trip - part 2

I finally got another chance to upload some more pictures. Here is Kaitlynn with Rusty, HaHa's horse that she LOVES to ride!

She had to wear her bicycle helmet, but she didn't care.

Here is Collin with Ginger and Jeffrey, HaHa's two dogs. They LOVE to play tug-of-war with him!

Kit Kat and Jeffrey. She thinks that is HER dog and HaHa just keeps him for her.

Wednesday, we drove 7 hours over to Savannah, leaving the little 2 with their grandparents. We have known the Bowmans for almost 10 years and Collin and Thomas have grown up together as best buddies.

The girls took a trolley tour of Savannah, a beautiful but HOT HOT place! Here is Kaitlynn outside the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist that was built in 1873.

Here is Mrs. Carol!

Everything was landscaped so beautifully!

The boys joined us at lunchtime. Here is the Savannah river in the background.

They are all pretending to be one of the hundreds of statues we saw.

The beautiful bridge! That is South Carolina on the other side.

We took a free ferry ride across the river to use the fancy bathrooms in the Westin Hotel.

Here we are on the other side looking back at River Street.

YAY! We got to see a huge container ship! We were hoping to see one.

It was HUGE!

One of the many fun shops on River Street.

Downtown Savannah. The trees were so pretty! Remember, our part of Idaho is a desert and we do,not have many trees!

On Friday, we went to a friend of the Bowmans and played in the lake.

Swimming, boating, paddle boating and a whole lot of fun!

The Tybee Island Lighthouse. For 6 dollars each we could walk up the 150 steps to the top, but it was way to hot!

Friday afternoon it was off to the beach!

Friday night, I have never seen two boys fall asleep so quickly! :-)

Thank you Brannon and Carol! WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then we drove from Savannah to Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Here is Martha Lovelady, a VERY special friend of the families.

Monday we went to see the Hintons, some very good friends! Here is Crandall, Henry and Marcy!

Had to get one of HaHa with her dogs!

And so far, that is now up to date. Will add more details and more pictures later! I am late getting to my sisters house!!

Trip - Part One

We made it to Alabama safely!

We got to the Boise Airport at 6am and THANKFULLY they gave Sam a pass to go through security with us; because getting 4 kids, the double stroller, 12 shoes off and on, declaring the diabetes supplies, 3 backpacks and the tickets.....well.... I NEEDED HIS HELP!! :-)

I had reserved the last row on the plane and that was a GREAT choice! It was right in front of the potty!! :-)

The boys sat together across the aisle, and the girls sat with me.

Kaebrie was more interested in Baby Rosie getting to listen to the headphones then she was.

Delta was so nice and rearranged our travel plans giving us a WONDERFUL 4 and half hour layover in Atlanta instead of the original hour and a half that I bought the tickets for. I thought I would find an empty gate and let them play, but it was SO crowded there wasn't one! We eventually found an empty corner and that is where we parked ourselves for several hours. When it was time, we went to our gate, only to have them change it FOUR TIMES over the next hour. Then we were an hour late leaving. Everyone except Kaitlynn slept the entire flight to Montgomery!

Sunday morning we went to church with Poppa and JuJu (aka Sam's parents). Everything is so pretty and green and there are trees everywhere!

Here is Kaitlynn with JuJu.

The swing in their yard has been a favorite for many many years. Kaebrie is finally big enough to enjoy swinging in it all by herself.



And KitKat enjoyed pushing her!

Bumps, (aka, my dad), enjoyed bike riding with kids. Christopher is so strong he can peddle the adults around!

Hey Dad, how many years has it been since you have been on a bike? :-)

Trike and Bike races down the driveway was a lot of fun too!

Our niece, Brooke, arrived on Monday to join in the fun! She is 6 and filled in the "missing" age! Now the 5 grand kids are ages 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10! :-)

Poppa has his first tea party in YEARS! :-)

This is a little off the subject.....but when each child is 2 years and 7 months old, I take their portrait with them wearing all white. As you can see, it was finally Kaebrie's turn!! Here are a few of the many that were taken!

And that is all the pictures so far! Right now I am at my mom's house where the little 2 will stay for a few days. Collin , Kaitlynn and I leave for Savannah first thing in the morning. I will update again when we get back!!