Our Trip- NC, MS

We drove from Baltimore to Grandma's house. We were just there overnight but packed clothes and a recorder for their graduation. the kids were excited to graduate to 2nd grade (K), K/1 (C), and Preschool for T and KG.

Here's LewCrew Christian Academy with diplomas

saying the Pledge of Allegiance

We left the next morning for MS. We'd been talking with Grandmollie about her family working on the railroad so the kids were excited to see the train at a new park.

A carousel ride (or two) is always a tradition when we visit Grandmollie

This time we got to see lots of baby ducks, a duck sitting on eggs, and some big scary turkey ducks.
there were huge fish in the lake just waiting to be fed
Another MS tradition is a snow cone- these aren't your regular grape, cherry, ... I think I got Mounds Bar, someone got blueberry cheesecake, ...yummy!

the long list of flavors

KG got some extra reading time with Grandmollie since she and I stayed with Grandmollie. The boys and James all stayed in the hotel. We all did some swimming at the hotel.

Here's a pic of all of us after church and a yummy southern lunch out. We always feel like family at Mollie's church. The boys all sang with the church's children's choir. K even sang his first solo. Then Grandmollie treated us to a super yummy lunch- the kids were amazed by all the deserts out on the bar.
The kids loved the carousel. the boys wanted to ride every different animal while KG wanted to ride the sleighs.
More precious reading time. I don't have pics of all our fun skip-bo games or the tons of yummy food we had. Wonderful meatloaf, delicious cakes, ... A great visit!
We were really excited to get to see Aunt Penny and Uncle Joe too. We went to their house where Aunt Penny had packed tons of good food and drinks for lunch. We drove to the wonderful park and the kids played for a while- the zipline was a favorite- but the MS heat was too much so we went back home for lunch.

We had a wonderful visit before we got on the road again.