Potpourri with the Shunks

The trip all started with us arriving in N. Charleston, beloved South Carolina, just before Midnight.  The next fun adventure was waking up for a 6am garage sale.  It was amazing what all sold and what didn’t.  In the pulling of stuff out we found lots of memories and even my Strawberry Shortcake baby dolls, cheer leading sweater from when I was 4 yrs old that Adeline now loves and so much more.  It was a very successful day of selling, dropping items off that were sold and Bryan’s favorite thing – going to the dump.  I forgot to mention it was 22 degrees outside when this all started and only got up to 40 for a high that day – brrr.

Then next on the list was a Bridal Shower honoring Sandy and Andy by my Mom’s good friend Sandra.  Yes there was a Sandi, Sandy, Sandra, and even a Sandee.  We had lots of fun.  Here we are arriving:

My future sister-in-law is georgous, sweet, and super smart (a nurse of course… and she is marrying my brother – love ya Andy):

Here are the girls (wish we had on with Mom in it, but my battery died – ugh):

Then after the shower and then dinner we had a Christmas celebration. 

The next day was filled with fun, from making cookies with Sassy to plain ole fun:

 

Here is even the obligatory family photo!  Bryan mentions as we are leaving to be sure and take it all in as this is the last time I will ever be back to this as my home.  My folks are moving 9hrs to be 1.5hrs closer to us (just 4 hours in the opposite direction)!  We are looking forward to all of our immediate family being in FL.

Since this (on the 27th)  my Dad has had surgery to remove his bladder cancer and is doing great!  Thank you God!  Now for him to go back for frequent check ups.