The sweetest love story you'll read this week....plus talk of an exorcism.

Happy Monday Ya'll.
We've just wrapped up another busy weekend.

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While at my Uncle's wedding last month Linds had a very serious question for me.
Linds: "Who pays the church minister?"
Me:     "The members pay him when they tithe, sometimes they even provide housing."

Linds: 

"Wow, I bet Ministers don't make very much money. 

But I guess they could make extra by performing exorcisms."

Me:      "yep, I wonder if he can fit one in today?"

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And speaking of my Uncle's wedding, there was a really nice article in their local paper. I thought you might enjoy it as well...a sweet story with a happy ending.

A lot of my long time readers will remember when I was losing my Grandma a few years ago; Joani was such a huge help; she was there helping my Grandma daily and keeping his spirits up too.
It warms my heart to know HE is loved and not lonely.

So, did that fill your insides with sweet little butterflies?
Yes? Well, be prepared, cause you might poop out caterpillars later today.

Oh, and Linds and I had a little chuckle during their ceremony when we found out that Joani's late mom's name was Helen.
Her married name was Kellar.
yeah, because that's what makes us chuckle.


So, what do you call this: Fate? Serendipity? Luck? Awesome-sauce?

Still crushing on SC and spreading the word about hugging safely.

Yes, I'm still going on about Charleston; a little city full of ghosts history.

Cemeteries that are pretty are NOT scary.

Cool homes. 

Lots of color; flowers and buildings. 

We even saw Mary Poppins; except this Mary Poppins doesn't fancy kiddos. 

We couldn't decide if we wanted to purchase this one..

Or this one. Think of the tree hugging climbing possibilities. 

The girls took some time to read; that makes this an educational vacation. I'll be sure to write this off on our taxes....

Lolo and I ventured into a really cool cemetery that was also a gorgeous garden.

See: gorgeous!

We visited a plantation...cause that is what you do here. . The driveway was breathtaking.

The girls were in love with the big trees. I always say, loving trees will never hurt you. 
No STD's or unwanted children....so LOVE on people!

A father-daughter moment. 

This is what my 2nd pretend house looks like. As if...I can't even keep up with my first pretend house.

They had a butterfly garden here too. Lo and I loved it. I won't share a photo of the butterflies we spied who were gettin' jiggy wit it....because that is rated R. Or B. Or something.
I asked Coach if he could build an enclosed garden like this for me. 

His reply: Of course!

The girls had their first Ne-Hi sodas.

And of course....an moon pie!

The ne-hi soda/moon pie combination ensued a sugar high minutes later....I then locked them in the tobacco house.

Kidding. The surgeon general said that would be a bad idea.

Ok, there. I'm done with South Carolina!

One thing I didn't take a photo of was all the streets and sidewalks. Our family lovingly referred to them as 'ankle snappers'. {very bumpy and uneven-The Busy Bee family is known for weak ankles}

Luckily, none of us fell. This time. 

So, when is the last time you visited a cemetery or a plantation, hugged a tree, saw butterflies doing the dirty or drank a NeHi?

Spill the NeHi beans.

Linds and I are off to visit another college today and tomorrow...wish us luck!

I never promised them a rose garden.

But I did imply that we would have a sunflower garden. 

 Too bad that wedding could't have waited for the flowers...

 Bright yellow~

 Light yellow~

 Mellow yellow~

 Inside and out~~~I'm digging them!

Making a Masterpiece

While we were on vacation, my MIL had a birthday. 

{Coach's Step-Mom}

She is always so good to all of us and makes a big deal out of our birthdays. 

 Before we left I told her we had something planned after her day. She was excited as were we.

Girls Night! We took her to dinner and then on to being an artist!

 Not one of us is really artistic. Ok, Lolo is VERY artistic. But for Judy and I, we added wine and voila': Artists!

 We were given step by step instructions....but NOT color by numbers. Promise.

All four of us loved our finished pieces. "Genie in a bottle"

Good news travels fast because the next morning we received a call from Christie's auction house wanting our art work!

{NOT}

If you have a place like this in your town; go and have fun. We did!