Our surprise trip for our son went extremely well

You're close. Tishomingo (with an O). We use to have our family reunion there. We are having down the road in Belmont on the July 25. I have never heard The Inspirations but I have heard of them. They must be pretty good.

Hi Lucy!! I think you and your husband would thoroughly enjoy going to Stevenson. The museum is wonderful!! Stuart and I are going with Amanda and Mark to Verona, Mississippi Saturday night. The group The Inspirations will be in a singing there and Mark asked Amanda if she thought I would like to go. I have always enjoyed The Inspirations so I was very glad. :) He will be bringing us back, staying in a hotel in Muscle Shoals after that and then coming to pick up Amanda Sunday morning to take her to his family reunion. That will be at the Tishamingo State Park (I hope I spelled that right LOL). After they come back from the reunion Mark is going to church with Amanda at our church Sunday night. She is on cloud 10!!!

You are right Amber. Since Amanda has been dating Mark and being gone so much I have tried to find other things that I can do with Stuart too because even though he likes Mark very much he misses getting to do things with Amanda. I don't want him feeling left out of things so I try to have more things to do with him on the weekend. Saturday, though, Mark and Amanda are going to a singing where the group The Inspirations will be in Verona, Mississippi. They are letting Stuart and I tag along LOL!! Mark knows that Stuart and I both love southern gospel music also so he asked if we wanted to go. I think it is really sweet that he doesn't mind us coming along on their date. After we get back he is staying at a hotel in Muscle Shoals then coming back to get Amanda Sunday morning and take her to his family reunion. So they will have two days together again. :)

Hi There! Yes, it is a small town but it is really nice. My husband has a lot of good memories from there also. We drove around after we left the depot so he could see some areas that he remembered from growing up.

I understand totally what you mean. I really needed to work Friday myself but I told my husband that since we had not gone a vacation this year it would really be nice to get away even just for the day. We were all tired when we got home but we felt refreshed at the same time by just having a day to ourselves. My husband doesn't usually like to go anywhere on his days off so I made a point of telling him how much I appreciated him taking the time to take us there on his off day. :)

Hi There!! It truly was a wonderful trip. My mother-in-law had asked me when I told her we were going if we could really afford the trip with gas being so high. I told her I know it is but we all needed to get out even if it was just for one day. The look on our son's face and the joy he got from the trip was worth every penny we spent for gas and more!! Thanks for responding!!