After the fun-filled week in Preston it was time for me to leave the kids for a week and fly to Mississippi to go to Tyson's graduation and drive back with him. I was nervous about flying by myself and about leaving my girls but both went smoothly.
I flew in on a Monday and even though Tyson had four days of school left he was able to get off early and drive the hour and a half to New Orleans to meet me at the airport. Going from the dry heat to almost 100% humidity was uncomfortable to say the least but well worth it to see my Ty.
After traveling a good portion of the day I was exhausted so we drove back to Biloxi and went out to eat, then headed to the base to get some rest.
The next day since Ty had to leave for school at 5:30 in the morning I was able to sleep in and spend some much needed time by myself relaxing in a bubble bath and napping til he got off school. After that we went to a movie and out to eat.
That Wednesday Ty got off early again and we went out to eat, shopping and got a massage together. Then after that we went to the beach with Tyson's classmates and enjoyed getting to know them while celebrating their last days of school.
Tyson graduated about 10:00 the next morning. It wasn't any big ceremony but I was able to go and it was great to know he was done with his class. That afternoon Ty and I drove to Louisiana and walked the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans. What a difference the lifestyle is there compared to what we are used to. They are way more layed back and all about partying but there were a lot of homeless, dirty people too. Lets just say if you are white you are in the minority.
Friday we had made plans to drive to Destin, Florida which was about a 3 hour drive from Biloxi. What amazing beaches we got to spend the day on and the water was sooooo warm and invitimg. We loved every minute of it. But we wished we could have stayed longer but the next day we had to leave and drive the 33 hours to Preston to see our girls.
We took three days to do it so the first two days we drove 13 hours before stopping for the night and the second day was a 7 hour drive. We made it to Preston where our girls were and it was a happy reunion, then we headed back to Mt. Home the next day. It is sure nice to all be back together in our own space.
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