New Shelves!

So, Bob and I somehow managed to agree that some shelves in the bonus room and finishing out our shoe nook by the garage would be nice and useful for organization, and I managed to convince him that he didn't have time to do them himself. **Though, OF COURSE he could have done them himself, and would have definitely done a fabulous job...we decided to stimulate the economy of our buddy Tom from church ( http://ajslegacyhomes.com/index.htm) and got him to build some shelves. This whole affair has taken exactly 2 months between initial estimate, waiting, building, waiting, and painting. The painters came today and finished up, and both projects turned out great. I can't wait to pile the shelves with stuff on Thursday (per the painter's instructions, we have to wait 3 days). Here are some pictures!

Hilton Head 2012!

We had a wonderful time at the beach with Mommy's family this past week!  We went to Hilton Head and rented a big 7-bedroom house at Singleton Beach.  The first few days were windy and a little rainy because of Tropical Storm Beryl, but we didn't let it get us down.  A few highlights include visiting the Coastal Discovery Museum.  Anna loved it!  Here are Anna and Grandma looking at a loggerhead turtle egg exhibit:

 Anna celebrated her birthday again with an Elmo cake and presents:

  
We went on a dolphin cruise and saw lots of dolphins!  Note the girls sporting their matching Family Beach Week t-shirts that we made for everyone:

We rented bikes and the girls loved riding all around the island in their kiddie cart:

And, of course, we hit the beach.  The girls LOVED the sand, waves, and especially the tide pools:

The house had its own private pool!  We loved hanging out there too:

The rest of our pictures are HERE.  We will be stealing pictures from everyone else and adding them to that album, since we didn't get pictures of all the fun.  It was a wonderful week, and we loved spending lots of time with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents!  The girls did great, slept well, and only had a few meltdowns.  We really enjoyed Hilton Head and can't wait to do it again!