Mini Road Trip

THIS............

is the reason for the mini road trip.........MBG III

and maybe this..........

and this.........

Jamesen, Christian and I headed out at noon on friday for a quick road trip to Mississippi. We made sure that we crammed as much as possible into the 38 whole hours that we were there. First things first.......Jamesen HAD to go fishing.....rain or shine! Lately nothing but rain....he caught a nice size brem before the downpour hit......better than nothing!

After the rain subsided, Jamesen and Chrsitian spent time playing with a toy Mungy had gotten for the grandkids.......but we spent more time retrieving the missles from the trees than actually shooting them off.












After a few hours of what outdoor play we could get in, we headed in the house to check out what had been keeping Mungy so busy over the summer......

Look at all the lovely tomatoes and eggplant!!!!

This is the canning closet.......

and the wine cellar........

and the water cellar........

I guess if things go bad for this country, you will know where to find us! You should see the freezerS! Because of the lack of time and probably traction on the way down, we never got the chance to see the actual garden down in the upper pasture. It would have made ours look TINY, and I can't even keep up with it.

Here are a few of the critters at Mungy and Sandy's.........

This is Moses the kitty......this is where he "hides" when the grandkids come to town!!!!!

This is Mr. Tatoo.....he is a sneaky one......tires to trick eveyone into feeding him even when he has already been fed. He is nacho ordinary wiener dog......very docile and not the least bit uptight.....unlike our wiener dog. I somehow forgot to take pics of the other three amazing animals that live on Mungy and Sandy's 40 acre paradise......Heinz (know why he has this name.....great dog!) ,and the two fiest dogs with such crazy names, I can't remember.....but they are so cute!!!!

The next morning we were up and going by 7am.....that is 8am est. After a cup or two of coffee I was off to visit my sister Margaret and her precious family. She about killed me with an hour walk with uphill sprints all while pushing a double stroller with Charlie and Lucy.....weighing about 60 lbs. all together. With not much time for recovery, we were off to run errands for baby MBG III and his baptism. We made a quick trip to the mall to find her an outfit for the occasion and ended up with two and 4 pair of shoes......great looking shoes I must add!!!! After a quick drive through the drive thru for lunch and back to her abode, I was off to Eggville to take a quick shower before departing to Oxford to see the Ole Miss Rebels play some football....weather permitting.

This is the backside of the Jumbotron.....is that one word or two. Oh how I love Vaught-Hemingway stadium.....the sound of the Rebel fight song and Dixie playing in the distance.....

Mungy and the boys before the game.....look.....no rain!

This was the last pic I took......before I was able to enter the Elevator to the Rebel Club, I was told that I was not allowed to have a camera in the stadium. My how thing have changed since I was last at an Ole Miss game. I had to walk back to the car and lock it up......a scary thought since my last camera was stolen out of my car. The plus was that I saw not only one brother, but BOTH on the way to the car. I guess there is something positive that comes out of every negative situation.

While at the game I did run into a few friends from my college years and had a chance to visit with my old pals Tracey and Terry and lay my eyes on their children for the first time in years.

(no pics......remember ......no camera in the stadium.....)

The Ole Rebels won the game against the Southeastern Louisiana Lions? 52 to 6 I think.....give or take a few from our side of the score. The game was a fun one and has only wet my whistle and has me looking forward to the November 14th showdown against the Tennessee Volunteers.

The next morning came way too early. We were up and going to get ready for the reason we even made our short road trip in the first place.......Michael Blakely Gratz III's baptism.

Man of the day!!!!

My men.......minus two.....

These boys clean up pretty well.......

another precious little man......

Charlie likes MBG's gifts!

Lucy likes MBG III.....

Anne Daniel LOVES little MBG III......(little mama)

quality time.........

girl power.......

Not long after this pic was taken, we shoved a wonderful brunch onto our mouths, compliments of gramma Babe Gratz and Aunt Molly. Grandad MBG #1 help us pack up a doggy bag full of leftovers.......mostly petit fours for me......and we were offfffffff......did I mention Grandad Sandy helped me navigate our second trip out of the driveway......had a hard time the second time around......Jamesen forgot his phone.......enough said......hope the bricks are ok........

Seven hours later we returned home to East Tennessee vowing to make more of these trips in the future.