We just got back from a week and a half long vacation. It was nice to get away from Jacksonville for a few days, visit with family and relax. Our first stop Thursday evening, was my parents house. It is a good stopping point between Jax and Decatur. Mom fixed an absolutely delicious dinner including chicken fried steak (which spiked a conversation of "why do we call it chicken friend steak if its made of beef?, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and a salad. It's not a "Pendleton" meal with out the salad. We also sat out for hours by the fire that night. Relaxing!
Mom and Me
Dad and Phillip
He loves us.
Friday morning we hit the ground running. We left PTC headed to Birmingham with a pit stop in Carrolton. We stopped to give the kids their Easter baskets. We stopped by the salon and followed Sarah to Lexi and Ashley's school to watch their Easter Egg hunt. Have you ever seen 60 1st grades have an Easter egg hunt? It was awesome! (We weren't able to get any pictures with Ashley because she was eating lunch with her class and didn't have time....)
Little "Jeff"
He loved the cow that pooped out brown jelly beans...mom, not so much!
Where is Lexi?!
Mom and Lex
All of us...minus Ashley
Next stop was Birmingham. We met up with our good friend Daniel, ate lunch, and visited. I didn't think to get a picture. darn. sorry d-lowe. Next stop was Moulton. We arrived in time to eat dinner and hang out with family. We had a great Easter weekend visiting with family!
Right after church...
Easter 2010
Not sure...
Group shot after Easter Sunday lunch
Looking forward to being closer to these two!
Sweet Beau!
Great idea, Anna!
Monday morning we woke up and headed to Oxford, MS. If you haven't heard, Phillip was accepted into the Ph.D. program at Ole Miss. GO PHILLIP!! We will be moving "north" in June. We are very excited to start this new journey in our lives. We can't wait to see what Oxford brings us. We spent Monday and Tuesday trying to find a place to live. The last house on Tuesday was the one we fell in love with...talk about last minute!! The first picture is from a few months back...I just couldn't post it yet because the news wasn't final.
Congrats Phillip!
Our "soon to be" new home!
Monday night was spent in Tunica with my parents. Tunica is about an hour and a half drive from Oxford. My parents had a coupon for a $30 room. The room was nice and we had a blast. Monday night dinner consisted of an "all you can eat" buffet. Our favorite!! To top off the night...I won $80 on a slot machine!!
Group picture before dinner..
"All you can eat Buffet"...yumm!!
Tuesday we headed back to Decatur to spend a few more days. We hung out mostly with our sweet nephew Beau. Such a sweet boy!
Big Boy!
Chillin' with Uncle Phillip
Happy Baby..
Diggin' in the dirt...
Aunt "Mamy" made this jon jon for Beau.
Our last stop on the "tour of the southeast" was Peachtree City to hang out with my parents for a few days. This was our rest and relaxation period before heading back to Jax on Sunday.
Even Tubs enjoyed the rest...
What's a visit to PTC without a smoked butt..
Random picture....I know. Georgia had a record high pollen count this year.
Here is proof..
Exhale....Just posting this makes me tired. All in all we had a fantastic vacation. Our goal was to get as much "family time" in as possible. From all the pictures, I believe we were successful!
I didn't monogram "Beau" but did do the applique...monogram machine will be the next big purchase! :)
With the matching paci-clip. I didn't realize how necessary one of these were until we spent the week with Beau! :)
