Over the River and Through the Woods...

We're back!!! My apologies for being MIA since last week, but we were out of town visiting my hubby's family for an early Thanksgiving weekend. As blogger's rules dictate, I did not want to annouce our vacation plans to all the blog reading want-to-be cat burglars out there;) Seriously, talk about an invitation to come on by the crib because we obviously won't be home for days. This was Britton's first visit to his Papa John and Nana's house, and it was a wonderful weekend full of great food, family, and of course, football. The trip to  their home in the north Georgia mountains is always a beautiful, scenic drive on the rolling back roads of Georgia. I always love leaving the interstate and driving down the two-lane road enjoying all the sights that we so often miss these days when we are speeding down the interstate in a hurry to get to our destination. The fall colors were AMAZING!!!

My sweet mother-in-law had a wonderful lunch waiting for us when we arrived. My MIL is a fabulous southern cook and made my very favorite dish that I request every time we visit...her famous chicken and dumplings. My in-laws pamper us from the minute we walk in the door, and it is always a treat to visit. They always insist that we stay in the master suite when we come. I love their plush king-size bed that is so ultra comfortable that I just want to curl up and snooze for hours. I always get to sleep in extra late on our visits. Bubba gets up early and joins his parents for a big breakfast. My hubby is one breakfast loving fella and since my idea of fixing Bubba breakfast is tossing him a box of Special K, he especially savors these meals of mama's french toast and all the fried bacon he can consume. I think this is a special time that he gets to spend one on one with his mommy and daddy, and I get to sleep in late. It's a win-win situation for everybody:)
On Friday evening, we headed to Bubba's favorite pizza parlor to have dinner with the entire family. It's a haunt that he and his brothers have visited for years, and Schroeder's makes the yummiest pizza and fried mushrooms. We were joined by Bubba's two older brothers, sister-in-law, and our two teenage nephews.

Saturday was another day full of family time and football. Baby Britton enjoyed being the center of attention and all that extra loving relished on him all day long. He's the newest grandbaby after 15 years, and the first nephew for his Uncle "Ja" and Aunt Sheila. He is definitely the little prince of this family.


Daddy, Britton and Uncle Johnny...notice the brotherly resemblance?!?


My mother-in-law made a huge Thanksgiving meal complete with all our family favorites. Unfortunately, the Georgia game was on during lunch, so the boys hurried through the meal and headed back to the den to watch television leaving us girls and my nephew to savor the rest of our meal alone. This is one testosterone filled football loving family with three sons and three grandsons, so us lady folks have learned to just go with the flow during football season;) The Bulldogs played Kentucky and pulled out a tough victory. Georgia was thus crowned champions of the SEC East. We are now headed to the SEC Championship in Atlanta on December the 4th:)

Luckily, Bubba and I made a midnight snack of all the leftovers and enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner twice. Everybody knows that Thanksgiving dinner is even better the second time around...especially when enjoyed curled up in bed and watching a funny Adam Sandler flick with our sweet boy slumbering between us. 

Britton is so lucky to have two sets of wonderful grandparents that love him to pieces. I know Britton will not remember his first Thanksgiving visit to see his grandparents, but this will be just the beginning of many special trips to Papa John and Nana's house for many years to come.


Britton and his Papa John