Spring break is OVER!

Aloha Y'all :)




Well, my eldest two are (finally) back in school & we are playing catch up on all the stuff we put off all week long! Ya know stuff like sewing, hula, yard work, all the things we THOUGHT we could still do while all the kiddies were home....yeah. RIGHT! But we did manage to get away for the weekend, so we went to Savannah! Let's rewind a week, shall we?




Well the last time I wrote, we were hitting some of our favorite thrift stores, stuff like that ( I really can't complain, cause the girlies DID let me shop a wee bit & I WAS able to add to my fabric stash, without going into debt, stuff like that...) & got in some library time,that was Mon & Tues. Wed I had hula, so we didn't go anywhere. Thurs took the girlies to Monkey Joes, I assume this is a chain-type of establishment, kinda like "where a kid can be a kid" place (you know what I'm talking about....) anywho, instead of coin operated-type rides, this place is FILLED with giant inflatable slides, at first my eldest said "this is a little baby place, I'm not going on ANY of these STUPID slides" so the other two, QUICKLY took off their shoes & couldn't get on a slide quick enough. My middle daughter,even told my eldest "sucks to be you" which I would have told her to watch her tongue, but sadly, she was right, my eldest was being downright pissy before she even gave it a chance....anycrap, she changed her tune & finally decided, ok, "I'll TRY one, but it won't be fun" Well, 3 hours later, lots of hooting & hollering & sweat, they ALL had a blast!











& my middle daughter figured out the HARD way, that it's not a wise choice to wear a dress to a place like this...























but that didn't stop them & they had a BLAST!!!











Then, my hubby had some work to do Friday morning & we left for Savannah...





we headed to Tybee Island first...





Now, the kids & I have never been in this part of Georgia before (hubby had gone there a couple times for work...) So we didn't know what to expect, I figured we'd go to the beach, but I wasn't completely sure how "the beach" would be here in the South ( I know that sounds stupid, but I'm use to beaches in Hawaii, so I didn't know if the Atlantic coast would be the same...I've seen some beaches in Florida & vowed I'd never swim in them, cause you couldn't see through the water....) Anycrap, the girlies asked how come we didn't bring bathing suits, I said cause I didn't know what to expect (thinking in the back of my mind, we wouldn't be swimming there...) Boy was I wrong, it was BEAUTIFUL! The weather was beautiful, the beach was beautiful, & even though we didn't bring suits, that didn't stop us from jumping on in & enjoying the beach!































spent a couple hours there, found LOTS of shells, girlies got to make their sand castles, swim, all the good stuff you do at the beach...




hubby, doesn't really care for the beach, so he decided to guard our junk...

















but all in all, it was good!







Then we checked into our room ( stayed overnight there, cause we got in kinda late, but we were planning on staying a night anyways..) washed off all the sand & went down to River street for dinner & despite the fact that I had the camera on me the WHOLE time, I didn't take any pictures that night ( which I could just KICK myself for doing...) saw a couple HUGE ships going underneath this HUGE bridge...all the time thinking to myself, there's NO WAY that's going under, but DUH of course it can otherwise it wouldn't be going that way now would it? Didn't really know where we were going, but ended up in a pub-type place for dinner & it was pretty good (do I remember the name of the place? of course not, can't even remember my name sometimes & ya expect me to remember the name of an establishment???) anycrap, went thought a couple stores down there too, ended up going through a candy place & this guy was making taffy & tossing out little wrapped pieces to people passing by ( which of course would make anyone in my family just LOVE Savannah even more! I mean Free candy, can we live here? You can even walk around with drinks outside as long as they are in plastic cups, now add a slim Jim & a twinkie & a bathroom, my ENTIRE family would move there in a heartbeat!) Anycrap, we were just walking through little shops ,of course ended up buying some more taffy...it was excellent! & a few chocolates....the little ones were thrilled to have their little glass coke bottles ( it always did taste better in glass bottles if ya ask me...I know you didn't, but pretend ya did!) Anycrap, it was getting late & we were all tired from driving & going to the beach & all so we went back to the room to get some shut eye.







The next morning we decided ( with the advice of a co-worker of hubby's..) to take a trolley tour of Savannah. Now I'm not usually one to do touristy type stuff like that, but I didn't really know the area, & there was so much to see so we didn't really know where to start, so a tour sounded pretty good! & we were glad we did, we learned quite a bit about the area in a short period of time, were able to get off & back on for some of the places that we decided to spend a little more time ( & actually look inside some of the homes instead of just the outer parts...) My eldest daughter wanted to go to the Juliette Gordon Low birthplace ( she was the founder of the Girls Scouts of America) & it was pretty awesome, I never knew much about the woman, but she was a truly talented artist besides just what she was known for... there were all kinds of portraits, busts, & woodwork things she had made throughout the house that really should be in an art museum somewhere ( which is why they probably show then there at the house...)& her parents were envolved with founding Chicago, which I never knew that...anywho, learned quite a bit there!
They don't allow picture taking inside the house, but there was a beautiful garden outside, that ( & I DID ask first..) I took some pictures of...






everyone was kinda camera shy, but I wish someone stood in front of this plant, IT WAS HUGE!!! I mean I'm roughly 5'5" & this thing was taller than me! It looked like a huge aloe vera plant, but not sure, since I've never seen one get THAT big! It was definitely a cactus if some sort but it DID look like an aloe vera plant to me...














& this was a close up of a potted plant out in the front, kinda blurry, but it was what the Hawaiians call "Kika" flowers (cigar flowers, I don't know the REAL name, but that's what we call them....) they were beautiful, but not nearly enough of them to make a lei....not that I was going to :) the flowers are very tiny, but they were pretty...





Anywho, by then we were all getting a little hungry & thirsty so we hopped back on the next trolley & went to a shopping area that had some restaurants & went to an open cafe type place had a slice of pizza (sadly, New York style....MAN do we miss Pizza.....) It was ok, though, walked around to a few shops, saw some carriage tours go by...






it was starting to get a little grey out & the wind was starting to kick up. so we hopped back on the trolley, just rode the rest of the tour out (the girlies were getting a little tired anyways...) so we marked off a few more places to visit next time & just enjoyed the ride...



after the tour was over, we decided to head for home, but before we left the area we wanted to see Fort Pulaski...






sadly we got there kinda late (about 20 minutes before they were closing the gate..) so we didn't get to go inside, but we will next time...

by now it was starting to drizzle , so it was a good time to go.

So for a day & a half ( we got there roughly Friday afternoon & left early Saturday evening..) we got to see quite a bit of Savannah & one thing is for sure, we'll be going back again soon!!!

Everyone had a blast & wants to go back so all in all, it was a great weekend adventure!

So quite a good spring break was had by all, even if it wasn't really planned out, we had a nice mini vacation & the girls didn't end up staying home & saying "WE'RE BORED" everyday!
Sometimes things work out better if you don't plan them!

But now, back to life, back to work,etc, etc, etc...

Malama pono & a hui hou to all!