Paradise at North Dooly Plantation

Ben has so been holding out! Who knew that the family's "old hunting farm" would be so awesome!!!


Our home away from home....

Snacks on the back porch!

Early evening fishing....

Taylor riding the horse! What a great find!!!

Morning, folks!!

I love this shot of the boys as I drink my coffee from the rocking chair!!

Ole faithful Guinnie swimming in the pond. Thankful for every cold dip!

Mommy and Taylor pretend to go "out boat", as Will practices his fishing techniques.

Turner playing with the worms. A boy's dream vacation! Lake, boat, worms and snacks.

Morning fog sets in as Taylor arrives outside with a pink bear he found in the house. Wonder which Slade cousin left it?

Will and his coon hat trying out the boy's bike. Love that kid.

Turner trying to catch a fish, but almost catching him " a daddy".

Our view of the house from the woods. It is more beautiful than this picture shows. Heavenly!!!

We are back from our golf cart ride. Ole Jackson followed us halfway around the property until I scooped him up and made him ride in the golf cart with us. Here he is taking off as he whistles " I am free!!"

Jackson was in pure heaven!!!

Just another view of Scarlett's home.....

Snacking on the stairs....

Who would have thought splashing in an old cooler would be so much fun???

"Fishing" with an old Pepsi plastic bottle!

Just another boat ride.

T and T learning how to drive the four wheeler early!

Posing on the 4 wheeler!!!

Momma and Taylor!

Turner "fishing" with the big boys.

Another picturesque view of the homestead.

Mr. Independent!

Relaxing after a hard day's fishing!

Smores...need i say more? Of course, Tay was the first one to be present!

Look who found us out in the country?

Eggs and all....

Easter basket goodies!!!

Bugs!

Candy galore!!!

A new Thomas book....

Night-night!!!

Easter Egg Party!

Who celebrates Esater without dyeing some eggs? T and T might be young, but momma had to give it a try. It was perfect!!! Excuse the attire. I knew unless I wanted a clothing mess, we better strip down. I tried to get them to wear their diapers only, but Taylor refused, then Turner. What one brother does, the next does.
Turner, Easton (their good buddy and neighbor--age 4) and Taylor...Poor Taylor was being eaten alive by bugs until I got out the spray.
Go mommy on the creative table by Diapers.com (Just another reason to love them!!!)

Notice the eggs that Turner has in his bowl. Funny thing. We started off with them each picking out colors. " mine yerrow" "mine bweu..." We ended with a mixture of odd colors, but loved seeing them experiment.

Easton liked the blue, Turner like the green and orange and Taylor LOVED the yellow.

See that cute kid. He loved every minute of it....even the green hands and feet.

Look at that dark black water...anyone wanna guess how that was made?

Taylor grabbing the eggs for a speedy getaway......

The eggs were drying, but the fun lived on. Until mommy talked the boys into dying the grass colored. Yes, I am brilliant. It worked! They poured the colored water into the grass, waved goodbye and headed inside with their eggs for a nice, warm bath at 4pm.

Strawberry Pickin' Time!!

Just another reason to love the lowcountry!!! Strawberry pickin' time at Boone Hall Plantation. T and T ready to go. Who would have known that their first time would have gone so smoothly?

After we explained the "you only pick the red ones"...they had it!!!

Close up of Turner!!!

Taylor takes a break from his strawberry picking to pose for a photo!

Taylor in action....

I love how this shows how comfortable they were. They would sit down and pick all the ones around them. Stand up again, look around, shout "yook (Taylor)" and continue picking!

Turner posing for a picture.

Look at the rows of strawberries!!! 1 hour of pure entertainment, two buckets full (only about a cup of green ones), and $7 dollars later, we were off to have dinner with the Kruse family!!!

We called the boys to come and found Taylor watching his competitor, the man in the green shirt.

And caught Turner sampling the goodies. Who could blame him. I had told them on the way there that we could not eat them until they had been washed at home, but...who knew how plump, bright red and ready to eat they would be. Naturally, I too had to sample them!! Wow--those were some good strawberries!

Turner reaching for another one.

Taylor carrying his bag to be weighed. I offered to help and he proudly said " I got it".