Hughes/Hardy weekend

Last weekend was a GREAT one. Steve's Mom and Dad, sister Erin, sister Lisa and Lisa's two kids Daniel and Emma came last Thursday from Virginia to be here for Steven's baptism. We are so happy they came to spend that time with us. We had a great time with them. Since we discovered with my Mom and Dad that there is not much to do in Statesboro or Savannah we spent A LOT of our time with the kids swimming in our four foot pool, and Steve and I making all of our favorite dinner dishes to share. We ate most of our meals at home and it was dang good food.

On Friday, the morning after they got here, we headed down to the river walk in Savannah. We of course headed straight for the candy store, and everyone really enjoyed that. It was a pretty hot day that day but we still managed to get a little tourist shopping in.

{Lyle, Fran, Lisa and Steve resting in the shade}


{All the kids leaning over the rail in Savannah}


Saturday was the 4th and Steve introduced his family to boiled peanuts. Those are a southern treat where you take raw peanuts and boil them just like you would a bean. From what I understand, that is what the early settlers of this area did with them. You can't buy raw peanuts in most of the USA, but they do sell them here, and I have even bought some and boiled them here at home. They turned out very good. We also have a guy that cooks up a batch everyday and is right on one of the corners here in Brooklet. If you ever stop by around the end of May to early September we will be sure to get you some. Anyway, my in-laws Loved them and that was our snack of choice all weekend. On the 4th, all the girls went shopping at some antique stores, and then sat around and ate peanuts while Steve made 3 courses of shrimp for dinner. Although we ate late...we ate good. It all turned out wonderfully and we finished just in time for fireworks at 10pm. Then it was off to bed for the baptism.

{Sitting in our mostly unpacked garage, with the fan on us and eating peanuts. Good Times}


{Watching fireworks WooHoo! (we really do try to be excited for the fireworks here, even though we would much rather be in Germany shooting them off)}


On Monday we ventured out without Nana and Papa, because Lyle wasn't feeling very good. We went with our family, Lisa and kids and Erin to Tybee Island. The last time we went to the beach there it was crawling with people, but this time was perfect. It was a little overcast and Monday so we hit it just right. There weren't too many people and we were able to park close. We spent about 3 hours playing at the beach and having a marvelous time.

{With three laptops in the house, you can visit and get something down all at the same time.}

Then Tuesday morning our company headed on their 9 hour drive back to Virginia, and the boys and I started our swimming lessons. I am so happy that we have families that we enjoy so much and love spending time with. It makes all the difference in the world.

{DD (Daniel's nickname) with Brandon}


{Nana and Brandon}


{Kay (Erin's nickname)}


{Papa resting in Steve's favorite chair}


{Steve signing us off}