Tennessee

For Presidents Day weekend I loaded up the kiddos and headed down to good ole Tennessee to visit my good friend/cousin-in-law, Sydney. Bo has been doing ICU, so I knew he wouldn't be home AT ALL, and Dave, Syd's husband, had just taken off to Japan for three weeks, so we decided us honorary widows would get together and have fun!

We were there Saturday through Tuesday, and the kids and I had a blast talking, playing, and relaxing with the Heslops. Just last night Megan was talking about her best friend Logan. :)

The kids played with the legos and dart guns and everything else on Saturday and Sunday, and then on Monday we loaded up everyone and took them to the Memphis Zoo. Dave's mom, Linda, was with Syd too so that she could help out preggers Sydney (due in June) and the boys while Dave was gone. Linda was awesome. I felt bad, but she did most of the cooking and dishes. She insisted that she loved doing it though. Twist my arm. haha.

It was really fun. I'm glad we live closer to them so that we can have somewhere fun to go, within a fairly easy driving distance, on those three day weekends. Not to mention that they are our good friends AND family. I'm glad our kids get along pretty well too, but that is a minor detail. :)

Syd's gonna kill me for adding this photo! haha. L to R is Logan, Sydney, Sam, and Linda.

Believe it or not, it was much easier to just lift up the stroller so Derrick could see the animals than to get him in and out all day long.

Talking to the elephant guy.

We found this dinorsaur, obviously not complete, in a chained off section and naturally went around the chain, got on top of the dinosaur, and took pictures.

cutie patooties.

Derrick LOVED the fish. He would've loved Moody Gardens.

Derrick watching the penguins swim in the water.

I thought this was HILARIOUS. Note that the Statue of Liberty is holding the Ten Commandments and a Cross. Under the statue it says something like America return to Christ. Classy.