I saw it first!

I was driving out of the parking lot today after work and saw a Palm Tree. It brought this memory back.

As a family we traveled to Florida to visit our grandparents (MomMom & PopPop) in De Bary, Florida. We had a few games that we played or rewards we got while we sat in the car for hours, about seven (7) hours.

I remembered two of them.

1) We would see who would see the first palm tree and the palm tree had to be in Florida.

2) If we were good, we would get to stop at Dairy Queen for a treat. An ice cream, usually a Buster Bar. Now, as we got older we pushed the limit and Aaron went beyond the Ice Cream and got Onion Rings or Cheeseburger.

This was a great memory to remember as I drove out of the parking lot in Thomasville, GA today where I glanced through my side window and saw a Georgia Palm Tree.

Mom Mom's cookies

We loved MomMom's (Carmella "Ella" P. Stroud) Cooking. One of the great memories I have at MomMom's house was going into where PopPop's office was and getting into the freezer. We only went with MomMom and when it was her idea (otherwise we would get into trouble). It is here that she would have prepared cookies prior to us coming and had frozen them for us. We could pick one or two. The cookie that I remember the best is the Peanut Butter cookies with the Hershey Kisses in the middle.