Saturday, February 20, 2016

Mardi Gras Crew Jois de Vivre 2016

Fairy Girl was crowned the princess for this year!

what do you think of the royal thrones?  We arrived to catch the tail end of the parade; you know, because we were biking...and then one of the males in our family had to shower...and groom ....men.  This is the King and Queen of 2015; their titles are handed over later in the evening to their successors.


we present to you, the royal court of 2016!

King Cupcakes...YUMMY!  none of my clan found the baby:


Our gracious hosts!


The princess of 2016, bids you farewell

biking the Lowcountry

we biked 18 miles round trip...and earned our dinner:)



this photo....I have to be very honest....my kiddos HATE when I take their pictures...and you know, with smart phones, it's easy and it's often...but these genuinely, happy and beautiful smiles....biscotti...and dinner bribes:)...Hey, whatever works!  I have NO shame in capturing those moments, real or perceived;)

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Today we had another most wonderful picnic...


this time at Jarvis Creek. Then we took a nice hike around the creek, followed by a spending spree at Barnes and Noble (several books for our homeschool shelf)! Perfect girls' day out!
If that wasn't perfect enough, we took advantage of Panera's online rapid ordering. When I arrived, I noticed our order was not on the shelf, so I knew that meant they were out of something. They were out of Angel Girl's pasta, and our iced green teas. We just chose other items, no biggie to us. But the manager was SO nice, he tossed in Angel Girl's soup for free, the drinks for free, extra baguettes and free pastries. We got $30 worth for about $11! (Another soup was free from earning one).
Abundance arrives in fun ways when you're open to receiving it! Grateful 

Saturday, February 13, 2016

I was asked to do one of those seven day nature photo post challenges on Facebook...

which is kind of funny to me, because anybody who knows me knows the challenge for me would be, "seriously, just one????"....so, in keeping with the spirit of this particular challenge, I cleverly narrowed it down to just one per day :D  Here are the seven photos I posted: