Business Trip Tag Alongs

Josh's company had to send him to Myrtle Beach for training this year mid June.  Not only were they going to send him, they were paying for a hotel, mileage, and all his food so OF COURSE Ansley and I decided to tag along!  We were able to get a suite with 2 rooms and a full kitchen and since I brought groceries for Ansley and I to eat for breakfast and lunch our out of pocket was going to be next to nothing.

We left early Monday morning and the first thing we did when we got there was drop our stuff and head to the beach.



This was the first time Ansley had ever been and since we knew Josh would be stuck in a training room most of the week, it was important we get out there ASAP so Daddy could be apart.



She LOVED it!





This is one of the few pictures I have of Josh on the beach.  You would think they would cut them some slack and let them out early since we were at the beach, but sadly that was not the case.  He was in training until around 5:30 every day.



Me and my girl.



While we missed Joshua, Ansley and I had a great time.  We would get up everyday, eat breakfast and then head out.



The kid loved to buried in the sand.



I got tickled at her, my type A child would pick up shells and one by one carry them back to water.  She did this ALL WEEK.



This only reaffirmed my decision to stay out of water above my knees.  The kid next to me had a jar of them that he had found.  No.  Thank.  You.



Finding more shells to return to the ocean.





Seriously, I adore this kid.



This was about as close to the water as Diva got... I offered to take her out but she wasn't having any of it.  She doesn't like to be in situations where she isn't in control and I was fine to stay in ankle deep water.


 
Even wearing SPF 50 this kid tans better than her mother.



After spending the morning at the beach we would head to the pool around 12:30 ish.  There was a pool that was 1 foot deep with a big "A" in the middle that Ansley called "her bitty pool".  (The A was for the resort, not Ansley, but there wasn't any reason to tell her that:)





We went to the pool one night and she stayed in until she was almost as blue as her towel.



We would come back in when Josh got back and get ready to go out for dinner each night.  One night we went to the board walk and of course had to feed the fish.



So many fish... so gross...



We fed them a few times, Diva loved it.



And what beach trip is complete without ice cream?



 We went for a walk on the beach our last night and took the obligatory family photos.





And then this happened... I know, I'm the mom that took a picture instead of consoling her child.



It was one of the best business trips I've ever been on :)

Summer Photo Update

So here is how the Morgan's have been spending the summer...

... fixing our hair.  Can you believe she did this herself?



... having family battles with water guns.  As you can tell, Ansley loses alot.





... playing at our friend's pool.



... playing in Nana's pool.





... going to the park with Huddy.



... and following up the park with Chick-fil-a and smiling faces.



... eating lots of ice cream.



... helping Gramps in the garden.

Mother's Day

Josh and Ansley, as always, went all out for Mother's day.  Flowers, steak dinner, the works.  And I, of course, took only 1 picture.  This is the stepping stone that Ansley made me.



 But, for the first time in awhile, I actually took pictures with MY mother!



Mom and her girls.



And Mom with her girls and her girls' babies :)

Daddy Daughter Date

Ansley looked at me one day and said "I want to go on a date."  I have NO IDEA where she picked this up but I definitely passed the message along to her daddy.  Because she has a great daddy, he called later that day and officially asked her out.  We took a bath, I let her pick out her clothes, and after dinner she and her daddy went out.



They went to chick-fil-a where she got ice cream "with chocolate and a cherry" and played on the playground.



After chick-fil-a they went to see the fish at Walmart and daddy let her walk thru every toy aisle.  She talked about it for DAYS afterwards.  And like a good husband he brought home an ice cream for mommy too :)

Christmas....in April

I'm sure I've said it before, but I have a pretty awesome husband.  This year for Christmas, he and my brother in law conspired together to get tickets for the 4 of us to Les Miserables at the Fox!  I ADORE Les Mis!  I tear up as soon as I hear Jean Valjean sing "God on high...."  Josh had never seen the play (it's a fairly dramatic story, just ask him about it) and I was excited to be with him the first time he saw it.  After an amazing dinner at Davio's in Buckhead, we headed for the Fox.



Funny story, as soon as we took the picture above we were told you weren't allowed since the stage was copyrighted. Oops!  So Shelley and Kevin took their photo op in front of the theater.



Me and my beautiful sister.



It was a GREAT Christmas present!!