSED!!!!! only made TO (note: not through) the apps.... one taste and we were done.....very disappointed and expensive.... so we We then walked through a awesome open air market and had an excellent Chocolate Eclair at a little Bakery there. We looked around the area for another place to eat, but nothing good struck our fancy...










So we left early and came back to Capt. Benjamin's in N. Myrtle Beach for Calabash. We had a great time just simply because we love spending time together exploring new things,


but we have decided that we are due for another foreign affair... so a trip to the Swiss Alps will be our next adventure.

Natural blessings

These are my tomato plants.... The left one is Cherry Tomatoes and the right one my Yellow and Orange Heirloom.



This Cherry Tomato plant sets almost 4 feet from base to tip. It is hard to get the whole thing in a picture up close. So far the boys have counted 221 tomatoes off our one plant.

This is my Heirloom Tomato Plants that I have been saving the seeds from year to year. This is the sixth growing season. And the interesting thing is each year I get less and less tomatoes from my two plants.



See the fruits of our Labors.....

Things I have learned about the south...

Fact #1 - That Flies & Frogs are the same size (about 3 inches) and both can be bright green or neon purple....
















Fact #2 - That Red Crabs are blue & Blue Jays are RED...






(They call these Red Bellied Blue Jays. They are really pretty, We have Blue Jays, Red Cardinals and these in our back yard.)






Fact #3 - Spiders are still big & ugly even in South Carolina....
It is called a Banded Argiope or Orb Spider.

Dock diving on the Waccamaw!

We had a great time for Father's Day...










Marty wanted to get a way a little bit, so we decided to take the boys and go to Conway and check to the Waccamaw River.






The boys had a great time diving from the dock and swimming in the river.






The stories tell of the Waccamaw River being the color of Molasses and I would have to say.... The stories are all true!

B-day 2009

OKAY! now I am starting to feel older... My middle baby turning 18 today! Does that make me really old or what???? He makes me feel really old... He acts so grown-up. He is so excited to be officially independent. He has his own job... He got his first Apartment all on his own... He pays his bills all on his own... He say that him and his Girlfriend can have a LIFE now all on their own.... hehehehe.... little does HE know!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SON!!!

WE LOVE YOU LOTS....