Soon to be a family of 3!! ....plus 2 dogs!

cutest babydaddy EVER!!

Looks to me like Case is all wrapped up and tied with a bow!!

It's Almost Time Mr. Case!!

If not before......I will have new grandson on Monday, July 1, 2013!!!!!   HeeHee.....you know it's all about ME having a new grandson, not mom and daddy having a brand new first baby!! She is to be admitted Sunday night to surely deliver on Monday and we are all over the moon.  I mean, come on......MY baby son is going to have a baby of his own......I am SO not old enough for that.  HA!!  (yes YaYa....you most certainly are*)  Cannot think of one better way to spend my day than welcoming a new baby into the world and watching; yet once again, the circle of life unfold right before my eyes.
Went by their house to hug that pregnant belly one more time and look what I found!!!

Isn't it just the cutest lil nursery ever??!!!

and look who else likes it today?  Prolly not so much after they bring the baby home....Heh!

Oh sweet Bromley!! You have no idea what's about to happen!!

So...............on this sweet summer strawberrry-kinda day....

I'm smilin' with happiness for the new family and so much love in my heart that I think it may burst!!

36 Years........really?!!

You and me
we’ve been through everything
We’ve stood the test of time
We’ve weathered every storm
and still, here we are.

You and me
we’ve had our ups and downs
We’ve gone round and round
We’ve seen it all
and we’re still here.

You and me
we’ve been good together
and we’ve been on our own
but we are at our best
when we are where we belong.

It’s you and me
We are meant to be
No matter what may come our way
We’ll be together always...laughing, loving and having fun!

Happy Anniversary to you, sweet Cap'n!!

Pie and Paint!!

so..........what could these two things actually have in common?  Nothing!  Except that's what my days have consisted of this week.  First, the PAINT. While we were gone, we had the whole interior of the lakehouse re-painted. That was either a good thing or a CRAZY thing.  Good?  Because we were gone for the whole dealio. Bad?  What if I didn't like colors? Would have had major re-do.  But it all turned out good because I love how it's turned out!  I needed to de-clutter.  Make it simple.  So I painted the whole house in white. Crisp, Clean and Simple white.  The house is an older house and the walls are all that old fashioned paneling. It looks good.  All my color came in with the furnishings and the ceiling in main room is a turquoise blue. Sherwin Williams...Drizzle.
Also did one accent wall in bedrooms.  My room?  the same Drizzle color and guest room? a kiwi green. Sherwin Wlliams....Parakeet. You know....lakey colors!!

sheer white curtains will go up with some chevron orange lights hung in them!  Quilt is from Anthropologie and it, of course, has sailboats on it.....what else??!!  Love it!  The lamps came with the house when we bought it. Very vintage and they've been painted many colors throughout the yrs. Was going to buy new but just couldn't throw out the history of the lamps!! So, an orange coat of paint went on them!!!

guest room is precious! my painter even called me in the bvi's to tell me, um....I don't know if you're gonna like this color green. I LOVE IT! and yes, ms. jane from Artfully Graced, the painting you did for me goes perfectly in there!  thanks again for that!

this is also in there. I know, I know....what the hell is that??  My daddy was an architect and loved abstract. He always painted abstract, much to my mother's dismay. Plus, we didn't have alot of money growing up so he would paint on anything he could find. He found this old woven straw tray in the trash at his office. Brought it home and threw some paint on it in his familiar way. It hung on our back porch my whole life and when we had to sell the house after they passed away....I just had to have it.  It has hung in my lakehouse since we got it and now it goes perfectly in new green guest room!!  Everyone thinks its ugly but everytime I look at it, I have loving memories of my daddy!!  He would be so happy to know I'm enjoying it!

Now, for the PIE!

I've talked before about the garden my son has planted at our deer camp.  Well, he's loading us up with bounty and I'm loving it!  He sent some squash, green tomatoes and zucchini and I've been cooking up a storm.

fried green tomatoes!

Bowl of Bounty!  and a dee-lish zucchini pie that I made yesterday afternoon....YUMMY!

Ok, daughter-in-laws.....this is a good recipe that ya'll would like...easy peasy!

