Good times.. :)

The last few days have been exciting and fun! :)  I had some family come down to visit and hang out. We had a great time! We didn't do a lot, but it was still fun just to visit and spend time with one another. It has been too long!


They only had one request when they got here, that was to eat at Paula Deen's. :) So, we tried to make a reservation online, but couldn't. You can only do it online if it is for 10 or more people. They start making reservations there on the curb at 930. So, we had hoped it being a weekday it wouldn't be too bad. We went shopping here and then got my kids out of school around 2. Drove over there to see if we could get a reservation, we could but it was for 8 p.m with four kids, that is NOT going to work. Tried to make the reservation for the next day while we were there, but they wouldn't. So, we surprised the kids and drove over to the beach! :) They loved it! It was cold here, well in the high 70's but the water was cool. We only let them get their feet in. They still had fun and played in the sand and even found a few shells. :)  Since we hadn't planned on the beach, we just drove through the drive thru and got supper and drove on home. :)

The next day we decided to drive back over earlier and make our reservation. It meant two trips there and back and it is about an hour drive, but we decided it was going to be worth it! :) After I got my kids off to school, we finished getting dressed and headed on over there. We got there about 1030 or so, and couldn't believe it, but they had room for us for an early lunch!! So, needless to say we hurried up and found us parking and went to lunch! Most of us got the buffet, but one of us ordered the Chicken Pot Pie. It was okay. The buffet was pretty good and had a lot of different stuff, so we were able to try a little bit of everything. For dessert we got to have a a pick between bannana pudding, warm peach cobbler, or some chew chocolate chip thing. We each got a different one and shared! :)  Yes, no worries I took pictures! :) lol   Well, I didn't bring my camera, but my cousin had hers so we all borrowed her camera! :)  We also found out while we were eating that one of her son's had been there a little earlier that morning, but had left for some interview or something.. Oh MAN!  After we finished eating, we went to shop at her little shop next door to the restaurant. Neat little gifts and keepsakes. I don't know much about Paula Deen, but it definately got me interested! :) I think I would really like one of her country cookbooks and should have gotten me one, but maybe next time! ;)  I did get me a t-shirt, magnet, and S.L.U.T.S pen.. (Southern Ladies Under Tremendous Stress!) LOL   Just couldn't resist.. lol

Between our four kids, it was fun just to let them play, after we were able to get in yesterday for lunch and all, we decided to just spend the rest of the evening/day at my house. I was finally able to cook for them! I had planned on cooking while they were here. Plus, that would keep hubby happy that I wasn't spending money. :) (If I save while he is gone, I get to get my new living room suit when he gets back.)  :)  The kids I think liked that better anyway. They played at the park and just running around the house. Good memories! I didn't get many more pics of them all playing like I meant to. When we came back from Paula Deen's, I was able to get pictures of my cousin's girls playing at the park, and meant to take more of them all playing, but hubby called and then D came by so, I was distracted and missed the opportunity to get more pics of them all together.

The picture of the three of us didn't turn out to well either.. LOL   We had Bubba take it at the beach, but I was squinting and the wind was blowing, I don't think any of us liked any of the shots he got.. LOL  They are funny to look at though. I wanted to get another shot of us, but we didn't have time this morning. They wanted to try to get on the road and stop at an outlet mall they saw on the way here. I was tempted to follow and shop! :)

Their visit was definitely a good distraction and I think we all had a great time! :)  Even if one of her girls was sick (ear infection and cold) and not a happy camper and they left here with scratchy sore throats and I am still coughing and have  lots of head congestion.. It was still fun!  I told them they had to come back when we could get the men to take care of the kids and we could go shopping and have a girls night with just the three of us. :)

I hope you are all having a blessed week!

Lanitha