two friends for the price of one

i just got back from a long weekend in georgia with some of my favorite people. lindsey & fred have lived in macon for awhile and connie & adam moved there about eight months ago...so now i get a great two for one deal!

getting to see my friends and have time to hang out together is definitely the best part of trips like this. i love playing with their kids, i love opening one eye in the morning and seeing their cute little faces standing by my bed waiting for me to get up and i love staying up late and having good 'grown-up' conversation. the people were definitely the best part...but if i had to pick some other highlights i would have to mention that i also ate the most amazing caramel apples on the planet [seriously...there aren't words to describe their amazing-ness] and i took great joy in successfully conquering all thirty two levels of talking gina.

joshua . anna bell . miss shelly . caleb

fred . lindsey . shelly . connie . adam

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mixin' it up in macon

last weekend i headed to the south for some good 'ole family time with the broomes. i got to spend time with a wonderful friend and her cute kids [and fred]. joshua and anna bell made me feel very loved.

we had an extra fun treat when connie, another sbu friend, drove down from south carolina with her mom and sweet little josiah to spend a day with us. it had been a long time since i'd seen her, so i really appreciated her making the drive!

connie . lindsey . shelly

aside from connie's visit, we spent the first 90% of our time together just lounging around, playing with the kids and eating home-made candy [which is a fabulous way to spend some time]. then on the last night we really kicked it into high gear and got the party started. we ate barbecue at sticky fingers, did some 'free' cvs shopping, and sipped pina colada slushies while watching re-runs of the office. i also got to throw in some dave ramsey advice, which made me so excited, this happened...

[as i'm sure you can imagine, fred could hardly contain his excitement when i suggested this] 

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