WIlliams

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Top Sail Island & Family Fun

We went to our Aunt Melanie and Uncle Glenn's beach house for a fun weekend in the sun with them. I am pretty much ready to move there. Top Sail Island is beautiful. A couple of Brian's cousins were there as well. I had so much fun talking to Melanie and Cherish... they are full of great advice. I loved playing with and holding Baby Alaina, she is so stinking cute I wanted to steal her. I absolutely loved her beach wear!

Aliana soaking in the rays

Me and Alaina going on a walk

The girls... Melanie, Cherish, Alaina, and me.

Brian, Glen and Seth joked around and had fun catching sand crabs. They did a couple of improvements on the beach house but we spent almost the entire weekend on the beach (my idea of a perfect weekend). We took big long beach walks all together.

The boys

Sand Crabs

Brian

We all looked for shark teeth in the surf. Brian had just watched SHARK WEEK and he was a little nervous but braved the possibly shark infested waters.

Brian and Seth Picking up SHARK teeth

Shark Teeth Seth Found

The shark teeth the rest of us found

The GIANT sand castle Brian and Seth made.

Brian inspecting Seth's craftsmanship

The sandcastle

The boys resting after spending 2 hours building the sand castle

Us on a windy walk

On the sand

What a sweet view!

I love the beach!

THANK YOU GLEN AND MELANIE!

WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Brian's Animal Fun

When we were up in Williamsburg for Labor Day Brian and Dave had a great time feeding all of the wildlife in the woods behind his parents house. We had a wonderful visit and were able to see lots of nature. We went to Cheatum Annex..(I prefer to call it cheetah man-x...sorry Dave!) it is a military base and it's gorgeous! We also went on a drive to look for deer. Dave knew a secret place on Jamestown Island were there were hundreds of deer. Brian was in heaven. I was sick so the only pictures we have were pictures Brian took of animals. Debbie and Dave have been feeding animals in there woods for a long time. Rocky the raccoon has been coming around quite a long enough that she has taught all of her 6 babies were the good food is. Here are a couple of spooky glowing eye pictures.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Summer

We had a fun filled summer and it is about time I post something about it. It came and went way to fast. Here is a recap of the Highlights.

We went to Atlanta 3 times... for the 4th of July, to buy fabric for a project (I'll get into that later in this post), to check on my Grandpa (he had his knee replaced) and of course to visit with our family.

I spent some time at the pool mostly with my friend Michelle.

We went to Orlando, Fl.

Us in FLORIDA. We didn't take pictures we didn't have our memory card in our camera... Oops! This is a cheesy phone camera pic.

Then there was my favorite part of summer... When my mom came to visit for a couple of weeks. You might think thats a long time to have your mom visit but we had a great time and did not want to send her back to L.A. While my mom was at my house we embarked on a major HGTVish project. My mom and I tend to think we can do anything. While it is great to think you can do a project the reality of completing it is another story.

I decided our new house needed drapes I'm not talking about pre-made panels from target or bed bath and beyond. I thought we needed custom one of a kind drapes. Now why I didn't decide that one or two rooms needed these custom drapes I don't know... I guess the phrase go big or go home applies here. I didn't realize how much work it was going to be either. While we were in Atlanta we went fabric shopping with my aunts. Brian stayed home and worked on man stuff with my grandpa GB. He and my grandpa were so cute working on their projects.

Brian says when I decide to do something there is no changing my mind and this was the case with this project. I was determined to get drapes made for a long list of rooms...

Living room,

Dining room

office

master bath

1/2 bath down stairs

Sun room/Kitchen

Family Room

I had no idea how much work this project was going to be!!! Wow! My mom and I spent 12-14 hours a day for 1 week sewing and sewing some more. When we finally finished I was very proud of our hard work! The drapes look great and make our house feel more cozy. We LOVE LOVE LOVE them and could have never done it with out my moms help. Here are a few pictures.

We started with this...

We used the entryway to lay out the HUGE panels

Ellie helping out

Brian's Office

Formal Living Room

Family Room

The pillows we made to match

The kitchen/sun room (This is my fave)

Summer went by to FAST but was fun filled! I wonder what our next project will be?

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Ellie got Mail

Our nieces and famous flower girls, Adalyn and Cosette sent us a package this week.

They just had a dance recital how cute are they!!!

The girls sent Ellie a package with two darling little dresses. She has been wearing them all around the house. She looks so FANCY! Thanks Girls we miss and love you!

Ellie napping in one of her cute new dresses.

Ellie Loves her new dresses!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Nap Time

Brian and Ellie LOVE to take naps! I walked up to the man cave and found this...

Myrtle Beach

This past weekend we went to Myrtle beach! Brian's mom and step dad were there. Dave's family goes every year for a week and since we are only 3 hours away we headed on down! Dave's parents are in their eighties and have been going to Myrtle Beach for years it is like their families Carpenteria. For those of you who don't know what Carpenteria is I will post a blog about it soon! I was loving that his mom was walking around in her swim suit and getting in the pool! That is my goal for when I am in my eighties... playing at the beach! I loved being at the beach it is so relaxing to me. Brian was sweet and made sure to go on walks with me and frolic in the ocean.