And, I'm back!

I apologize for the hiatus.  After a whirlwind weekend in Brunswick, it's been nice to just come home and veg at night this week! So in order to catch up on blogging, I'll start with our trip to Brunswick this past weekend.  No worries, I'll come back to the LA tour, and my tutorial on shoe bags that I promised (I know you've been waiting in eager anticipation.)  Bear with me.

So - my flight landed at 9:30pm last Friday, and by 10pm I was in the car with Bryan, Bailey, and Tippy headed down to Brunswick!  We arrived around 2:30am, and after not being able to sleep well (the dogs were driving us nuts) we were up and at 'em by 7:00am.  I was so screwed up from the time difference and driving all night that I didn't really know which way was up.  But why waste the day?  We only had about 1.5 days with Bryan's grandparents so sleeping was for the birds.  I could tell you all about our weekend, but I'll just show you instead!

Saturday we went to Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island.  I have great memories of going here with my parents when I was younger, so I'm always excited when we get to go there.

The dogs were in heaven.  Bailey and Tippy just ran back and forth through the shallow water.  We even found a ball on the beach so Tippy chased the ball and Bailey chased Tippy.  Typical.

Bryan's grandparents LOVE animals.  They were so excited to meet their great-grand-dog for the first time!  :)  He was pretty excited about it too. 

Bailey was in heaven running free on the beach.

There's nothing quite like some quality sister-in-law time.  Saturday afternoon we found a project we wanted to do on pinterest.  So we drove out to Michael's and found everything we needed.  The only problem was that we needed burlap and apparently there aren't any fabric stores in Brunswick! I know, right?  So we put everything in our cart back, and headed over to Target to buy some premade Halloween decorations instead (and maybe a little Halloween candy and some Coke products. I mean, we were already there).  At least we had good intentions, right?

It was so great to see Bryan's grandparents!  We wish they lived closer so we could see them more often.

It was incredibly windy on Saturday.  I mean there were times when it was really hard to walk into the wind - noted by Bryan's grandma appearing to be blown away by the wind.  It was some serious stuff.

This was a Coast Guard boat that was trying to brave the choppy seas. We got a kick out of watching them get beat up by the waves.  I don't think they were having very much fun though.

The weather was actually quite warm when you got off the beach and out of the wind!  We tried to go on a little walk inland, but it was a little too warm for our taste.

Bryan's grandpa tried to walk Tippy, but I think Tippy walked him instead. 

We sat on the shore and watched this huge cargo ship that carries cars go by.  The crazy rednecks in the boat that looks like it's sinking decided they were going to get closer.  Yes, it also looked as if they might sink in real life.  Oh my. 

We went to the St. Simons Arts & Crafts festival on Sunday.  It poured rain right before we got there, but we were still able to see some cool booths.  After walking around for a bit we hit up Barbara Jean's for some amazing crab cakes.  I may or may not have specifically requested to go there.  What can I say? They're the best!

Love this pic. :)

After lunch we Bryan and Amy enjoyed some creative photography fun! Amy's getting into photography now, so it's cool to see her and Bryan bonding over photography nerdiness! She bought Bryan's old camera when we got the new one, so she's been taking classes in Birmingham and is getting quite good.  I can't wait to see her skills! 

One of Bryan's creative shots - pretty cool, huh? 

So we had a wonderful weekend, and I'm so thankful to be home now (and home for the rest of the year)!!