Road Trip

Maddox, my mom, and I drove to Florence last Monday for a visit with family and friends. Maddox did very well in the car and had a good time on our trip.

Maddox and his great-grandmother Hunt

Maddox with GrandDoc


Mimi, Maddox, GrandDoc, Uncle Greg, and Grandmother

We ate at Ricatoni's, one of my favorite restaurants in Florence.

Cousin Mason

Cousin Grant
(When I tried to hold Grant, Maddox got upset. He grabbed my arm and said "No, my Mama"!)


Maddox and his cousin Kate


One night, we had dinner with Johnna and Jeremy. Johnna is a good friend from college who now lives in Florence. After dinner we went to a new playground and splash pad. It was so nice, and Maddox had a great time.

Splashing around in the water

Johnna and Maddox

Maddox, Johnna, and Jeremy

The park overlooks Wilson Dam and the Tennessee River. I had a lot of fun times on that river.


One day for lunch we met Aundrea, my good friend from high school and her kids at McDonald's. That McDonald's has a great indoor playground. Maddox followed Bree all the way to the top and went down the huge slide over and over again!

Bree, Maddox, Jaxon, and Grayson

Thursday morning, we drove to Chattanooga to the Tennessee Aquarium. My good friends from college, Ginger and Carla met us there. Carla has two kids: Ellie is 5 and Tyler is 2 1/2. Ginger's twins, Averie and Andrew are now almost 3 months old.

Ellie and Maddox "inside" one of the fish tanks

Carla and Ellie feeding Averie

We had a busy, but really fun trip. I'm so glad we got to visit so many relatives and friends.