Friday Foto Friends

I have beach fever this year. But due to a lot of things going on this summer, I'm not going until late summer. So to get my beach fix, here are some of my favorite photo from mine and Allen's trips in past years. This was our last trip to the beach before he passed away and it turned out to be one of the best trips of our life. Beautiful blue skies and lovely weather every day.

I love the foam washing up on the shore. I usually sit my chair near the water at one point while I read so it can splash up on me.

Our last trip was to Panama City Beach and it was beautiful to watch the sun drop into the ocean at the end of the day.

Our first selfie together. Little did we know it would be the last picture we took together.

I love palm trees and Florida sure has a fair share of them.

The best potato skins I ever had and they were at a Shoney's.

And it was one of the biggest Shoney's I've ever eaten in and had a menu twice the size of a normal Shoney's. Not to menu the HUGE all you can eat buffet.

We found an awesome antique store and Allen bought me these two Pyrex bowls that had been on my wish list for quite some time. And they were really cheap for Pyrex. $22 for both bowls.

The beautiful sunset.

We were there when the Harvest Moon was out in 2014. Check out the glow it cast across the ocean. The clouds blocked it a little in this picture, but it was gorgeous.

Not sure if this was the sun going down or the moon coming up, but it was beautiful.

I love getting my toes in sand and the water washing up. It's the first thing I do every year when I walk down on the beach the first day of my trip. 

My friend Sherrie and I are going to Myrtle Beach this year for our second time. Can't wait to see feel the warm sea.

Feeling accomplished..

I had recently been given some milk crates to pack up yard sale stuff in. The gentleman that gave them to me did not want them back. I love stacking them to create storage. So here is what I did in my craft room a couple of days ago between the end of my bookshelf and the corner of the wall.

I just put a few things in there for now, but will go through my crafts later and organize it. But I will be keeping the three bottom ones for the kids to store stuff in like books, coloring books, and some toys. A friend made me a double fleece queen size blanket. So I folded it up and put it in the corner for the kids several months ago. They unroll the blanket like a sleeping bag. Shelby and Colby like to use it for being on the tablet or phone games. Shelby likes to play Little Pet Shop or read on it and Colby loves to play with his Army men and cars on it. That's why I want the bottom three shelves for their stuff. Alexis loves it because when Shelby and Colby use it, she gets to decide what to watch in the living room without them. They crack me up.

While I was feeling energetic, I decided to see if I could hang my new plant. Well, I don't have drill and I was worried a nail wouldn't hold it. Plus it is really thick board that I wanted to put it on. But as I stood there contemplating my dilemma, I noticed a wood boring bee had a whole dead center of the board....right where I wanted to hang my plant. So I screwed in my S hook and got it good and tight and now it is hanging there.

When I went back into my craft room, I didn't really like the milk carton back showing. 

So I slipped a piece of scrapbook paper behind it. I like that a lot better. But that was the only paper I have and I didn't really like it for this purpose.

It is two sided paper so I turned it over to try the lighter side. I do like lighter better, but this is just way too busy of a pattern.

I'm going to the Scrapbook Store in Sevierville Saturday and I'll find some different. May just Swiss dots or these little hearts, because I just don't want plain colored paper.

Unless I can find this. They do carry it in a variety of colors and I do like the lace look. I will keep you updated.

Have a great Thursday.

Just a little humor....

Let time get away from me today so this will be a super simple post. Just a little humor to make you smile today....

Happy birthday to my grandson, Caleb

Wow! Fourteen years old today. Where have the years gone. I love the young man he is growing into but oh how I miss that curly haired little boy who loved to climb up on my lap and snuggle.

I remember when his mom cut this curly hair for the first time. I nearly cried.

A boy and his dog. I guess the dog is getting old too because they still have Spike. He still loves his dog.

He is so into vehicles. He gets that from his Daddy. This is his motorcycle look.

This day made him so happy. He got to set in Mr. Berry's big black truck that his Daddy drove.

Mr. Cool and his shades.

Doing what he always did best....playing with his truck and equipment.

He has his very own since of style.

The older he gets the more he is becoming his Daddy. He even goes to work hauling in the dump truck some times with his dad. 

I don't know what it is about boys but the older they get, the harder it is to get them to smile for pictures.

But once in awhile that rare smile breaks through that just melts this mamaw's heart.

But the memories of his little smile always make me smile right back.

This was the year he got an award from the Shriners for donating $100 of his birthday money to the drive for the Shriners Hospital just because he knows a girl that they helped when she got burned when she was little. It was his idea and we were all so proud of him. He has such a kind heart.

He didn't know they were going to give him an award. He just has a big heart and that was what he wanted to do.

He holds my heart in his hand. I miss the little boy he was but am so proud of the young man he is becoming. 

Happy birthday, Caleb. I love you.

Weekend Wrap UP

Well, it has been a busy weekend. Started off Friday with my yard sale. My granddaughter put some of her Barbie collection in the sale. When the Southern Belle Barbie didn't sell, she decided I needed it for my desk at Dixie Stampede since we have Southern Belles. I sat it beside my flowers. Then Sunday a former employee brought all the Mom's a rose so I put water in my vase and put my rose in there to enjoy.

Saturday, I worked mornings at our new show, Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Adventures and  that evening at Dixie Stampede. During the between times, I went to Old Time Pottery and picked up a placemat and coffee cup for my new kitchen table. I used flowers I had, but want daisies and sunflowers so I will be changing it out soon.

For Mother's Day on Sunday, I had me a glass of milk and some Oreo's while I wrote my blog.

My granddaughter had seen on Pinterest where you could paint seashells with water paint. So she made me some from some plain shells her other grandmother gave her. They are very bold in colors and I love them.

Sunday after church I took myself over to a new antique store we have in Kodak. I love my little vintage juice glass.

I am adoring black roosters/hens on things. This was really cute.

I have been wanting to start a Butterfly Gold collection in Pyrex. Found my first bowl yesterday for $7.50, making my total for all three items less than $10.00. 

Then I ran up to Old Time Pottery and I found this new bowl for $1.99. It looks bigger in this picture than what it is. It is made for cereal but it's going to be my ice cream bowl.

I wanted to look at new shower curtains. I'm leaning toward this one, but want to think about it awhile.

I came home and laid on the couch and caught up on the episodes of Riverdale that I had not seen. Cliffhanger on the last one. Can't wait till next season. Then I had me some breakfast for supper. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Happy Mother's Day to my Mommy

My mom has always been and will always be the best friend I have. I can talk to her about anything at anytime and she is there for me. We have had many good years building many good memories and I am so happy to still have her with us today. She will be 87 in June and she's been our Mommy for 61 of those years. We all love you Mom. You have been our rock through tough times, laughed with us through the good times and always made sure we were well fed and cared for. But most importantly, you always made sure we were loved. 

Have a Happy Mother's Day, Mommy from Rachel, Brenda, Jack and Andy.