Showing posts with label Road Trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Road Trip. Show all posts

Sunday, September 21, 2014

A Really Fun Weekend: Labor Day Weekend

Wow-wow-wow-wow.
I really can't believe all that we did in ONE weekend.  Wow.  Matt had a 4 day weekend and the boys had a 3.

Matt and I had known about the upcoming Boise State vs Ole Miss game in ATL for a while.  We talked a bit about going, but never made any real plans.
I started looking into tickets, and then Matt was able to score some free tickets through the Moral and Welfare department at his base… "Well, now, we should go!"  And then a really dear friend of mine worked it all out that should could keep the boys for us over night and send them to school the next day.  "Holy smokes!  We could really go to the game!"   And so we did.

On Thursday I checked the boys out early for school, then a friend came over and watched them while Matt and I headed to ATL.   We checked into our hotel around 5, then headed downtown to get to the Georgia Dome.
We had some pretty fun seats in the end zone, but what was really fun was having my parents meet us there (from B'ham) and watch the game with us!  Like I said, Matt had free tickets--A LOT of free tickets, haha.   We screamed our heads off, enjoyed talking to other fans, meeting some of Matt's friends who came from other areas in the South to watch the game, and just really had a great time being adults together without the worry of children's needs… Make sense?
BSU ultimately lost, and Matt was ultimately devastated.  Poor guy.

Matt and I left ATL the next morning (Friday) and headed back home.  Had to get back to coastal GA before the boys got out of school.  Once they were picked up and we were home we just took a really chill afternoon.  I decided to try and start making new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shells, and then we probably went to the pool!

Saturday morning I went into Savannah to pick up a few more items for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shells, and Matt took the boys into the woods to shoot their BB guns.  Titus knocked down a small tree and called it his "bo staff"… Ninja Turtle mode all the way!  
The afternoon was spent having family time, hanging out, trying to escape the heat, and playing games.  Titus was really into the idea of learning to play chess!

Sunday was church.  Again, lots of family time afterwards and lots of sewing of Turtle Shell sewing.  Oh, and lots of heat escaping.  August heat and humidity is awful.  Blah.

Monday we went to Hilton Head and had such a great time!  We've gone to a few beaches around here, but we're pretty sure Hilton Head is our favorite place to go.  Really nice time, I tell ya.  The boys are getting to that age were I don't have to worry about them all the time.  They can jump and swim in the waves almost without us being right next to them.
And this time the waves were a really nice size but the under-toe (or "ripe-tide") wasn't strong at all.  MAN!  We really did have a fabulous time!  However we lost 2 sets of googles, Titus almost lost his shorts, and I lost my pair of sunglasses.  Those waves were kind of strong!
That evening when we got back and were all showered and rested, I finished the Ninja Turtle shells.  I did all four this time.  Fun stuff!

Wow.  I still can't believe that was ONE weekend.  Goodness.



















 





Monday, September 1, 2014

John Denver Always on My Mind :: Idaho/Canada Vacay, Part 2

Oh man.  Yeah.

Just a few days in Boise, and then we were off to eastern Idaho to see Matt's brother Chase graduate from BYU-I.

It was a long and awesome day.  We left around 9am, got to eastern Idaho around 2.  We were able to see my sister Madison and her husband Spencer for a bit.  It was the first time Matt had been able to meet Spencer face to face--since Matt was deployed at the time of their wedding last August.

After the visit with my sister, we got all spiffed up and headed for some good pizza with Matt's family, and afterwards headed to BYU-Idaho's campus.  Me, Matt, and the boys were a bit early for the graduation ceremony so we walked around some of the new buildings/expansions.  Man!  The campus is awesome now!  An enclosed walk-way between the student center and the library, that's just genius! (Cause it's so bloody cold there 9 months out of the year, with snow and ice and crap like that…. Haha, don't miss that part of BYU-I in the least!)

Eventually we made it down to the graduation ceremony, and were able to watch him walk across the stage.  (Me and Matt ended up running into a few people we had known!  One person from our first congregation, the other an old family friend of mine from Bama.)

After the ceremony we got some JumbaJuice, said our goodbyes to Chase and Jenese, and went back to our hotel rooms.  For the next morning we started our drive to Canada!  Alberta, Canada, that is.  It was a long drive through the west, but I loved seeing it all!  Of course none of the children rode with me and Matt, since being with either Marcie&Tyson&Jackson or Nana&Mume was must more exciting.  Hey, Matt and I didn't complain.  Actually, the rest of the trip none of the boys rode with us, haha.

Anyway…. Loved driving through the west.  I had A LOT of John Denver songs in my head, so at one stop I downloaded John Denver's "essential songs" album.  It's VERY essential ;)
Feel free to click any song to hear (cause I know you're DYING to):
Wild Montana Skies 
Annie's Songs
Country Boy
Rocky Mountain High
Country Roads 

We made it to Canada that evening.  Crossed into a new country for the first time for Eli and Titus.  Then settled down at Deanne's Dad's home.  
And Post Number 3 will go over our adventures from there!















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