Brianna and I just got back from a 4 day trip to visit our brother, Bryson and his wife Natalie in Memphis. This trip involved flying into Little Rock, renting a mini-van(which I ended up loving!) and driving 2.5 hours to Memphis. And we took the kids! On the drive to the airport Brianna and I talked about what we were thinking about the trip and decided to look at it as a VACATION! This means, after being woken up repeatedly by tiny feet and hands kicking and pushing, Brianna sure did deserve that 3rd cup of coffee the next morning! And, when Zoe smeared her teething biscuit ALL OVER the rental car seat belt, I just let that one go because we were on vacation! And should we stop at the Sonic and get Cherry Limeade and Cheddar Peppers... Um, yes please. And on and on... the feeling that we were in "vacation mode" allowed us both to relax more, allowed the kiddies to go a bit wild, and we let go of scheduled naps and mealtimes, etc. It was awesome! This may not be a huge revelation, but it really did work and we had a wonderful visit.
Bryson and Natalie are doing so well and I am so proud of them and inspired by them. They are both amazing with kids, it was really cute to see them having fun with Zoe, IlaJane and Finn. Bryson is going on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic next week! Memphis was really interesting... so beautiful and then ugly (but we mostly saw the beautiful parts). The zoo and Shelby Farm Park were awesome, Finnley said, "This is heaven." These are some of my favorite pics from the weekend:
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| Frontier gave us a whole row to ourselves! YES |
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| Uncle Brysee |
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| Ringing Finnley's neck/ CHEESE! |
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| OMG, what is this heat and humidity all about??? |
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| Beautiful field in Shelby Farm Park |
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| The Mississippi seriously is BIG |
Vacaaaation! So much fun with you sister.
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