Well our time in Cleveland TN has come and gone. We had a great time spending time with Garmon/Jones family as well as with the Bailey's! The weather was very hot each day which was nice because we spent many days in Aunt Teddie's swimming pool! Nathan gained 5 pounds from eating all of the Southern home cooked food. 4th of July weekend was a blast and we were so thankful to have been able to spend 8 days there.
A lot of our time was spent laying around the house spending time with family/friends, playing with Ella and Cameron, drinking sweet tea/diet dr. pepper, sitting on the back porch, watching movies, driving cars, and eating amazing food! This was the most amazing vacation Nathan and I could have ever dreamed. We didn't need to go to a beach- like some exotic getaway, we needed CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE! Whitney got up the second she heard Ella's voice downstairs and she would go to bed when Ella went to bed. They were stuck to the hip! Ella and Whitney are like 2 peas in a pod! Now we are just waiting on Marley so they can be a perfect trio! :) Ella calls us Whit-tee and Na-fan!
Having the Bailey's come for July 4th was the perfect cherry on top to our trip! Cameron is still small enough to not care who is holding him, and we held him the entire time! Whitney even rocked him to sleep on July 4th - he is so adorable! (we have the most amazing nieces and nephews!)
We knew the trip meant so much to us when we got to the airport where we had to say goodbye. Ella kissed Whit-tee and said that she would see her on the computer! (via Skype...where we usually talk) and hugged Shirley and Fred - when we turned to head to our plane, Whitney immediately started crying. We were both just so overwhelmed with how much this trip meant to us. We love our families so much and miss them everyday!
There is absolutely NO WAY we could tell you everything we did on this trip - so we are just going to show you in pictures!
Nathan saving a poor fish that was stuck under a rock in my parent's pond/waterfall:
My sister taking out the staples in my Dad's leg:
The first time the ENTIRE family has been together in a LONG time!!
2 comments:
oh my! your pictures are incredible! When we parted at the airport Ella yelled "No Whittey, No Whittey!" "No Airplane." It broke me up and when we got to the car all of us cried off and on the whole way home! It was a very special time! We need to do that every few months... for all of our sanity! Love you all soooo much!!!
That sounds like a very nice getaway! I bet that feels weird not to drive for so long and then come back to a place where there are driveable cars haha
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