Stay-cation ending in Savannah

It's hard to believe that the summer is ending for those of us in the south. For some reason, even though my kids aren't in school yet, when school starts it just feels like the summer is over. AND for some ridiculous reason the schools around here go back at the BEGINNING of August. ARGGHH! Seriously ridiculous. It's SOOO hot! Well, we've had a fun and eventful summer. Many things I didn't share here because I just never go around to it. But, I did want to share our STAY-CATION. My hubby took time off last week and we decided to stay in town. At least that was our final decision. Of course we went back and forth about what to do (decisions for us don't come easy), but finally decided to stay close and do things around town. WELL...little did we know that we'd get to go on a little get-away just the two of us for 3 WHOLE DAYS. Thanks to one of our pastors and his BRAVE family.

I'll just tell you with pictures about our week. We had a great one!

Started the week off with a nice bike ride at the Chattahoochee River. So fun! This is our new thing we do as a family. J's bike is actually attached to mine.

The girls love riding in the trailer.

BABYLAND to HELEN-LAND

Here is a picture in front of Babyland General...Home of the cabbage patch hospital. We decided to stop there on the way to Helen. My husband was THRILLED!!!! J was not too excited either.

I know one day my son will not like me to show these pictures. Notice M's thumbs up!


Our next stop was Helen. But J keep calling it "Helen-land". It's really funny. I've been there so many times that I didn't take pictures of the Alpine village. But here's a picture of us after we hiked to see Ruby Falls. It's just outside of the little town.

The Chattahoochee runs right through the town and there are great places for the kids to play in the water. They had a blast!

Big bro and little miss priss...


Here's a sequence of some of my FAVORITE pictures from our week:

"O" loves her big brother. Before he layed down she was serious and focused on that bottle...

SAVANNAH


The city was beautiful. We loved the architecture and the trees.
Relaxing is the word for our trip!


Our day at Tybee Island was wonderful! I haven't gotten to read a book on the beach in a LONG time. It was blissful!



We stayed at the Planters Inn which is in the historic district and we walked everywhere. Jon planned this whole trip without me knowing and surprised me. It was a much needed trip and we had a great time.


After 3 long days together...Thanks guys!!!!