Augusta. Friends. Wine.

Here are our wonderful, crazy friends that we had a blast with a couple weekends ago.  We stayed in a beautiful bed and breakfast in Augusta Mo.  The weather was absolutely beautiful and we enjoyed walking to the winerys, sitting outside and each other's company.  We'd like to make this an annual weekend, let's hope we can make that happen.

Here is Paul and Stephanie, Paul and Jarrod went to high school together and Paul met Stephanie in college. They live in Kansas City and have a pretty little one year old named Brynlee. 

Here is Scott and Lindsey, Jarrod went to high school with Scott and college with both Scott and Lindsey.  They got married one day in college so they could be stationed in the Peace Corp together.  Lucky for us they did because we went to see them in Africa in 2007.   

After our amazing day in the vineyards we headed to the local brewery to watch the Missouri game.  They didn't win but they played a good game against a ranked Georgia team.

One of my favorite gals!

Bama Vacation

We just got back from a super fun and relaxing vacation to the beach. I had no idea how this week was going to go considering Miss Zeda is a complete guessing game at this stage in life. One day she'll love something and the next day it's the most horrible thing ever. Who knows. And Mr. E is still new and we've haven't travel in a car with him for more than 2 hours. Soooo...there was a lot to be anxious about. On top of the babies we were going with Jarrod's family. My main requirement to Jarrod is that we HAD to drive separate. What if our kids screamed for the whole 12 hours? What if Ezra wanted to stop and nurse every hour? I did NOT want to be worried about his family being frustrated too. However, since we weren't able to use my parents van, my one and only requirement became not feasible and we road with his mom and little brother, Cameron. To my surprise, the kids did amazing and we hardly had to stop at all. They both slept the whole way.  Every time we stopped for coffee or to switch drivers, E would wake up screaming, but as soon as we were back on the road he was fast asleep. Thank the good Lord.

 We stayed in a beautiful condo right on the beach and pretty much just relaxed and hung out the whole time. The weather was beautiful, the water felt amazing and I had a great time lovin' on my babies.

Here is an unedited look through my phone...

From our 12th floor balcony.

Zeda buried herself and us about 5 hundred times

While Ezra slept

We ate some amazing food including pounds and pounds of seafood.

We were greeted by sting ray...like right on the beach

Blew bubbles

Swam in the pool

Mimi and Ezra slept while the rest of us played games

 

followed by more beach time of building sand castles, watching waves and collecting shells

 

And a whole bunch of cuddle time...love my husband and my babies.

It's time to say goodbye to the beach.

Miss Z was exhausted.