Could be the good bad and the ugly, but for us...

For us it was " the Food, the bed, and the spooky"...

Ok this is a long one. sorry. it was a long weekend.

Most of you know that last weekend, Paul's Mom, Dad and sister Cheri were visiting from Utah. We decided to take a family trip with them and go see some sites and stuff.

We left Friday morning and drove down to Savannah, GA. What should have been a short, trip sent us about 45 mins or more out of our way because I was unsure and stopped and asked someone which way. I am not sure what drugs that guy was on but he was totally not correct.

So by the time we finally made it to the hotel we were all frustrated and tired.

We made the most of it, got things together and ended up having a great day. We shopped at some local malls. The guys found the Bass Pro shop so they were all happy. The ladies found a book store and me and my girls found a cute jewerly store. IT was good times for everyone. So when everyone was in bed that night Me, Paul and Cheri went to go check out the big cemetary in the center of Savannah. We found a lot of interesting stuff. You see the circle in the picture. That is what you call an ORB. There was nothing in the air to make that circle. It was just someone hanging out with us. Then, look beside my head in that picture. I named him Bob. He was walking around with me. There is another big one and a tiny one right inside the fence. We were talking to them and they were responding. Not in words but we knew they were there. It was so awesome.

On Saturday, our main goal was to go to 'Lady and Son's Resturant' . Owner is the famous, Paula Deen and her sons. For those of you who have never been, it is a job just to get in there. The line starts at around 8 am. The hostess arrives at 9:30 and you make your reservations to come back for either lunch or dinner. Many people do not get in. Many people who show up at lunch time or dinner time are turned away because they sell out early in the mornings. I hear that this is normally just for the weekends and that during the weekdays you can get in much easier. On this day, they were sold out for the day by 10:30 that morning. Lucky for us, we had looked into it from home and knew to make reservations ahead of time. If you have more then 9 people you can reserve a table ahead of time. We had 8 people. So to keep our table we went to the line that was hoping for a table and found a nice couple to join us. They were very happy to help us. lol They had been waiting for an hour and a half and were ready to leave. So we had some time to look around Savannah while we waited for lunch time. We walked a block or so down to the river and there was a lot of cool stuff to see.
My kids were being so good. For DJ and Alyssa to be nice to each other, we were having a very good day.All the Ladies. (Check out my fro. From the wind off the water, and me forgetting to bring my straightener, I was not having a good hair day. LOL I look like I was trying out for an 80's big hair band!!! LOL)
We were undergound. This is where they transported cotton and other goods to put it on the trains and the ships to send it out. What a cool old place. Then we headed back to Lady and Sons and waited for our table. Even with reservations, we still had a long wait. We shopped in her little store. There is no shortage of ways that family is making a dollar in that place. lol You could buy a menu for $5. I mean come on. lol Then we waited and waited. By the time our table was ready, we were totally ready for the meal. Here we are munching out. Our table was on the third floor of this three story resturant. With a seperate buffet bar on each floor. That tells you the number of people in that place. We all agreed that it was well worth the wait and the trip. The food was wonderful. Alyssa cleared out their mac and cheese while DJ and Paul were trying to find out really how many racks of ribs they could consume in one sitting. The best part was that is was the food was always hot and fresh. I guess with that many people, they know to just keep the fresh food coming. Every trip anyone made, everything was fresh and hot. That is my kinda buffet bar.
After eating, we all left happy. Some were ready for a nap while others wanted to shop and some wanted to tour. This is when DJ went with the ladies on a tour. Just as we dropped them off, the rain poured and poured. We pulled off and this horn blarred that we could hear all over town. I had an idea of what it was but was hoping it was not what I was thinking. It was just what I was thinking. A tornado warning!! While those of us in the car were trying to find a safe place to be, DJ, Grama Harper and Aunt Cheri were being shuffled to a safe room in the museum for lock down. While talking to them on the phone, I asked if they wanted us to come back and get them. They said that they were not going to be able to leave but they did not want to. This was their excitement time. lol Boy the stories they took home with them. The tornado hit about 2 hrs away and so we were all safe where we were.
Once things settled down, and the rain cleared, everyone met back and decided to go to the City Market. A cute little area with shops and stuff. This is where we passed yet another wedding. During our stay I bet we passed at least 20 weddings. about 15 or more of those were on Saturday. Tuxcedos and flowers everywhere. Then at the market Paul hung out with Marilyn a little. lol We found my fav candy store in the world as of right now. They had so many candies that are hard to find, they sold ice cream. They made Pecan pralines right there in fround of you. Giving free hot fresh samples along the way. That would be my fav part. Then they were making taffy right there too. Here in the pics, the man is making speriment taffy. Again, giving us samples. How about fresh still warm taffy. Soft and yummy.

It was really awesome to watch them make and to taste the different flavors. Seeing how even the wrappers go on. It was so cool.

We seen a lot and did a lot and had a blast. Then we left and drove over to Charleston. Stopping at Hunting Island on the way. Showed them the beach. Picked up some shells. Got our feet wet. Then drove down to Folly Beach. Shopped in all of the beach shops. Paul and Grandpa walked down the peir where they watched a guy catch a 3 ft shark, a huge sting ray and even a pelican who got tangled in the fishing line and the guy had to free. Now Grandpa is going back to Utah with a farmers tan. lol We showed them the sites of Charleston.

After a long day we got back to our hotel. We had some problems with the rooms. They were gross!!. Then they gave us new rooms. These rooms seemed better. We could breath and they seemed so much cleaner. BUT......what we did not see and would not know until we woke up the next morning, is that while we slept, we had bed bugs biting us. We all woke with bites all over us and seen the bugs. It was the worst!!! I let the hotel have a little piece of my mind before I left. Took pics and showed the guy at the desk. It was really bad. But lucky for us, that was on our way home and so at the end of what was a great trip.

I hope Paul's parents and sister had as much of a good time as we did. We sure enjoyed them being here.