The Masters

The Masters is this week, and if you live anywhere in the state of Georgia, the Masters buzz has been in full swing for a few weeks now.  Tickets are hard to come by.  Extremely hard.  Many folks we know who attend have had tickets in their family for decades.  Neither Tim nor I had ever been before, and both of us each year dream of getting lucky and finding tickets.

Well, this year, we got lucky!  Sunday evening one of Tim's grad-school buddies, Jeshaunton, called to see if he was interested in meeting up in Augusta Monday to go to the Masters.  Granted, it was day one of the practice round, but still. The Masters!  Tim was so pumped!  We may or may not have had a conversation that went something like this, while Tim was still on the phone with his friend:

I could tell by Tim's half of the conversation that he was possibly being invited to the Masters....
Me:  "Are you seriously being invited to the Masters?"

Tim grins BIG

Me:  "I don't believe it.  You lucky duck!"

Tim:  "Man, my wife is over here already jealous!"

A little while later Jeshaunton calls back.  And invites me, too! 

So, at 8pm on Sunday night Tim and I were both frantically calling our bosses asking permission to be off on Monday for the Masters!  Luckily, our bosses understand an invite like that doesn't come around very often, and by all means, you better jump on it.

So, we met Jeshaunton and Bryson on Monday morning and enjoyed an entire day of the Masters.

And. It. Was. AWESOME.

Ahhhh, the Masters.....

I knew enough to know one thing I wanted to see: Amen Corner... 

And here it is, looking from the 13th hole fairway...

Here's the bridge over Rae's Creek in Amen Corner....

Here's a group shot of the four of us:

This much of our day I know is true:

It was beautiful

The course is much more open than it appears to be on television.

The grass?  It's seriously like carpet.  Immaculate.

The pollen was unbelievably bad up there. You could just about taste it.

It was HOT.  Like 89 degrees.

So, yes, I was the only pregnant girl to be spotted.

And, yep, I got some double takes, too.  I'm sure some folks thought I was nuts.

The egg salad sandwiches and lemonade are hard to beat!

There was definitely a Tiger spotting!!!

I realize it's about like finding Waldo, but I promise, that's Tiger putting!

We had a ball!  It was definitely a day to remember! 

The F Word

I didn't work last Friday. I had to do the F-word*. Furlough. Not good. But, all officers are required to take one day of furlough each quarter this year, and it's much better than the alternative if you ask me.

So, what did I do with my Furlough? Had a blast of a day with my three favorite ladies ~ Jenn, Lovie, and Ellie! Oh what fun we had!

We started out like we meant business heading to a MOPS Consignment Sale in town. My Heavens alive! There were cars everywhere! Mommies and babies strapped securely in strollers were making a bee-line for the entrance. Newbies like us didn't know what to think. Or do. So I jumped out of the car and braved the entrance to see what the fuss was all about. My report was something like this: Lots of mommies trying to pinch pennies, looonnnnnng lines to check out, more baby stuff than you can shake a stick at. Let's get outta here!

So these newbies went to Chick-fil-a for a biscuit and then to Wal-Mart. That's enough penny pinching for us, thank you very much! Wally World is so much fun with a baby to shop for! Ellie was rolled out of there with a new car seat toy, hairbows, Easter candy. . . Oh, wait, that was for the adults. Anyhow, the "bows" that are working are really scrapbooking bows with sticky on the back of them. Ellie doesn't have enough hair to clip anything in yet. Mom and I think it's precious. Ellie's Mommy isn't quite sold. . .

Anyway, we did a little more "knockin' around" as my mom calls it, going to other consignment stores, checking out houses for sale, and then making a pit stop at Aunt B and Uncle Tim's for Ellie's bottle.

Then, the real fun was beginning! We loaded up and headed to Milledgeville for good ole' Bunny Pictures with Kyle Hitchcock. How precious! Kyle had her front porch set up beautifully for spring pictures: tulips, ivy, pansies, easter eggs, and even a live bunny! Here are a few pictures of Ellie's first photo shoot

Happy About Her First Shoot!

Precious outfit from our dear friends, the Kononens

Sweet girl

The four of us girls loaded back up and headed back to Macon later that afternoon. It was a full day, full of girl fun and memories made! Thanks, Jenn, once again for being such a gracious mommy and letting me be the daffiest aunt around!

*Shame on you for thinking I was cussing. Shame. Shame.