Sweet Home Alabama

We left last Tues to go to AL through this past Saturday. We had lots on the agenda and lots of fun too! We stayed at Adam's parents the first two nights and then at Mom and Gary's the second two nights. We enjoyed the peace of Adam's parents' little quiet street with his family and then spent time with my Grandma before she left for Mobile, AL on Wednesday for a trip. The next day we spent with Adam's family getting to see our brand new niece Amanda who was just born the Friday before! Grace loved playing with Vann and was so happy that "Vann can talk now!!" :) They played good together!! I also managed to squeeze in a couple of shopping trips with Mom;) and me, Mom, Adam, Grace, and Emily got to enjoy the Coosa River at some friends of our family (Dave and Marti's place). It is fixed up so nice down there with a sand bar, swings, a slide going into the river, etc. etc. I was shocked at how brave Grace was! She waded right into the water and both the girls braved the slide with Dave catching them before going into the water and loved the swings. Allie (our Pomeranian) even waded in for a swim! I couldn't believe it! I would have never thought she would do that but she was very cute doggy peddling in the river! The weather was just right and the rain even held off for us to have some time down there. That evening, Mom cooked for us and my step-sisters Kelly and Tracey and their families. I surprised Mom with a cake and balloons for her 60th Birthday that is TOMORROW! I knew we wouldn't be there so I wanted to do something special since this is a very special day. We also visited more friends, and family.

On Friday, we met back up with the Brown's for our nephew Kyle's graduation. He graduated High School that night and we all went to Red Lobster to eat. We were very proud that he graduated with Honors of an A AVERAGE! By this time Grace was exhausted with the trip so we let her stay with Debby and Gary to rest while we went and visited our best of friends Eric and Shea and their baby, Naomie. It is ALWAYS great to see them! There is nothing like good 'old friends' who love you no matter what!!:) We always laugh and have so much fun catching up.

The next day we had to say goodbye but Grace and Emily had one last chance to play for a bit before we left. They wanted to splash around in the kiddie pool for a while and that's what they did!

Loving this Summer time fun and thankful for a very smooth and safe trip! Grace was wonderful in the car considering she had about a 5 minute nap on the way back. I caught a pic of one of her exhausted cat naps on the way home :)

The slideshow got a bit out of order but you get the idea..