Southern Living

Hello faithful blog readers, and anyone who has accidentally stumbled across our adventures.

Speaking of adventure………..we had a very exciting week in my sister’s drive way in Savannah, maybe not exciting but it was fun. James worked very hard on his ’uncle of the year’ title. Shooting off rockets, giving piggy back rides, fixing broken bikes and overseeing intense War of the Monster games. I earned a whole new respect for stay at home mothers everywhere after spending a week with my sister. She starts the day at the crack of dawn to get Chloe & Sophie off to school then spends the rest of the day entertaining a very energetic 4 year old, who just when you are about to start laundry or do some dishes looks at you with her adorable smile and says ‘peas play with me just a little bit’ , then picking Chloe & Sophie up from the bus only to begin shuttling them to softball, tennis, brownies, piano, & church while still trying to entertain Maya and hoping everyone gets homework done. James and I were exhausted just watching the progression of events. We would lure them out to the RV & hop them up on candy just to see how close we could bring Juli to a break down. She is a seasoned veteran so we were unable to phase her.

We really did have a great time. It was fun to be there for Easter and James even went to church without much of a protest. We also got to see my cousin Robin again at Easter and she went to the movie with the girls and I one day. We spent one day in downtown Savannah going on a trolley tour, it was gorgeous because all the azaelas were blooming. We also went to a kid free dinner one night with Juli and my wonderful brother-in-law Chris. Chris and James get along very well, or at least we think they do. They pretty much just played NFL football so I am not sure if they actually had to have any conversations. We also packed everyone into the RV for a fun day at Ft. McAllister state park. It was a little chilly so we were glad we didn’t go all the way to the beach and our bar-b-que turned into a picnic in the RV. The girls were still thrilled because they got to ride in the RV while they were playing a video game, long gone are the days of the back of a station wagon and license plate games for entertainment.

James was so sweet and patient to just let me have some time with my sister and nieces. I told him it was an investment in our future since we don’t have any of our own kids. We may be dependent on our nieces or nephews to care for us in our old age. Hopefully they will remember that Uncle James made them the most popular kid on the bus for a day because of his rocket launching abilities, or that Aunt Kimby played pretend kittens with them for hours. It doesn’t matter, because they are all so sweet and so much fun. Juli is an awesome mom and it is always fun to spend time with her. I am glad that she doesn’t charge me for gum anymore. I take that as a sign our relationship has changed from more than little sister/big sister to friends. I miss them all so much already.

We left Savannah Monday morning and headed over to Charleston, SC. It is a beautiful city and we were able to find a nice campground about 30 minutes south of the city close to the beach. They say Charleston is a walking city and we feel as if we did it proud. We walked all over taking in all the neat architecture. It is very easy to imagine it during colonial or civil war times. I can’t imagine having to wear one of those big hoop skirts in the middle of the summer however, no wonder mint juleps were invented. Tonight we are at a different campground in South Carolina along the Savannah River. We have been greeted with traditional southern hospitality everywhere we have gone and have been trying to maintain a steady diet of sweet tea and sea food.

As an anonymous blogger mentioned Friday is James’ birthday. I welcome any creative ideas of birthday presents for him (PG rated please, kids do read this blog). It is very hard to purchase anything for him since he has all the money.
We hope everyone is surviving all the rain back in Arkansas and all are doing well along the West coast or wherever you may be.
Tracy- Juli & I talked extensively about Yosemite so let us know what we need to do.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Love, Kim

Pictures:
Maya at the IMAX

The Giorgianni family on Easter
James ‘Pied Piper’ Rocket man

My cousin Robin who will be going to Iraq in June

Chloe & Sophie on their bikes