Weekend in Huntsville

We made our annual trip to Huntsville, Alabama, this past weekend to visit our dear friends, Jimmy and Elizabeth Sentell. They have two little boys, Matthew and Jack, who are 8 and 5. They used to live here in Jackson and Elizabeth and I worked together at that time and got to be great friends. We go to Huntsville to see them each spring and they come to Jackson to visit us each fall. We so look forward to our visits with them and the kids are all great friends too. Friday when we arrived, we played at their house, went out to eat for dinner, then drove to Grant, where we were spending the night at Jimmy's mom's house. She lives on top of a mountain, and the view from her back deck was just gorgeous. We took the kids to a park near her house where they have a brand new playground. That was a huge hit and we stayed til after dark. They had a ball and all went right to sleep. Saturday we went to the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. It was so beautiful there and we could've stayed all day. They had a big children's area and were having lots of children's activities that day. It was the opening day of the butterfly house and that was so fun. You could put a little bit of butterfly food on your arm and hold it out and hope that a butterfly would land on you. All the kids at some point had a butterfly on them. Addie had two land on her bow and she never knew it. That was so sweet. She was just sitting there with those butterflies on her head and she was completely unaware of it. After naps that afternoon, we went downtown to Panoply, which is a festival of the arts that Huntsville hosts each year on the last weekend of April. There was lots of music and ice cream and balloons and crafts for the kids to do. The night ended with a fireworks show that was so great. Thank you Jimmy and Elizabeth for a wonderful weekend!! Can't wait to see you again in B'ham this summer!!