The Newest Member of our Family...Kizzy!

Many of you all know that we have a dog
(Shilo) but I don't think that everyone knows about our newest member of the family. His name is Kizzy and he is a ferret. We adopted Kizzy a couple of months ago from Nicholas' sister. Nicholas had asked me a while back if we could have him and I said "No way!". After a few times of visiting I started becoming attached and finally relented. He is a lot of fun and always makes you laugh. Shilo and Kizzy get along beautifully and are quite the comedic pair.

Hiking!

Nicholas and I love going hiking so now that the weather is perfect and my ankle is healed up we have been hitting the trails. This past weekend we actually did two hikes. On Friday we went to Paris Mountain State Park and did a 3 mile hike. It was in the 90's so it was really hot. I thought the dog was going to pass out...but she was a real trooper.

On Saturday we got up super early and headed towards the Northwestern area of South Carolina (around Walhalla). We have a book called 50 Hikes in South Carolina by Johnny Malloy and we have been doing our hikes from that book. The one that we decided to do on Saturday was a there-and-back that was a total of 7 miles. It was called Big Bend Falls. It was a beautiful trail that followed a ridge line and then the Chattooga River to a roaring waterfall. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed watching the dog explore along the trail. Here are some pictures from our adventure (the first 2 are from the hike on Friday at Paris Mountain State Park).

Birthday Weekend in Charleston, SC

Happy Birthday!

My birthday was on March 20 and I was lucky enough to have that whole weekend off from work. When Nicholas asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday I quickly told him that I wanted to go away for the weekend. So we found babysitters for the dog (Shilo) and the ferret (Kizzy) and had an awesome weekend. Friday night we stayed at the Palms Hotel on the Isle of Palms. It was so nice. We had an oceanfront room and we slept with the balcony door open listening to the ocean. Saturday we spent the day walking around Charleston. Saturday night my parents surprised me with a night at a bed and breakfast called the Ashley Inn. It was our first stay in a B&B and will definitely not be our last. Sunday was cloudy and rainy so we took a harbor cruise which was a lot of fun and then did a little more shopping (in the rain)! It was hard to leave but we got back late Sunday night. Thanks Nicholas and Mama & Daddy for an awesome weekend. Here are some pictures.

Great place to stay! We will be back!


This was the view we woke up to Saturday morning! Awesome!

I was a little excited to be at the beach (even if the water was too cold to get in).

My DH...isn't he handsome.

Cooper River Bridge

Rainbow Row

Great shopping is found here!

Ashley Inn

This is where we had dinner Saturday night. We walked to it from the B&B. The inn hostess highly recommended it. Best Shrimp and Grits!