Beach HHI June 2008

We put the babies in their pajamas, feed them and put them in the car. We headed for Hilton Head around 8:00pm and the babies slept pretty much the whole way there and so did Evan. When we got there, they woke up so we fed them and put them to bed in their pack and plays. The did well for their first trip.


I don't have a ton of beach pictures since we never made it out to the beach as a family. I did manage to sneak away for about 30 minutes to see Clay and Evan play together one day. We plan on having a tent next month so we should all make it out there...plus we were only there for a couple of days. We spent most of the time around the room, but did go out to eat at The Salty Dog on night. I had the cutest picture of Elijah in his hat and accidentally deleted it. AARRGGHH!

We enjoyed the local wildlife for sure. We saw the funniest squirrel on our deck, a huge bird, and we even saw an alligator in the lagoon behind us. Evan found some great shells on the beach and even found several sand dollars and starfish. A few of the starfish that he found were still alive. He enjoyed letting them crawl in his hands. I had never seen a starfish alive before, it was very interesting.

"But Mom, I had it first!!"

The Fighting over toys has begun!

Sleeping with Mommy and Daddy is something that only happens in our house if someone is sick, but Baby Lije was a bit out of sorts being in a strange place without his bed so he managed to sneak into Mommy's bed for a nap. SHHHH, don't tell Ella! Evan came in and thought it was the sweetest thing.

Eating at The Salty Dog

Our Trip to PA

I apologize that it has been so long since I last posted.
One of the last posts I promised to write about our trip, so quickly here it goes...

Our trip to PA...
It was so wonderful to visit with Mark, Carol and Hannah. Evan and Hannah had so much fun playing with each other. Evan took Hannah a Monkey just like his from Build a Bear, which he named Monk (the same as his). We had a wonderful time. We keep praying that God will lay it on their hearts to move to good ole Georgia. HA HA (Ask and ye shall receive, right) :-)

The first night Carol and I went to a cooking class together, a Happy Mothers day present from Mark and the kids. How sweet! Carol and I had such a good time reminiscing while eating the great food. We even teared up while talking about the past...nooooo not us! We were asked by the lady sitting across from us if everything was okay. We visited Amish Country, went on a train ride, and a horse and buggy ride. Mark and Carol are both retired Army (though they still work some) so we got to go onto the base and see what an Army Base is all about. We also visitedmuseumsum and went to a minor league baseball game. On Sunday they had a family cookout so we got to meet other members of the family and we ate ST. LOUIS STYLE RIBS Mark Schatte Special!

Before we left, we planned our next get together, for them to come to GA in November. Since our trip we found out that they will be joining us and Clay's family in North Myrtle Beach in August. We can't wait to see our babies on the beach together.

We had such a wonderful time with our extended family. It is always so hard to leave each other as we cried together in the airport. I so wish that so many miles diseparateperate us.