Chris' 33rd Birthday

 Chris turned 33 this year!  He was a good dad and let his "present" be a trip to the Children's Museum in Gulfport, MS.  He and I decided a while ago that rather than spend a bunch of money on birthday presents that we'd forget about, we'd do a family activity for birthdays instead.  Works out really great for our family, becuase memories are more important than actual gifts, in my opinion.  The museum was really fun.  Its a little museum but had everything Hazel could have wished for.  A play house, pretend grocery shopping, piano and toys.  Chris is the best dad and husband and we are so lucky to have him.  Happy birthday Chris!

 On Chris' actual birthday we made a cake and Hazel got to it before we could.  Sneaky, sneaky.

Visiting Vicksburg

We drove up to to check out Vicksburg.  The National Military Park has some really cool civil war monuments that you can drive around and check out.  They also had an old ironclad gunboat that sunk during the war in 1862.  It was discovered in the 1950s and recovered in 1965.  Pretty cool, if you ask me.