First Day of School 2018-2019

Today was the first day of school.  Tyler started 6th grade-middle school.  He wasn't nervous until this morning.  His day went well.  He only got lost once.  Molly is in 2nd grade.  She got Ms. Woods for her teacher.  We wanted her; I've heard she's fabulous and she's Mrs. Pease's (Molly's teacher from last year) best friend.  Molly's very good friend, October is in the same class as well as Jackson, my best friend, Debbie's son. Molly had a good day too.

No shorts are allowed! And no athletic pants!  With this TX heat, it's crazy! Tyler didn't even own pants until last week.

Zack, Kyle, and Tyler     They'll be walking together to and from school.  This is the elementary school.  The middle school is aways behind it.  This is as far as they'd let us walk them.  I did pick them up in the teachers parking lot because it's 100 degrees out.

Don't know if you can tell, but the heart on her shirt is made of colored pencils.  She thought that would be a great first day of school shirt.  She picked out her new sequence shoes. 

I'll be posting more this week about our Chambers' family vacation to Gulf Shores.  We had a blast.

Hilton Head Island

We drove over to Hilton Head and went to the light house there.  This lighthouse is by a golf course that always had a PGA tournament there. This lighthouse is not a working light house.  It was only 103 stairs to the top, the stairwell was wider and had fans unlike the Tybee Lighthouse.  This area of the beach wasn't very nice, no one was set up there.  There were boats out and jet skies.  I wanted to go to the beaches where people set up just to see them, but during dinner it started to rain, so no luck.  Scott wanted to see the course and go to the club house. We stopped by a Preserve to hike, but the weather wasn't looking good, so we didn't make it too far. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For dinner, I had seafood pasta and even tried scallops.  They were a little slimy, but in the pasta I didn't mind them.  We also had an amazing crab cake for an appetizer that was on a fried green tomato.  I don't like regular tomatoes, but I tired this one and it was delicious!  I would have liked to see a little more of Hilton Head, but we didn't have the time.  It was a lot more commercialized than Tybee though.

That ends our trip-Tybee Island, Savannah, and Hilton Head.  It was so nice to get away with just Scott and have some quality time together. 

Savannah, GA

Scott and I went to Savannah on Thursday.  We did a Hop on Hop off Trolley tour.  It was nice.  There were about 13 or 14 stops you could get off at if you wanted to and then another trolley would be by in 20 min or less.  It was very informative; we learned lots and enjoyed it.  We got off at Forsyth Park and strolled through the park. We went over to the St. John the Baptist Cathedral, which was beautiful.  The tour took us through all the squares that Savannah is known for and by so many cute house.  I loved the hanging moss. 

The fountain at Forsyth Park

Walking through the park.  See all the moss!

 

 

This picture and the one below are some of the squares

 

 

This was City Market.  We looked in a few shops and had lunch

While we enjoyed Savannah, Scott and I both agree we like Charleston better.  I'd still go back to Savannah and stroll around more.  There's plenty still to see. After lunch we headed to Hilton Head which I'll have a post about next.

Tybee Island

Scott and I stayed on Tybee Island a few weeks ago.  I had taken the kid to my parents and they spent time with them, all their aunts and uncles, and cousins.  Scott and I did sightseeing in Tybee Island, Savannah, and Hilton Head.  Here are pictures from Tybee Island.  We loved it!  Our condo overlooked the beach and we got lucky and were at a place that wasn't a busy part of the beach.  Every morning and evening, we'd see the dolphins out in front of us.  We climbed 178 stairs to the top of the Tybee Lighthouse and saw the light keepers house and learned some of the history.  Other than that, we mostly relaxed, walked on the beach, and had amazing seafood. 

The view from our Condo

 

 

 

 

 

at the top of the lighthouse

 

Dinner at A.J's Dockside.  We had shrimp and flounder.  I tried Ahi Tuna here. It was alright.  It was also on a bed of seaweed.  That was too slimy.

 

Amazing crab cakes from the Crab Shack.  I also had crab stew that was to die for.

Our low country meal. 

Summer Fun

Summer is just flying by.  I can't believe it's already July and we head to IL tomorrow.  A few weeks ago was super busy for us.  Tyler had basketball camp from 8:30-11:30 with two friends.  Molly had art camp 9-11.  On Wednesday and Thursday she had slime camp 1-4 pm.  On Saturday her and I had a terrarium class.  On top of that, she spent the night at a friends, had her regular gymnastics class, we went to the pool twice and to Aquatica.  Tyler also learned how to mow the lawn. 

Molly's creations

She made 6 different kids of slime.  Her favorite was "crunchy slime"

 

 

 

This week on Monday, we went to her teacher, Mrs. Pease's house again to swim and see Charlotte.  She loved Molly.  Molly also gave her a nice mohawk.

 

Today we went to Kelly Airfield with our neighbors for one of the Dad, Matt, to give us a tour of the C5's.  It was really cool.  They are just massive!  We went in the cargo area and onto the flight deck; it's not called a cock pit in the military. 

The first flight of stairs take you to the cargo area.  The second set takes you up to the flight deck and passenger seating. 

In this picture you can see how high the passenger seating is.  The first door there is the cargo area.  The door on top is where the passengers sit and the flight deck.

Cargo area

 

We really enjoyed our tour and learned a lot. 

Tomorrow we are off to IL.  I'll be there Saturday-Monday.  Tuesday morning, I'm leaving the kids there and I'm meeting Scott in Savannah, GA.  We're going to visit Savannah, Tybee Island (where we're staying) and Hilton Head.  I can't wait!  My brother and his wife are bringing the kids back on the 18th and staying for a few days.  I'll have an update after vacation.