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I am trying out a blog writer and seeing what can and can’t be done with it. This a our wonderful boy and his favorite thing to eat. We thought that we needed to share this with all.

                     

The link below is to my facebook account. It is a video of CJ walking with the assistance of a walker. I thought that you all would like to see that.  

CJ Walking

Santee Part one

For those of you who know us (or have read this blog at all), know that we stink at taking pictures. Even if we do take pictures we still stink at putting them on the blog. Luckily we went on vacation with people who aren't as bad as we are and they were willing to share their pics with us. We had forgotten to even bring a camera. (Are you REALLY surprised????)

We have already said that we went down to Santee with the Jones family. Now we can show you what a good time we all had. This montage is just for Day 2 of our vacation. Day 1 was spent driving, getting groceries, unpacking and just being happy to be together again. No pictures of that. Sorry. Not even the Jones clan is perfect. Close but not there yet.

So... On day 2 we played at the pool, took a walk down to the boat dock in front of the condo and then we let the kids have another swim time in the big tub in the condo. They had so much fun. After the bath tub swim we decided to be really nice and let them stay up and watch a movie and have popcorn. We were hoping that by letting them stay up late they would sleep in late. Have you met my children. They don't let us sleep in. It was worth a shot though.

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A week of Fun in the Sun

This last week was one of fun and enjoyment. For those that don’t know we have a time share and have used it over the last 5 years and have enjoyed it a lot. The thing that I wanted to change with it is that we always went to one or two different spots when we have about 200 places that we could use it at. So about 5 months ago we where talking to some wonderful friends and decided that we wanted to go to some place new and use the time share how it was meant to be used. After much thought and looking we decided to go to Santee, SC. This little town sits right next to Lake Marion.

No there is not a lot to do there but when you are with friends do you really need a lot to do to have fun? We didn’t think so either. We left Friday the 16th of July and headed to our humble abode. Not so humble since it was a 3 bedroom condo and looked ritzy. The only day that didn’t see any water/pool time was the travel day. We where either in the pool, on the lake, or at the beach. Yes, the beach did come in to play because we had to travel to Charleston to do some shopping at the outlets there (Great deals! $1.99 for shirts and stuff at The Children’s Place) and then we decided to add the beach in as well.

We got to the beach at the perfect time. We got there around 5pm when everyone was leaving. It was great not to have to worry about the kids on a busy beach with lots of people. We just let them run around and do what they wanted to do. We were there for about 2 hours and then went off to find a spot for dinner. The locals told us to try out the local crap shack. (Or crab shack if you like seafood.) So we did. After a very long wait an hour and a half or so, with tired and hungry kids we finally got to sit down and order up. The food was ok but not worth the wait.

I am very sad that the time had to end. We love spending time with the Jones clan. I hope that we end up near them so that we can spend more time together. They are the next best thing to family. Looking forward to another trip to a not so far location with them again.

Rick has a great idea to build a compound and we would share the backyard. We think we should meet in the middle and build it in Ashville NC. We are all for it. If only we could convince our families to all move close by…….. (hint, hint)