My Birthday & Our Trip to Alabama

So there may have been some confusion on who was and was not going to go on the trip to Huntsville up till pretty much the last minute. We succeeded and talking Uncle Ryan into going after we knew we were for sure going after getting invited and then thinking we weren't going to getting reinvited. So that was good. It started out a bit rough, not knowing if we were going till the day before we left, which happened to be my birthday so the lovely day of packing everything and last minute runs to the store made for a tiring start to my birthday, but mama and Ryan and ron showed up to help while James was at work and surprised me with a little birthday cake, James even got home early from work, so the day got better real fast!

I was a bit worried about how a 7-8 hour ride would go with an infant and a 3 year old but to my surprise the girls were perfect the whole way there and back! One stop each way for a quick bite. Other than that they napped watched movies, sang songs, enjoyed looking for cows and other animals we saw and played the alphabet game.

Once we were there we went out to a nice dinner with the whole crew...Uncle Kerry, Aunt Sharon, Kerry and his girlfriend, Kristen, Luke, Straughan, Kacie, Hannah, Meghan, Kaitlyn, Kiera, Val, Ryan and myself. A nice big party of 15. That was fun then we went back to Straughan & Kacie's house so the 4 little ones could play. Kaitlyn and Hannah became fast freinds, they were so cute together. They eccpecially loved feeding eachother when we went out to eat.

The weather was pretty crummy so the two breaks from the rain we got we all went for a walk. Other than that it was indoor weather. Thank goodness Hannah had lots of cool toys that kept them from getting stir crazy. One day we went bowling. It was both Kaitlyn and Hannah's first time so that was memorable and fun. We also had some fun shooting some hoops outside of little Kerrys house the last evening we were there. Kiera and Meghan watched from their carseats and Kaitlyn and Hannah both ran around trying not to get hit by the basketballs and tossed and kicked at a football that were getting passed around. The drive back went just as smooth as the one going there. We had a very good time. Kaitlyn keeps asking when she can go play with Hannah again. I'm so glad that we ended up going. I hope everyone else had as good a time as we did! Here are the pics of how the past 6 days unfolded...

Me with my girls on my 27th Birthday

On the way down to Huntsville, Al








Kaitlyn & Hannah figuring out what to order at Logan's

The girls doing what they did best. Play, play, play

Kiera giving Meghan a kiss

Kiera thinking, "I could show this girl a thing or two."

The girls & I at Wings

Hannah & Kaitlyn had it made for that walk

Kiera having fun being strolled around

Dinner at Shogun a Japanese joint. Kaitlyn wasn't too sure about the big flame at the table.

Ryan with Meghan and Kiera

Going for a walk in aunt sharon and uncle kerry's neighborhood

1st Time Bowler





Hannah, Kaitlyn, Straughan, Val, Ryan, Sharon's scores for game 1

Playing outside at cousin Kerry's house