Home Again...

We made it back to Memphis Monday evening. The trip to Georgia and the trip back were both easy with the kids and the drive is getting easier and easier. Since I was without Mark...my stops to feed Nina and get the kids out of car seats were at TJ Maxx (Anniston and Tupelo) - both great TJ Maxx! We had a wonderful time at my parents house all week. I was dreading tonight's bedtime routine because for the past week Ethan has fallen asleep with Nona reading to him, rubbing his back and telling him stories. Nina has fallen asleep with Poppa rocking her in the rocking chair and then moving to his chair where he watches TV for awhile and she is laying on his chest...thankfully tonight has been smooth sailing so far! Both kids are asleep without major meltdowns. While we were gone, Mark cleaned the house top to bottom so it was nice to walk into a completely clean house. Too bad once we unloaded it didn't stay that way.

We had a great time in Georgia celebrating Poppa's birthday and visiting around town. No matter how long we stay it's never long enough to do the things we want to do and we never get to see everyone we want to see. Saturday evening we went to Arlington's Homecoming and to the basketball games and that was fun - Ethan and Allie had a great time together. It was nice to see some old friends and it's fun to watch Chris King in action - he's doing a great job at ACS! Of course we visited Poppa at the bank and Nona at her school. Everyone enjoyed seeing the kids and Ethan had a ball at both places.

We are glad to be home! We'll be back in GA in February for Ethan's 3rd birthday and are looking forward to that trip! Having birthday cake at OK Cafe for Poppa's birthday
Some intense blowing bubbles on Nina's part This is one of Ethan's favorite places to play church - on Nona's hall tree in the kitchen Nina learned to patty cake this past week and was very proud of herselfOne of our trips over to the King's house - all Ethan and Allie wanted to do was wrestle each other - Allie has him on this round
Ethan playing at Chick fil-A before going to ACS Homecoming - he finally started climbing to the top and sliding down

Very proud of himself! Mandy and Melanie - 12 years later in our old stomping ground
Ethan and Allie having fun at the basketball games
Chris, the head of school and the First Lady of Arlington before the Homecoming activities
Nina slept in Poppa's arms through some of Homecoming
Ethan and Nina enjoying their Sprite together
Everyone having a good time! Notice Nina trying to get to Austin Ellis - she loves sitting next to him at Sunday School at Nona and Poppa's church Ethan and Nina playing the piano
...some serious noise going on!
Before leaving Chris and Melanie's Sunday night, I tried to get a picture of the kids - this wasn't a bad attempt - aren't they all so cute?!
What's wrong with this picture - Ethan in Allie's purple hat and Allie in Ethan's John Deere hat! They had a wonderful time playing together and it was like old times again! We miss them so much and will never replace that friendship!