Spring Break Trip to Birmingham

Spring Break for Myka afforded us the opportunity to make a trip to Alabama to visit some dear friends. We had been wanting to reacquaint Ben to our friends that he had not seen since he was very young and to introduce Myka to them - and vice versa. First we visited Ben's "Alabama grandmother", Katheryn Shipp. It was great to spend a couple of days with her and her sister and her son Jim and his family. We also were able to spend a couple of days with our great friends Gene and Linda Murdock at their Lay Lake lake house (and to receive a visit from daughter Jennifer and her son). In addition to spending some quality visiting time with our hosts, Charlcie, Ben, and Myka enjoyed a couple of shopping trips (allowing me to catch up on nap time!). We were really pampered on our visit - part of that great Alabama hospitality is to feed you until you are in a gluttonous semi-coma, but what a way to be sedated! These are such special friends and it seemed as if all those years had not passed since we last saw them.