I recently spent two days with my wife and daughters in Pine Mountain, GA with cousin Ruby or better known as “Big Mama”. What a time what a time. It’s still fresh on my mind.
On Sunday, we pulled up in just enough time to play 3 on 3 football with my young male cousins ranging in age of 6 to 14. My 12 year old daughter Mackenzi played also. Mackenna was surprisingly busy playing with the family dog “Rock”. She is usually afraid of dogs but not this one. Maybe it was the country life getting the best of her.
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| Mackenna with “Rock” |
As the street lights came on, we were sure to head home.
I stayed up for a little while to laugh and watch Shark Week but I was super tired. The kids went to bed around 2AM as expected.
On Monday morning, we woke to breakfast. Man you can’t beat breakfast in the country and a cup of coffee.
We played football for about an hour in the back yard. Mackenzi got over her fear of playing football with the boys and scored our only two touchdowns on deep passes. We lost 16 to 21. For the first time, Mackenzi even drank out of a water hose.
After sitting around watching TV and starving to death until Kelli came back with the food, my cousin “Meathead” cooked fat sausages and burgers. He has passion for cooking and could be an up and coming celebrity chef.
Filling full and looking for something fun to do, we went to the Wildlife Safari. This place is crazy. You drive for 3 miles in the safari in your own car feeding lions, giraffes, donkeys, ostrich, llamas and just about anything else that you can think of. We laughed so much. Couldn’t stop thinking about the Jurassic Park movie though.
On Tuesday, we woke up to breakfast again. This place is amazing. No football for me today though. I’m getting too old. Of course they asked to play hundreds of time. I’m praying for child like energy to hang with them.
Kelli, the girls and I went to visit a friend then stopped by Callaway Gardens. We used to go there all the time for family reunions when I was a kid. It was really special to go back as an adult with my ladies. Mackenna was scared to death on the paddle boats on the lake. I remember my first experience on the paddle boats as a kid with my dad like it was yesterday. We also got some good exercise riding through bike trails. We stopped riding bikes for a brief moment and found a shaded area near the lake and prayed as a family lead by Mackenzi.
This trip reconnected me with my family in more ways that I could imagine. Thank you Cousin Ruby for the southern hospitality!
I stayed up for a little while to laugh and watch Shark Week but I was super tired. The kids went to bed around 2AM as expected.
On Monday morning, we woke to breakfast. Man you can’t beat breakfast in the country and a cup of coffee.
We played football for about an hour in the back yard. Mackenzi got over her fear of playing football with the boys and scored our only two touchdowns on deep passes. We lost 16 to 21. For the first time, Mackenzi even drank out of a water hose.
After sitting around watching TV and starving to death until Kelli came back with the food, my cousin “Meathead” cooked fat sausages and burgers. He has passion for cooking and could be an up and coming celebrity chef.
Filling full and looking for something fun to do, we went to the Wildlife Safari. This place is crazy. You drive for 3 miles in the safari in your own car feeding lions, giraffes, donkeys, ostrich, llamas and just about anything else that you can think of. We laughed so much. Couldn’t stop thinking about the Jurassic Park movie though.
On Tuesday, we woke up to breakfast again. This place is amazing. No football for me today though. I’m getting too old. Of course they asked to play hundreds of time. I’m praying for child like energy to hang with them.
Kelli, the girls and I went to visit a friend then stopped by Callaway Gardens. We used to go there all the time for family reunions when I was a kid. It was really special to go back as an adult with my ladies. Mackenna was scared to death on the paddle boats on the lake. I remember my first experience on the paddle boats as a kid with my dad like it was yesterday. We also got some good exercise riding through bike trails. We stopped riding bikes for a brief moment and found a shaded area near the lake and prayed as a family lead by Mackenzi.
This trip reconnected me with my family in more ways that I could imagine. Thank you Cousin Ruby for the southern hospitality!
