Weekending in Jacksonville, FL

We took a quick trip down to Jacksonville, FL this weekend to see the Jacksonville University-Stetson game.

 Their marching band was so small! It was cool to see the color guard using rifles. I made rifle squad my freshman year of high school (only freshman to make it!) and have always enjoyed seeing color guards use them.

 My kids, Mom and me heading out after the game... next stop:

 We have a Krispy Kreme in Charleston but it is 30 minutes from my house so I was super excited to find one right outside the gates of the university.

Sunday morning, I woke up around 2:30 and was peeing blood so I drove myself to the ER closest to my Mom's house. It is brand new so I was one of two people in the entire ER.

 I was in and out and back to my Mom's by 4:30 am. I slept in until 11 or so and then got the kids packed up and headed back to South Carolina. I was surprised that traffic wasn't crazy since I-95 is still shut down for about 20 miles near I-26. We passed over the Edisto River which is about 6 feet over the flood plain but hasn't made it over the bridge and roadway. It was sad to see so many homes surrounded by water.  Please continue to pray for those dealing with flood damage!

Linking up with Ashley and Biana today :)

Short trip to FL & an Emma Stone outfit

Good Morning!

Well, I got both of my kids off to school this morning. My daughter started 5th grade and my son is in Pre-K.  He has never been to daycare or preschool so it should be interesting!  He did not cry or anything so that's good.  Several other boys were sobbing and/or screaming for their moms and my son looked at me, covered his ears and said, "It's too loud here!"  HAHA.

This past weekend we took a short trip down to Jacksonville to see some family.

We spent most of the day at Neptune Beach.

Husband and son in the ocean.  

My daughter, niece and nephew.

The current was soooo strong and the surfers (first time ever seeing surfers there) were managing to catch some decent waves all because of the storm (Isaac) that was then in the Caribbean.

If you have never been to downtown Jacksonville, it smells like coffee 24/7 thanks to Maxwell House being produced in the city.  Smells soooo good.

We didn't explore too much, but we did go to the big fountain across the river from Jacksonville Landing:

Husband and me

We also grabbed dinner at the Pizza Palace in the San Marco area.  Very cute little area with shops, restaurants and bars. 

Anyone ever been to Jacksonville?  Got any recommendations for my next trip down there??

Now to Emma Stone.  How cute is this outfit???

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Loveeeee it!!

Have a great day y'all!!

-Erika-