Sunset and Full Moon In Georgia

I went in search of a beautiful sunset tonight.

And I found one.

We stayed so late that we had the beautiful full moon follow us home.

When we got to one of the bridges I snapped a drive by picture at 75 miles an hour!

Didn't turn out to bad.

Spring Break Visitors

This is my GREAT niece Gracie.

Gracie came from Utah to visit her GRAND~parents, Sue and Phil Jacobs.

And her GREAT~GRAND~ma Kathleen Griffis.

She came with her Aunt Leah.

She left her mom Rachael, dad Ryan and baby brother Jude, at home.

This is Gracie's Aunt Leah, my niece.

She came home to thaw out from the frozen Utah winter.

And to visit her mom and dad, Sue and Phil Jacobs and her

GRAND~ma Griffis and GRAND~ma Jacobs.

She is one hot hair stylist in the Salt Lake area.

While here she usually does every cousins head of hair.

She's good and they all look forward to her visits.

Call her and make your appointment.

This is my GREAT~nephew Jonah Jacobs.

This is the only picture I got of Jonah.

I so wish I would have gotten one by himself.

He came with his brother Manny, from Nashville.

He left his dad Aaron my nephew and his mom Molly at home.

This is Emanual Jacobs.

Manny for short.

He and his brother Jonah caught a ride from his other GRAND~parents house

in Birmingham, Al. with his GREAT~Aunt Angie and her boys.

They all had the same destination vacation Spring Break in mind.

GRANDMA Griffis house in coastal sunny Georgia!

This is the youngest Ripley boy, Ammon, my nephew.

He loves those Jacob cousins and has loved being at his GRAND~ma Griffis house.

He is Angie and Tony Ripley's son.

Mr. Senior in high school, Andrew Ripley, my nephew.

He has loved being at the beach for spring break.

He is Travis and Jordan Griffis's shadow.

Where ever they are you will find him.

(Travis is my son)

My Sister in law, Mary Angela Griffis Ripley.

Mother of 4 Ripley boys.

Pre~school teacher, loves the sun and the beach.

Loves her mother and has missed her dad so much.

The hostess of all these spring breakers,

My mother in law, Kathleen aka Mom.

We had a special family dinner to celebrate her

upcoming 80th birthday, April 11.

We will have another celebration on her birthday but they

will not be able to come back so you are never to old to have several birthday parties.

Always fun to have relatives in town!

Our spring break will be the first week in April.

I hope we have more vistitors.

Hope you all have a happy weekend.

Spring has sprung and we have temps in the 80*

A most perfect weekend!

March 17

For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way;
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
~ Author Unknown ~

Fun Facts About St. Patrick's Day

In preparation for tomorrows big day!

* The first St. Patrick’s Day Parades were not in Ireland, but in Boston (1737) and New York (1762).

* Irish immigrants living in New York actually out numbered Irish living in Dublin, Ireland at one time!

* St. Patrick was born in Scotland, but spent 40 years preaching Christianity in Ireland.

* Legend says that St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland.

* The three-leaf clover was used by St. Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity to pre-Christian Ireland.

* For St. Patrick’s Day every year, Chicago dyes its river bright green to celebrate.

* Leprechauns are hard-workers although sometimes mischievous! They are the official shoemakers to the fairy kingdom.

* 19 U.S. Presidents have claimed Irish heritage.

* Seattle paints a green stripe on roads on St. Patrick’s Day.

* Corned beef is completely an American invention, but very popular with Irish-American immigrants nonetheless!

Barn Charm ~ 2

Taken last August in Douglas, GA. I've linked to Barn Charm go visit to see more awesome barns.

Friday Shoot Out ~ Chaos

So Tauna and Connie wanted to know why I haven't been fishing lately.
This is the real reason.
We have finally started trying to remodel our home making it
more handicap accessible for the Sweetheart.

                                         I didn't have to look far from home to find Chaos!

It's been a huge mess and I am already sick of it and we have just gotten started.

I need to go fishing soon just to get some fresh air.

For more Friday Shoot Out Chaos check here.

Great Catch

The oldest son, the one on the left has a secret fishing hole on private property.

I found him in it a few weeks ago and took his picture from the shore.

He loves fishing and this day was so cold and he didn't catch a thing.

Last week I got an email from his cell phone with this picture!

He had caught this Big Mouth Bass and it weighed 7 and a half pounds.

He took the picture and then threw it back in for another day.

I was so wishing I had been fishing with him instead of what I was doing.

Ford Fairlane 500

Taken somewhere in rural middle Georgia.

I don't even know where I was at.

My Favorite



Tervis Tumbler

Perfect fit for golf cart rides and hot days!

Tasty Tuesday

I won this great little book from a giveaway on Connie's blog.

I also got a way cute apron and a few other GREAT goodies.

This book is so cute.

It has a colored picture for nearly every recipe.

I've looked at every page at least 5 times. So fun.

The first recipe I decide to fix was these coconut cookies.

I made them to pass out to the sisters after my R/S lesson a few weeks ago.

The were received with lots of Yums!

Coconut Clouds

2 2/3 cups flaked coconut, divided

1 pkg. Yellow cake mix (I used a white cake mix in the above picture)

1 egg

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

1 teaspoon almond flavoring

1. Preheat oven to 350*. Reserve 1 1/3 cups coconut in medium bowl

2. Combine cake mix, egg, oil, water and almond extract in large bowl.

Beat at low speed with electric mixer. Stir in remaining 1 1/3 cups coconut.

I used the small cookie scoop and scooped cookie dough balls into

the remaining coconut. Roll to cover lightly.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

3. Bake at 350* for 10 - 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

Cool a few minutes on the cookie sheet before moving to cooling racks.

Cool completely.

Store in airtight container.

Makes 3 dozen.

What I will do different next time I make them is this:

They reminded me of the Girl Scout Cookie, Samoas.

So I think that I would dip the bottoms in chocolate and then put chocolate stripes on them.

Can you say double Yum!

Barn Charm

I'm joining Barn Charms this week.

This was taken in the late evening light

somewhere in Michigan last spring.

For more entries check it out here.

Friday Photo Shoot Out ~ The Letter "S"

I guess you can tell I live on the the east coast of Georgia.

Sandals, Sand and Shadows 

Sun and Seashore

Sand Dunes

Shrimp Boat

Sail boat

Oyster Shells

Swing

Slide

Seagull

Snake

Salad

Sheet Cake

My Homemade Salsa 

 Sunset For more Friday Shoot Out Pics check out this site.

Chillaxin

Celebrating

Picture taken Christmas 2010 at Crenshaw Christmas Party

7 years ago today we had kidney donor and kidney transplant surgery.

What a miracle that we matched!

We are blessed and we know it and will forever be grateful

to our Heavenly Father for His tender mercies and

His abundant miracles.

I told the Sweetheart this morning that we should celebrate

by buying that camera I have my eye on.

He simply said, yeah right!

I think I am slowly breaking him down :)

Oh Happy Day!