MawMaws Birthday

So Saturday was Austin's Mom's birthday. We had started talking about when we would go to Hattiesburg next about a month ago. When I realized her b-day was on a Saturday I mentioned to Austin that that would be a great time. At first he was unsure if he could take off work. Between his work schedule and the kids and school and church it was looking like the only possibility would be to go up for the day. 
So that is what we did! We left our house about 8 on Saturday morning. We picked up chickfila and let the kids eat in the car. Its nice that they can do that now. We got into Hattiesburg around 10. It was nice to get there early and the kids have lots of time to play. Austin's sister and her family arrived shortly after. We tried to get the kids outside a lot b/c it was a gorgeous day. I notice that our kids don't play quite as much with their cousins. It honestly makes me a little sad. See they are 12, 10, 8, and 5. The girls are more into their phones and things of that nature now. So for awhile it was just Austin and I and our kiddos doing things outside. We had lunch. His mom prepared a lasagna, with some bread and a salad for lunch. It was quite yummy. After lunch the kids played some more and we just enjoyed visiting. Around 2:30 though we decided to take a ride to the cemetery. It was the first time the kids and I had been back since the funeral. It was hard...Austin had been back but watching him, his mom, and his sister take it hard was hard for me. It was also hard thinking that my kids will never get to see their pawpaw again. Well I know they will in heaven but it was a hard moment. I know how fragile life can be and how unexpected things can occur. I just feel like maybe we didn't appreciate the time we had with him as much as we should have? Anyway after the cemetery we went on to the Animal Shelter. His mom is looking to get a smaller dog but we didn't find one that she wanted. The kids enjoyed just seeing all the dogs and cats though. 
Soon after we got back though we decided it was time to go ahead and get loaded up to leave. It was hard saying goodbye to his mom since we all left around the same time. It was hard leaving her there alone. 
We had a nice drive home though. We ended up stopping in Slidell at Cracker Barrel. It was a good dinner and a good way to break up the drive. There ended up being traffic in New Orleans so it took us a little longer to get home. We got home around 7:30. We put the kids straight in the bath and bed!