Georgia with Shea

Two busy weekends in a row!

We were lucky to have the opportunity to go see Elisha's younger brother, Shea, who is stationed with the Army in Hinesville, Georgia (Ft. Stewart). It was so great, and we wish we could have stayed longer than one short weekend.

Last weekend started out by heading to Vegas on Thursday evening to stay with friends: Cambra, Andrew, and Jocelyn. Cambra was one of Elisha's mission companions, so it was fun to see her again - of course! It was a great, fun night full of playing, pizza and sweets.

Friday morning was early - too early. Our flight was at 7am! So, waking up at 4:30am was super fun! We did make it to our gate on time, with 45 minutes to spare. That worked better for Harrison, and we decided we'd wait until the last minute to get on all the rest of the planes.

After a 4 hour flight to Atlanta, a 3 hour layover, and an hour flight to Jacksonville, we made it! You might be thinking, "Jacksonville? Isn't the title Georgia?" Yep! Jacksonville just happens to be closer to our destination:)

We finally arrived at 5pm. Shea picked us up, but not in his limo, like he had said:(. We were excited with either way!

We got dinner at Krystal's, a cool hamburger place. They make the cutest, small burgers! It's a southern thing, so we had to go! Other nummy southern places we ate at were the Waffle House - wow! and Sonny's - amazingly REAL SOUTHERN BBQ!

Saturday we headed to Savannah's waterfront, an original line of shops from the colonial US times! It even still has where slaves were kept until they were sold in tunnel-like ports. The area across from the shops also has vendors, which was super fun! We spent ALL day here, and it was beautiful weather! We ended the day at Hilton Head, South Carolina. They were having a shrimp fest, so of course we ate some! WOW!

Yep, the river in the background at the historic Savannah port.

The 12 Tribes (a religous group) was showing and touring this ship, made in Brasil.

We headed back Sunday:( On the way, we stopped at Jekyll Island. What do you do on an island? You walk the beach!!! The weather was wonderful enough that is was a pleasure. Even Harrison's first time! Too bad the water felt chilly, or else he would have had to play in it.

Freaky horseshoe crab! They're very alien-like.

Shells in the cement! Cool!

Jekyll Island helps sea turtles who are sick or injured, so we got to check out and learn about them. It was way interesting and fun. Did you know we can't tell if a turtle is a male or female until they're 35 years old?!

Moss all over the tree. All the trees have moss with all those bogs and swamps.

The trip was wonderful, and we're SO glad we could see and spend time with Shea. Thanks for everything!

We liked playing with Sadie!