We have been....

...swimming in our neighborhood pool. Boy are we going to miss it!!!

....taking advantage of our season passes to Six Flags. We have discovered the best time to go is between 6-9 pm...it's slightly cooler (only in the mid 90's by that time of day) and 0-10 minute wait times for rides.

....moving...I am sick of it! Sick of deciding what was household goods, what was for fast shipment and what is to be stored. I hope to not see one of these boxes for a very long time.

....cross-stitching. Every time I need a break from the moving stuff I sit down with my needle and thread. I am making stuff for this fall...it's so fun and relaxing.

....looking at old family photos. And since the World Cup was on the kids enjoyed looking at their old photos from when we lived in Germany and they were host to the last World Cup. Seeing these makes me get very excited about going to Korea, making more wonderful memories of traveling to the other side of the world. I can't wait!!!

Savannah Sand Gnats and Riverstreet Sweets

Something would be weird if my family went to a town and didn't stop in at the local ballpark...so of course while we were in Savannah we went to a Savannah Sand Gnats game. As we were walking up to the beautiful old stadium Steve was going on and on how this place had been here since the 1920's and that lots of famous baseball players came out of here. The Sand Gnats are the minor league for the San Francisco Giants (our soon to be hometown team) and they played against the Rome Braves, minor league for the Atlanta Braves...so we rooted for the Rome Braves.

Goodness you can watch the game while practically on the field.

And you can watch the guys in the dugout UP CLOSE!

The kids got slushies and Madi was so excited that hers was aqua in a red bowl...she has the red and aqua fever now too.

Ben was sitting here enjoying his slushie with a pitcher warming up...throwing 90+mph balls...looks like crazy. Steve and I stood there to get the feel of what that speed of a ball would look like coming at you...I didn't like that.

It was a beautiful night to sit outside at a game. This picture is when we were walking back to our car.

RIVERSTREET SWEETS! If you go to Savannah you gotta go to Riverstreet and stop at this candy store!!! Right before moving here to Georgia, Country Living Magazine spotlighted this shop. And my friend Susy had also just gone here and was raving about it. So every time I get the chance to go we all go. Funny thing happened. While walking on Riverstreet and just a few stores down from Riverstreet Sweets my phone rang and it was Susy calling to say hi...and of all places to be I was right there 'our place'. Susy said to eat a praline for her so I was nice and ate at least 3 or 4 of the worlds greatest pralines for her :-)

When you walk in they let you sample a praline...I sample on my way out too.

The Candy Maker was making salt water taffy.

One of the days on Tybee Island we took the kids to the lighthouse.

We climbed the 178 steps to the top.

One of the workers at the lighthouse let Ben and Madi try on bell keepers hats while we were waiting for our turn in line to go in. The kids and I didn't like it at the top where you can walk around the outside...there was just a wimpy fence....Steve laughed at us.

Savannah/Tybee Island

Steve's family had a family reunion over on Tybee Island next to Savannah. A few 4th of July's ago they had one down in Palm Beach that was fun but this year all the Florida relatives came up this way. My kids are no longer afraid of waves like they use to be...they LOVE the beach.








Steve's mom rented a big beach house so we could just walk to the beach anytime we wanted. Look at the porch on this house...I want one! It was larger than the Walton's porch.




There are Nana and Aunt Lisa.










Looks like Baywatch....but it's just our Madi.





The first day at the beach was windy but it felt so good! Look at Madi, Haley and Bianca...their boogie boards are flying around like kites...they were cracking up.

Those girls...Haley is pulling Madi?

We walked down by the pier. This was at 8 pm...it was so nice outside.

This is the boardwalk to get to the beach house...look at all the sand the wind blew on there.

Then Deedee started pulling Madi on the boogie board.

They did fireworks on the Island on Saturday the 3rd and then down on Riverstreet in Savannah on the 4th. Madi, Ben, Jacob and Nathan played in the sand while waiting for the fireworks to start on the beach. All the kids want to know now is when can they go back to the beach?