We left early Friday morning to head to Pensacola to meet the newest member of our family..Beau Xavier Benge, our nephew/cousin...we have been planning this for awhile, but I wasn't allowed to really post anything bcuz Shane didn't want people to know that we weren't at home..anyway...we left around 4:30 Friday morning and headed out...I was hoping to just move the kids from bed to the car..no such luck..Austin did sit up after having his diaper changed and point to his bed and say "Momma, big boy pillow, bed"..lol..poor thing..we get them into the car and head out...he does fall back asleep for about 20 minutes but Keira wakes him up singing some song..oh well..we stop at 7:30 for some breakfast at the first (of many) Cracker Barrels and get 'em dressed and head on in...All I can is rude, rude, rude !!! Not a very friendly place..oh well the kids got their pancakes (mainly mine and Shane's), Shane got his coke and I got to stand up for a few minutes..lol...we loaded back up and headed out again.....we crossed the Atchafalaya River Basin...that was a long arse bridge...It just kept going and going and going, but it was pretty cool...We did stop in Mississippi to let the kids run for a few minutes...we saw the road side park and pulled in..come to find out it was the "welcome to Mississippi" travel site and it was huge !!! They were having a Mardi Gras party, they are building a new Nasa building right next to it, there is a lunar lander there and ti was lots of fun....The kids got to get lots of beads and Keira and I even danced in a parade..She even found another card on her scavenger hunt...Oh forgot to tell you about that...I printed up some index cards with pictures of things she might see along the way for a scavenger hunt...and when she found them we would right on the back of the card where she found them and the date...it was great !!! She loved it and rode most of the way there and back with her cards in her hand...anyway, one of the cards was a lady holding an umbrella and in the parade they were dancing with umbrellas..After a good 20 minutes of running we loaded back up and headed out again, once again hoping they would nap...NOPE..oh well..we get into the Pensacola around 2:30 and head straight for the hotel..unpack and try to get the kids down again (see a theme here?)...no such luck, so we head over to see Mr. Beau (and of course his parents)...he was asleep and Austin fell asleep on the way over there..hee hee hee...so we just laid in him the bed in Beau's room and let "the boys sleep it off"....Keira ran around the yard and abused poor Mollie (their dog)..she's not used to such a rambunctious 5 year old and Keira isn't used to a small dog that can't keep up...Beau decided to get up and have some dinner and I made Austin get up...we spent about an hour over there and decided to call it an early night..grab a bite and head back to the hotel for some sleep...We actually found a Whataburger around the corner from our hotel...got the kid's some dinner and fought with them to get settled...oh well...The next day was looking hopeful..
On this slide show I have the pics from the drive there and back..I didn't feel like separating them..
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