Peanut Butter Cups, Polka Dots, and Pups: July 2017

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Last Days of Summer for the Girls

Since the girls go back to school on August 8th, we tried to squeeze in some last minute fun for them! They helped pick veggies from the garden, got their nails done at "Salon Snead", went swimming, got ice cream at DAP's, went to lunch with Grandma, bought baby clothes for their babies and went to see Minions 3! We also went for a quick fishing trip, but I'll post that later.

I've perfected my recipe for fresh green beans -

Put green beans in crockpot, almost cover them with chicken broth, add 1/4 cup or so of brown sugar, 2-3 tablespoons of butter and season with salt and pepper. Cook on low for 6 hours. They are delicious!

Green bean eater, Marley

Fresh green beans

Gardeners

Those green bean leaves will get you

Perfect painting spot before the deck was done.

Nails by Dana

Lunch with Grandma

Ice cream time

A mini cone at the end

Lunch time at the pool

Movie theater!

New baby clothes for their babies!

Working for dinner

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Happy 1st Anniversary to Us!

It's hard to believe it's already been a year! If we aren't a perfect match based on the gifts we gave each other, then I don't know who is! Great minds think alike!

We celebrated with our the same meal as our wedding night by getting BBQ from Up N Smoke. There isn't any better BBQ around and their green beans are amazing! Our meal would not be complete without pie and ice cream too:)

Dad made his presence felt with the first of the wildflowers from his memorial blooming! Jeff and I also won on both the lottery tickets that mom gave us:)

Monday, July 17, 2017

Beach Songs 2017

Just so we don't forget the songs we heard over and over again and sang over and over again, here they are! Hailey's song of the week was Despacito, not sure the lyrics are appropriate!

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Emerald Isle 2017- Days 6-9

This is the time when the week starts to fly by and we all try to soak in as much as we can of what is left! Jeff found a tiny hermit crab while we were looking for seashells on the beach! It was so, so tiny that I don't even know how he found it.

We also found a "jackpot" area down the beach where we could go out in the water and find olives. This area was right off a of a sandbar where the girls could go out and only be up to their ankles. They LOVED this spot where they could sit or swim around like being in a pool. We loved being able to find awesome shells and see our new buddy, "Scottie the Stingray." Scottie was a small skate that stayed in this area for days and was super easy to see. It was neat to be able to sand in the water and watch him swim up. The girls and I had never seen one in the water before!

We also made some friends-- The girls met Elizabeth from New Jersey and got to play with her for a couple of days. We met an older lady named Diane, who we had pegged all wrong, after watching her with her husband all week. We thought she was high maintenance, but she ended up being super nice. She talked to us and girls about shells and ended up finding some "jingles" for the girls which her family called "jesus feet" because they look like they have a foot print on the back.

Our last night tradition is for the girls to wear their new Emerald Isle shirts and to go out and get ice cream at the Sweet Spot. We followed through with this again this year and the girls were excited to pick out a piece of taffy to try while we were there. When we got back home, Diane had left a note and some shells on our door. What a nice lady!

We got some good rest, got up packed "Olive" our new name for the Highlander, did one last seashell hunt and said goodbye to the beach. This year we did not hurry off and actually planned to be at El's Drive In for a final shrimp burger at 10:30 when they opened. It was delicious and traffic was not bad at all on the way home. There is nothing worse than leaving the beach after such a good week! :(