Weekend in Savannah!

Thanks to my parents, Jacob and I snuck away for a kid free weekend in Savannah, Georgia.  What a BEAUTIFUL city!  It's streets are lined with huge oak trees, draped with spanish moss and old antebellum homes.  Then there's always the "party" street called River Street pictured below.

  

 Many tour around town in an old time horse drawn carriage.  We toured on a trolley instead.  It was fun! :)

There are beautiful squares and parks seemingly on every block!

Apparently Savannah has one of the busiest seaports on the East Coast, so we enjoyed watching and listening to all of the boats. 

We stayed at the Westin (pictured here), so we took a ferry taxi from our hotel across the river to the city.  

Jacob on the ferry.

We were happy to share our vacation with Jacob's mom and step-dad.  Since Oklahoma is little farther away from Minnesota, we haven't seen them since we moved in July!  It was great to have the whole weekend to reconnect :)

 We enjoyed some YUMMY food in Savannah, especially at Paula Dean's restaurant.  

Southern comfort foods....yum! :)

The main reason for the trip was a Pro-Am golf tournament that Jacob and his step-dad, Rick played in on Sunday.  The day started out PERFECT for golf, but got a bit overcast and windy by the 18th hole.

   The golf course was green and beautiful....something we haven't seen in Minnesota for MONTHS!

There were several big name Pros at the tournament, like Jack Nicholaus!

The amateur closest to the pin on Hole 17 won a Heavenly bed!  Rick had to try it out :)

 Jacob was closest for a fleeting moment (he was also the first amateur on that hole!)

The guys were paired up with two senior professional golfers, Larry Laoretti and Butch Baird.  They were good at their game, but were very nice guys to play with too.

 They didn't name holes "Alligator Alley" for nothing.  There were several gators camped out on the course.

Jacob and Rick really enjoyed themselves.

 

Their team finished with a score of 65.  First place went to a team scoring 61.

All in all, it was a great get away!  We really enjoyed the "Southern Charm" and the opportunity to spend some time with Rick and Karen.  The break from snow and ice was also very nice :)  We left home in 6 inches of snow and came home to another 6.  COME ON SPRING! :)

Frozen Easter Egg Hunt

It's safe to say that I've never been to an Easter Egg Hunt quite like this one before!  There were no cute little summery Easter outfits, and colored eggs nicely tucked in green grass.  Nope, not this year!  Instead, the eggs were thoughtfully scattered on top of a foot of frozen snow.  Many kids were dressed in full on snow gear...oops!  Snow pants just just escaped my mind when we headed out for this year's Easter egg hunt.

No matter the conditions, the boys were EXCITED!  Macallan watched happily from my backpack, so sorry...he's not pictured, but he was there!

 They wished each other luck before splitting up into their age appropriate assigned areas.

...and they're off!

They both returned with baskets full of eggs.  But of course, Mitchell had to count both baskets to make sure they had equal numbers of eggs.

They happily headed home with their Easter loot!

No Easter is complete without a trip to visit the bunny himself :)

While the boys were happy to see the furry guy, they really don't get too into the thought of the Easter Bunny.  In fact, Mitchell said "Soooo, you want me to believe that the Easter Bunny gets some money somehow, goes to the store, and buys me things to bring me on Easter?"  Then he stuck out his little finger and poked me while saying "I KNOW who buys me those things!" To which, I neither confirmed nor denied.  Oh, that little guy is a thinker!

Grant's First Birthday Bash

My nephew, Grant is just about the cutest little thing I've ever laid eyes on and we were so happy to be able to celebrate his 1st birthday with him!

Grant's birthday bash was the Saturday following his birthday, but Kelli and Grant stopped by to hang out for a while on Grant's actual birthday.  The boys and I decided to make him a little birthday sign.  I drew the letters and Mitchell cut them out.  He did such a great job :)

 Here's the BIG ONE YEAR OLD!

The little boys were oh, so helpful to feed Grant a bottle.

"Quit hugging and feed me!"

Grant had his own little smash cake :)

The punch was my one responsibility.  The fish ice cubes were so fun :)

What party is complete without candy? :)

Go FISH, Maverick!

Grant had lots of fun friends, young and old, in attendance to help celebrate!

Kelli's good friend, Nicole was happy to help celebrate.

Mitchell's favorite food was the jello jiggler fishies!

Cake time!!!

Not so sure about this hat, Mom!

(: Smiley Mav :)

Veda got to sample Grant's new toy :)

Checkin' in on the birthday boy!

Can you tell that Great Grandma Gorgus enjoyed watching the kiddos? :)

Grandma Bays helped clean up the smash cake aftermath :)

Good friends always make parties more fun....Thanks, Nicole and Emily.

Grandpa Bays got some time with the birthday boy!

As you can imagine, Grant didn't have to look too far to find help opening his presents!

"Thanks for the ride, Grandma!"

That there is one proud Mom & Dad with their birthday boy!  Love you guys!