Painting Again....

I am at it again.....painting that is.... I am finally finishing up my kitchen that I have been working for a couple of years now....First, We had to replace the lower cabinets and to get new counter tops. The cabinets I had did not match so I painted then. Then, Last Spring I got a matching counter top for my island to match my new counter tops. Then I painted my island to match the cabinets before Spring Break. I also bought a some test paint and painted a wall and lived with that for a while. I liked it so this week I finally dove in and painted All the kitchen walls. I only have the first coat up but here is a  sneak peek.....

I bought this picture in Savannah for the kids bath room but it found its home in the kitchen. So now this is the inspiration for the kitchen make over. This is what inspired me to finally finish my kitchen make over!!!!

So what do you think so far????

I am decorating my kitchen in prints I brought back from Paris!!! Oh Paris............ How I Do Miss YOU!!! Anyway, I first have to find frames for them. Can't wait to finish this never ending project!

Wordless Wednesday

Did You Know That Georgia Has Monkey's In Their Forest?

Well they do!!! Joel, Karlton, and I stumbled across some while hiking the trails at Wormsloe Plantation hanging from some vines.... They are pretty cute don't ya think!?! One of them even wore sunglasses. ;0)

Fun At The Beach....

                          Here are some pictures of us playing on the beach while at Tybee Island.....

Jordan heading out to swim in the waves.

                                                             My little surfer dude......

                                                              Sara Ava posing for a picture..........

Josiah heading out with his little boat. He had stitches in his knee and the Dr. advised him not to get them wet. We taped them up real good with water proof tape and he thought if he was in a boat they would not get wet.....ya right.....

Lilee doing a little twist to show off her ruffle on her bikini bottom.

When I was not taking pictures or leading hikes through the water to other islands.....I tried to do a little reading.... tried is the key word here. ;0)

                          Karlton was actually filming here. I met him out in the water for a quick pic.

Some of the kiddies digging a hole.

                                                     Lilee riding the waves in on her floatie.

Jordan leading the way for Sara Ava and I for us to know how deep the water was to another little island.

                                                           Joel paddling into shore.

Watch out Mom!!!!

                                                            Joel riding a wave.... ( that is a football he is about to run over, not a head.... He did plow Lilee down a few times though ;0)

The Last Song

Remember me telling you about " The Last Song Movie"..... This was Ronnie's Dad's House in the movie. We camped out and played on the Beach in front of this house while we stayed on Tybee Island. I wish I would have thought to have taken a picture of the driveway up to the house. Oh well.... We always stay about 1 block away from here on the South End. We Love it and We Love Tybee!

We also Love this movie! Last year we stayed on Tybee too for our family vacation and we went to see " The Last Song", at the movies. Without knowing where this movie was filmed at I was quite shocked to be watching everywhere in the movie that we were at or like the Wormsloe Plantation, we had just gone to that day. So that is why this movie is really special to us. We also brought the movie (YES! we bought it too) with us to watch while we were down there to watch again. It was really special to be watching the movie on the Island w/ my entire family!

To see more picture I took that are in the movie scroll down 2 post to read more. Wormsloe Plantation is where Will lived.

FFF - My Kids

Wormsloe Plantation

We love to go to Wormsloe Plantation every time we are in Savannah and Tybee Island. We love to go and walk around and enjoy the beautiful scenery. This time we took a picnic and then afterwards while Karlton took the kids to see all the exhibits and to hike I went for a run. The driveway is 1.5 miles lined with these gorgeous oaks. I have always wanted to run down this, so this time I made it happen. It was so peaceful and beautiful I could do this everyday and not get tired of it. By the time I caught back up with my crew I had run about 4 miles. I got my run in that day but it did not feel like it at all!

Have you ever seen the movie " The Last Song"? If so, you should remember this is Will's driveway, His house is also down the driveway but people still live in the house so it is not open to view. Which is ashamed since it it so beautiful. I tried taking a picture of the house through the tree but you can hardly see it. Plus, I was running and took it on my phone so it it not that great.... (I did not include it.) I will post more on this movie and why it is so special to us soon!

First, when we got to the entrance and paid I made the kids get out and take some pictures.... What do you think???

The last picture I took before I took off on my run so this is from the end looking back to the entrance.

Wordless Wednesday

Seriously... Do I need any words?

Family Vacation

We just returned from our yearly family vacation. We went to Tybee Island, GA like we did last year. We had a wonderful time! Here are some pictures that I took from my phone so the quality is not that great. The first 2 pictures I took in black and white and then used some special effects. I think they are pretty good for a cell phone. I will be posting more about our trip soon. I have tons of pictures to download from camera soon so stay tuned....