The Holidaze and A New Decade

As I said in the last post, we made it to Mississippi. We spent Christmas (actually Dec. 22) at Paw Paw's house with the family. It was nice seeing everyone. And it was nice to just hang out with the parents, siblings, and of course Parker for a few days.

The beautiful tree!Paw Paw reading to the kiddos. The boy loves to vacuum!
After that, we relaxed in Carriere. Mom took me and Anna Kay to see Paw Paw and Dad's Christmas light show. ha.. We spent Christmas Day at my parents'. The next day we drove to Pearl to have Christmas with Adam's family. Then, we drove to Grenada on Sunday to have Christmas with Daddy's family but we ended up at the hospital. My Poppa was put in the Oxford hospital for some complications. The doctors are pretty sure it's cancer, so if you're reading this, it would be appreciated if you sent up a little prayer for him. Thanks!

So, then Candace, Anna Kay, Adam, Parker and I went to New Orleans for Parker's first aquarium experience. I think he enjoyed the fish, oh excuse me, 'bubbles', that's what Parker called them. We also got to eat some yummy beignets. Mmmm.

Charlie was also introduced to my other favorite dachschund, Reggie, while we stayed in Carriere. They become BFFs very quickly.

We are now in Clarksville, TN in the process of looking for a place to live. We might be homeowners in a few days! We hope at least! I promise to post pictures. Until then, we are in hotel rooms because Charlie can't seem to get along with Adam's sister's dogs. Oh Charlie. I like Clarksville so far. It's a nice little town. I'm also looking for a job. I'm ready for a paycheck! Keep us in your prayers!

Love you all!
Ashley

2 Fun Weekends and Traveling Home

So, I'm pretty terrible at updating this. Maybe, I'll get better once we settle down. Life's been pretty crazy since we left Virginia. I haven't updated since November? I think. But let's back up just a tad.

We had 2 fun-filled weekends in December before we left Virginia. I got tickets to see The Nutcracker by The Virginia Ballet on Saturday. And then, thanks to Daddy, we went to the Saints/Redskins in Washington on Sunday. Such a nice stadium. This is when it started snowing and I actually enjoyed it. ha

The next weekend we decided to go see our friends in New Jersey. Yes, Jersey. We didn't make it to the Jersey Shore, maybe next time. However, we did make it to Philadelphia. I highly recommend a trip there to anyone who likes history plus it's really nice. We saw the Libery Bell, Independence Hall, ate at the famous 'Geno's' , and went to the oddest museum call 'Body Worlds'.

Then, it was time to pack up and leave Virginia. I have to admit it was kind of sad leaving our first 'home' as a married couple. It was Charlie's first home too. awwwww lol. We enjoyed Virginia. It's beautiful there plus tons of places to visit.

So after Adam's graduation, we were on the road headed to Mississippi. Little did we know, there was a blizzard coming. About 3 hours down the road, Adam said to me 'we better start checking for places to stay. The road started icing over and we were towing my car behind his truck. It was a little scary especially when we slipped a few times. eeeek! So, we stopped at The Red Roof Inn for a couple of nights. We couldn't drive anywhere because the roads were terrible. So, we had Cracker Barrel for every meal because it was within walking distance. I probably gained about 5 lbs. there. ha!
We finally made it to Mississippi!