We LOVE the Herbert Staff!

So this post is SOOOO overdue! Before Easter we had the WONDERFUL Herbert Hall Staff in for a visit. It was a "surprise-mystery" trip for the RAs but Amelia, Chris, and I had the whole thing taken care of! First we had to figure out how to "home" 5 people. So we went on the hunt for extra air mattresses. And air mattresses we found! This is a picture of our living room. We had the three girls stay in the guest bedroom with one air mattress on the floor and then the two boys on air mattresses in the living room.

They group came in after stopping in Tupelo for dinner at the Olive Garden. The first night we just hung out with each other and Chris and I went to bed at our regular time. They came in on a Thursday night so Chris still had to get up and go to work the next morning. 

On Friday morning I went with the group to the Space and Rocket Center. Chris got off early and met up with us at the Space and Rocket Center at lunch time. These are some photos of us exploring! 

Keosha, Nelson, and Amelia 

Me, Granvill, and Loran

Herbert Staff under a rocket!

Herbert Staff after the IMax.

The Girls after riding the Space Shot. The boys chickened out and wouldn't ride with us.

After the Space Center we all went to Target. We had a few things to get before some of our other festivities!
Chris and I left the Herbert group in the Target parking lot because they wanted to go to Pet Smart and other stores and Chris and I were EXHAUSTED! That night we grilled out chicken, hamburgers, and brats.

The hamburgers and the onions cooking on the grill.

Multitasking husband of mine!

Even Opus joined us for our grill out!

After we ate we had smores! Now there were a few members of the group that had NEVER had smores! What a travesty! I love LOVE LOVE smores! They are my favorite! So we all had some smores! I like my marshmellows burned on the outside and gooey in the middle! 

Marshmellows!

So we cleaned up our dinner and headed back to the apartment. We had some more things planned. 1) Dye Easter Eggs, 2) Share UTube videos, and 3) Watch the Lion King. Christopher and I didn't make it to item 3. We were super exhausted and we had bootcamp the next morning. So we just spent some time with them dying eggs and watching videos.

The group preparing to dye eggs. 

Opus even joined in!

Opus and his egg!

All of us huddled around one laptop watching U-Tube videos!

On Saturday Chris and I got up and went to bootcamp. Amelia had an egg hunt ready for her staff and then we were going to go to Rosie's for lunch before they headed back to Starkville and we headed to Memphis to visit our family. But those Herbert RAs were super sleepy that morning! Chris and I made it back from bootcamp and visiting the cemetery to put in Easter flowers before they were even awake! And then it was slow moving! :) Lunch was great! 

We had such a great time with these lovely group of people! So much fun! We were so excited that they came to visit us and we had a great time! Hope that they all come back again!