On March 11, the girls and I left Memphis for a nine day, 1800 mile trip, to visit family. Jason chose to stay home and work - riding 1800 miles with us is not his idea of a vacation. I was more than a little anxious about this trip, but we had a wonderful time. My parents live about five hours from us, so we spent our first night away from home with them and then they joined us for the rest of the trip. We loved visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew in North Carolina and my mom's family in South Carolina, with a quick stop to see my college friend, Amy, stuck in between. While in NC, we stopped by the beach for a picnic and picked up shells, but it was too windy to stay for long. About 5 yards from the beach, Emily started to yell, "This is close enough. I'm not getting any closer to that water." This could make for an interesting beach trip this summer! I am so thankful for that time to reconnect with our family and the girls are already asking to plan another visit. Now that Lauren is reading, traveling is much easier since she can read to Emily and they are both entertained. They also did lots of drawing and making up stories to go along with their drawing - most of which revolved around an evil step-mother. Do you think we've watched Cinderella one too many times? We rarely pulled out the DVD player, though Emily told me that choosing what DVD to watch could be a way to exercise her brain. By day nine, I was ready to see Jason, sleep in my bed, and be back at our church . I've never been so glad to be back in the Delta! Jason was excited to see us too. He thought he was going to get lots of rest, but after about day two, the house was just too quiet and eating out by yourself starts to get old. This week has been devoted to laundry, exercise, and not going any farther than ten miles from home.
**The pics above are from a visit to my sister-in-law's great grandmother's farm. I love the old house in the background of the third picture.
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