Our Wonderful Vacation...In Pictures!

We went to Tybee Island, Georgia for a week and LOVED it!! I took about 136 pictures total. So, instead of actually writing down EVERYTHING we did, I'll do it in picture form, and put a few captions under certain picture to explain. :) By the way, the beach was a SUCCESS!

Driving...








More Driving...







Can you tell we're tired of riding yet?
(10 hours there, + stopping every 2 hours = approx. 12 hours)

Oh, this was our wonderful rest stop in Dalton, Georgia. It depicts 3 of the great Civil War generals of the South. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. This carving is the world's largest stone relief work. It dwarfs Mount Rushmore. It's the length of 3 football fields end to end!!


We took a cable car to the top of the huge stone it's carved on and...



...got this incredible view.








We were WAY up in the clouds! At first, I did NOT want to take a cable car, filled with close to 30 people, to the top of a ginormous rock. But, with a lot of encouragement, I managed to get up there, and back down. :) (barely)

More Driving...and riding...



Yahoo! We're in Tybee! Can you tell Ava is excited?



It was a BEAUTIFUL beach!! But, I'm sorry to say, I didn't get any pictures of our Condo, The Sandpiper, that we stayed in. It was a wonderful house. It had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a laundry area, a HUGE kitchen, and a little hallway area when you came in. All in all, a nice roomy place for 7 people to stay.











Now, for those of you who are wondering, these 'towers' were FUN to make! If you dug a deep enough hole in the sand, deep enough to were the sand is watery enough to slip through your fingers, you cand start piling it in piles, and molding these cool sculptures. Daddy came up with it, and we actually drew a little crowd for a while. Grace had brought her knights and horses and catapults. So we had fun seiging each others castles. (For those of you who have seen the Lord of the Rings, Daddy built an AWESOME Helm's Deep and I made Minis Tirith. I'll try to find some pictures of our replicas!)








...We spent most of the time at the beach...AHHHH....




Well, I'll post our trip to Savannah later. There was a lot of historical buildings and shops there. Also, there's a funny story I'll tell that our carriage driver told us...(we took a carriage tour of Savannah. It was really fun!)


Blessings,

Good-Bye Tennessee...Hello Georgia!

Nope. We're not moving.
We're going on vacation, to the beach!
I went to the beach when i was 3 or 4, but I don't remember anything. Momma told me that my cousin and I got food poisoning when we went. :) But none of my little sisters have ever been, and I don't remember, sooo...this will be fun! We also invited our Grandmother, 'Nina', to come with us. I'm planning on taking a LOT of pictures, so I can post them. We leave this weekend, and will be gone for a week.
Before we had planned this trip, we had planned to go to LBL for a pickin' party they have every year. (For those of you who don't live around here and know what LBL stands for, it's
Land Between the Lakes) :) We're going to meet some friends that we met there last year, and jam a little. Then we're leaving straight from there to GEORGIA! I probably won't post anymore until we get back, although, the house we're staying in has Internet... who knows!!
Oh, and if you would, remember my sisters Grace. Her pet rabbit died yesterday from heat stroke. This happened to her other two rabbits 4 years ago. Now, to understand, you would have to know Grace. She LOVES animals, and animals LOVE her. Richard, her bunny, was her sweetheart. She got him when she was 7 years old. (She's now 12). When her first bunny died, Benny, she got Richard, a Lionhead rabbit. Hence the name, Richard the Lionhead. (Richard the Lionheart?) :) Digging a grave for your sister's pet bunny was almost the saddest thing I've had to do... She's been really heart-broken.
If you're curious about Lionhead rabbits,
check this place out:www.lionheadrabbit.net


Blessings,

Our EARLY Trip...

Daddy had to go to the dentist the other day, and the appointment was at 9:00 a.m.
We live 2 1/2 hours from the city we had to go to, soooo.... We got up at 5:20 a.m., and left by 6:30. 2 adults, 4 sleepy kids, 2 of them under the age of 7. Anyhoo, we're still alive, and the trip was a lot of fun, once we woke up. :)
I got a new camera for Christmas (thanks Daddy and Momma!), so, here are some pictures with captions, If I can get them to load...

Well, I got a few to come up...:)



I couldn't get her to smile in any of my pictures:)... Love ya anyway Grace!




Early breakfast...Ava look like she's really enjoying that hashbrown...McDonalds special.



The apple juice was good, I think... what a face!

Blessings,