Now that our favorite newlyweds, the Goodens, are living in Birmingham (read: about 3 1/2 hours closer than they were before), we decided that we needed to take a day trip to visit them! So last Saturday it was...
We piled in the car and left the house a little after 7:45 a.m., and arrived around 10:45 to Chris and Katie's beautiful new home. It was POURING in Birmingham (actually the last 45 minutes to an hour of our drive, which added a little bit of travel time), and that was a real bummer because we had planned on going to an amusement/water park while we were there. We went to lunch and then decided that Katie and I would take the kids to the McWane Science Center to have some indoor fun time. Of course, by the time we got out, it was a gorgeous day! Figures. :)
We had a good time at the science center (and John Michael and Chris enjoyed playing Chris' new Madden '11 game) but I think we had the most fun just hanging out at Chris and Katie's house. And Addie and Landon would agree. In one of their guest rooms, there is a closet that made the PERFECT hideout for the kids. They had a BLAST taking everything out of the bedroom and putting it in their "playhouse." Plus, Katie and I got to catch up a little more, too, without having to try to chase munchkins around a madhouse. Woohoo!
We headed out around dinnertime in hopes that we'd have two sleepy babies (we were 1 for 1). It really was a perfect day trip! I am so excited to have them so close, especially now that Katie and I are done with school. Now we have our crazy lawyer & doctor schedules to contend with (okay, really just Katie's doctor schedule, but I wanted to make myself feel more important for a split second ;)), but it's still nice to know we can just pick up and go to visit without months of planning. Yay!
Oh, I do have to eat my words from my last post - for the most part, Addie and Landon were little angels. No major meltdowns ALL DAY LONG. Woohoo!
Ahh, the water table...
In the submarine (yep, Landon's shirt is wet)
"Hello?"
Digging for fossils
Landon and Aunt Katie
