Southern Style

Jax and Jenna were adoring the pirate. Well, maye NOT
Jax, she has her pirate all lined up... Brooks would be his name!

Brx/Jax ready for food. Brooks was talking about the fish and chips or football, Jax got the point of the picture--SMILE!

IF Michael ever ends up missing, he would be hanging out with this type... His alter personality would fit just FINE!

GROUP SHOT with the best of us... MIchael is taking the picture, but he got a SOLO shot with the pirate!
I am thinking I will start this blog instead of sending out the Aloha's that I do...
This way I can add pictures and as people check it, they can comment?!
Jax and Camille use their blogs to keep us up to date and it is a fun read SO I am
trying to be up with those "in the KNOW" and get this started!
I first have to have Jesse download my pictures... I think this is going to be
a FULL family project.
OK, TRIP UPDATE!
That mainland is A BIG ONE! We flew for a 24 hr. period, made all our flights and lived in airports
and planes for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Food doesn't seem to be served on planes anymore.
Here in Hawaii the flights are so short that they just sort of TOSS you a guava juice and IF you are
co-ordinated, you can open it in altitude w/o splashing it on your outfit for the day. We usually laugh
and guzzel the three gulps before the pilot comes on to announce our decent to the next island...
Well, anyways we ate a $10 breakfast of 2 quarter pancakes, and flouressent green potatoes in SF
after flying the red eye from Kauai to LA to SF, before boarding to Chicago for a dinner layover to
fly into Alabama to sleep for the night and then drive to Atlanta.
FOOD is becoming a "pack your own!" We did get a delicious breakfast at the Cracker Barrel upon
the highway there somewhere between states. They are SO yummy and talk about good ol' down
home cookin' and hospitality! Michael picked up the Alabama twang and proceeded to entertain us
on the remainder of the trip. He even brought a bit of it back to the island and it REALLY mixes
with the island pegiun!
Upon arriving in Atlanta and finding Jax at Brx's office we drove Atlanta freeways, Kamakazi style to
go downtown to their walk up flat. Comfortable and right in the heart of action, so they LOVE it there,
well, it was close to Jax's school...
We dined at a popular Mexican place and settled into a fun Southern pace of vacationing.
Five of us drove in the compact car, glad we are all skinny! To visit Savannah. They DO have
the most beautiful homes there and the BEST praline candy fresh made. It was down on the
river, so sailboats became entertaining and walking around the shops was our passtime.
We all went on a GHOST tour and I guess I was the only one to see twin ghosts and their cat...?
We dined at the Pirate house and became educated in the haunts of history.

The next day we drove to Tybe Island and Michael wants to move there. The Atlantic Ocean is brown
water, so I am not voting the same... We ate hot dogs and walked the sandy beach and relaxed
before another meal downtown Savannah.
We drove back all day Monday after feasting on wings at Hilton Head, saw NO seashore, all built over,
and had plenty of time to reminess before getting back to Atlanta.
Tuesday was a work day for the kids, all three so Michael and I got lost around Atlanta.
We dined at a great salad place and then arranged to meet Bob/Judy, my cousins at the
Atlanta temple the following morning for a session. It was a treat to see them!
After Jenna did my hair for me and we shopped downtown and then ate spaghetti at the kids flat
since we had eated our way thru the SOUTH! We did leave in rain, they are in a drought, so Jax hadn't
bought an umbrella yet.... YEAH, solid rain, got wet loading the car, but we were dry by the time we stopped
at another Cracker Barrel for brunch! YUM, could just enjoy the whole place down there!!!