Leonard Family Pictures

We had been talking about getting family pictures taken and I received an email from our wedding photographer saying that she has started her own business and that she was offering discounts.  Needless to say since we liked her so much that this was a no brainer.  We decided to have the family pictures taken out at the plantation house.  The same place that we had our engagement pictures taken.  The day ended up beautiful and we ended up with some pretty good pictures.  If you are ever interested in a photographer please see Erin McCoy Photography.  I've posted her website below.  When you go to the site, you'll see some of the pictures from the wedding.

 

http://www.emccoy.com/Erin_McCoy_Photography/Welcome.html

Beer Fest 2011

Beer Fest this year was moved again.  Last year it was at Greenfield Lake.  This year it was in a field with very little tree cover.  The one great thing about this location was the size.  I didn't feel like I was crowded when I went to a beer tent.  The beer tents this year were also set up a bit different than the last time that we went.  The tents had about 4 to 5 beer vendors instead of two rectangle tents with 20 vendors.  We ended up with a couple of souvenir glasses, I bought a tee shirt and several stickers for the beer fridge in the garage.  Overall we had a good time, but we aren't really sure if we'll go back.  The vendors seem to be the same, with the same beers.  We'll see for next year.

2nd Sewing Project

My second sewing project was to make my mom her own hipster bag.  This one proved to be a bit more difficult than making mine.  The material wasn't as stiff, therefore, when sewing I had to make sure that everything was lined up correctly.  I also was able to use my grandmother's sewing machine.  That I think was the best part.  Using the same machine that my grandmother used when she made Cabbage Patch Kid doll clothes for me and my sister.

Our First Egg

We got our first egg today.  We have a feeling that Ester is the one who laid this one.  She has been the one to be the first to do anything.  

Chicken Update

Here are some new pictures of the chickens.  They are getting big.

Maggie doesn't care about the chickens

Gertie

Birdie

Ester

Annie

My Birthday

To celebrate my birthday this year we did a Low Country Boil.  This basically consists of shrimp, potatoes, sausage, corn and for me we added crab legs.  Dinner was delicious.  I'm even thinking about having this again for my birthday dinner next year.


For dessert, Brian ordered me a birthday cake from Apple Annies.  It was chocolate cake with strawberries.  So so good!  It was so pretty I kind of didn't want to eat it.

New Chicken

The woman we got our chickens from said that she felt bad that we ended up with a rooster that she gave us one of her hens.  This hen was getting attacked by her other hens and was basically by itself all the time.  So we said why not.  Her name is Annie and she is a Bantam Mille Fleur Cochin chicken.  She is much smaller than our other chickens.  And they don't seem to like her so much either.  Right now she is living in Maggie's dog crate next to the chicken coop.  Lets hope it gets better.