2008 Annual Hen and Chick Trip

Well, all of you that read ThiThi's blog know that we are getting ready to leave for our annual President's Day weekend trip. The really neat part is that only girls go on this outing. We kindly refer to the trip as our "Hen and Chick" gathering. The participants are usually the same each year, with only a few new comers and/or absences. The gang, this year, consists of:

Aunt Shashan (Mom's oldest sister)
Aunt Witch (Mom's older sister)
Dawn and Laura (Aunt Witch's daughter and grand daughter)
Mom
ThiThi, Me and Kaylea (Mom's daughters and grand daughter, duh)
Ethel (Mom's 1st cousin)
Manda, Gracie Mae and Em (Ethel's daughter and two grand daughters)
Chris (Ethel's Sister-in-law)

We range in age from 70(ish) down to 2(ish). You might wonder if we really have fun since there is such a drastic age difference in our Hens and Chicks. Well, I speak for Kaylea and myself in saying, we always have a blast. The weekend normally includes lots of shopping, eating, touring and then some more shopping, eating and touring. There are a few other traditions associated with the trip, like going on a ghost tour; visiting a lighthouse; and adding a charm to our Hen and Chick charm bracelets.

In years past we have gone to Savannah, Charleston, then back to Savannah again. Last year, the group went to St. Augustine, but Mom, ThiThi, Kaylea and I could not make the trip. You see, we had this little thing called "ThiThi's wedding" the following weekend. I think we had a good enough excuse for being absent.

The excitement is building and we can't wait for Friday; however, luckily we are hitting the road today and leaving East TN and all of its ice and flurries behind. (Thank you to Sevier County for adding 2 sick days to our 4 day winter break. Kudos to Jackie!) We are getting ready to head south to Mom's where we will be staying until Friday morning. Then Mom and all of her "girls" will mosey on over to St. Simon's Island. The warm weather will be a welcome change, but it did make packing a little challenging. It is hard to pack for warm weather when you are looking out the window and watching snowflakes the size of chicken feathers falling from the heavens. Another challenge was the fact that my child has outgrown all of her summer clothes and shoes. Oh well, hopefully she won't melt into a little puddle on the beach in her turtleneck and snow boots (just kidding). Things weren't quite that bad, but she will be wearing jeans the whole trip because that's all that fits.

I'm sure either ThiThi or I will make some sort of post over the weekend. And if Kaylea does anything "blonde and Kaylea-ish" I'm sure I will post that, also. I hope everyone has a nice holiday weekend. Stay safe and have fun.