Our cousins from Cary, North Carolina came to visit in early October. Gooddaddy's brother's son, Andy Milner and his wife Anne, and their daughter McKenzie came to Mississippi to watch their oldest son, Matt, who plays football for East Carolina University play at Southern Miss. How convenient for a quick weekend family visit right? Right. No seriously, we haven't seen them in about 9 or 10 years...Wayyyy to long we all agreed. The time just wasn't long enough but we had a great time catching up. Andy's Dad, Emil (Gooddaddy's younger brother), passed away earlier this year. He was such fun. I loved seeing him with is big jolly smile and dimples. I also love hearing old stories about when he'd come surprise my grandparents and their kids when he was in the Navy and would be on leave from say Pensacola base and drive up to Greenwood unannounced and sleep on their front porch so that when Mama, Craig and Uncle Johnny would wake up the following morning it would be like Santa had come with Emil asleep on the porch chaise lounge. This was all pre marriage for Uncle Em of course but he was a great man and again, I wish we had spent more time together. I think that's a great lesson learned to NOT REPEAT. Here are some great pix from the weekend.
Group shot at our house before dinner at Lusco's
Andy and Gooddaddy at Lusco's
Mackenzie and Anne Craig
Craig, me, Anne Craig and Ann
group shot all in purple- Go Pirates!!
Floyd and Floyd at the Southern Miss Stadium
Floyd and Andy
Here come the Pirates- with coach Ruffin McNeill
on the field
Craig and Cary, Andy and Floyd
group shot in the stands
Matt and Floyd
after the game
group shot
Floyd with ECU's offensive coordinator who happens to be the youngest offensive coordinator in the NCAA. His name is Lincoln Riley and he's 26 years old.
Dwayne Harris, a great receiver for ECU who we for sure will see in the NFL at some point, pictured here with Floyd and Matt
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