HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Dixie I just wanted to wish you a Happy 25 Birthday! You are an amazing woman who inspires me everyday. I am so thankful to have you in my life and glad that we can spend many more birthdays togather. I love you so much and I hope you have the best birthday yet. I love you!!!

St. George Island

We took our annual trip to the beach last week with Drew's family. It seemed like we a had all been waiting forever for our trip to the beach. And of course it went by so fast. We loved every minute of doing absolutely nothing. The best part is Drew was able to go. We didn't think we was going to be able to go with school and everything. But at the last minute it all worked out. It was wonderful. This was our second trip to St. George Island. Not many people have heard of it. It is close to Apalachicola. Apalachicola is a small fishing town. It almost feels like you are walking back in time. Really cool. You have to take a bridge a several miles out to get to St. George. The island is very secluded. There are several houses and like only one very small condo and like 3 or 4 restaurants. It is very nice and quiet. And since we went in September there was nobody there. The perfect vacation. They are building a new light house on the island. So we weren't allowed to go inside. The last one was really close to the water and was hit by a storm and collapsed into the ocean. They were able to salvage some of it and most of the bricks are from the original lighthouse.

We went to a couple of shops on the island. And we even picked up some Christmas gifts. Check out the sign.

The sunsets were beautiful. Almost every night we sat on the beach till the sun went down.

This is the house we stayed in "My Blue Heaven". It is so nice and we couldn't have asked for a better location.

Drew fishing with all the string rays. In the evening there were several sting rays in the water. And they bury themselves in the sand. One time Drew and Brandon were coming in from fishing and Brandon almost stepped on a string ray. The rest of us were sitting on the beach and all we could here was Drew and Brandon screaming. It looked pretty funny from were we where. But not for Drew and Brandon. It was pretty scary.

Beach Bums.

Our last night there we ate at a pizzeria on Apalachicola. It was really good.

Our last day on the beach. And back to reality.

Baby Shower in Rome

A couple weekends ago. I know like so long ago right. I wasn't even going to post this ,but I am super excited about my new niece. And she could come almost any day now. My brother and his wife Tracy are having their second baby girl. They already have a named picked out, Ellie Faith. Very cute!

I think it is funny that my brother is having all girls. He was the only boy in our family growing up and now he is still surrounded by girls. I will post pictures of Ellie after she is born ,but for now here are a few pictures from the baby shower.

Friends and Family

My three adorable nieces.

Drew may not be a dad yet, but he did get some first hand experience last night. Our niece , Emme was particpating in a daddy daughter Olympics at their church. Her dad is a firefighter and was not able to get off work. So Emme asked Drew to be her "Dad" for the night. Drew was honored that she has asked him. It was a really neat and fun experience. I have to say Sharpsburg ward went all out too. They put a lot of time and effort into the evening. They even handed out gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three teams. It was great!

The Case-Marler Team.

Here is Drew experimenting with the hula hoop.

And this is the best picture of all. They look so funny! But, it payed off Drew and Emme won that event. I love it!

Pie throwing contest. Emme had to hit him right in the face to get any points.

And she sure did!

Drew and Emme going through slime to find marbles.

The last event of the night was edible fear factor. Drew had to eat dog food. It really wasn't dog food. It was corn beef hash or something. We think. Drew said it was disgusting, but he kept it down. The other Dad's had to eat octopus. Drew is allergic to shellfish. So luckily he is able to get out of the that. I had a hard time watching them eat the octopus. One of the dads was not able to keep it down. Talk about gross.

And the Gold medal goes to. . . . .

Drew and Emme! I am so proud of both of them. They did a great job! And Drew had a blast. He loved every minute of it. Drew is going to make a wonderful Dad!!!

Weekend away in Savannah

Labor Day weekend Drew and I took a much needed vacation to Savannah. We went with our friends Cindy and Stephen. I have been to Savannah several times. Each time I love it more. There is so much to do and it is so beautiful. I love how you can just walk everywhere. It feels like a small town. This was Drew's first trip there. We both had a really good time. Thanks to Cindy for convincing us to go. We took like a ton of pictures. So this is kind of long. I still haven't figured out how to do a slide show yet. Enjoy!

Drew and Marilyn.

City Market

View from River Street.

I hate Grits, but I couldn't resist taking a picture.

For dinner we went to a place called the Cotton Exchange. It was recommend to us by Jene and Megan. And it was really good. Everywhere we went the food so good. I would just come back for the restaurants.

For breakfast we went to this cute little cafe. It was so good. I wish we had one here.

We had chocolate chip waffles. They were so good. There's nothing better then starting your day with chocolate.

Sunday morning we went to Tybee Island.It was really windy and the waves were huge. But it was very relaxing. And of course we all got sunburned. The beach is one of our favorite places to go.

Drew and Stephen waiting for some waves.

This is a after beach picture.

Drew got super sunburned. He is still suffering from it.

Our last night there we ate at a restaurant called Coreleone's. It is based on the Godfather movie. I have never seen it, but Drew and Stephen were really excited about going to this place. If you make reservations they will pick you up in a limo! It was really cool and the food was great.

Our Limo.

My first Limo ride.

Drew and Stephen's Mafia Pose.