Friday, April 13, 2018

MASTERS TRIP 2018

Last week Kenny and I were able to get away for a couple days so we could go to the Masters Practice Round on Tuesday. This is the second year in a row we have gone and we were in desperate need of even a very short getaway! My mom came in to town Sunday afternoon to keep the kids and we hit the road early Monday morning. We were excited to get to our hotel because it was one that we have wanted to stay at for a while. It is called Patridge Inn and it is a quaint little hotel with lots of history with great service and a yummy restaurant with a gorgeous patio that we had drinks and a charcuterie plate almost immediately after arriving! It was exactly what we needed oh my goodness. Then we came back a little later and had a few small plates and a couple more drinks before going to bed early in preparation for Tuesday.  Kenny was dead set on us getting super early because he already knew that Phil, Tiger and Fred Couples were all going out together and they always tee off super early!

That night I wasn't sleeping well at all so I googled the hotel to read up on the history of it and all the links that came up on it were about how the hotel is haunted! Haunted by  ghost named Emily who a long time ago was set to get married at the hotel and her fiancĂ© was shot on his horse on the way over to the hotel and died. She was so grief stricken she wore her wedding dress for months and now haunts the hotel. I was so excited to hear the hotel was haunted and kept my eyes peeled for her but never saw anything. Apparently she likes the fifth floor and we were on the fourth. Maybe I will see her next time!

Look at the relaxation on that face! Aaaaah!

So Tuesday morning we were up bright and early and were in the gates of Augusta National before they would even let us on the course. It was a little chilly that morning but we knew it from the forecast it was going to be a nice day and was going to warm up! When we got into the course we plopped our chairs down on of the greens, went to the pro shop where we didn't even really buy all that much and then headed off to find Phil and Tiger. 
Picture in the car before we went in since no phones allowed!
Pictures in front of the obligatory landmarks!


The highlight of the day as far as that grouping went was when we managed to score some front row seats in the grandstand and watch them all come tee off on 16 and then all four walk over to the water and skip their balls at once. It was exciting and fun!



All hitting their balls to skip on the water at once!

After that we moved over to sit in our chairs for a while and enjoy the pretty day and watch lots of groups come practice on the green.
Pretty sure the blue shirt is Jordan Spieth.


Made our way over to Amen Corner at some point.



While we were gone CeCe kept the kids busy by planting all our spring flowers. This is an annual April tradition and they always look forward to it and I always appreciate the flowers and not having to do the gardening myself! Thanks CeCe!  When we got home the kids were so excited to show us all their hard work!

Getting ready to plant all the flowers. Elle's faceprint was 
still hanging on from Easter Sunday the day before. 

We came home that Wednesday and then we had a low key weekend of watching the Masters. Nanee came into town to see the kids and the kids were excited to wear all the gear we had bought them from the tournament on our trip! Patrick Reed won the Masters this year and I am not a fan of his at all. Ricky Fowler came in second and we were happy about that but also sad he didn't win!
 Elle and Nannee headed out for lunch!



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