St. George Island

One of the things we promised ourselves after Greg graduated was to take the children on a long deserved vacation. We looked high and low for places and finally agreed upon St. George Island. We booked Gull Cottage for a week and dragged along my mom and dad for support. We saw dolphins during the day and crabs at night. Jake even captured one on our last night there. The week was restful and a lot of fun. We did have one mishap with Jake and his head. So what if he has a scar on his eyebrow for the rest of his life. Maddie's nightmares over the trama have stopped and she can now sleep with waking up screaming....just kidding. We ate fresh seafood almost every night (Jake even tried his first raw oyster) and played at the beach everyday (check out the sandcastle we saw). We loved it so much that we are going back next year....

4th of July with the Buckalews

One of the first things I have to say is never have surgery around a holiday. On the 2nd of July I underwent ACL replacement. A few months back I had injured my knee and in order to be fully functional for school I needed to have the surgery over the summer. I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN! That off my chest, I will begin to tell you about the 4th with Jake and Maddie. The morning starts out with a bunch of activities in our subdivision. They have a fishing contest, a basketball contest, a parade, etc. Jake, Greg and Maddie went down to watch the fishing contest and basketball contest but after that Maddie needed a nap. So Jake and Greg decided that Jake was going to enter the bike parade. They went to the store and bought a bunch of 4th of July stuff and decorated his bike. Jake was a little cranky and unfortunately when he took 3rd place he was pouting but otherwise it was a good morning. Later that night they shot off fireworks over the lake and everyone had a great time, except for me.....the only thing I remember is pain and percocet.