Goodbye 2011!

Oh my...it is the final week of 2011! It is hard to believe that this time last year, Ed was getting ready to move home from Pensacola. It seems like a lifetime ago! 2011 has been such as adventure, can't wait to see what 2012 will bring!

The day after Christmas we loaded up the van and headed to Atlanta to visit with family! It was so much fun to see everyone...I just wish we had more time! As soon as we got into town, we went to visit my precious cousins... Mary Virginia always asks about going to visit Atlanta, Martha, and her "cousin". On this trip we were able to have a quick visit with everyone. We were even able to take the kids to the Dekalb Peachtree Airport and to the Downwind Cafe! The kids LOVED watching the airplanes take off and land and the helicopter that kept flying around! They couldn't believe how small all of the planes were! They were also amazed that the cars could just drive right up to the planes! MV and JB were able to spend time with "cousin Jack" while watching all of the planes!

After our quick trip to Atlanta, it was time to celebrate Christmas again with the rest of the Whatley and Pruett family! It was wonderful to see everyone. The kids had so much fun playing with cousin Maggie. I am so glad that they are all getting to know each other! MV loves having someone that she can carry around! I am still waiting to get some of the pictures of everyone...so you will have to use your imagination for now (check back in later)!

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Once we ate lunch and the presents were unwrapped...and things were starting to unwind, it was time to go outside and burn off some energy! Maggie was having fun chasing the dogs and MV and JB were having fun chasing Maggie!
The next day we said our good-bye's to Alabama and headed back to Louisiana! Ed and I were the lucky recipients of 2 tickets to the Saints-Panthers game for New Year's Day, and a fabulous hotel room in New Orleans for New Year's Eve! Mom and dad were able to come back with us - so that we could go to the game and to spend New Year's in New Orleans! It was so much fun, but we are getting way too old to hang out with the craziness of Bourbon Street! We had an amazing dinner at Red Fish Grill (one of our favorites) and then walked around town and people watched!

We had a wonderful view of the Super dome from our hotel. After seeing this view, we couldn't wait to get to the game! What a fun way to end 2011 and to start 2012!