Our long awaited vacation finally came on Tuesday Sept. 16th with Shaun arriving bright
& early to take us to the Airport. At the check through stations they promptly took away
1 lrg. & 2 small bottles of lotion, 1 can of mousse, 1 new bottle of cream rinse, 1 new bottle
of shampoo, 1 new tube of toothpaste & 1 new can of hairspray & trashed them!!!! Wow are
they strict! I'd forgotten, next time I check them instead of put them in my carry-on!!!
We flew to Jacksonville, Florida then rented a car & drove down to Panama City on Weds. A 5 hr
trip. After the greetings & visiting, Kelly layed down for a nap on his Mom's bed. When he
woke up and rolled out of bed, the bed broke down & fell on the floor!!! Glad I wasn't in it! Ha! So we spent the afternoon taking the bed apart trying to fix it! Gave up for the evening & decided to go out to Pineapple Willy's on the beach
for dinner & try again the next day! Decided the whole base of the bed had to be replaced so
several trips to Home Depot for wood, braces, measuring & sawing etc. with a few mistakes in
the making. Most of Thursday was spent putting the bed back together & wha-la!! Bed finally done! Hurray!! We can get some snooze again!!!
Friday we took Nanny- Pat with us & drove up to Brittney's in Atlanta, Georgia with a few hair- raising road events along the way & alot of map reading we arrived safely intact! Patty seemed
to manuever Brittney's 17 stairs to the 2nd floor ok which I was kinda thinking we'd have to
just carry her up. So we were good! Now she know's where Brittney lives & can picture where
she's at & what she's doing. After the Hello's we took the family out to Chinese.
Saturday mornng we were up bright & early & loaded everyone up to go see C. J,'s football
game. Kelly, Chris & C.J. went ahead earlier. Of course the woods & scenery is gorgeous &
green back there & the weather was perfect for watching a game. Funny though, they had
almost as many dad coaches, as kids on the team!!! They even had twelve little cheerleaders,
& Brittney says it's costs a pretty penny to be one. Even more than the team players.
With alot of cheering, C.J's team won 24-0. Brittney says she's not very competitive! She
thinks we should of let them get one touch-down! I got some cute shots of C.J. Chris &
the Bulldog mascot. They say he's a decendent of the Atlanta teams Mascot. Go C.J. &
team!!!! He's so small I was afraid he was going to get crushed! But he seems to get on ok &
likes playing!
In the afternoon, we loaded up again & headed for the church for C.J.'s Baptism. Brittney did a good job putting a little program together. We'd practiced with
the kids to see if they could & would hold still long enough to sing, "When Jesus Christ Was
Baptized. In practice, not so good! , infront of the audience, cute as could be with Macey between
the two boys. I was glad we went for it! One of Chris's non-member co-workers came & I'm
hoping he felt the spirit there. Pretty special to attend C.J.'s Baptism! Patty played the piano,
I led the singing, & Kelly got to confirm him. Auntie Cathleen & cousin Tanner gave the talks.
We got a few good pictures. I loved the picture of C.J. being kissed on both cheeks by Chris
& Brittney & him inbetween lit-up like a light bulb! Nice turn out of ward members & Brittney's
friends. Especially since there was a big football game later on that afternoon after the Baptism,
between Atlanta team & Arizona's Sun Devils! Some were transplants & rooting for ASU!
But we lost big time that night! We adults did make time to go out to Macaroni Grill for dinner
before the game.
Sunday we enjoyed services with the family & especially, a talented family quartet,"special
number" in church.They sang,"My Sheep Hear My Voice." beautiful!! The best I've ever seen performed at a Sacrament Meeting! So
professional! Chris said they did perform professionally before they had families.
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