Beachin’ Day 2

Early morning fishing was at the top of today’s agenda for Evan. 

The family adventure included bike rides to Deer Lake State Park. 

The sand dunes here were beautiful! 

We had lunch at The Hub and rode back to the condo for naps and today’s Bundasliga game. The beach was warmer today, but there’s no way Keagan and I are getting in the water. 

Evan and I had icecream for dinner in Seaside at the Green Bowl. This evening’s fun includes FIFA and puzzles. 

Beachin’

We haven’t been on a vacation together in almost two years. We haven’t been to the beach in four years. This week we are spending our spring break, our last spring break with Evan, on 30A on Santa Rosa Beach. The sunshine, the blue water, and white sands are just what we needed. 

We are here with every RHS tenth grade female. Keagan had lunch with them all in Seaside today.

The boys will be benched at next week’s soccer games for missing this week of practice, but they are still putting in work. 

The sunsets are amazing. 

The night fishing is excellent! Evan caught a pompano and a Gulf Kingfish tonight. 

And we have a full week of this! 

Spring Has Sprung

It’s my favorite time of the year. We say goodbye to the dark and cold winter days, and we welcome the sunny and warm days of spring. I love watching the flowers bloom and the trees turn green again in March and April. After a week of dreadful cold and snow, I’m eagerly awaiting spring this year. 

My house is ready, too. Spring has sprung and pastel colors are evident in every nook and cranny. 

My favorite pieces are the boys’ art work they did in elementary school in Georgia and my Easter tree from Austria. I’m so glad I splurged on that trip and bought those hand painted eggs! 

Made the Team

School was put on hold for more than a week when we had three rounds of ice and snow. This included soccer tryouts. On Tuesday everyone was back in school and soccer tryouts resumed. Both boys are playing varsity this year! I really hope we can maintain a full season this year because it will be so fun to watch. Go Hawks!

He’s a Vol

It’s official! We paid the deposit and signed the housing agreement last weekend. Evan is a Vol!

He wanted a big school with long established traditions and Saturday tailgating. He wanted big games and exciting sports programs. He wanted to be near the water and yet close to home. He needed a school with a wide range of degree programs. He needed an affordable tuition to keep him out of debt. I’d say he got that in UTK! 

He looks good in orange.

Snow Week

We got another three inches of fluffy powdery snow last night. I had my container on the porch ready to collect snow for snow cream. It was perfect!

The golf course is unrecognizable with all of this snow. 

We took hole 14 as our sledding spot today. When we moved two summers ago, we almost threw the sleds in the trash. I’m so glad we kept them because they are a hot commodity this week. 

Santa brought Evan waders for creek fishing. I had no idea Evan would use them in the snow before he got to the Red River.

Climbing back up that hill was a killer, but going down was SNOW much fun! And tomorrow is another snow day! The hill will be super slick tomorrow after it refreezes tonight. 

Snow Day

We’ve been iced in the house since Sunday night. Wes made a run to Walmart early this morning for odds and ends. Evan and I made a run to the gym at noon. We were all trying to beat round two of winter weather. In the past three days, we’ve eaten more calories than we should, we've done some bird watching, 

the boys have done school work, and I’m on book number 2. Today we finally got some heavy snow - perfect for sledding. 

No in-person school or work again tomorrow. I guess we will eat, watch birds, and sled.