Get ready, let's glow

September 26, 2014

The big 4

Firefly LDC
Her BirthDay landed on a Friday this year.
I had the hardest time (tears streaming down) telling her goodnight on Thursday. 
 I didn't want to close her bedroom door behind me.
I didn't want her year of three to leave me quite yet.
Ready or not.

For her 4th, LDC wanted to get her glow on.

We were all aglow and had a glowing good time- to be continued on the pics from the festivities...

Sept 7



My BirthDay started with a



drink stirred not shaken



(don't fool yourself- a cold one was nearby that didn't contain sand, berries, dirt and leaves)



What?? 25. 
Too many cold ones??
LDC has the 3 with her fingers and I was joking around with my boo.
3-7

September 7th 2014

The following pic has zippo to do with my birthday.

 

It seems whenever we are out to dinner and five minutes into the food being served that LDC needs to go.

Motherhood.

That night, in the BBQ restaurant restroom, it was a mix of encouragement while the food was getting cold and laughter for the soul.

Place of the Lost One



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Labor Day Weekend 2014 Lake Jocassee SC

The name Jocassee means "Place of the Lost One"

Roped into it

We were out in the boonies Saturday night for a nail-biting round up of a time.

(Location was probably in the boonies to lay low from PETA)

 





 Yeehaw

Touch an Animal Day but more importantly- the Rockstar

We were greeted at the SREL 'Touch and Animal Day' with hand sanitizer and the instructions to use only two fingers.

I know- crazy

 And now, drum roll please....

Our friend a little girl that has been a champ through a long up hill battle, Rockstar Miranda.

The BEST picture.





Don't forget...just 18

My sweet summer is slipping away.  We have diligently been busy checking items off our Summer Bucket List and exploring.

A new friend in the backyard

 

Chef Ramsey keeps talking about risotto so I have been working on my Italian rice skills.



LDC created a fairy garden.  (It looks more like a fairy yard sale)



Street Market with beer hops Fairy Trees.



Tela anxious to search out and welcome the new baby bird friend to our backyard.

Monday Evening Summer Concert Series in Hopeland Gardens

H.I.T. String Band (Hillbillies in Training)
Appalachian Music



As they turned to walk off the platform, Rev. Sexton said these words, “Don’t forget—you have just 18 summers. Take time to make some memories.”

http://just18summers.com/about/

5,280 feet

Campsite #19

Scat and tracks

Now if I can only get LDC to roll up her Therm-a-Rest.  That will be a golden day in my book. (Hate Dislike rolling up sleeping pads)

Wildflower picking

Warming up at breakfast (44 degrees the previous night)

Mountain Man turned 37

“After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value.” 
-- George Macauley Trevelyan

The following pics are from happy hour- on our last night (the crowd got rowdy).