Action, Lights, Camera

There is nothing like having a good friend, who knows you really well, come for a visit and light a fire under the projects that have gone ignored for far too long. Shannon got here Friday afternoon, we enjoyed a nice dinner and quiet evening here at the house. Saturday morning she and I ventured out on our own while Brian stayed behind with the girls. We did a little shopping and were headed home when we spotted an interesting thrift store...flea market...junk store that looked like it needed to be explored. So we did, and we found this.


and this


There was some other things too but that's going to be another post...the pieces we brought home helped me finally focus in on what color/style lights I wanted to buy to replace the ever so lovely brass originals from 1988. And their crazy ugly ceiling decoration thingy.

This stuff.


We found this on the back of the big one. All original...


So we brought the stuff home and ran off to Lowes to get the new lights. Replacing them was a great deal of fun, cough, cough. But the end result was well worth it.

Look April...pineapples!


Both of them!


This is the last one up for immediate replacement. It's 20' up in the air so once I figure out how to balance the ladder on the stairs and fight the thing off the ceiling it's outta here!

Cannonball!

This past Sunday when Dad, PaPaw, GranMom and Abigail took off for the Georgia coast to drop Abigail and GranMom off for their Barrier Island adventure I had to do something super fun for EG to cheer her up. Miss Lisa invited us over for a swim. (Thank you Miss Lisa)

We had a little lunch before we swam. (Breaking all the rules set forth by my mom when I was a kid)


With a full belly and a smile on her face she was ready.


She was a bit water shy at first.


So we took a popsicle break.


Updated our look with a new swimsuit.


Invited our bestest buddy to join us.


And we were in!


Quack!


After a HUGE water fight Wes was worn out.


Wyatt too.


So we headed a couple of houses down to Miss Monica's house to pick up our new family member.

Meet OC.


OC meet Korduroy.


It was a great day. EG hasn't stopped talking about her swimming adventure. She has said many times since Sunday that the only thing that would have made it more fun for her is if her sister would have been there too. Awwwww.

3rd grade...history

The 3rd grade was a lot of fun for Abigail. It was her first year in the ABC (adventures beyond the classroom) program. They studied everything from Greek Mythology to the Circus. The last day of ABC the kids got to dress up...

Like clowns.


The last day of ABC was all fun, food and games. Abigail loved it.


The following week was the last week of school. At the awards ceremony Abigail was presented an award for being on the A honor roll all year. Yay Abigail!


Abigail and Anna celebrate the end of the school year....

St. Simons Lighthouse

This summer Abigail and GranMom are taking off for about a week to St. Simons Island, Georgia for an adventure on Three Barrier Islands: St. Simons, Jekyll, and Sapelo. Abigail has been studying in preparation for the trip. She is sooooo excited. Part of the trip includes visiting the St. Simons Lighthouse.

Can you tell where this is going?








This was the end of day one.


Day two. Please excuse the hair...field day at school today and it was a million degrees with 300% humidity.


Penciling it in...gotta be "just right"


Outlining is her least favorite. I love the way she's practically lying down.


Whew.


Bigger paintbrush = happy Abigail.


Ta-da!

Country Best Farm Strawberry Adventure

What a great place this is! We've stopped in a time or two over the last couple of years but I had no idea how big this place really is. Thanks to a strawberry picking field trip with EG's school I came out of there with a new favorite place for produce.

Several acres of fresh fruits and veggies. They grow peaches, satsumas, squash, onions, potatoes, and of course strawberries just to name a few. They also do cakes, pies, chicken salad and homemade ice cream...chocolate, vanilla, peach, strawberry and blueberry...and it is GOOD!


I love this...the honor system. Ahhhh a wonderful place. We will be getting all our fresh produce here from now on...well all the stuff we don't grow in our garden that is.


The girls were ready to get started!


Filling those buckets. Well Layla was anyway. Get a look at the expression on EG's face. She makes me smile.


Layla really liked this particular strawberry....it was a funny shape.


EG did some picking for the bucket....and a little for herself. (pesticide free folks)


A few more for herself...


Mmmmmm, juicy.


With full buckets in tow we headed back to the main building to pay for our haul...and get some of that wonderful homemade ice cream. EG was tired.


This is Wes.


And his twin brother, Wyatt.


A really great group of kids. :)


For those of you who live locally you can (and should) visit this place. Country Best Farm is located at 1711 Moates Rd. Enterprise, AL 36330 (334) 393-7224. It's just a couple miles off the circle headed toward New Brockton on hwy 84.

I love it when she paints

Several months ago I made a request. I asked Abigail to paint me a sunflower, a big sunflower. I wanted it to hang in the water closet under the stairs.

I missed the sketching of the flower and came on this.


She used the rug from the room to get the color "just right"


This part took her a looooong time


A Really Long Time


She let it dry between classes and came back to it yesterday. Another coat of blue....


And now that it's finished EG has decided it would look better in her room. She's probably right. So much for MY sunflower....but I do love it when she paints.