Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Last stop!

We had SUCH a great time in Atlanta with Andy and Emily. Andy is my older brother (even though he says he is 23 :) They are expecting their first child around Thanksgiving. We are so excited for them and can't wait to meet Hannah in a few months! Here is a pic of Andy and Emily:



We had a low-key visit with several trips to parks, movies at home for the kids, Rock Band (the kids went nuts over this!), playing with A & E's three cats, amazing grilled food courtesy of Andy... Poor Andy and Emily, they had the honor of being our last stop on our sabbatical trip, which meant that we had been on the road for 4 weeks with our 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 year olds. We were holding up really well when we got there, but by Sunday when Ben was cutting his third "I" tooth of our trip, we were finally ready to head home :)

Our little rocker! Love this girl.


Oh yes, even Momma participated.


Um... microphones are the BEST thing ever for kids.
How does Ben know how to stand like a cool guy already?

Saturday afternoon Andy and Emily took us to the Georgia Aquarium. It was fantastic and we all had a great time. In one of the really large tanks there was a glass-walled tunnel that you rode a moving walk-way through. Incredible!

the kids loved all the giant walls of glass

Lydia wanted to see the sharks... and here they were!

this is from the tunnel we rode through. A whale shark and a sting ray.



seriously, this place is huge! These were beluga whales (I think!)


giant spider crabs

goofing off... somebody was fried after a couple of hours here :)

Lydia and the lobsters ("lob-lobsters" in Lydia-speak).
These are her favorite thing at our local grocery store...

After the acquarium and Andy and Emily took us to an AMAZING coal-fire pizza place in downtown Atlanta. I could have eaten the whole pizza myself... thankfully I didn't :) Here is a picture of all of us at dinner. It was a perfect evening to sit outside and enjoy good food, people-watching, and great company.


We love you Andy and Emily. Thanks for a wonderful weekend, for taking care of us, and for making us feel so loved. We greatly enjoyed our time with you. Can't wait to see you (and baby Hannah!) for our Creek family vacation in Savannah next spring!

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