Archive for January 30th, 2012
Touring a New Town
This past Saturday I visited a new place. I mentioned in my last post that Sarah & I went with my parents to St. Augustine to visit my brother, sis-in-law, and niece. The weather was so incredible that on Saturday we were able to pack up the babies and go stroll around Old St. Augustine. We had a fantastic time touring the area, and my brother Matt even filled in as our own personal tour guide. Of course his historical “facts” were more on the side of tales, since I don’t believe we actually saw the oldest window in the world that was sporting the oldest vase that was holding the contents of the oldest man… but it was definitely a fun tour filled with ridiculous and random tidbits. I can always count on my brothers for some good laughs.
We had lunch at Acapulco Mexican Restauraunt, which was across the street from the water and next to the fort Castillo De San Marcos. We had a great time visiting and walking around. It was really nice to get out for a while and enjoy the beautiful weather. Sarah loves going on walks, so she just chilled in the stroller the entire time. Next time we are able to go visit I think I’d like to go inside the fort and look around and read all the facts about it’s history. Speaking of forts… now I wanna go visit Fort Pickens. I haven’t been there since middle school.
Here are a few pictures we got throughout the trip.
A stroll around Old St. Augustine
(we got to avoid traffic and park at Helenas brothers house because he lives downtown)
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The 2 that started it all
(without them we 4 kids wouldn’t be here, so our spouses would have married someone else (or be CRAZY lonely), and our current and future children would never have come to exist… Yikes, I’m sure glad that didn’t happen. Thanks Mom & Dad!)
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Matt, Helena, & Graycie
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Gotta love photo hoppers
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Sarah was busy watching the boats
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We got to walk around the Lightner Museum
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We left Wednesday and didn’t get home until Sunday so Stephen was really happy to have Sarah and I back home. It was actually the perfect week for us to take a trip because the youth had their Disciple Now so Stephen was hardly home except to sleep Wed night until Sunday afternoon.
It was a wonderful trip getting to love on my brothers family. It’s crazy how much Graycie has grown since they were here for Christmas. She & Sarah were very entertaining (and exhausting), but when are babies not!?
We also celebrated Helena’s birthday while we were there. Saturday night my dad taught Matt how to make the family grilled chicken recipe that my Papa taught my dad, and for dessert we all chowed down on oreo ice cream cake. Thanks for the reason to celebrate in style Helena, it was a delicious 29th bash 
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