Colleen Visit

My cousin (my mom's cousin)

Colleen came to visit from

Pequot Lakes, MN.

We had a great time!

We toured Biltmore Estate

and Antler Hill winery.

We walked the Wheatfield.

Sara played Elmo radio

and danced for her.

She joined us for church

and we got to check out

Lazy 5 Ranch.

She even helped me cut out squares

for Sara Mae's new quilt!

It was so great having her here.

I'm hoping I talked her into

moving here permanently.

Hilton Head Island

We were invited to join

Nana and Papa

on their annual trip to
Hilton Head Island, SC.

Sara tried out her birthday headphones

while watching Frozen.

They were a little big for her head

so I used her taggie to keep them in place.

Nana and Papa had rainy cold weather

during the week they were there.

We had one nice day over the weekend

and spent it out on walks.

We walked the resort grounds

at BlueWater - Spinnaker.

We also drove to

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

and took a short walk there.

Sara enjoyed all the rocks along the road.

On the rainy days,
we read books and went swimming.

Nana and Papa treated us to yummy seafood

at Skull Creek Boathouse.

Sara enjoyed coloring with Papa.

Daddy enjoyed a bourbon drink

with candied bacon.

On our last rainy day,

we stopped at the Coastal Discovery Museum.

Sara got to meet a turtle named Myrtle,

a few horse shoe crabs,

and saw a bunch of photography.

We headed home on Sunday

right after lunch

and before Sara's nap time.

Sara had a great nap

and watched YouTube kids

on the rest of the drive home.

We picked up Lucy at the Golds.

I think she was glad to have us back.

Sara missed her sissy too.

Snow Days

We had our first snow days

at the end of February.

I think we had close to six inches.

Sara helped daddy make a snowman.

She did a much better job

walking through the snow

than I thought she would.

Sara's friend Payten

came over to play.

Payten wasn't so sure

about the white fluffy stuff.

Mr. Snowman is finished!

Playing in the snow is quite exhausting.

Sara took a nice, long (early) nap.

Sara and I enjoy singing

"deep, deep, deep, deep snow"

from a part in the movie Frozen.

Because of this,

Sara calls any amount of snow

 "deep, deep snow".

Davidson Basketball

Matt found cheap tickets

for a Davidson basketball game

so we took Sara to see her first game.

I think it was her first time

in a big crowd too.

She enjoyed people watching.

She even got into the game.

We cheered as both the red shirts

(Davidson)

and the white shirts (other guys)

made baskets.

She said, "all done basketball."

around half-time and we left.