Catch Up

Wow, it's been a week already since my last post! I guess that means you can tell it's been a busy one! Report cards went home Monday, and overall there is a feeling in the air that "the end [of the school year, that is] is near." The kiddos' last day will be June 5... it will be here before we know it!

I thought I'd give you a couple pictures of how we spent our time at the beach and a couple fun finds from this week.

First of all, how we spent our time at the beach:

BEACH
I LOVE the beach!






BIKES
Dad and Mom rented four bikes. Sam got to go on several bike rides around HHI and on the beach. Matt, Matt, and Dad also had a couple "spin out" contests on the bike. Lastly, my CRAZY husband decided on a whim to build up as much speed as possible and drive STRAIGHT into the ocean. Brad documented that adventure, so I'll have to post pictures of it later. Just know that Brad, Joy, Matt, and I were all dying laughing, and Matt was SOAKING wet. :)






CATAN
Brad, Joy, and Matt each won a round. I did not. I was close a couple times, and had the lead at times, but I just could not pull out the big W. It was so fun to have people to play with, though. :)


SOUVENIR
Here is our "wooden guy" shelf, now with our HHI souvenir added. Mom and Dad got TJ (a fun(ky) wooden bird when they first got married, and Matt and I got some wooden creatures (sand dollar, sting ray, and pelican) on our honeymoon. We have tried to add to the collection. We got a Dcuk at Edisto Island 2 summers ago, E ("Alice") gave us the elephant from Disney's Animal Kingdom when she and I met at WDW for about a week (and we gave her one as a housewarming gift for her condo and her fiance/now husband) ,and now we found this fun bird (the tall, white, speckled one) at HHI on our last day. :) I was SOOO excited to continue our tradition. :)


FABRIC
Ariana found a quilt shop on the island, so she, Joy, and I headed over to peruse the selection. I had a lot of fun, and I loved that the shop already had quarter flats of basically everything cut and ready to roll. Apparently there's a store back in Knoxville that carries quite a few of the same patterns, but since all we have here is JoAnn's (though I WILL be thankful we have JoAnn's), I really enjoyed seeing some new things.

Here's a shot Joy took of the shop.


Here are the patterns I chose.

I can't resist a cute duck.

So sweet! And I love the lion and the green, polka-dot dog!

I love, love, love these fishies!

Partridge in a Pear Tree fabric! I plan to make some Christmas oven mitts. :)

FLOWERS
I picked these two flowers from our back yard and set them up next to a picture of us that sits in the window sill above the sink. :) They've brighten dish washing time for sure. :)


THIS WEEK
Here's a 1/2 yd. of flannel I fell in love with from.... Walmart!


We hope you have a good week and that you have enjoyed rest this weekend! We are excited to see many of you when we make our summer travels. :)

Love,
Becca