Top Ten Best

In December 1997 two of my best girlfriends and I went to stay with a friend who lived in New York City. We were there the week between Christmas and New Year's. We spent New Year's Eve at a fabulous Italian restaurant in Times Square, then went to a party, then headed back to our friend's apartment which was located right in the heart of Times Square. At about 11:30pm we headed up to the roof of her building with a number of the other tenants and could hear and see the crowds gathered down below. We could hear Dick Clark himself prepping the crowd for the big countdown. It was electric. We were having an amazing time and shortly after Midnight one of our friends giddily exclaimed, "This is one of my top ten best New Year's EVER"! To this day we laugh when we talk about her saying that, because it was, without exception, THE best New Year's Eve any of us had ever had.
Jason knows that story, so I laughed when he turned to me this past Valentine's Day, as we were cruising down a rural west Alabama highway snuggled in a Hansom Cab with all four of our children, and said, "Is this one of your top ten best Valentine's Days EVER"?
It was, in fact, my best Valentine's ever. We spent the afternoon at the farm of one of Jason's colleagues in Lowndes County. They had horses, turkeys, a rabbit, pigeons, dogs, cats, and an abundance of chickens. The kids had so much fun. All three boys rode horses and Hugh & Grant jumped on the trampoline. Margaret Jane got loved on by a horse and I think Eli kept a big grin on his face all day! And my favorite was the beautiful 160lb Great Dane, Romulus.
And, as I mentioned earlier, we were treated to a horse-drawn carriage ride -- how fun is that?! We even left with two dozen fresh eggs. This city girl was in country heaven - thanks Gena!

This is Romulus up on the trampoline:
Grant:
Eli hopped up on everything with a seat:
That's Gena in the black hat, unfortunately I didn't get a picture of her where she wasn't looking down at an animal:
Here we are in the Hansom Cab:
Me getting some Romulus love:

Eli riding a horse, he loved it:Hugh:
Grant:
I think the big boys stayed on the trampoline for over an hour:

How about that big Tom Turkey!Margaret Jane even enjoyed the animals. Again, Gena is looking down!