Our trip to Jackson, Atlanta, Savannah, and Columbia

Our first stop was Clinton, MS to Jeremy and Lindsay's wedding. They got married in an old chapel on the Mississippi College campus. It was a lovely day!

We blew bubbles for the bride and groom to run through!

Jeremy and Lindsey's wedding was beautiful! I loved the bright, happy colors she chose. Claire was a beautiful flower girl. We enjoyed spending time with family over the weekend.

Next stop.....Stone Mountain, GA

Claire enjoyed the rock wall!

Ben's favorite thing at Stone Mtn. was this sky hike obstacle course. They did this as many times as we had time for.

Claire did a great job on the sky hike course, too. It was scary at first , but fun!

John is not so sure about the sky hike......

John loved the obstacle course!

The top of Stone Mountain. You can see 40 miles from the top of this huge chunk of granite.

While in the Atlanta area, we stayed at the Stone Mountain Park Mariott Evergreen Resort. It was very nice and we enjoyed our time at the park as well. We took the tram up to the top of the mountain and did the sky hike obstacle course and did a good bit of walking/running around our hotel on the trails.



And on the road again..............Savannah, GA.

While in Savannah, we drove out to Tybee Island and spent the day at the beach! Great ice cream there and Ben found this shell with a hermit crab in it! Ben and Claire played for a couple of hours nonstop in the waves! John, Anna and I built sandcastles.

Savannah was beautiful. We walked down from our hotel to the riverwalk and there were many cute candy shops(prailines, YUM!) and restaurants and then the next night we walked all around the historic district. Such a pretty city that is full of history. The picture to the right is inside a gorgeous cathedral in the historic district. It is open for tours.

Next destination was South Carolina........

We went on a nature preserve on the way to SC and were able to observe alligators in their natural habitat. You can't see them in these pics , but we got out of the car and saw some up close. One was over 8 feet long. All I could think about was those nature shows when the crocs spring out of the water and chomp down on a leg or something!!

I did not take a pic of the one that was super close to us, but you can kinda see the head of this one. I took this pic from the car.

Perfect home for the swamp monster!

My brother, Hule, tells stories of the swamp monster to the children after our last visit to their house. We visited the Congaree swamp and saw all kinds of interesting swamp life. My camera started big time messing up while we were in Columbia and I did not take even one picture. We enjoyed our time there as well and were able to visit the zoo and visit with Hule and Loretta and their girls Sarah and Julianne. Loretta is a wonderful cook and she had a fun scavenger hunt for the kids when we got there. It involved the attic of their older home and at the end were gifts for each child!

Here are Hule and Loretta at the wedding with Mom.

This pic was taken during a loooong car ride home from South Carolina. It sums up our trip - a little bit of lace and flowers and a little bit of rest and relaxation and time on the beach and visiting with family!