We recently packed up our crew and traveled to Indiana for my cousin’s wedding!
It was one of those trips where, during the 5 hour drive, I had to keep
reminding myself that we were going to have some good family time!
**”stop being crabby we’re having fun family time!!” might have come out of my mouth at one point.**
Before we lost shannon, I was blessed by a random “stranger” with
an airplane ticket to fly down to atlanta to visit everyone.
Little did I know that would be the last time I got to see Shannon.
It’s experiences like that that make me so much more determined to make the effort, however challenging it may be with little ones, to visit friends and family. Life is too short to stay in the house doing a routine nap time! pshhh.. lets live a little and lose some marbles.
I’m so glad we made the effort to go.
Family is important.
The girls had fun, but are now stuck on finding their
prince after seeing all the love in the air! ;)
SOPHIE: mom who is going to be my prince? how about jude?
ME: honey you can’t marry your cousin. and you’ll find your prince one day!
SOPHIE: how about micah? ME: you can’t marry your brother either.
SOPHIE: why? ME: because micah is gonna marry another girl.
SOPHIE: I’m a girl. he can marry me.
(I didn’t bring my camera..but had my iPhone to snap away!)
car trip tips:
1. BUY and PACK scooby doo graham crackers snacks.
Looks like dog bones… immediately awesome to toddlers.
2. pick up bribery dorito bag at gas station.
3. do NOT share your water bottle with the toddler who just ate the doritos.
My girls have a lot of cousins nearby..
but they don’t get to see their atlanta cousins as often.
So I was happy they had the weekend to catch
fish together, eat ice cream and force them to slow dance with. good times.
My cousin’s wedding was BEAUTIFUL!!
I made the mistake of quietly whispering in sophia’s ear “He is about to say you may now kiss the bride!”…. because she then responded with “Daddy says you don’t kiss boys!”
loud enough for everyone in the rows around us to hear.
only to follow it up with “Are they going to have a baby now?”……….. :::head in hands:::
I love the first dance at a wedding reception. love love it.
But my cousin and her “prince”, as the girls call him,
had the most AMAZING first dance.
It was like straight out of a movie. so romantic!
Sophie: “Mom.. the prince is handsome. he has nice hair.”
Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day!
So thankful for all of the men and women who serve our country and
those who have given their lives!
God Bless America.
Hope you got to soak up a lot of family time over the long weekend!