we took our 2nd annual trip to helen, georgia with our southern family in mid-july. we stayed for a week and enjoyed some fun family time, pool time, a tubing trip down the chatahoochee river, a trip to nearby cleveland, georgia (home of the original cabbage patch kids), feeding the goats on the roof, panning for gemstones, and getting boiled peanuts. we ended our stay with a few days back in athens at gram and gramps' house just hanging out and visiting the fire house and seeing our favorite firefighter in action. oh, and before we could leave georgia, we got in a few hours with luke's great aunt carla at the airport (in passing). whew. that was a busy trip! we sure had a lot of fun.
playing and having fun with cousins ella (almost 5) and anna (9).
group shot in helen's historic german area. we missed makayla all week. she was off having fun without us at a girl scout camp.
in front of the helen's town center fountain.
family pool time.
luke spent much of the week pushing this doll stroller around the grounds of the timeshare. ella decided she was tired of that seat going empty and it was her turn to ride!
skipping rocks in the shallow part of the chatahoochee river. we actually tubed down the river earlier in the week and had a blast. luke did great and enjoyed the free ride! wish we had pictures of that, but we didn't want to risk loosing our camera.
snack and tv time with ella!
story time with gramps on the porch. goodnight moon. good night luke.
outside babyland general hospital in cleveland, georgia. home of the cabbage patch kids.
luke got his very first baby doll while we were there. luke wants to introduce you to his buddy, bo duke! is it a coincidence that bo duke has blue eyes and is wearing stripes? i think not! is it also a coincidence that luke and bo duke share the names of the duke brothers from the dukes of hazzard? i think not! (thanks mike, for helping to name the newest member of our family!) luke and bo duke are the perfect pair!
posing for a shot on the cabbage leaves.
we visited a local spot that featured goats on the roof and panning for gemstones. ella's working hard to feed one of those hungry goats.
outside of fred's peanuts where mommy got a bunch of boiled peanuts and we all enjoyed a peach iced tea slushie! that was a big hit for luke.
back at gram and gramps' house in athens, luke enjoys his favorite past time of riding on the pink and purple barbie big wheel. he got up enough courage this trip to ride the big wheel up the drive way and then go flying down as he held his feet up.
visiting our favorite volunteer fire fighter at the oconee county fire department.
driving the big rig.
having a heart to heart with our local hero. thank you gramps for your service.
to round out our trip, aunt carla flew into the atlanta airport the day we were leaving so we got to spend a few hours visiting with her.
what a fun trip! we look forward to it again next year!
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