Just a foretaste of our camping at Hunting Island...

A foretaste of sunny skies ahead!?!?!

this was at low tide...

...an then high tide...

With Mama...

...and then Dad...

Demolition projects...

This is the house that Ryan is 'fixing up' behind the shop. We knew it had a floor problem under the kitchen sink...but it ended up being a bit more extensive than that as you can see!!

...and this is the inside of what was our camper!! Ivan was trying to fix it up. It spent the last 8 mth in the back of the shop...and he finally dispared for real!! ...So they decided to gut it and get the aluminum out of it...hopefully we can recover a few pennies that way!! I should have been out taking pictures this evening...they got it reduced to a foot high...Ivans words just now...

Ror the rest of us...I worked on an island in the yard here in the back of the house the other day...and I thought I stayed away from the poison and took a shower when I got in for good measure! Well, strangely, my arm and hands have these spots that just keep being itchy!! It was a cool morning to work, and I sent Geneva a text and asked her if she didn't hear one of the other flower beds calling her name. She texted back and said, yeah she was hearing it...but didn't want to heed the call! LOL!!

The children are into school and for the most part enjoying it. This is Gwynndons last year, and he has a real light load this year. I heard him telling one of his siblings the other day that its almost boring! But I am happy for him, cause schooling takes a lot of work for him, and am glad its going easier for him this year. He and Maurita have shop and home ec this year. For Gwynndon the first 1/2 of the year they are doing woodworking. He is planning to build a desk. Maurita is enjoying the home ec classes too...so far they had an introductory day with a tea party, and this week they worked at planning menus! Next week they have a class on baked goods.

The first full week Thorton had some stuffy head issues, and I threatened to keep him home a day or so, but hated for him to have to miss out. Then Geneva reminded me that he might have sinus problems like some of the rest of us were...so I gave him some liquid 'loratodine' and it snapped him right out of it. About Thurs of that week I told him he needed to go get his clothes on. He wondered which? I was confused till he wondered if he should get on school or everyday. I realized that he didn't realize that school at this point wasn't an option any more, so I proceeded to inform him of that fact, and he has been eagerly getting ready ever since!!

The last 2 weeks Andrea and I have been making wild goose chases to Orangeburg in persuit of a passport!! The first week, it was 15 min before the appointment and I asked Andrea if she had got her birth certificate...cause I knew I hadn't!! And she hadn't either...so we made an appointment for the next week...only to be informed that our birth certificate wouldn't work. The state of SC offers two different BC...a short form and a long form. Up until April the short form was sufficient...but now we need the long form. To obtain a long form, we need to take a trip to Columbia...so we are still waiting on a day for that to work out!

And next week the Heges will be arriving to the community, the event being a wedding...Eric Hege and Kendra Peachey. Andrea is still trying to get her dress finished. Actually she had it all done but the handwork, and last night we got that pinned for her. So that is finished now, but the belt needs a few tucks and pinches yet!! So this week I have been putting things in the freezer to help out then!