Jacksonville in September

We headed to Jacksonville Friday with Joey's sister and niece in tow. Honestly, I was dreading the trip, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well the girls handled the 8+ hour trip. Joey's immediate family was all present and accounted for except for Greg. I love the beach, so we made it a point of visiting it while we were there for the weekend. A good time was had!

Julian likes the sand.

Rachel likes the water.

Lydia likes to run.

Raisins and sand don't mix well.

I had a picture of the 3 kiddos taking a bath together, but it was inappropriate...

Our friends Paul and Venessa had just their second baby this past week and we hadn't seen them since before any of us had kids, so we took them dinner and visited. AKA: I held the baby while Joey visited and Lydia and Sebastian played.

Lydia took a power nap on the ride over.

Lydia was slightly interested in Penelope.

Sebastian had way cool goggles.

Lydia was most interested in her fuzzy hair.

Such a cute kid!

Then we headed to Ashley's soon-to-be mother-in-law's house for the rehearsal dinner. She made yellow chicken curry. I am not one to try new things and I was very skeptical about this meal, but, I have to admit, it was super yummy good and Lydia even ate which is a miracle! Kudos to Mary Ellen! And the dessert was chocolate raspberry cheesecake!!! I was in heaven. Oh, and the company wasn't bad either.

The siblings (minus Greg, add me)

She played in the dirt and was filthy...

 

Makes my heart melt when they play together....just wished they lived closer together...

Duncan was the largest, mellow dog that was extremely tolerate of the kids.

September Florida Trip

When I married Joey, he had a Nissan Titan Truck and an Acura sports car. I had my little blue Saturn. Obviously we didn't need three cars and the payments were horrendous. Thankfully, Joey has a good friend who works at a dealership in Jacksonville and set us up to trade all three cars for one. We took Pepper along and he was getting a tad too big to ride in the back window, but you can't tell him anything. (Yes, he is barking in this pictures. He barks a lot.)

Our "new" car: 2006 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer Edition. This thing had it all: leather seats, third row, dvd player with headsets and game controls.  

On our way back, we stopped at The Cupboard Cafe in Dillard, GA. We couldn't resist trying on these silly hats. 

The Bennetts Visit

Paul and Venessa Bennett are Joey's friends from Florida. We were very excited to have them come visit us. Their dog, Justice, is a black lab and got along extremely well with Pepper.

Holly invited us over for some fun at their house. We played games and Miranda pretended to harm Callie with a large knife.