Once we got into town on Saturday morning, we took a group shot before anyone
had a chance for a meltdown.
Last weekend, my sisters and their families joined the Harnation on a trek to the Loveliest Village. I wasn't so sure how it would all go down, but we made the entire weekend without any real mishaps.
This was our first trip out of town since having George. Traveling with kids is... chaos and stress.
Even amid the chaos, we had a really great time. However, it's a lot different than when we could just pack a bag and hit the road at our own leisure. It took us seven hours to get out the door on Friday. Once we finally had everything packed and loaded, the car wouldn't start and Matt had to jump us off... which made us wonder if it was an ominous sign of the weekend to come.
After having planned to leave before lunch, we finally got out of the house early afternoon and made sure to have rain jackets for everyone... since it was predicted to rain all day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The rain on Friday caused several wrecks along the way, so we met up with my sisters at our favorite peach ice cream locale and took a leg stretch from being in the car for over four hours.
photo credit to Amanda (thanks!)
By the end of the day Friday, it was too late to make it into Auburn so we headed to our accommodations at the lake for the night. We commuted into Auburn for the A-Day game on Saturday.
I could have spent another couple of days in Auburn. We didn't have a chance to go see our old house, drive through town, explore the new Student Activities Center, attend worship service at our old PCA church, or a plethora of other things that I would have loved.
photo credit to Amanda (thanks!)
However, Anne Marie and Emmett were at least able to meet Aubie (who is sometimes called "Aldi" by AM). After meeting Aubie, Anne Marie told me we needed to FaceTime Big Daddy so we could tell him all about it.
The weather held out and we were not disappointed. No rain on Saturday! (Too bad I had packed for the "100% chance of rain on Saturday" and didn't have what I really needed... shorts and a tank top). After parking and hiking towards the stadium, we quickly decided we needed to make a detour. We hadn't planned for sun and my kids all needed hats. We lathered up in sunscreen and managed to protect everyone's winter skin from burning.
After the game, we were able to walk around a good bit and take some photos at Samford Hall and see the new trees at Toomer's Corner.
This was my first A-Day game... ever
And even though there was some chaos and stress, the kids did amazingly well and everyone got along great! We had a blast and were wiped out by the time we got home on Sunday.
I love Auburn.
