A New Appreciation

I “poke fun” at living in Mayberry all the time, but this week I grew a greater appreciation for my little town. Ford, Gran, and I went on a field trip to Jackson to visit my maternal grandparents and to see Puddin. Ford was a dream on the drive down. He watched his Baby Einstein dvds and took a 20 minute nap.



You may be wondering what this new appreciation is that I found while out of town. Well, it’s the fact that Mayberry has very little traffic and somewhat safe drivers. Ford and I almost got hit from the back on Lakeland (I do not miss that road) and I was constantly opening my mouth saying “Oh my gosh” when I saw how some people were driving. I must have come to Mayberry driving that same way because my first official day in this town I got flipped off! That was 3 years ago and I am over it now!

We got lots accomplished on our visit. We went to visit one of my teacher friends from Jackson, Pam Wilson, and she let Ford play in her water hose.

We lost the swimming suit. Check out that muddy diaper…

There is not one other little boy in the state of Mississippi that can say his grandmother is on the Mississippi Supreme Court other than Ford. Yes, we went down town to see Puddin’s office and let everyone see how much he had grown.

Ford and I went to Jackson to visit Puddin at work when he was 5 weeks old. We took a picture on her couch and decided to again on this visit. Oh how he has grown.

We ate lunch at River Hills Country Club with some family.  That evening we ate again at Majestic Burger and then went shopping at the Renaissance Mall in Ridgeland. I found Ford and Puddin catching up on their reading in Barnes and Noble.

Ford and I were up and ready to go visiting again early this morning. We went to visit a long time friend and one of my college roommates, Taylor Greenlee Kilgore, before 8:00 this morning. Since we were all in our jammies there are no pictures. Ford, Gran, my Grandmother, and myself had lunch at Primos and then went back to my Grandparent’s house to play before we had to come home.

I think my Grandmother looks amazing to be in her 80’s. She will probably kill me for posting pictures of her on here. I only hope I can look that good when I am older.

Ford’s first name is Jefferson and that is also my grandfather’s first name.  I think Ford was fascinated with my Granddaddy and his Great Granddaddy.

He enjoyed trying to get some keys out of a filing cabinet.

We left about 1:45 with high hopes that the little man would sleep on the way home. No such luck. He refused to take a nap; therefore, he went to bed at 6:30 tonight.

The End.