To the Beach..Anna Marie Island

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July 9..No haircut summer is OVER!

Shelley did not get a haircut... But someone at church walked by him and said, "It is nice not to have to look like a teacher in the summer." YIKES

I caved...I could not stand it any longer... I took the boys to get a hair cut.. Above is before..below is after..It is over the ears that drives me crazy the most, so I decided to show the ears in the after shot

CURRENTLY

Well we removed the shower and tub, moved the toliet drain, destroyed the vanity, put in a pocket door, put in two new shower heads..
The mess is so incredible we have moved to the extra bedroom downstairs.!!

Now we are leaving for a weeks vacation!! (MUCH NEEDED)

BEFORE

Okay so our house was built in the 1970'S and our teeny tiny master bath is still stuck in the 70's.

So since Shelley is off for the summer we decided to put a new bathroom floor in and knock out the doorway that separates the toilet and shower from the sink...

Well.... we started to demolish and went a little further then planned......

Family Pics

One of my favorites of Barbara, Elijah, and Charby. "Gam Ma", "Ya Ya", and "Charby" as Charby says..

The Howerton's of Raleigh...

The entire group..

Treasures of the Creek

When we got to the creek (see post below) we found crawdads. Then the hunt was on... How many crawdads could we catch.. Aunt Heather, Charby, Fallon and I (Laura) had no desire to play. I think Elijah would have caught them if he understood what was going on!! Next Year!

The crawdad catcher winners!!! Austin, Mariah, Kele and Nick.

Mini Family Reunion

We had a mini family reunion in Dahlonegha. It has been awhile since all the "Howerton"
boys have been under one roof. We had a blast!!

We went to the water park in Helen. It consisted of 4 slides.. perfect for 6 adults and 7 children!

Then we went to Aunt Carol's house to visit more cousins!! She has a creek in her back yard.
We found many treasures in the creek.

This is cousin Fallon.... She is around a year older than Charby. They got along famously.
She even spent the next week with us at our house.

Luke, Blaize, and Nick

Happy 2nd Birthday Charby!!

Happy Birthday to Charby.. I can't believe she is 2 today. We, of course, started the day on a sugar high.. Dunkin Donuts..

Cousin Kele suggested a butterfly cake and help me make it this morning. Charby has been saying "my bussy tate" all day long..(translation, my birthday cake") Ask her how old she is.. she will tell you.
Before heading off to the pool we had to take another look at the bussy tate.

Before the song, Everyone say cheese.. Charby is wearing her birthday princess hat. She LOVES it.

She eats her cake like a big girl, with a fork... Before she finishes she is asking for more da beans..(jelly beans). Happy Birthday my Precious little girl. I love you.