Alabama 2015: Part II

In an effort to post my 2015 trip before 2015 runs out, I'm sitting in bed typing this at almost 10 at night.  I may choose to be less wordy.

Here are a couple pictures of us hanging out outside at my dad's house.  The weather was so perfect.  The kids loved being outside.  Lynnaea loved seeing all the bugs (centipedes and beetles and ants) roaming in the grass.  Corbin loved trying to eat leaves.

 Super happy boy!

 We headed back to Birmingham on Friday, the 20th.  It was mostly so we didn't have to do a ton of traveling back to back with the kiddos.  So we made the most of the rest of our stay with my dad.

 Then we started packing.  Lynnaea played outside while we packed.

 Corbin checked out more leaves.

 And tried to eat them some more.

 Lynnaea's got better taste than her brother...  She was sticking with the THRIVE Snackies.

 We snapped a few pictures outside my dad's house before we went.

 I love this picture :).

 On our way back, we swung through Montgomery and met up with Julia-Ann.  I'm so glad it worked out where we could see her this trip!  We got to see her cute library and then we hit up Chick-Fil-A.  Mostly because it has a play place, and it's a great way to let Lynnaea get some energy burned off before we get back in the car.

 We got back to Julie's and unpacked once again.  We hung out and Jon grilled burgers.  Yum.

Saturday morning, we all went to Cracker Barrel!  It was a fun time!  Greg and April and family plus Jon and Julie and family plus us!  The only downfall was that we couldn't all talk together.  A huge round table would have been way more fun.  Ah well.  It was still awesome.

 Greg and April and the littles went to Jon and Julie's house that evening too.  We watched the Alabama Football game (they won) and ate football food.  We all made different things.  Do delicious!

 We got pictures of these two cuties:  Corbin and Eleanor.

 We snapped a picture of the three of us gals.  And then we had to say good-bye to April and Greg :(. 

Sunday we went to church at the Alabaster Ward.  They invited us to move there and go all the time ;).  In the afternoon, we went to a park in Hoover and met up with my friend Patrick.  Got to meet his two cute kids. 

Then we had to start packing.  And getting prepped for the next full day of travel :(.  Boo.

So Monday morning, we took some pictures.  Corbin is awesome.

 We love Julie and Jon.  We so appreciate all they do for us every time we visit.  Julie collected a ton of baby stuff from people she knows so that we would have what we needed for our Corbin-roo.  Traveling with kids -- especially a baby -- can be a challenge.  I so appreciate how much Julie and April did for us to make it easier!

And then we flew away.  We got back home about 11 our time (which made for about 13 hours of travel time for our little family).  The kids did great.  We were exhausted.  But it was worth it. 

Until next time, Alabama.  Stay sweet ;).