After a busy several days in Ft. Smith celebrating Christmas w/ the family, the 4 of us traveled w/ P's parents to South Carolina to visit my father-in-law's side of the family. His mom (Grandma Pulley) and all of his siblings live near each other, so we're able to see everyone each time we visit. We drove through the night to SC on Sun., spent each day @ Grandma's & each night @ Uncle Larry/Aunt Nancy's, celebrated New Year's Eve for the first time w/ this side of the family Thurs. night, ate a New Year's Day lunch w/ the entire family Fri., and then drove through the night again Fri. night (...sigh) to finally return home that Sat. And to add to the craziness...we celebrated Christmas w/ P's immediate family out in Huntsville immed. after returning home Sat.
The kids did awesome on the drives through the night, and slept both times until we would stop for breakfast. We were pretty surprised it went as smoothly as it did since we had already been on the road for SO long (AZ) leading up to this SC trip. Will did get pretty frustrated Fri. afternoon @ one point when he was struggling falling asleep in the carrier once again. We didn't blame him ONE BIT! However, after a short time out of the carrier to stretch his legs and play a little...he was good to go again! And, I believe we only made one extra stop TOTAL for Kennedy to go potty - besides the usual breaks of course. Way to go girl! She's been potty-trained for an entire year this month & we're so proud of her.
We spent majority of our week in SC just catching up w/ family, cooking, and playing games. And just like last time, Kennedy loved "riding" around the house on Grandma's walker. : ) She would even sit on it while eating meals @ the dinner table too. Pretty funny stuff! But, it was extra special since we got to introduce Will to Grandma for the very first time. Will's middle name, Monroe, was taken from Patrick's Grandpa Pulley who passed away when Patrick was only a/b 6 years old. His name was Harvey Monroe, and we looked so fwd. to sharing Will's name w/ Grandma immed. after he was born in May. We're thankful and so happy that we got some good children/grandchildren/great-grandchildren pictures w/ those who could be there b/f we left (...smiles were not easy to achieve by all. ; ) Ha, ha!).
It was a great week, and we cherish the time we got to spend w/ everyone! And, Grandma's health is failing her...so every day we got to spend w/ her was even more special.
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The pics came out awesome Linds. It was so good to see everyone during the family visit. Please let me know of some weekends that might be a good time to finally get out to Arkansas. I really do want to see everyone.
Grandma isn't doing too well. Mom told me earlier today that she was starting to forget people's names. I told mom that I would call and talk to her today on my drive to Charleston, SC, but it totally slipped my mind. I'm going to call her tomorrow. Let Patrick and the others know that they might want to call and talk to her as well. Doctors are saying they can't find anything wrong but she's forgetting and losing balance and even losing some vision.
Hope you all stay in touch. Thanks again for taking such great pics of the family.
Bryan
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