Hughes Family Visit/Jim's Birthday

We had quite the full weekend. The Hughes Family was in town and we got together with them on Friday night for dinner. It took the kids a little while to warm up to each other, but they had so much fun together. The best was the ice cream after dinner.

Jim's Birthday was on Saturday and he had plans to play golf with his parents, so after talking with Jeff and Sarah they mentioned doing something with them on Saturday. We decided to head to the Memphis Kiddie Park. I have wanted to take Savannah there and I am glad we went. Savannah loved it. And of course CJ slept through it all. We will have to take Savannah back there again this summer. It was a great place to go for a couple of hours. Her favorite thing was the Merry Go Round. I rode the roller coaster with her. I wasn't sure if I was actually going to fit. I did, but boy was it uncomfortable. After the Kiddie Park we went to lunch at Max and Ermas. We were pretty much the only people there. The kids had a great time there. Hopefully we will get to see them again around Thanksgiving before they head off to the Azore Islands for 2 years.

We came home and Savannah didn't really nap. I was worried because we were headed to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner with Jim's Parents. We got there a little after 5 hoping to not have a long wait. They quoted us 20-40 minutes and we waited longer than an hour. Thank goodness Savannah did well. That is a long time for a little one to wait and then sit for dinner afterwards.

On Sunday we headed to church and then went to the Bay Nature Center for their Family Fun Fest. It was out of control. There were people everywhere. So we looked at the animals, bought a cookie at the bake sale and left. We didn't really do any of the activities they had there. We did stop at the playground on the way back and Savannah had a great time. She loves the "big girl" swings.

All in all it was a great weekend. It was nice to be outside.