Trip to Troy- A busy weekend!

Jarom and I had to take an unexpected trip to Troy last week to take the youth from church down to youth conference. We had planned on taking them and turning around and coming home and Jarom wanted me to go to help him drive, so I agreed and we headed out early Thursday. Well unannounced another youth shows up that morning, leaving Jarom feeling very uneasy about leaving so we ended up having to stay overnight. This would have been fine if I had packed us clothes, bedding, etc., but as it was, we had to get a hotel, buy clothes and toiletries, and spend an awful lot of money that wasn't in the budget! The youth did have a fun time though, and it was quite the adventure for us.

Here are some of the pretty gals, C, H, & B after they took us on a stinking 1.6 mile hike in the scorching hot sun. Jarom and I were in jeans and Addie was about to fall over from heat exhaustion so sweet Jarom went back after we had walked a mile and the place was no where in sight and he got the car. As we go to head back to campus after the service project we realize that the stinking people took us the LONG way and we were literally within a block of where we started if we had just taken the other way! No one was happy about that! And here are two of the boys, C & A. Poor R was burning up!Addie's necklace kept breakingThe dance and devotional went until midnight that night and then Jarom had to get the boys all situated and lights off, so we didn't get back to the hotel until after 12:30 AM. Addie was exhausted so she and I skipped classes the next morning and I let her sleep.
She sleeps like I used to as a kid... it looks so uncomfortable!
So we went to the nearest hotel, the Hampton Inn...it was clean and looked pretty new, so we get to our room and I open the window and this is what we see! Haha, only in Alabama!

As we were driving we passed a fruit stand that we always pass on the last leg of our journey to the beach, I can't believe we drove all that way and didn't get to go!!! I guess it served as good practice for Addie for the long drive to the beach next month?