Unexpected Sweet Savannah

Tate's family had a trip planned for Savannah, GA and had asked us if we wanted to go along. There was no way we could. T had work and school and I had life and...blah blah blah. On Thursday afternoon, T came home from school and asked what we were doing special for the weekend. Um, you don't have anything? We realized that we had nothing planned the way we thought we did. Holla! So I said, "why not join the fam down in sweet Savannah?" Life is too short to not live spur of the moment. By 5pm, we jumped in the car and left for the 9 hour drive. Note to self: Never drive a 9 hour drive with 15 month old late in the day. Though it's a fun story to tell now we learned our lesson that we will try to be more prepared in the future. G did horribly on the way down! We arrived at 2 am exhausted and stinky. The next day though walking out onto the streets of downtown made it all worth it. Something about that spanish moss just gets me!

The boys (A and A) in the fountains at City Market.

G making friends at the fountains.

G with her cousin M

My handsome hubby.

We had a fantastic time. During the day we hung out at Tybee Island poolside and beach side. The girl's shopped and got pedicures. We saw the sights. We ate some amazing food...Lady and Sons, Vinny Van Go Go's, AJ's (despite the massacre,) One-Eyed Lizzy's, Corleone's, The Pink House, Savannah Candy company (best gelato ever!)...my mouth is watering just remembering! Is it bad that most of my favorite memories from any vacation involves food?

Of course, we were there for the fourth. Tate's cousin Lindsey lives in Savannah so she had the privilege of playing host all week. She's an awesome host! We were able to watch fireworks from her work's high rise in downtown Savannah. It was great being able to enjoy the fireworks without the scary noise that baby G and cousin A hate.

Here's Paw-Paw, Cousin A, Cousin H and Maw-Maw enjoying the view from the office. It was like having our own suite at a sporting event.

Happy 4th of July!

On Tuesday, we sadly said goodbye. We left early in the morning (already practicing the hard lesson learned earlier) and got home to Lexington by 5pm. We had such an amazing time and are so grateful for our family we got to spend the holiday with. Life can be so cool sometimes and offer some sweet surprises. Can't wait for our next unexpected vacation.