to Grandmother's house we go... and other highlights from the week

The kids and I are heading out this afternoon to make a trip with Mom to my grandmother's. She's turning 90 this weekend and we are throwing her a surprise party. Mom's side of the family is a little spread out across the state and we rarely are able to get together all at once. I hope she enjoys seeing everyone and celebrating her birthday.

We had a few friends up last weekend. We shot skeet and I actually hit a few, we had low country boil... and it was wonderful. This time we added crawfish. They were really good, at least the parts Bryan picked out for me to eat.

We took our usual Sunday hike to the river. It was almost 90 that day and wading the river was a must. Funny story, Maddie took off her shorts and was wading in her underwear. There is usually never any chance of seeing another person at most of our favorite river spots. But on this day, we had others join us, the assistant principal of her school showed up to see the waterfall. She was mortified but managed to get her shorts back on without anyone noticing.

We washed and waxed the patrol car, AKA "Black Betty". 

By the next morning, she was completely covered in pollen again, you gotta love spring.

The weather this week has been so warm but at least there is a nice breeze. I've spent some time sitting on the front porch just breathing fresh air and watching the hummingbirds and watching the kids play. I'm ready for the school year to end and for us to have some summer fun. Next post... Madalynn's No Bummer Summer Fun List... it's good.

~Tara