So, since coming back from spring break, I have been a little behind. Joe was home for a week after we came back from Florida and then he left for 5 weeks to Savannah. It has been an interesting adjusment not having him around. Even though with school he really isn't here much, we do get to see him. With him in Savannah, he's close enough that we get to see a little of him, but he's gone every night. The kids have definitely missed him at bedtime and on the weekends for sure! But, someday, he will be deployed for a few months+ and this will be what our life is like without him here... the Army life :)
So, the first thing we did after saying good-bye the first weekend was go to our local farm team baseball game. The Augusta Green Jackets. We had gone to opening night the Friday before, and a great friend and neighbor has season tickets so we got to go two days later. The kids had a wonderful time and even got free hotdogs, popcorn and pop. At the end of the game they got to run the bases :) At Friday's game the kids got baseball caps, and on Sunday the mascot, Auggie, signed their caps for them.
Joe spent the first weekend in Savannah without us and we managed to have a good time at home. Then Grandma came to visit and we all went down to Savannah last weekend. Saturday morning we took the kids out to Tybee Island with Grandma. It was a beautiful day and the kids enjoyed playing in the sand and waves. Sadly, there were lots of jellyfish and we all got a few stings here and there.... We can't wait to go back to the beach again, soon!!!! It was wonderful spending time with Grandma and as always the kids were spoiled. She even watched the kids one night so Joe and I could enjoy a night out on the town.
After the beach we stopped at the Crab Shack for lunch. I could have sat on their deck for hours and enjoyed the beach and the breeze and some beers and shrimp. It was such a great setting. The Crab Shack also had an alligator tank and for a couple bucks you could feed the alligators. (with a fishing pole of course). The kids loved it!!!!!
Sunday, Grandma had to leave to head back to TX :( The kids and I hung out in Savannah for a few more hours with Joe. It was hard to say goodbye so we delayed it a little by going back to Forsyth Park. I'm so glad we got to take advantage of Joe being down there even if it means he's gone from us. Savannah is such a neat, old city. Hopefully we'll get a chance to go down again before we leave GA.
This weekend Caroline had an overnight at Camp Tanglewood with her girl scout troop and other troops from the area. We were not supposed to be able to spend the night, but since I am one of the leaders of our troop and we have a junior troop as well, we got to bring Caroline and our other leader's daughter Abby. Caroline and Abby live in the same neighborhood and go to the same school. They have become very cute friends and Abby is moving to Hawaii in August. We are hoping that if we end up in Hawaii too that they will get to be in Girl Scouts together again :) Back to Friday night... Camp..... Cabins with no A/C. 95 degrees and tons of humidity... I was a little nervous of how well the night would go. We started with a campfire and smores.. a little scary watching all the girls and marshmellows and fire....aaahhh!!! Then we watched Princess and the Frog out in the field by the pool. Caroline and Abby seemed to be done so we went back to the cabin... The rest of the troop came back and it had to be almost 1 by the time we got to sleep. After a few interruptions during the night, everyone was awake at 6! Oh to be 6 agian and have tons of energy!!!!! The morning consisted of breakfast, field games, troop time and lunch. Then there was a special "Bridging Ceremony" for the girls that are moving from Daisy Scouts to Brownie Scouts. Caroline and Abby got to do the ceremony together and then we ran out of camp before the crowd, came home, and took naps!!!!!! Joe suprised the kids and came home Saturday to hang with Molly and Nicholas. We all went to breakfast this morning for Mother's Day. It was a nice treat to have him home today and even harder to say goodbye. Thankfully he'll be home in 2 weeks for 10 days, and then he leaves again :(
