We went up and met Allie, Jeremy and their two adorable boys in southern GA. Iain is smiling for the camera here! ;)
Little brother Cory tried to do the same - too cute!
When it got to hot at the park, we went to a library and read some books! I told Iain he could pick out 5 books for me to read. He did, and we did. I did not specify that each book could be read only once, however!... Kids are so clever!
We had a blast seeing them and getting to know the sweet little boys Iain and Cory are becoming!
We decided to take one last picture before we parted ways. When Allie saw that Cory had his passie in, she said: why don't you give that to Mommy so we can take a picture. This was his reaction:
Bwaaahahaha!
We got to visit Nanny (my dad's mom) a lot while we were in Tally which we were very glad about. She had a stroke about 2 months ago, and was still in the hospital when we were there. The doctors, however, expect her to make a full recovery - praise God! Love you Nanny! :D
We also took Harper to visit Aunt Bernice, my Mom's Aunt. She is 92 years old, and going strong! (She had traffic school while we were there because she had been given a ticket for speeding! Yes, she still drives!) She lives in a retirement community, and loves it! We didn't plan it, but as it turns out, she and Harper were wearing matching outfits on the day of our visit!
She loved her Buddy Holly glasses and German flag!
Love you Aunt Bernice!
Arlene, Sidonie's Mom, got to come up to Tallahassee with us and stay for a bit after Ashton's graduation. Here are the moms looking at a Youtube video! Aren't they cute? We love them!
I got to hang with my brother a couple times while we were there. He's crazy busy between full time school, full time job and a full time 9 month old, but he's gettin' it all done, plus doing music gigs on the side! I'm very proud of you, Jared! Miss you!
Harper is such a joy! We love and miss you Harper lou!
Because she loves Eric Carl books and happens to have an Eric Carl onsie, we decided to do an Eric Carl shoot!
On our way south in FL, we stopped off at my Uncle Wayne and Aunt Joan's house. We had a wonderful evening chatting and sitting on their very cool new screened in patio (which unfortunately we took no photos of!) We also enjoyed playing with their two cute puppies - well, one's a puppy and one's a veteran, but they're both adorable! Here's a picture of 'Bo Holly!'
We visited lots of good friends from our church in Orlando, 360. Unfortunately, we didn't take ANY pictures! A couple of our friends from there were able to go to lunch with us after church on Sunday. We went with Michelle, her daughter, Emma, Todd and Lori, and Chip and Bonnie to Macaroni Grill - it was great fun! The next day, we met Gigi at Panera Bread which is where this picture was taken, so here's our lone representative for all of 360! It was great to see all of you guys again :D Much love to you all!
Brian, who wasn't able to join us for lunch because he had to be at work, got us into his job for a day - Disney day! Thanks, Brian, we had a great time! We went to three of the four parks and rode our favorite rides, saw our favorite shows, and visited our favorite places! It was loads of fun!!!
Here we are in Epcot's Germany! We got to speak German with the employees there, and discussed the outrageous hike in prices of the German chocolate! Fun times! John, one of Sidonie's colleagues from her time at UCF, joined us for the day and rode all the fast rides that Sidonie didn't want to ride with me - thanks John!
Next we visited with my Cousin Tara and her beautiful daughter, Brionna!
She was shy at first, but we had her laughing and reading books by the end!
She has one book that's her favorite. We read it several times over! By the end I could quote it ;)
Brionna also showed us how she can walk behind her little push cart (and how she likes to chase the dogs with it!)
We also got to see my Uncle Scott and Aunt Cindy (who was just recovering from back surgery - ugh!) and my other cousin, Ashlin!
She's gotten older, but not really any taller...oh well, that's OK! It was great seeing them all!
We met up with Sidonie's friend from FSU, Miriam and her husband Chris at our usual restaurant: Moe's! Mmmm!
Their little guy, Christopher, is just as cute as can be!
We got to have a fun and brief chat with the very busy Ms. Laura Hodos! It was so much fun to catch up over juice at Whole Foods! We had a blast :)
That same evening we met up with my "sisters" Chasity and Jana! We had gotten to stop at their parents' house on the way down to Orlando (and forgot to get any pictures...) but we hadn't seen Chasity or her kids - they had to head home and to bed before we got there. Two of Chasity's three kids came down with them. The oldest, Joshua, was not feeling well, so Joe, Chasity's husband stayed home with him. Landon was a little shy to begin with - he didn't remember us from last year.
Lydiann was OK with me holding her - provided I had the food!
If not, she was happy to sit in her stroller and look at me!
What a sweet face!
After much tickling...
...from both of us...
...Landon was our new best friend!
Such a sweet little guy!
He decided that even though it was night time, he should put on his shades before they headed out - Mr. Cool! ;)
We met up with another of Sidonie's FSU friends, Annie, and saw her two little ones at the play area in the mall!
The last time we saw them, the oldest was only a few months old. Now she's taking ballet! Here's first position!
And HERE'S a tondue!
This was the first time we'd met the little guy, and he was a ham!
Here they are posing with their Buddy Holly glasses!
By the end of our play time, all shyness was gone and we got big goodbye hugs!
When we got to Miami, one of the first orders of business was meeting the new cousin, Cameron!
Cameron is Sidonie's Cousin's 4th boy! He is so calm and he loves to cuddle - too cute!
Look at that big ol' grin!
Chad, the next oldest, dressed up for us. Here's he's a pirate!
And here he's Woody! I was certain we'd taken pictures with the older boys, but I can't find them anywhere...maybe they're on Jude's camera - please send them on to us if they are Jude! :D
We also met Nyema! She's the newest granddaughter of Sidonie's pastor in Miami!
Just before we headed back, we hung out with one of Sidonie's friends from highschool, Nicole. Her little guy London and I had a blast playing ball together!We got to hang out with many other friends and family members in all the cities we visited, and there were many people that we really wanted to see but just weren't able to for one reason or another. So, for all of those friends and family with no pictures, whether we got to see you or not, we love and miss you too! Next time let's take a picture together!
Sidonie's Mom and Dad brought us to the airport to see us off. And here we are - back in Germany!!!PS: That was GERMANY for all of those planning your trips to come visit US!
Until then!
Until then!
