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on to Arkansas

July 19, 2017

After our fun Memphis stop, we headed on to Arkansas to see some family! Our first stop was in Augusta to give Susu a big hug!

susu

Here we’ve got 6, 2, 4, and 94! Pretty impressive!

susu

We then had lunch at the Bulldog…

bulldog

and then hung out at Susu’s a little more…

susu

while the boys played golf. My dad played for the first time in years! woohoo!

golf

That night we all got together at John and Cara’s house in Searcy where the cousins loved getting to play…

cousins

and everyone loved getting to hold baby Bennett!

bennett

The next day was July 4th and, before heading out, we were treated to a fantastic magic show by the one and only Uncle John! The crowd was excited…

magic

and the illusions were great! Everyone loved getting to participate too! 🙂

magic show

I even got cut in half! oh no!

magic

Thankfully Uncle John was able to put me back together. Phew!

magic

The crowd thought the whole show was awesome!

crowd

It was also awesome to see Granddaddy with almost all of his great grandkids! Just missing Nate, DeLaney, and baby Isaac. Granddaddy is 93 and holding strong!

granddaddy

searcy

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The three Maxwells!

maxwell x 3

We then checked out John’s plane…

plane

and said our goodbyes before loading up and making the drive all the way back to Birmingham.

car trip

It was a fun road trip with just enough adventure for all of us. A good way to spend the 4th of July weekend!

4th of july

see you tomorrow!

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More Memphis

July 18, 2017

Day two in Memphis!

memphis

We grabbed some breakfast and popped into The Peabody…

peabody

Unfortunately the ducks only walk at 11:00 and 5:00 so we missed them. But the kids didn’t care because they got to go swimming at Lyndsay’s new house! woohoo! We had a great day seeing her new neighborhood, swimming, letting Phillip man his awesome grill for us, and just hanging out. The kids especially loved getting to climb into Lyndsay’s giant truck! 🙂

memphis

They were worn out from all the fun…

car

but quickly perked up when we took them back to the Bass Pro to the Fish Bowl! They honestly had the best time bowling. Samantha could carry that heavy ball, Spencer loved using the “ramp”, and Maxwell would sling that ball sideways down the lane!

fish bowl

bowl

We even got a visit from Johnny and Jeanette! That night, my parents stayed in the hotel with the kids while we went out to Houston’s (yummmmm!) and had a great dinner with Lynds and PI.

memphis

The next morning, we grabbed a quick breakfast and one last hug from Lyndsay…

memphis

and then loaded up all of our Bass Pro purchases (you didn’t think the kids would leave empty handed, did you?!)…

bass pro

and headed out for part 2 of our road trip adventure!

road trip

More tomorrow!

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Memphis

July 17, 2017

Over the 4th of July weekend we all piled into the car and took a little road trip to see the pyramids!

pyramid

Well, one pyramid…in Memphis…that’s also a giant Bass Pro and a hotel! We went to Memphis to see Lyndsay’s new house and stayed in the Big Cypress Lodge that is inside the Bass Pro. Yep, the hotel is inside the store and the balconies of the rooms overlook the store! It was really cool and the kids thought it was awesome obviously!

bass pro

memphis

bass pro

Our room was a giant suite and really, really nice! I did sort of feel like I was in Vegas though because there are no outside windows so you don’t know if it’s day or night!

memphis

We ended up eating there the first night because our babysitter had gotten delayed because of a little hospital stay!! Don’t worry, GJ is fine and they came on to Memphis the next day. But, since we had no sitters, the kids came to dinner with us and Lyndsay and Phillip at the restaurant on top of the pyramid – which you get to by riding the largest free-standing glass elevator in the world. The elevator was…well…like an elevator ride! But the views from the top were pretty great…wish I could say the same thing about our food.

pyramid

By that night, everyone was worn out from our Bass Pro adventures!

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More Memphis fun tomorrow!

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The Beach

July 11, 2017

While down in Naples, we spent the majority of our days swimming at the pool at the house. The beach club pool was under construction so there was little motivation to go down to the beach…until I saw this one morning on the door!

beach

Maxwell decided it was time to head to the beach so we did just that!

beach

Everyone loved getting their beach fix!

beach

We made it back to the beach once more during our trip…

beach

The boys got pretty adventurous out in the water on their own! I was proud of them!

beach

Samantha loved digging for shells…

beach

The beach was great but it just isn’t as fun without Robert! By the end of the two weeks, we were super sad to say goodbye to some of our favorite people…

naples

but were super excited to get home to our other favorite person!

beach

Btw, the plane ride home was the first time Samantha flew without her carseat! She did GREAT! bye bye car seat!!

plane ride

See you tomorrow!

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Naples

July 10, 2017

Happy Monday! Circling back to our Florida trip last month, after 3 great days at Disney, the kids and I headed on to Naples with GJ and Daddo. Sadly, Robert had to go home to work but the rest of us enjoyed an extended vacay! As always, we did a whole lot of nothing in Naples! and it was glorious!

naples