Brookgreen Gardens

Mom got free tickets from a neighbor to Brookgreen Gardens which we have never visited before but have always heard great things. We normally would not pick such a HOT day to go exploring outside but the tickets there only good for this particular day. We did escape into the AC for lunch and they had a kids zone were Anderson got to play with building logs and Karoline got to color. Needless to say we didn't get to see all we wanted because of the heat but even going for a few hours was fun.

The flowers and HUGE trees with moss are just stunning and we got to meet and see lots of animals that are native to this area. The snake was not a big hit :)

Moss on this beautiful crape myrtle

Mr. Gator

Mr. Fox

Karoline's favorite was the owl.

... And we will be back another day... a cooler day...

More Waterway Fun

This time Anderson joined in on the fun! A few weekends ago my friend Amy's best friend was in town (from Tuscaloosa! I was surrounded by Alabama fans!!) so we rented a pontoon boat. TJ went with Amy and the kids and drove the boat and Bryant and I went an put the jet ski's in the water a little further down the waterway. We kind of met in the middle of the waterway. Anderson was so excited when he realized it was me on the jet ski next to the boat. I think he really enjoyed the boat ride and riding on the jet ski. The kids won't let me go more than 30 miles and hour :) We took Anderson tubing. He was scared so we went slow but he enjoyed it. Abby, Karoline and all the other kids had fun playing as well. It was a beautiful enjoyable day! I LOVE being on the waterway!

Huey's Visit

Jeff, Amber, Harrison (5), Palmer (4), and Titus (almost 2), and baby Hope (currently still in Amber's belly) came to Myrtle Beach. They stayed with Eric and April and we joined them for some of the fun. Karoline and Harrison had met before but I think Karoline was like 9 months old. So it was very fun having all the kids together.

For those of you who don't know, Jeff and TJ have been friends since 6th grade... Jeff is the man responsible for TJ and I meeting... Jeff met his wife Amber the week TJ and I got engaged... we all made the trek out to Fort Worth for Seminary together... 3 couples... now soon to be 9 babies...

Thankful for time with wonderful, godly friends ...

We spent time on the beach...

The adults got to have a night out... we went to the 2nd Ave. Pier House for dinner... and NO, I don't feel left out even though I'm the only girl without a baby in my belly :)



And enjoyed some time just hanging out...
Their last night in town we had everyone over for pizza and the kids enjoyed playing baseball (except Titus who took a long nap on our sofa) and the girls enjoyed playing Barbies in the play room until some of the boys crashed their party :)

More Baptism and Fishing...

I never posted the pictures I took of Karoline's baptism so wanted to do so before I forgot. We were so thankful for all of our friends that came to watch and all those who were baptized as well. Watching TJ baptize Karoline was just amazing and there are no words to describe what that was like for me to watch! We saw two jewelers who do Premier Designs with me get baptized, a husband of a family I have been praying/ thinking of for years, and more... It was a beautiful night!

Abby came to watch...

Little Eric and Little TJ :)

That's a big wave coming...

YEAH!!!

One cute thing is that in the pool Karoline and Anderson will play "Baptism" and with trade places being Mr. Trey and its so funny. They even make me clap. Haha...

I took these pictures that night as well... Dad got Anderson a fishing pole but he was a little scared and didn't use it much, but he did help Gandaddy try and find bate and watch Gandaddy fish a little...

4th Of July

We had a very fun 4th of July. We started off the day by meeting a friend and her twins for breakfast at Pine Lakes then my parents joined us for a few hours of swimming. Time went by so fast and knowing we were going to be up very late we rushed home to get the kids down for a nap.
That night we went to some of our friends neighborhood party where TJ was the DJ :) He didn't really DJ but they like to call him "TJ the DJ". He hooked up some speakers and played some music from his computer. It was a lot of fun... until fireworks began of course :) My kids and their sensitive ears!

These were from a friends camera at the party...



Didn't take my camera so I only got cell phone pics...

Rockin' Chick-Fil-A

You know my kids are no longer afraid of the Chick-Fil-A cow right? Well, our friend Justin is a manager at the Surfside Chick-Fil-A and they were having a Rock-n-Roll themed family night. Perfect for our two crazy kids... They had a BLAST!! Anderson could have stayed and jammed with them all night long. It was so cute! Video of a mix of things at the end...

Our friends Justin & Angela's sweet twins... Tuller and Ada

Rockin' with the cows... running the bases... tubing on the waterway...