The pictures got out order somehow. Just go with me here. ~Thanks :)
What a summer the Peas are having so far! We recently returned from our annual family trip back home to Alabama and this was a summer of a few firsts for my two little loves.
Ryan and Evan went on their first of what I'm sure will be many fishing trips!
Look at that form! Natural anglers these two are.
They used crickets and worms for bait. (Insert a loud gagging sound here!) I HATE creepy crawlies, but not Evan. Did I mention that he kept putting worms on my leg!
All that hard work paid off...keep reading
Switching gears just a tad, this year was the Harrison-Campbell Family Reunion. We spent Friday evening on a dinner cruise aboard the Harriet II. This was Ryan and Evan's first time on a boat. It was my first time running on the deck of a boat. Usually I am somewhere inside with my head between my knees praying to God to please make this thing stop!
See that dapper young man there in the middle? That's my granddaddy! He's 93 years young and is more fit than many people half his age. He raises and trains hunting dogs and quails, and he can keep up with these two!
See that pretty lady in red? That's my grandma; she's a pretty cool lady! I wanted to get a picture of the boys at the monument on the campus of my Alma mater, Tuskegee University, after our banquet. Too bad grandma was the only one who looked at the camera! Perhaps R & E were too much in awe to pose for a picture?
So back to the fishing trip, Evan caught his first fish!
Okay, on to something else...that's one of our family's pastures across the street (err road) from Grandma and Granddaddy's house. R & E had a chance to check out horses up close for the first time!
We had a play date with my girlfriend's daughters at Chick-fil-A. Special thanks to Kennedy & Mackenzie for actually looking at the camera! Loretta and I had a blast hanging out and catching up while the kids played.
And finally, back to fishing...my Ry-Guy caught his very own fish too!
We had a great time seeing our family and friends once again. It was surreal introducing my own children to family members who I haven't seen since I was a little girl! R & E enjoyed playing with their cousins so much, they love all of their grandparents and aunties, and they love being down South. Good thing too, because we plan on making sure that our children grow up knowing and appreciating their southern roots. These two may not have been born in Alabama, but we make sure that they have a little bit of Alabama in them. We're country folks y'all~ and proud of it!
BUT it's great to be home! Ryan and Evan were asking to "Go to Connecticut to our white house." It's beige actually, but close enough~ we knew what they meant! HA! We checked off everything on our to-do list:
- spend time with both sets of family
- eat at all of our favorite restaurants
- drink as much sweet tea as possible (my contribution to the list)
- eat as much Conecuh sausage as possible
- eat at Chick-fil-A fifty 'leven times!
- hang out with my girlfriends ( I had three fabulous days of this!)
- go to our home churches
- hear and sing some old-time baptist church music. I'm talking the old time stuff y'all! Devotion with the deacons, call and response~ A Charge to Keep I Have, I Stretch my Hand to Thee, you know the old time stuff!
- go to my fav hairstylist and let her give me a new 'do. No more relaxer for me anymore; it's all gone!
- feel some real heat ~ 100-106 degrees everyday!
- watch Good Morning Montgomery everyday ~ me again:)
- go fishin'
And once we did all of that, we knew it was time to come home. We love our life here and it was time to get back to it. We will always, always cherish the memories we made.
