Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Alabama Adventure Part 1

November 9, 2011

Alabama Adventure Part 1

It had been almost 7 years since I last went to visit my sister, Lisa, in Mobile, Alabama. The last time I visited was right after she had moved there and a couple of weeks before Hurricane Katrina! So it was like I was coming there for the first time:) Our first stop was Cracker Barrel...oh my it was GOOD!!! Best biscuit I have ever tasted! And their pancakes were amazing. I don't know what they do to their food here int he south but OH BOY! Be prepared to see a lot of posts with pictures of FOOD;) Don't mind how I look in these pictures...I was on a plane for 12 hours and hadn't slept all night!

I got in around 7am and we went home and I showered and then we picked the kids up from school and went to eat at Sonny's BBQ. I was so full and so tired that on the way home I PASSED OUT!

And of COURSE my family decided to take pictures of me sleeping. I don't even remember falling asleep or getting in the house;)

The next day Lisa and I slept in and then did some sight seeing before picking the kids up from school. We met "MawMaw" and "PawPaw" at Neighbors Restaurant for some good southern home cooking. In Alabama its not pronounced Mama and Papa..there's a drawl to it so that;s why I spell it with a W on the end;)

This is fried catfish and fried crab claws (so good), hush puppies, coleslaw and mac and cheese. The crab claws were SO GOOD!

Fried Green Tomatoes was my favorite thing I ate the whole trip. I love the movie and have always wanted to try them and they were GOOD!

MawMaw ordered Liver and Gizzards (yuck) but I was obligated to at least try one of each. The liver was as disgusting as I remembered it to be (my mom used to get it from Popeye's chicken and make us eat it) but the Gizzards were tolerable. Tasted like chewy sausage!

L-R: Kenny (14), Jessica (11), Me, MawMaw and PawPaw

Later that night, Jessica was invited to Young Women in Excellence program since she will be a Beehive in January! It was her first "Young Women's" activity and I was so excited to go with her:)

2 comments:

Emerson Experiment said...: Meebs, my JAW JAW is drooling! Love da food pics anyday!; 9:01 PM
Janet said...: You had a true southern experience with Lisa and her family...how fun. Jer had a Maw Maw on his mission. WE all loved her. Keep the posts coming!!!; 4:55 AM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!