Hold for Pick up

In light of my Mary Kay debut this Sunday, I had to go to the MK distribution center today to get my order. (I placed the order too late to have it shipped to my house, so it was "held for pick up.) The dist. center is all the way in Suwanee, and on a Friday afternoon, it took forever to get there! I called Nick and asked if he would go with me and the kids and then we would go to the Mall of Ga. as a special treat. This was not exactly what he wanted to do after a long, HOT day at work, but he drove us all the way there anyway. It took us about an hour and 15 minutes to get to the Dist. center and then we waited in line for about 5 minutes, then we got in more traffic trying to get onto I-85 to get to the Mall. The mall was very crowded...apparently it's quite the hang-out spot for teens. But, it wasn't so crowded that it was unenjoyable. The kids were SO excited when they saw the Merry Go Round and they both rode a horse with Nick standing between them. It was hard to stay grumpy and tired for too long when we saw their sweet, smiling faces and heard their excitement as they rode around and around. Bradley squealed the whole time and Rachel would pat her horse on the neck, telling it to "go" and waved enthusiastically every time she passed me. (I let them ride without me...I've done it quite a few times, and sometimes it makes me a little nauseated!) We ate supper after that and then threw some pennies into the wishing fountain and played in the Kidgits playzone. We ended with a cookie from Great American Cookie Company and then headed home. We turned a rather boring, FAR travel into a great time, and I think the kids agreed. Thanks for being a good sport, hunny, and driving us all the way into forbidden land...GWINNETT COUNTY!!!