Life Lessons from our trip to the Bramletts'

We had a great weekend! We drove 14 hours (was supposed to be 12, but baby added 2, which is not too bad I think) to see our dear friends, the Bramletts, in Florida. We found out that our other very close friends from Georgia, the Lesters, were going down there for memorial day weekend, so we decided to invite ourselves to go too. :D We had a wonderful time with our friends, and of course we missed the ones who weren't there with us. :(


I have a lot of pictures in this post, so to make it more interesting, I decided to share some things that I learned on our trip. Sorry that the pictures are all different sizes. I don't what's up with that.

Anyway, here are some Life Lessons from our trip to the Bramletts:

First, I learned that long car rides can make you act crazy :P

but that some rest stops afford great phto opportunities...


I learned that anything worth having takes a little reaching...

...and that if you want to get to the top, you're gonna have to do a little climbing....

...and even if you fall, great friends will always be there to pick you up...

I learned that we're all small when we're standing beside the ocean...


...and that babies and sand don't mix. :/

I learned that's is so important to keep a smile on your face!

I learned that it's also important to enjoy life's simple pleasures, like:

Pretty flowers

a good juice box


sparklers

and paper airplanes....

I learned that sometimes it's fun to hang out in your undershirt...
...or just put your feet up...


I learned that all boys want to be superheroes, no matter how old they are... :)

...and that kids will be kids...

I learned that sometimes it's good to be discreet....

....but sometimes you've got to put your GAME FACE on....
...or sometimes it's good to just be plain old silly... :P
I also learned that it's great to have friends who are good cooks...they make you yummy stuff like blueberry crumb cake, and apple dumplings.

I also learned never to trust a grown man in a pirate hat, even if he offers to rub your feet...




I learned that true love really does exist...

...and I learned to remember how much fun it is to be a kid...
Most important of all, I learned that great friends are a blessing from God, that should never be taken for granted....



Thanks again Aric, Amber, Sage, and Noah for having us! We hope we get to come back someday!












Okay, these last few are from a couple stops we made on the way home. I'm not sure why they came out so small.

This is Isabelle with her Aunt Megan. She lives in Knoxville. We stopped to visit with her for a little while, then spent the night in a town just past there, to break up the trip.

I wish I could have gotten it on tape, but Isabelle thought Megan was hilarious!! She would just look at her and start cracking up hysterically! It was the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Our last stop today was to see Ben's grandparents in Pulaski. They hadn't seen Isabelle since she started crawling, and they just couldn't believe how much she had grown in such a short time. It was a good break from driving.





Well, I guess that wraps it up! Hope you all had a great memorial day! I have lots of laundry and unpacking to do this week!

You can check out Amber and Sarah's blogs for more pictures of our weekend.