A Suprise visit, Sort of...

Growing up, i didnt see my Grandpa too much- my family lived in Oregon and he lived in the Midwest. Once We moved to Georgia, things changed ;) He drives down to Florida every winter, and makes a little stop to see us. Last year was his first time here, but this year was his FIRST stop at our new house. We never really know when he'll come due to weather and roads. Last sunday,i got a call that he was 250 miles away- He stayed the night, was able to meet some of our neighbors and friends and we ate a yummy dinner together. We cant wait to see him again and treasure EVERY moment with him. I LOVE that the girls are able to see their great - grandpa.. and WISH they could see their other grandparents more often ( yes.. that's a guilt trip. You need to plan anther trip out, Mom and Dad!!)
Dinner with Great Grandpa - doesnt he look FANTASTIC for 80?!

Mini Me with her Great- Grandpa

Hurry up and come back, Great Grandpa!! XOXO

Minn-ee- sO-Ta 2

*With Great-Grandpa at church*
*AFter church there was a little cake social- i see the table next to us looking at lil muffin and dying laughing. She was taking her paci, dipping it in frosting and then sucking on it. Puts a whole new meaning to "HAVING YOUR CAKE AND EATING IT TOO"

*Our Nanny Katie from Oregon who we havent seen since we moved lives in Minnesota now so she met us at Mall of America. We didnt tell mini me she was coming so she was SUPER suprised and as you can see ran up and hugged her *

*Before we said goodbye to nanny Katie*

*UH, ... ok i promised mini me i would ride with her. I HATE things that spin. i get sick. REAL SICK. At the beginning of the ride, they say raise your hand if you want the ride to stop. The ride stopped.. halfway thru. PEOPLE, that ride was a freakin ETERNITY.i felt like i had morning sickness all over again and felt sick for the rest of the day after that ride!*

*Hilarious. My Drama queen. This is an exhibit to advertise the shark exhibit at the Mall of America- skipped out on that one*

*Could my cousin be ANY craftier? this is Pipe and she made it.. BRILLIANT! i'm so making one and thought i'd share the idea with you. Walking thru her house gave me so many ideas!*

*Another brills idea by the cousin. Our family has a golf tournament every year and these were pictures from it. The little golf balls had each persons name on them and were used in the table setting. The spoons you see were stamped and had golf sayings on them. *

*3 Generations *

*family picture with my parents and sister- look at lil muffins face- too hilarious.. she did this for about 90% of the pictures that night *

THe next morning, we drove to Iowa to the aunt and Uncles Lake house-

Minnesota Summer trip 1

A few days after Mini me got home from jersey, we flew to Minnesota- - - seriously i thought vacationing was so much fun. UNTIL that's all we did this summer. Im burnt out and LOVE being at home ;) We had a family reunion and the last time we had one was 5 years ago.

*Best seat on the plane.. my own.. and HE had the kids, LOL. I'd had only 2 hrs of sleep so was able to catch up. When we got to Mn, we waited for my aunt to get there for 45 min. I finally called my grandpa and there was miscommunication - she thought we were coming in the FOLLOWING day. We rented a car, and headed to Mall of America, where our close friends from Oregon, who now live there met us last minute. Havent seen them in YEARS and had a fabulous time with them!!*

*Pool and Yaht club- played at the pool all day= it was a calm before the storm *

* This picture was before she was almost KNOCKED OUT with one of those huge mallots! I was sitting eating during the reunion and one of the kids was taking the mallot and SWINGING IT in the air around and around- it was literally 4 inches away from her head and i SCREAMED bloody murder at the kid to STOP swinging.. i scared the ever living poo out of the kid, but better than having little muffin knocked out with head injuries! *

*All of the cousins- minus 3 due to being pregnant, out of town, or underage. I have NEVER had so much fun.. arent we all a good looking bunch? We had SO much fun just laughing and catching up. We shut the place down! *

*My West Coastie Cousins- The one on the far left and far right are brothers.Seriously i could spend EVERY day with these boys, they are a trip, i love them! *

*We went to a place called Stella's- its a fish house by day and fun bar at night- it had cute sayings all over the walls. I thought this one was humerous and TRUE! *

*Another cousin- she wants to be a mortician.. takes a special person to want to do that job. *

*The Husband and Cousin *

*One last picture before we all parted our seperate ways- Cheers to such a good time and SO MANY LAUGHS!*