On our way home from New Orleans, we took a quick driving trip through the French quarter, and quickly realized why we didn't spend any time here during our trip. Davis described that area as "kinda dirty, but kinda awesome, but the houses look haunted".
We then stopped in Biloxi so the kids could see the ocean. It was very cold, but the kids liked getting a break to chase the birds, search for shells, and see how close to the water they could get without me calling them back.
Then we stopped in Wilmer Alabama to visit Aunt Mary. She was outside working on some things in her van when we got there, then she took us on a tour of her yard. It reminded me much of my PawPaw how excited she was to show us the flowers she was growing. She also had some Satsuma trees, and there were 4 Satsumas left for each of the children to pick. Fun, and didn't realize we would be in a tropical paradise in Wilmer picking fruit from trees. And they were delicious, Aunt Mary even had a box full for us to take with us. Crazy, she also had bananas growing in one of her trees as well. Huh, would have never thought it, but climate must be pretty good through there for all the fruit.
Our cousin Leslie also came by and brought some treats as well. He brought the boys some shirts from the shipyard, brought us some of his homemade salsa, and shared some silver half dollars that he had picked up recently with the kids. It was like Christmas time all over again for the kids, and they were all smiles with Leslie and Aunt Mary. And Aunt Mary was Ruby's best friend because she kept getting her more icing for her cinnamon roll...Ruby never needed another cinnamon roll, just more icing. I knew it was good to visit our family during this trip, and loved hearing Sam thank God for our "extended family" that night.
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