'Cuz it Was Fun

Back on March 7th I posted about my two cousins coming for a visit. Last week I posted a picture of the "thank you" bouquet they sent after they got back home. Now I'd like to post about their visit.

We picked them up at the airport mid-day on Monday, March 23rd. Since neither of them had ever been to Atlanta, we decided to be tourists for the rest of the afternoon. It was a pretty day...actually, the prettiest one while they were here. We went to the Georgia Aquarium and after that we walked over to Centennial Olympic park and just enjoyed the spring day and budding trees, flowers, etc. All that walking worked up an appetite, so Jerry and I took them to the OK Cafe in Buckhead for a down-home cookin' southern dinner. Then we drove back by way of West Paces Ferry road to show them the governor's mansion, other mansions and more signs of blooming spring.

Tuesday we spent at home. I made a "Simons Bed and Breakfast brunch" and we just visited away the morning. In the afternoon we dug into the old family photos and shared and reminisced. Jodi and Jeremy and the kids joined us for dinner, so they got to meet our grandkids (and son-in-law). On Wednesday I took them to the Blue Willow Inn for lunch. Here they are enjoying the desserts (notice the plural). I passed on the dessert so I could take a picture. Yeah...right! After that big lunch, we decided to drive over to Madison, Georgia, and walk it off. We toured an old ante bellum home there. In the evening we laughed to an Anita Renfroe DVD.

On Thursday morning we finished up copying the last of the pictures that everyone wanted to swap and then we headed out to find a scrapbooking store (or two) and get supplies that we'll need to enshrine all these old family photos. That night the rain held off long enough that Jerry could cook our dinner on the grill and Jessica was able to join us to eat and visit for a while.

On Friday morning they went back home to Rockford, Illinois, with promises to "do this again some time" and telling me that it's now my turn to make a trip up there. We had a wonderful time and, YES, we need to do it again some time very soon. The fact that none of us has really changed all that much in the past 40+ years belies the fact that we're not getting any younger!