We went on vacation to Mississippi for a week to visit a friend of Mike's. While we were there, we went to the Baton Rouge Temple.
Josh is touching the temple while we walked the grounds.
Drinking some living water.
We went to the beach and had a blast! By the time we left, the water had gotten pretty cold, so he wasnt thrilled about washing off the sand from all the cracks and crevices.
We buried him part way in the sand, I think it stressed him out!
Having some fun in the sun.
Building some sandcastles together. Mike was a sweetie and took some pictures of me with Josh. It seems like I'm always behind the camera so I'm not in a lot of pictures.
What a sweet angel
Taking time to smell the flowers.
Earl's catfish pond that he built and planted with fish. The Smiths have made a haven with their property! They have two ponds, and a hunting stand they have built.
In the south, they have these trees that I fell in love with. They are called live oaks. They are huge and they spread out beautifully. The one we are standing underneath is called the friendship oak. It is 500 years old and is located in Boloxi, Mississippi.
They say whoever stands beneath the branches will remain friends for life. So Earl and Mike, who started the friendship, posed for a picture under the tree.
Am I just biased, or is my boy cute? Earl and Melanie made a pound cake before we got there and I think my cute boy ate half of it himself! "Mo?" is what he says when he wants more!
We ate lunch at this restraunt. We ate Southern style crawfish, YUM, and alligator, and catfish po-boys.(big sandwiches)
While we were waiting for the food, I fed Josh a lemon, this is his pucker face.
At the beach with Earl, Melanie, and Mary. The city has imported enough fine white sand to make 29 miles of beach since there are no natural sandy beaches there. When the tide washes the sand away, they have big barges that they pump the sand back to the coast with. What can I say, at least they were nice beaches!
After hurricane Katrina wiped out a lot of the live oaks along the coast and left stumps in their wake, a man carved the stumps into figures of dolphins, birds, turtles, etc.
Joshua has started saying cheese anytime I bring the camera out. It makes his face a little distorted in the picture, but it is so funny I cant help but document it! He also fell in love with Mary, the Smith's daughter, and kept giving her hugs and pulling her hair! what a boy!
This bear is on a fishing line so it kept dancing and flopping around. Josh thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Skinny buns kept losing his britches. He would just be standing there and all of a sudden, they would drop until mom figured out they had an adjustable elastic in them.
After plenty of car time, this is about what all of us looked like!!!
Josh is touching the temple while we walked the grounds. 
Drinking some living water. 
We went to the beach and had a blast! By the time we left, the water had gotten pretty cold, so he wasnt thrilled about washing off the sand from all the cracks and crevices. 
We buried him part way in the sand, I think it stressed him out! 
Having some fun in the sun. 
Building some sandcastles together. Mike was a sweetie and took some pictures of me with Josh. It seems like I'm always behind the camera so I'm not in a lot of pictures. 
What a sweet angel 
Taking time to smell the flowers. 
Earl's catfish pond that he built and planted with fish. The Smiths have made a haven with their property! They have two ponds, and a hunting stand they have built. 
In the south, they have these trees that I fell in love with. They are called live oaks. They are huge and they spread out beautifully. The one we are standing underneath is called the friendship oak. It is 500 years old and is located in Boloxi, Mississippi. 
They say whoever stands beneath the branches will remain friends for life. So Earl and Mike, who started the friendship, posed for a picture under the tree. 
Am I just biased, or is my boy cute? Earl and Melanie made a pound cake before we got there and I think my cute boy ate half of it himself! "Mo?" is what he says when he wants more! 
We ate lunch at this restraunt. We ate Southern style crawfish, YUM, and alligator, and catfish po-boys.(big sandwiches) 
While we were waiting for the food, I fed Josh a lemon, this is his pucker face. 
At the beach with Earl, Melanie, and Mary. The city has imported enough fine white sand to make 29 miles of beach since there are no natural sandy beaches there. When the tide washes the sand away, they have big barges that they pump the sand back to the coast with. What can I say, at least they were nice beaches! 
After hurricane Katrina wiped out a lot of the live oaks along the coast and left stumps in their wake, a man carved the stumps into figures of dolphins, birds, turtles, etc. 
Joshua has started saying cheese anytime I bring the camera out. It makes his face a little distorted in the picture, but it is so funny I cant help but document it! He also fell in love with Mary, the Smith's daughter, and kept giving her hugs and pulling her hair! what a boy! 
This bear is on a fishing line so it kept dancing and flopping around. Josh thought it was the greatest thing ever. 
Skinny buns kept losing his britches. He would just be standing there and all of a sudden, they would drop until mom figured out they had an adjustable elastic in them. 
After plenty of car time, this is about what all of us looked like!!! 
