Tour Down South

We left last Friday to go on our beach trip.  We stopped in Russellville and had a super good lunch!  I ran into two girls who told me that they recognized me from Kelly's blog!  Small world.  I was glad they said hello.  We had SOOOO much stuff in our truck that we were traveling like the Beverly Hilbillies.  We have been trying to unload the truck today and place the clutter in it's proprer place...if there is one.

Steve dropped me off in Memphis to meet up with two very dear college friends.  Sara and Kim.  We meet up every Summer and it is the highlight of my Summer!  Sara and her family are missionaries and Kim is a therapist/counselor.    Kim lives in the Little Rock area.  These girls are soooooo sooooo funny, but also full of depth and wisdom.  Sara always gives great parenting advice.  Kim always has wise answers for any questions I may have about dealing with people and/or myself. ha!

Saturday we went to a family reunion.  Emily and Aunt Marilyn entertained each other.

We also got in a visit with Granny.

We left on Sunday and drove to the Gulf Coast Ms to stay the night with Steve's brother and his family.  The girls had fun playing with Reid and Meg.  They took us to a FANTASTIC Japanese restuarant. 

Emily LOVED their dogs!

Monday we made it to the beach!!!!!!!  It was a great family vacation!  We had so much fun with Kelly and Scott.  The girls got along really well and had a delightful time together!

The bathing beauties.  Sarah Kate is NOT a beach girl.  She liked everything about Gulf Shores except the water and the sand.  Let me just say , that causes problems.

I gained four pounds on our trip.  But, I enjoyed myself and was not there to watch my calories.  Steve is craving fudge.  I have no idea why. So, I am off to get ingredients for fudge.  Just what we need.  Ha!.  The diet starts Monday!  Well, I don't really believe in diets, but I am going to try to start cutting back on my food intake.

I will do another post soon about the beach!