Spring Break in South Georgia

I apologize for not posting in a very long time. Having a toddler run and around and being in my third trimester has me pretty tired lately. I want to post as much as i can before the baby gets here. So here goes a try to do that.

Back in March, we went to South Georgia for Spring Break to visit all my family. We had so much fun. It had been a whole year since we had seen our family. They were definitely ready to see Halle. And Halle ate it up. She LOVED all the attention she got for the week and the presents too.

There were so many pictures taken that I wanted to share so I've put them all in different slideshows. The following one is of the time that we got to spend at my Dad's house. Halle had a blast with "Papa", "Manda", and "Katie!" Halle spent LATE LATE nights up with Papa playing chase, legos, or with her new baby. Aunt Katie showed her video after video of herself (Halle) and let her play with her phone as much as she wanted. She was in the spotlight of Grandma Amanda's camera the whole time. Halle got whatever she wanted with Manda and Papa. She had tons of chocolate, candy, and cookies to dig into at their house. We always feel so welcome and have an amazing time at Daddy's. Halle found a new buddy. Her and Aunt Katie were attached at the hip.

Our time spent at Grandma and Jon's house was so much fun too. We were able to enjoy some great food cooked by Mom and Jon. Halle loved the "farm." She was thrilled by all the animals she got to play with and meet. She never wanted to go to sleep here either. We were so surprised and blessed to have my Uncle Tommy and cousin Angela with her two kids come and visit from Jacksonville as well. Halle got to meet her cousin Maria and they bonded immediately. Halle also got to hang out with Papa and Meme. In some of the pics you'll see Halle playing blocks with Papa. I was amazed at how comfortable Halle was around everyone. She went to almost anyone as long as we were in sight of course. She was very social the whole trip. There is also a picture of two drawings that Jon and Mom surprised us with. This lady that goes to school with mom did them for her. They are amazing and we're completely blown away when we saw them!!! We love them. Our time with them was blessed. Had so much fun!

We were able to take a day to Tybee beach with Daddy, Amanda, and Katie. Halle was everywhere. She ran right into the water, no fear at all. She just kept running and running and running! We got to feed the birds, look for seashells and soak up the sweet sweet smell of the ocean. Oh how I miss the beach...aagghh! Enjoy these beautiful pictures taken by Amanda.

That evening we went to Dan and I's favorite place to eat in Savannah, The Crab Shack. This was the place of our first date. I LOVE the food here. I have missed good seafood. This is definitely the place to go to get it. Halle got to see all the cats, birds, and alligators that live there. She ate 4 pieces of their corn on the cob. Some of our close friends from Atlanta just so happened to be vacationing there at Tybee. We were so happy to get to hook up with them to visit and see there new precious little boy Caden. We sure do miss them alot. A visit to The Crab Shcak will definitely become a family tradition of ours.

Daddy took us to the St. Patty's Day parade. This is a very unique celebration to Savannah. The parade is the third largest St. Patty's parade in the U.S. It turned out being pretty chilly that day but alot of fun! Halle really enjoyed the parade. I really enjoyed the sweet tea. There was this cafe across form where we sat that sold the best sweet tea I have ever had...yummmm! It was alot of fun. I'm so glad we got to go. Savannah truly has it's own culture and city life. I had missed it. Enjoy the pics! That evening Dan was asked to speak at our home church RCOG in my old youth group 24/7. Les and Tressa (my old youth pastors) are HUGE heros of mine. We were honored and blessed to take the opportunity. Dan did a great job. So proud of him.

We really enjoyed our time in South Georgia. We were overwhlemed to get off the plane and see 15 people waiting to greet us and give us lots of hugs! It went way too fast. We were so thankful to beable to go. Thank you fam, we love you and Halle misses all of you alot! She always goes through all the names and animals she met there and just talks and talks about it. She wants to see the pictures over and over again. Thank you, it was such a blessing to spend the week with you. We can't wait to do it again!