Week 2: This has been a wonderful week in the Whatley house! There were smiling faces everywhere! We are learning the area and having fun along the way! Mary Virginia has been in VBS this week at Walker Baptist Church and she loved it. They had a blast on their "Big Apple Adventure". She "took a cab around New York City to explore and learn to step out in faith." She made quick friends with the kids in her group and she has looked forward to getting up and going everyday this week - she especially loved singing the "big kid bible school songs"! I will be perfectly honest and tell you that it was not the VBS we were used to at Vestavia Baptist, but we are seeing new things and trying new places! On Friday night, the kids performed all of their songs from VBS for the whole church, she was amazing!
MV was trying on her statue of liberty gear!
John Bay and I have been on an adventure of our own this week. So far, we have found 3 great playgrounds, a water park, the library, the antique district, and lots of horses and cows! Everything we found is within a 10 - 15 minute drive from our house, so we are very excited! We even took picnic lunches to the playground a couple of days.
Picnics in the Park
Our Weekend Adventure: This weekend we wanted to try the rodeo, but who knew that they didn't start until after bedtime! Instead of the rodeo, we explored Gonzales, LA - The Jambalaya Capital of the World. When we got to the Expo Center for the rodeo (we did get to see a few girls on horses), we found that they were having an Arts & Crafts Fair. I was in heaven and everyone else was along for the ride! We made it through the first row of booths when what did MV find...smores, her favorite! We found lots of fun crafts and had a yummy snack! Ed found a new favorite....Reese cup smores, YUM! We tried out a new seafood restaurant (Don's), which is now a favorite, explored Cabella's, and we even found the perfect splash pad at Jambalaya Park! Of course, as soon as we started to play on the splash pad, one of Louisiana's sporadic afternoon thunder and lightning storms hit and we were forced to head home for the afternoon! We will definitely be making a trip back to Gonzales! Overall, we had a weekend full of fun: a day trip to Gonzales, dinner with the Harpoles (Ed's assistant project manager), and a Sunday at Bass Pro Shop for MV and Ed!
Lunch at Don's
Jambalaya Park
Next on the list is to explore the parks of Baton Rouge! The kids and I are heading out on Monday for a day at the park with the Skippers! We are also taking the Whatley's on the road...look out Pensacola, we're coming back! And best of all...less than one week and we are in Sweet Home Alabama!
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