Family Vacation: Seeing The Midgetts!!!

We had a fabulous trip to South Carolina planned for our summer time. Since Austin and Ashley were getting married on July 4th, we planned a trip around being able to attend their wedding. On June 30, 2014, Gigi took the kids for awhile so I could get the car packed and finish doing any odds and ends that needed to be done. The kids came home and we did dinner and baths. Alex finally got home around 8:30 and we were able to get on the road by about 9 pm. We headed for South Carolina! We drove to Lexington, KY that night. We took the Taurus because it has such an expansive trunk. We got a $100 set of little TV's for the car. The kids were in heaven. We were packed in tight but we had adequate room. We found a room at a somewhat dumpy hotel in Lexington. They only charged us for part of the night because we didn't get there until 4 am!!! When we woke the kids up to go into the hotel, they were both crying. Charlotte was almost hysterical. Poor baby....

 

We slept until about 8:30 am (so four hours of sleep) and then we got up, got ready and headed toward Greenville, SC. We got to Greenville at about 4 pm. We were so so so excited!!! It'd been a YEAR since we had seen these babes!!!!

 

Our four kids. How beautiful are all four of these kiddos?????

Parker and Gavin.

I have missed these two faces.

Our youngest two.

Sweet, cuddley, CHILL Parker Reed.

They all started wrestling right away. Go figure.

Thank goodness Niki has a massive master bedroom!

All four of them. Sawyer and Parker, Charlotte and Gavin.

Gavin. I have missed his energy. His spunk. His sweetness. I've just missed him.

 

Hahaha.

The four crazies....and Alex. They all played so so well together. No one would ever know that they don't play together every single day.

HAHAHA!

Those baby blues...

That look....

THAT LOOK.

That's his pooping face. HAHA

It's a good look.

Sawyer was a little bit intimidated by all of the chaos in the bathtub. But these three. They were good. They loved it.

That's a bath tub full of water and full of fun!

We had a delicious supper. Niki is an awesome cook!!! Instead of us all going downtown and fighting the kids, we stayed at Niki and Ty's house and just hung out. Tyler had to work late. He finally got home and was able to spend some time with us. He was so excited to see Charlotte and Sawyer together. Last summer we stayed with them for two nights and he loved spending time with the kids then. We were so happy he could be home with us for awhile.

 

It took forever to get the kids to sleep. New place. New excitement. Friends everywhere. But they finally went to sleep. Alex and I were exhausted. We finally went to sleep and slept AMAZING.

 

Niki and Tyler are THE BEST hosts. I mean, they gave the entire Master bed and bath in their house. They slept in shambles on the floor!!! (Or in their spare bedroom. But still.) Such an awesome evening and night. The things we could do if we lived near each other again. Oh how I miss them...

A Sleepover At The Heflins!!

Going out to bars with friends on Saturday nights is a very rare occasion for Alex and I these days. Our Saturday nights are spent with me waiting for Alex to get off of work and then him coming home and us being asleep in front of the tv. However, occasionally we do hang out with friends. When we have a get together with Derrick and Jodi on the weekend, if it's just our two families, we usually pack to spend the night. This particular Saturday  night was no different.

 

The kids and I went over to the Heflins around 4 pm to hang out and start our evening.

 

I took a few pictures of the girls just for fun.

This beautiful face :)

How great is this beauty?

She loves the camera!

I love the fake smile....she still looks so beautiful though.

Pretty pretty girl...

We took a few of the girls together.

 

 

They are the prettiest babies.

 

I think this one is my favorite.

 

Then we added in the other two crazies.

These four keep us busy. And they all love each other.

She is shocked!!!

HAHA.

You know, I just wonder what she is thinking here.

 

 

We had a delicious meal prepared by Jodi. Alex got there. We all hung out, watched tv, played games, ate food.

The girls danced. And danced. And played.

They LOVE to play dress up.

Charlotte is obsessed with Ella.

And Sawyer is obsessed with toys that aren't his. He loves going to Aunt Jodi and Uncle Derrick's house.

The night for the kids usually ends with Sawyer sleeping in the room with Emily and Charlotte and Ella watching tv in Jodi and Derrick's room.

 

After the kids are all asleep, the adults get to hang out and just relax...which is why we always spend the night. By the time that happens, its like 10 or 11 pm. So the adults hung out and had a blast...as always. We didn't drink too much. All of us Jacksons slept downstairs on the couch or air mattress as usual. We love our nights with Jodi and Derrick and the girls. We love getting to hang out and just be together. I love watching our kids play and love on each other. We are so thankful to have friends like this here.