Clay and my dad spent part of the weekend putting together the new swingset. The boys love it. Jackson has mastered the climbing wall and slide. Jonah climbs about half-way up the slide and then drops to his tummy and slides down. The swings are obviously a big hit too.
The boys love using spoons as drum sticks and dance around to the music! This can get quite loud with all the metal in this kitchen.
Jonah loves putting on this hat.
The boys watch as the porch gets a new screen.
The view out the back windows. That is the stables.
This is the perfect "ready, set, go" hallway. That's Jackson's racing game that Jonah is getting pretty good at. All our bedrooms are on the left side of this hallway and the kitchen and living/dining room(see below) are on the right. It's also home to the world's biggest 
rocking horse.
No, this is not my new kitchen. This is however the kitchen I've been using for the last 3 weeks. There are 3 frigs, one being a walkin and one big freezer. There's a grill, gas stove, griddle, 2 ovens, a deep fryer, and a pizza oven. It's fun to cook with all these toys! And dishes aren't so bad when they only take 3 minutes to wash in the dishwasher. We've been staying with some people at church on their horse ranch. Someone comes in everyday and makes lunch for the ranch hands. They also have a little conference center where they've just started letting people have retreats. It's all very cool. We daily visit the horses and ponies and go down to the boathouse on the lake and feed the fish. Jackson's favorite horse is Chief. We did close on our house yesterday, though we still don't have keys, and we are moving on Saturday. We hope to get in some this week and do some painting.
Jackson loves to "help" Jonah walk.
Clay and Jackson having batting practice. If you want to see him knock it out of the park, visit Clay's website for the video.
Jonah loves the swings!
We had a little party with my parents a week early. Jonah opened one present and then didn't care about the rest. Jackson was glad to open them for him.
The before picture.
The after picture!
Jonah turned one on September 5th. It's been a long and interesting year. It's funny how much you search and search for God's will and then look back and see how evident He really was. He was there all the time, answering prayers, but you just don't always see it at the time.
of driving down the road and looking out my window and seeing dolphins! Just today on our way to the mall, I looked out as we crossed the bridge and there was one swimming along. (This picture was actually taken during our sunset dolphin cruise.) Thank you God!
Jonah is walking! He's finally taking more than 2 steps at a time. He will let go of the couch and walk to us or to another piece of furniture! He still can't quite change directions, but he's close. Another week and he'll be running right behind Jackson. When he falls, he sits up and claps for himself. It is sooo cute!
Wipeout!!
Jackson loves jumping over the waves. I think Granginny got a good arm workout!
Just Jonah and Granginny (again for the scrapbook)
Jackson flexes his muscles in front of the huge Neptune statue. Neptune is in the center of an area called Shelter Cove. This area consists of a large marina, shopping, outdoor dining, and live music. You will hear that description of pretty much everywhere on Hilton Head Island (HHI).
I'm not sure what Granginny is teaching Jackson here. Maybe they're practicing an act for America's Got Talent??
Granpop and Granginny were here to visit. We did lots of fun stuff, but as usual the best part is just hangin' on the back patio. Here in SC the views are much better! For example, here we're in the shade looking at a lagoon.
Just Jonah and Granpop! (done intentionally for the scrapbook)
This was taken at Harbour Town which is complete with its own lighthouse. Jackson climbed all 114 steps to the top! There is lots of shopping, outdoor dining, and live music in Harbour Town, plus you can check out all the huge boats.
We ate outside one night at a Mexican restaurant. As you can see the nice ocean breeze didn't quite make it to us!
