Back from the Beach

We were at the beach last week with Warren's parents, his sister's family and his younger brother, and we are already to go back. One week is never long enough. It was a great vacation filled with firsts for my sweet big girl. She tried fried shrimp for the first time, drove a small go kart by herself, and rode the waves on a boogie board for the first time. The go kart and boogie board were more successful than the shrimp, but hey, she tried them and didn't pitch a king sized fit. I've got LOTS of pictures to share, but until I have more time, these will have to do:

the girls' first chance to get their toes in the water

(Reese, Anna, Maggie)

boogie boarding for the first time; can you see her face? she was so excited!!

Anna and Maggie enjoying playing the playground the Crab Trap restaurant

three of the four GREATEST blessings in my life

(Maggie, Reese, Anna)

looking good after ten years if I do say so myself!

Too Cute (and a great deal, too)

Ok, I'm going to be a bit geeky and post about one of my recent purchases!

I have been wanting a pair of YellowBox flip flops for the longest time, and while I know that $22 isn't a whole lot to spend, let's face it, that's money I can use for things that we actually need.  

We had to run into town Saturday, and I told Warren that I wanted to go to Belk and price tennis shoes for Reese for school.  While we were there, I also wanted to run into Mongrams Plus to look at prices of their nap mats and cheerleader uniforms for the girls.  I was excited to see a display of flip flops that had a huge SALE sign on them.  One of the workers told us that displays that had that sign were 90% off!!!!!  HUGE!!!!!  I immediately went back over to the flip flop rack and Warren helped me look! (He's been living with girls WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long!) =)  He picked out this pair for me:

These shoes had a price tag of $34.95 on them!  With the 90% off plus tax, my grand total came to be $3.75!!!!!  I was too pumped; I love a great deal and a cute shoe!!! Shoes are my weakness.  These are super comfortable; I'm loving them!!!  I kinda want to go back and get another pair, but I know Warren would think that's ridiculous having so many pair of flip flops. But hey, we're heading to the beach and how can a girl have too many shoes?!