23 more days and counting....

23 more days and we are off to Hawaii!! I cant wait for the next 3 weeks to pass by. We were invited to go with the Perez family to their renewal of their vowes on the big island of Hawaii for 10 days. We are all so excited for this trip!!

Nana and Papa come to visit

Grandpa and Grandma Hansen came to visit... and it was great!! This is the first time since Steve and I have been married that my dad has made it out to visit us and the second for my mom (she came to Charleston when we had Morgan).
In case you were wondering why my parents have never made it out to visit... I will explain. My mom always takes a week off to visit her children when they have children to help out... and since Steve and I have not had any children in 3 years and my other (3) sisters will not stop having children... we are not on that priority list:).

My parents came out for a week to see our family, our home and to see a little bit of the South East (we joke that my dad really came out to take a tour of the submarine- hes into that kind of thing). It was a great week- fast but great. The second day they were here I took them to Fort Clinch to walk around the beach and take pictures. I took some awesome pictures, put my camera in my lap to chat for a bit on the rocks and next thing I know.... my camera is falling down the pile of rocks like a pinball in a pinball machine. Needless to say- about 200 pictures and my camera are at the bottom of hundreds of huge rocks. Not a great moment for me. So later that day I went out to buy a new camera and take more pictures of nana and papa being here.
We went to the beach a few times, to the submarine museum in St. Marys, GA, took a ride on base, walked around downtown, went shopping, planted trees in the back yard, celebrated papas 61st birthday and of course just hung out around the house. My dad was also able to take a tour of Steves submarine on Saturday and enjoyed every minute of that! We had a blast and didnt want to see them go. I hope it will not be another 6 years before we can get nana and papa to visit us again!!

Grandma finally came. The three days before she came- Morgan had been talking nonstop about grandma coming to town. We had a great time while she was here. Steve had to work everyday but was able to be home for dinner. The kids and I were so glad we had the chance to spend time with her. We went to the beach a few times, walked around downtown Fernandina, went to lunch, grilled out, went fishing in the pond behind our house and of course the kids favorite- went to ice cream. It was a great weekend. We cant wait until the next time grandma comes to visit us!!