Savannah, Georgia

On Saturday we did a day-trip down to Savannah, Georgia where we met up with Brad's sister and parents to then head their way for a few days.  Savannah was the perfect spot to rendezvous - it was amazing!

 The dads with the little ones on just one of the thousands of gorgeous streets in the city.

 Our first stop was Forsyth park where Libby was so excited to get to run around with her cousins, Lily and Kade!

 This fountain is pretty famous and has a twin fountain in Paris (which we're pretty sure we remember seeing), and another similar one in Peru - so that's the next spot we've got to go!

 Lexi loves her Grandpa!

 What a group!  And this was before Callie's gang joined up with us!  Imagine the sight we were to behold!

 Cute cousins!

 One of the 22 gorgeous squares they have throughout the city - just little parks in a square block that make the entire city so charming - I fell in love!

 When the Condie clan met up with us, we hit up a cathedral.  Great meeting spot for a group of 9 kids and 8 adults, huh?! ;)  They all managed to keep it under control pretty well, though.

 Then we hopped on a city trolley tour with the whole group.

 Libby really took it all in!

 Lexi squirmed around the whole time, but it was great.

 This was a cool WWII memorial down at the river walk area.

 We liked how the gold dome of the city hall building really stood out.

 On our tour we passed by this cemetery where it's said that some of the bored enlisted men during the Civil War (AKA "the war of Northern aggression" according to the Southerners) would sneak out at night and change things on the headstones. So, supposedly some people lived 400 years, while others died before they were born.  We gave it a quick go-over to see if we could find any of the tampered with headstones, but no such luck. Bummer!  What a weird thing to do when you're bored, huh?

 For dinner, we decided to go to the Pirate's House.  It was a really fun restaurant that everyone loved, until the bill came, of course! ;)  Are we scary pirates, or what?!

 The kids' menu turned into this awesome pirate paraphernalia.

 Lily looked pretty darn adorable in hers!

 One of the local pirates parading around the restaurant.

 The coolest part of the restaurant was that the whole thing was built around the oldest house in all of Georgia (which is what the sign we're standing next to says).

 Libby found the perfect house and is ready to move in!

 Before commencing the 3 hour trek home, we headed across the river to catch a glimpse of the city from the other side.  The sun was setting and it was gorgeous!

 Our Southern belles sure are pretty in pink!

 And Brad thought the Savannah skyline was the perfect backdrop for some high-flying fun...

times two! ;)

Savannah might win as my new favorite city in the world - it was quaint, but so picturesque and just made you want to spend all your time strolling the streets.  What a perfect day-trip!