Wordful Wednesday - My Beach Babes

Busy, busy day for me..... started off at 5:45am, when I got up to take my big boys (CJ and Ethan) to the airport... They are flying to Indiana to visit my Nana for a week; and while they have done this before, it is still hard to let them go and entrust them into somebody else's care.....

Then I came home and am sitting in a non-A/C house while we are having a new one installed.... I can't wait to see if this new, more-efficient unit is actually......well, more efficient.....and will lower my electric bill and cool my house adequately!!

So, while I am sitting here.....waiting and waiting....which if you know me well, you know that I am.not.a.waiter(and by "waiter" I mean a patient person)....... I will do my Wordful Wednesday post..... My beach babes!!!

I just LOVE this picture..... I am not a braggard, but I really do have cute kids.... :) This picture was taken while we were in Key West.... we always drive the boat out to a little island and while the tide is out, we hang out on the sand bars swimming, sunning, eating, drinking playing etc.... I love going there....it is so relaxing!! And the kids love going because it is shallow enough for them to stand and feel comfortable; yet at the same time deep enough to swim too!!

I love the water looks so crystal clear..... awwwww, it takes me away...... hmmm, for a minute I forgot I was sitting in my house with no A/C.....

INDIANA

I was a bit nervous about taking 2 of my children through the mess that is the airport and then on a plane for 2 1/2 hours....especially because the 2 children that I speak of are my "most challenging"..... a 4-year old, who is....well.... 4 (enough said); and a 6 year old, who is the MOST strong willed child I have ever met---- in.my.life. But they did great.... they behaved so well in the airport and on the plane!!

The weather was beautiful in Indiana.... it never got above 70 degrees....a much needed change from the 95 degrees we are used to!!

We had a really nice time visiting with my Nana.... I feel bad for her because she lost her husband (my Papaw) about 10 years ago; and then she lost my mom.....and she is really lonely!! So, these occasional trips our very good for her....and the kids can always make her smile!!!

Our first stop, before we went to my Nana's house was Gray Bros. Restaurant (has anybody ever eaten there???)... This is a tradition that we have done ever since I was the kid's ages:

After we got to her house, I left everyone and went to buy some flowers & balloons and then "spent some time" with my mom:

The kids spent a lot of time outside in her "cool" (rye) grass (and getting muddy--yuck!!)

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And playing at the "cool" park by her house...... they (and me too) got a big kick out of how BIG it was....

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And we had a great time "just visiting".......

and goofing off (yes, those teeth are fake)......

I did take the kids to the cemetery on Saturday..... but it makes me SO sad that those are the only real memories that Angie and Joseph will have of my mom!!

And I did convince my Nana to make one of my favorite homemade meals.... ground sirloin patties, cooked in mushroom soup/gravy; mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans and fresh sliced tomatoes.... y-u-m-m-y!!

Our flight back got a little bumpy......no, a LOT bumpy..... so mus so that the pilot told us AND the flight attendants to "Get in your seats NOW and tighten your seat belt as tight as you can" (so....yea, I was completely freaking out--on the inside!!)....

But that didn't phase a sleeping Joseph..... (have I ever told you how deep he sleeps....? and how hard it is for me to wake him in the mornings....?)

I am so glad we decided to take that mini-trip....it was nice to get away, even if for only 2 days.... it was nice to visit my grandma..... and it was nice to spend some quiet time at my mom's grave-site!!!