The Treasure Hunt with Princess Amelia! (Final Beach Posting)

We got to go on a real treasure hunt while we were at the beach!! Princess Amelia at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island was our guide and she was so pretty and had a real parrot - see? (We were mesmerized!)

So the treasure hunt started on one side of the hotel

and Princess Amelia gave us our first clue -

And off we went to the other side of the hotel to look for the treasure!

When we got to the other side, we found another clue...

and then we walked back to the other side of the hotel.

Yes, the side we had just come from which caused Luke to ask,

"Why do we keep going back and forth and back and forth?".

That's my brother!

We finally found the treasure and Princess Amelia opened

it for us to all share in the loot!

We even got to do a Pirates Toast with pink lemonade.

That Ritz sure does know how to show kids a good time!

Lukey and I are thinking of going back again...

We may even take the family with us!

Ahoy Mateys!

Beach Trip 2010 from Luke's Perspective (Part 4)

Does my smile say it all? I love the beach! Every part of the beach - the sand, the water, my cool swimsuit, my glasses, my shovel... so much fun!




And the pool! At the beach, there's a pool! If you get tired of the sand, you can just wash off and head off to the pool... amazing!



You're not supposed to drink the pool water? Ok, I'll just put it in my mouth and then spit it at sissy. Is that Ok? It's not? Ok, I'll stop.

Granddad gave me a ride around the pool!

And there's nothing like a nice cool sip of Ritz ice water to quench a boy's thirst from being in the salt and pool water!

One more beach posting should finish us up, aren't you all excited to see more? Ha Ha!

Our Granddad, The Birthday Boy!

Please pardon the interuption in our previously announced Beach Postings to say:

Happy Birthday Granddad!!!

We all went to Macon today to celebrate his birth. See? A candle in his blueberry cobbler that Mommy made!

And of course, we helped him blow out the candles!

And then I helped him open all of his gifts! I'm the best unwrapper in the family.

We took a birthday time out to pose with Sh-Sh for a picture. (The look on my face says "There are more birthday activities people. Let's go!")

(See the bandage on Lukey's forehead? We'll explain in an upcoming posting but the important part is HE IS OK! Praise the Lord!)

And then I posed, I mean the Masked Princess posed with the Birthday Boy!

Happy 40th Birthday, Granddad! We love you so much!

TK at the Beach! (Yep, Part 3)

Hello Family and Friends! I've missed you while I've been traveling! To the lake, to the beach, I'm a road warrior!

We took so many pictures at the beach that Lukey and I get our own posts! Guess what I collected at the beach???

SHELLS, SEE?


And I built gigantic sand castles...

SEE? Isn't it an architectural wonder? (Sh-Sh says it is.)

I think Sh-Sh mentioned that Luke buried me in the sand, right? It doesn't sound fun but it is!

And of course, there was dancing!! I danced by the pool for hours! Ballerina twirl -

Tony's pose from Saturday Night Fever (I don't know what that means but Sh-Sh said I've got it down!) -

And last but not least? So much play time that we barely even napped! (If you click on this picture and make it bigger, you can see how Mommy got the water drops to stand still for the picture!)

Luke's turn next... Happy Summer Time!

Beach Trip, TK & Luke with Mommy & Daddy! (Part 2)

Quality.Family.Time.

It's so important... especially when it happens at the water's edge!

Here we are chillin with Daddy!

And with Mommy! It was so much fun, look at Luke's smile!

I got some girl time with Mommy!

And just when we were getting to the important girl stuff? You guessed it, Luke came back to talk about boy stuff.

Can I share a big secret? They are really good parents.

We love them a little bit. :-)

BEACH TRIP 2010! (Part 1)

It's not often that I, Sh Sh, take over the blog to narrate myself but I really needed to do the first posting about our family trip to the beach. It was the first time TK and Luke had seen the ocean... and they loved it!

They played and posed and played and posed.

Luke buried TK and then TK chased Luke.

They played in the kiddie pool -

Luke dumped water on TK's head and then TK gave him an "I forgive you hug".

And they posed for a beach picture together... but by then Luke was exhausted from all the playing and posing!

These children are certainly blessings to our family and we thank God for them!

Please check back over the next few days - they both have more pics to share! :-)

Your Visitor's Guide to Stone Mountain!

Buckle in, Friends! We went to Stone Mountain and there's so much to show you, we're including the most pictures EVER in a single blog posting... I know, I'm ambitious!

Allow me to give you a visual tour of Stone Mountain? My capable assistants for this assignment were, of course, my little brother, Luke (we go most everywhere together) and our good friends, Thomas and Addie. You remember Thomas, right? You know, the boy I'm going to marry...

First, you take a gondola ride up to the top of the mountain. Not much to do at the bottom unless it's July 4th and you want to watch the fireworks... Hey, wait a minute... Mom! It's July 2nd!!!

Let me jump back... before that, you have to stand in line to get on the gondola -

You always want to smile pretty for pictures on the way up -


At the top, you immediately start climbing on the rails... Right foot...

Climbing on the rails is what you do right up until the moment your Mommy says, "Picture Please" and you immediately sit down on the nearest bench and pose like this -

Isn't Thomas handsome? And don't we look great together? Uh Oh. Daddy just told me to cut it out with these "jokes", that I'm not 30 yet so I can't even go out on a date yet... Ok, Daddy.

(Sh... Did you see what I did there? I just included a picture of me, Thomas and Addie from the lake a few weeks ago that I forgot to show you. Don't worry, Daddy won't notice).

Here's the real bench picture... Of course, Luke is in this one! We're the 4 muskateers!

Then we get to play! AT THE TOP OF STONE MOUNTAIN!! Don't worry, it's completely safe.

There's even some water up there. I was trying my best to entice Thomas and Addie into jumping the rocks with me... but they decided to rest for a little bit. (See, he's smart too!)

And you know that Lukey had to throw rocks in the water -

On the way back to the gondola, Luke decided to hitch a ride. Fun and pretty ride, right?

The problem with the ride? Luke had a little wardrobe malfunction (Hehe) -

And last but not least before heading back down the mountain? One more picture, of course!

We know that makes you want to go to Stone Mountain... You should go in 2 days, I hear there's quite the fireworks show!

Happy Independence Day everyone!