We are back! After 12
days, 4 states, 1620 miles and many, many diapers, we survived our road
trip. What fun we had! It was truly amazing to have 12 straight days
of no checking emails {or blogging…oops!}, no obligations and nothing to do but
rest, relax and catch up with amazing family and friends. We kicked off our adventure celebrating the
Fourth at Lake Bruin and enjoyed fireworks, food and fun. B played at Netterville Landing that night and even
a crazy storm couldn’t keep people away.
The next couple of days were spent out on the boat, sunning on the dock,
playing in the water and sipping pina coladas.
Nights were spent chatting in the screened in porch while listening to
the rain, playing Mexican train and eating lots of yummy food. There is something about living away from
your family and friends that makes you just truly relish your time
together. We bid farewell to the lake
and headed onto B’s hometown of Rayville and our former stomping ground of
Monroe. So fun to see old friends and
introduce our little guy. Next stop on
the trip was Dallas and G remained a trooper.
He stayed with Oma and Poppa so Mom and Dad could go out with friends
and managed to stay up late each night to hang with the fam. The highlight was then he actually slept in
two mornings in a row {I swear I’m not making this up!}. I got to sleep until 9:30am {twice!} and
finally woke him up at 10am. I cannot
remember the last time I slept that late {uninterrupted}. And as always, we ran out of time. Even with two trips to Northpark and three
nights of Mexican food, I was still left needing more time in my hometown. But alas it was time to head on to
Jacksonville, TX to celebrate my nephew Ben’s fourth birthday. Loved catching up with the Texas Boltons and
wished we had more time with them. We
packed up and headed back to LA for a good night’s sleep at MeMo's before
our final day of driving home to Nashville.
And that’s exactly what it is…home.
I love our family and friends and so enjoyed our time with them but was
glad to be heading back. Nashville has
become our home, and I am just so thankful for our life here. Looking forward to having everyone come our
way next month!
Ready to hit the road!
G was not exactly loving his life jacket.
Beth and my beautiful godson, Maddox
G and MeMo
My youngest brother, Michael, and his adorable girlfriend, Alicia
The Rhodes Family
B's sister, Sarah Ann, and her boyfriend, Jacob
Thank you, Dulce Desserts!
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See, he's not always happy. ;)
My new favorite game
These two are going to be trouble one day...
He LOVED the water!
My new go-to app...
Round of Brie, packed brown sugar and chopped pecans. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes.
Heaven.
Nothing better...
Sweet sugar from Mamaw
Loved meeting Miss Betsy!
Sweet sugar from Asher
The birthday boy
This boy was all tuckered out from his travels...but I just love that he enjoyed every single minute!
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