Weekend Getaways

We took a weekend trip to Brittney's hometown to visit with friends and family.  We stayed at Brittney's grandma's house, sharing a full bed between us and Ethan with Claire in the pack N play just beside...tight quarters made it more fun.  We were able to go out to dinner at Red Lobster & to Toys R Us with Brittney's Dad and Kathy.  They were sweet and bought Ethan, Salty and James the trains from the Thomas the Train series.  Ethan had been wanting those trains for awhile, but we weren't able to find them around here.  So, Ethan was in heaven all weekend with his new talking trains.  We then headed to Brittney's niece Alex's 9th  birthday party at a local hotel.  She had some friends over and they swam at the hotel pool.  The next day we managed to go to church and then head to Brittney's mom's church followed by Cindy's baptism and a pitch-in lunch with the family at the church.  Afterwards we visited Brittney's college roommate, Melissa, at the Griffin's home.  The Griffin's son, Dale, was killed in action serving in Afghanistan 2.5 years ago.  It was so great to see everyone and hear stories of Dale.  Finally...back home we went, exhausted, but feeling blessed.  So grateful to have such wonderful people in our lives.

Getting ready to travel

Claire and Mimi

Claire, Mimi, and Great-Gma Elsie

Ethan and Pappy checking out the live lobsters at dinner

Claire, cousin Alex, and Alex's friend Payton

Daddy and Claire getting ready for church

Gma Elsie and her best friend Zelma.  Gma Elsie is 88 and Zelma is 98

Gma Elsie, Mom, Uncle Randy, Aunt Kimba, and Zelma

Visiting Alex at her hotel birthday party.  Claire was giggling up a storm at Alex.  Of course by the time we grab the camera she was done...there's a good laugh at the beginning of the video though.  She'd been laughing like that at Alex for at least 30 sec or more. It was so sweet.