Ohmyday! Friday!

Hello beauties!  It is time to celebrate FRIDAY!  And a good week behind us.  I'm super duper excited about this Friday because well...

(Linked up with Katie and Christina)

My daughter officially joined TYDE Swim Team.  She's in junior prep and the official first day of practice is August 29th.  I am so excited for her because of the excitement she's showing for this endeavour.  I knew my daughter wasn't the regular athlete - she's got no time for balls, bats, or racquet's!  But if you put her in a pool - she becomes a fish!

While we were at the meeting a local swimmer won the silver medal in Rio - Kathleen Baker!  One of the local news channels dropped in to ask the kids about Baker's determination and drive.  They just happened to pick my Cammy to interview!

So our LONG day became even longer because we had to stay up until midnight to catch the news!

Brownies and Shakes...oh my!

This week I was the cool mom.  I did not feel like making dinner at all and so I let the kids have Sweet Frogs one night for dinner and another night they had milkshakes.  It's summer, they are kids, why not?  I can tell you that I followed up the milkshakes with vegetable soup.  So stop your jawing.

I finally got some shoes! Our local Dick's is under a remodel and their selection is terrible and their pricing is not competitive at all.  After countless attempts at various stores I ended up finding a pair at Kohl's - New Balance is my favorite for my jacked up dogs so I scored these for $43 after a $15 coupon and an extra 15% off.  I love a deal!

Looking forward to it!  The blog will be on break while I'm gone!

Can you believe our summer is ending?  OK so maybe some of you can, like Heather whose kids are two or three weeks into a new school year in Georgia.  Well we have 17 days until my sweet girl starts third grade.  We're sending out summer right with our vacation starting on Saturday.  Each one of us are totally read for salt water and sand!  

And last...

I think we need these shirts...I know I have to get the wild one, its cool Ash!

Tonight my bestie and I are getting together to have some Girl's Night Out fun!  We're going to dinner and to see Bad Moms.  To say I am excited to see her pretty face is a complete understatement.  I cannot wait for our fabulous conversations which always lead to lots of giggling!  Maybe we can figure out a date to restart our craft nights.  She's super crafty...me well I try!

Love to you all!  I hope your weekends are pure awesome sauce!

xo -
Amanda

Vacation Prep: Stuff To Do

Our vacation is getting closer and I am pretty good on the packing (meh, yeah ok),,,

Now my attention is focusing on some fun stuff to do while we're away.  Yes, we'll be on the beach quite a bit and yes we'll be at the water park the other quite a bit!  There is just more that we will need to have on the back burner to do!

This year we aren't going to our regularly scheduled destination.  I could totally sit down and bawl my eyes out over that but I will be a big girl and say:

This year we're going to be in the other Carolina for some fun at that place that that show on CMT made popular a few years ago....

Or that place that got it's fame for all the biker dudes and broads who come out once or twice a year to be oh so cool...

Yep we're going to be in the vicinity of the lovely Murrells Inlet.

It is actually a cool little place but not one I have ventured to more than three times in my total existence.  So naturally that makes this post convert itself into a Pinterest Five post.  The search term?  Murrell's Inlet.

I love how this popped up first because...I have had a couple dinners there.  What's even better?  It is good!  So maybe I'll add this to one of the places to dine when we go out for dinner.

Brookgreen Gardens - I have wanted to visit this place for quite a while but never did it.  I'm thinking this could be the year.  It is so beautiful!  Plus, the kids would enjoy it too because they can run, run, run!

I saw this and my husband immediately popped into my mind.  He loves goats.  I'm kind of over them because we had a ton when I was in my teenage years.  Anyway, Goat Island may be an enjoyable stop for the hubby and kids and yes even myself.  

The Murrells Inlet Marsh Walk - I'm told to visit it at dusk.  This is a spot of lots of restaurants and quaint little shops.  

And finally - my favorite little town in SC is Georgetown and guess what - it isn't too far from Murrell's Inlet!  This town is just the epitome of a sweet southern salt air town.  The hubby likes it too...time to take the kiddos!

3 Things You Need to Know Around Here!

August is looming.  I have a love hate relationship with this month.

Back to school everything.  I hate this.  Look, I get income from the school system and that yes, indeed, I love!  However, the fact that back to school means the end of summer just breaks my pea pickin' heart.  

Vacation!  I love this.  We started taking our big vacations in August last year and it is so nice to have it to look forward to all summer.  You know I am a beach girl so the fact I get a week down there to wrap up the time off from school is just divine.

Birthdays!  Love it, yes!  My babies were both due in August but my first decided to make us wait until September 4th.  Needless to say I spend the majority of August planning birthdays.  I have a soon to be nine year old girl and a soon to be four year old boy.  We could not get on further ends of the spectrum if we asked for it!

This month the blog has three central topics.  I don't really need to introduce them because um well I just told you what they are!  Everything - well pretty much everything - I post will be centered on either back to school, vacation, or birthdays.  

I hope your August is a happy one.  Let's get as many last minute summer break memories in as we can.  But most of all, can we share the joys (and maybe the heart aches) together?  It always makes it so much more fun!

Love to you all!