I’m back! Two consecutive nights of blogging! Woohoo!
If you missed the first post about our recent vacation, you may want to scroll down and start at the very beginning – a very good place to start.
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So after our mini road trip to South Carolina, we arrived back at Ryan’s sister’s Rhonda’s house in Cumming, Georgia. She (a teacher) was finally officially on spring break, and we were all ready to party! Or, I mean, hang out and talk and eat good food and play games. :-)
Uncle Ryan loves his niece Olivia!
Cousins! Ryley eating dinner with Olivia and Sammy!
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The next day, we headed into downtown Atlanta to see the World of Coca-Cola Museum.
Sweet cousins…
I have to say that the tour and museum are pretty impressive! We really enjoyed it!
Here we are in front of the vault where Coca-Cola’s secret recipe is kept.
Everyone’s favorite part was the tasting area, where we sampled Coke products from around the world:
We don’t usually allow Ryley to have too much soda, so she went a little nuts in there:
After we were done there, we went to have lunch at The Varsity, which is apparently an “Atlanta” thing to do!
The view from the parking lot:
It was pretty delicious!
I love this picture of Ryan and his sisters!
After lunch, we rushed back to Rhonda’s side of town to greet their dad Ron and his wife Linda, who had just arrived from driving up from Florida! Ryley hadn’t seen her grandpa and grandma in three years, so it was a very special reunion indeed!
Ryley was talking his ear off within minutes:
Very sweet!
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The next day we hung out by the pool and chatted. It was nice and relaxing!!!
Father and son:
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On Sunday we headed to Cleveland, Georgia, to make a pilgrimage similar to the one I made as an eight-year-old: The Cabbage Patch Babyland General Hospital.
Here are Justin and me, summer 1986.
The funny thing was that parts of it seemed familiar, and other parts of it didn’t at all, and I was so confused. Later I found out online that it’s not even the same place as it was 26 years ago; it moved to a larger facility three miles down the road! No wonder!
Ryley had brought Baby Helena along, specifically so she could see her “birthplace”:
We watched three babies be born in the cabbage patch.
Again, rockers.
Baby Deanne. :-)
Olivia got a Baby Snow White!
Besides seeing family, this was Ryley’s favorite activity of the entire trip!
The drive back was gorgeous…I did the best I could to take pics out the window of the car without dropping my phone!
We stopped at a little stand on the side of the road, where we bought salsa and honey. Yum!!!
That night we had more wonderful family time…
At Cracker Barrel
Then at a hot air balloon launch:
It never gets old! :-)
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On the last day, we girls went to the American Girl Cafe for tea time. Our Denver store doesn’t have a cafe, so this was a real treat!
Very fun!!!!!
Isn’t she gorgeous???
I love this picture….Grandpa is telling her how beautiful she is on the inside and out. :-)
What a lovely trip it was!!!! Thank you, Rhonda and David, for being such gracious hosts! Thank you, Ron and Linda, for making the drive up to meet us! Thanks, Gwen, for flying down!!!! It really was an amazing week, and we are so grateful. :-)
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We had so much fun with all of you while you were here, Joy! We love you so much and were so glad you were able to come for a visit!! I loved your flashback pictures too! Especially seeing the difference in your apartment building! :-) We love you and miss you!
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