What kid doesn’t love a treasure hunt? We went on a geocaching treasure hunt and found three hidden treasures very close to our beach house. The basic idea is someone hides a treasure and you find it using a GPS. My sister-in-law loaded an application for geocaching onto her i-phone and that was all we needed…
I come to the beach every single summer with my mom and rarely spend a lot of time on the beach or in the water. Taking care of a ten year old for a week changed my usual beach routine. Reese loves the water and wants to be in in at much as possible, preferably…
Greetings from the Outer Banks. I’m on vacation this week and next with my mom and niece. My aunt, uncle, and their family are staying a few blocks away from us and we’re all having a grand time together. Another aunt and uncle are joining us mid-week, my sister-in-law is coming this weekend and so are Mr….
Boy was it a scorcher here in Virginia on Saturday. I started my day with a 9 am tennis match. By the time we finished it had to have been 90 degrees. I lost, but that’s ok, because the rest of the day was really fun. My cousin Dakota graduated and we spent the afternoon…
Today is my Mama’s 65th birthday. On Easter Sunday we celebrated Mama’s birthday (7th), Mr. SP’s birthday (8th), and my father-in-laws birthday (22nd) along with celebrating Easter. I couldn’t decide which cake I wanted to make, but this pink lemonade cake caught my eye in Southern Lady magazine, so I decided to give it a…
This rocking chair belonged to my great grandfather. It was always in our basement family room when I was growing up and it is super comfortable. Mama let me have it a long time ago and it has been residing in my guest room ever since. Mama recovered the cushion in the 1970’s when she…
My 93 year old grandmother passed away early Thursday morning. She fell two weeks ago and broke her elbow and has been on a downward slide ever since. She was miserable with pain from her elbow and was ready to go. The night before her doctor saw her and thought that all was well, but…
My weekend was full of family activities. On Friday I got to spend the day with Reese, my only niece. Reese is nine years old and I think that is the perfect age. She is so much fun! She stayed with my mom from Thursday to Saturday and they decided to visit me for the…