ITALIAN ZUCCHINI CRESCENT PIE

2 T. butter

4 cups thinly sliced zucchini

1 chopped onion....I did half moon slices

2 T dried parsley flakes

salt

pepper

chachere

garlic powder

dried oregano leaves

2 eggs, beaten

2 cups shredded Muenster or Monterey Jack cheese

1 can refrigerated crescent rolls

2 tsp. yellow mustard

Heat oven to 375. Melt butter and add zucchini and onions; stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in parsley flakes, salt, pepper, garlic powder and oregano.

In large bowl, mix eggs and cheese. Add cooked vegetables mixture; stir gently to mix.

Separate dough into 8 triangles and place in ungreased pie plate. Press over bottom and up sides to form crust. Firmly press perforations to seal. Spread crust with mustard. Pour egg mixture evenly into crust lined pan.

Bake 18-22 minutes or until knife inserted  near center comes out clean.  Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

ENJOY!!

Update on the trip!

hmmmmmm.....blogger is giving me fits tonight.  After trying 4 times to post, hoping this one will go thru.

After going thru my pics from the trip, I realized that the only images I got were of the kids.  This was their first time away from their little man since his birth and I so wanted it to be a special time for them.  We didn't do a lot of traveling around or exploring this time. We just chilled on beaches and relaxed a lot.  It was great!  And I think they had a good time because every picture I got of them was filled with laughter and love!


Shortly after arriving to the boat, the mobile dept. store found us!  A cute couple selling fresh fruits, breads, jewelry and shirts motored up to our boat and tempted us with their goodies. Did we fall for it?  Hook, Line and Sinker!  Of course, we did!

Dinner at Marina Cay the first night of trip.

Up next morning with a trip to the Baths!

Swimming at Devil's Bay

...to Anegada!

checking on our dinner for that night!

me and my boy...with sunburned noses!

Cap'n being Cap'n at Cowwreck beach!

Mama being Mama!!

Kids being Kids!!

Another beach.....another lobster!!

Dinner on our last night....you can feel the love she has for him even when her eyes are closed!

Told ya all my pics were of the kids....was that a perfect love story or what??!!!!!

It's Been Such a Lovely Cruise!!

This 'ol gal is too tired tonight to edit pics for a good post so I'll be back to serve you up some "beach time" a little later!  Suffice it to say.........we had a great time with our kids!!

What Happens????

                                                                 when this couple....

 

and this couple....

go off into the wild blue yonder on this......???

Well............you'll just have to come back later in the week to find out!!

 

I'm leaving way before dawn in the morning and meeting up with our first born and his lovely bride in Peurto Rico..........then the 3 of will be met by the cap'n and Blew Bayou in the British Virgin Islands for a week of fun in the sun! 

This will be the first time this mama has left her boy since birth so it will be my goal to keep her happy and not missing him tooooo much.  His NeNe and Big Daddy will be keeping him at home.  (Hate to tell the mama but I feel sure baby austin will have the time of his life with his grandparents at his beckon call!!!)

Hoping to get lots of new images and make mucho memories!!

 

 

More Babies!!!!

hahahaha....gotcha! bet ya thought I was gonna say another grandbebe!!!  Nope, still waiting on baby Case to finish his hibernation and come join us in our world......

But last week, while sitting by the pool, we noticed nests, made from spanish moss, that had been built inside the palapas.  But they were way up at the top and we couldn't see inside any of them.  So...........my boyfriend had the ingenius idea of getting a mirror and standing on step stool.  And this is what we found....

see my finger holding mirror?  and the nest is in the lower left corner...

to get better perspective...

this is the palapa...and...

the arrow is pointing to where the nest is located inside the palapa

But I gotta say that .......... I am so happy!  Guess what kind of nest it is??

CARDINAL!!!

I have waited so long to find an active cardinal nest.  I've been checking on them everyday and talking to the mom and dad that holler at me every time I get on that step stool. So, on my ritual this afternoon, this is what I found...

3 new baby cardinals!!

Excuse the poor images....kinda hard to hold the mirror in one hand, stand on the stool and hold the camera, and take the pic with the other!!