Thursday morning, the kids and I packed up the car and made our first trip of the summer to Indiana to see our family. It was gray and rainy, but a nice drive.
We stopped in Huntington to see our boy cousins, and say Happy Birthday to sweet Simon!
He is 6 now!
Our first few days were a mix of cloudy, rainy, and cool. But, we enjoyed relaxing inside, reading, watching Little House on the Prairie, Phineas & Ferb, and Python Hunters--an interesting mix, I know! Caeden played a few games of Carom and Aggrivation with Gram and Uncle Travis, the kids rode bikes some, and I worked on a rug I'm crocheting out of blue jean scraps. And, Friday, Miss Tessa was at Gram's house, so the kids played with her all day. She has quite the fun personality these days! She even went with us to the Quiet Corner Tea Room for tea and cream pie.
Saturday morning Aunt Erin took Sylvie with her when she went to get her hair cut and colored. Sylvie loved that, and getting to go to Arby's for lunch too! Thank you, Auntie E! Krampa hung out with Annah and Caeden that day, while Mom and I went to a wonderful new fabric shop in Roanoke. We found fabrics for a window treatment Mom is making for our den!
Saturday afternoon Great Grandma C. hosted the Memorial Day cookout. Even though the grills got rained on, it was really fun to see lots of the family and get some playtime in the basement with cousins.
Logan and Corey vs. Annah and Caeden...
We stopped in Huntington to see our boy cousins, and say Happy Birthday to sweet Simon!
He is 6 now!
Our first few days were a mix of cloudy, rainy, and cool. But, we enjoyed relaxing inside, reading, watching Little House on the Prairie, Phineas & Ferb, and Python Hunters--an interesting mix, I know! Caeden played a few games of Carom and Aggrivation with Gram and Uncle Travis, the kids rode bikes some, and I worked on a rug I'm crocheting out of blue jean scraps. And, Friday, Miss Tessa was at Gram's house, so the kids played with her all day. She has quite the fun personality these days! She even went with us to the Quiet Corner Tea Room for tea and cream pie.
Saturday morning Aunt Erin took Sylvie with her when she went to get her hair cut and colored. Sylvie loved that, and getting to go to Arby's for lunch too! Thank you, Auntie E! Krampa hung out with Annah and Caeden that day, while Mom and I went to a wonderful new fabric shop in Roanoke. We found fabrics for a window treatment Mom is making for our den!
Saturday afternoon Great Grandma C. hosted the Memorial Day cookout. Even though the grills got rained on, it was really fun to see lots of the family and get some playtime in the basement with cousins.
Logan and Corey vs. Annah and Caeden...
Tessa, Sylvia, and Annah all wore the dresses Gram made them for Easter to church on Sunday. They looked darling together.
On Sunday, the sunshine and hot weather arrived. After church and lunch, the kids and I went fishing with Krampa and Uncle Travis. The fish were biting like crazy!! We could barely get our hooks in the water before we'd have a fish on! There were lots of baby bluegills, but we also caught some big fat ones, and each of the girls caught a decent sized bass.
I caughted a shiner, and I had never seen one before.
On Monday, Clayton came over to swim with us for a bit. Then later Caeden went to play with him at Aunt Wanda's while my mom and I picked out some fabric at Wanda's shop. Clayton taught Caeden how to poke spools.
Krampa found a new bike for the kids to ride while they are there, and the kids spent a lot of time riding up and down and around the driveways. Uncle Travis even tested out the new bike and had a couple races with Caeden.
Monday evening, we met Grandpa & Grandma L. at DQ for some treats, and then they asked the kids if they wanted to go to Paige's Crossing. The kids were SO excited!!!
First, we went mini-golfing. Grandpa and Grandma were the best golfers,
and Annah had 2 holes-in-1 too! We had a blast!
After golf, we played arcade games. The kids were drawn to the games with "The Claw," like in the Toy Story movies, even though I tried to explain that you never actually get anything out of them. They found out for themselves.
Grandpa was pretty good at the Hoop Fever game, and he and Caeden played several times to get tickets. We also did ski ball, a game that was a cross between DDR and whack-a-mole, and the one where you shoot the clown's teeth down with the air-gun.
The kids all had several tickets to exchange for "prizes" at the counter.
It was a tough decision for Annah.
Caeden quickly spent all of his tickets...
The teeth were apparently the coolest value for the price.
Thanks for a fun evening Grandma & Grandpa!!!
Tuesday morning we taught Gram how to play Skip-Bo, our new favorite game.
Krampa found a new bike for the kids to ride while they are there, and the kids spent a lot of time riding up and down and around the driveways. Uncle Travis even tested out the new bike and had a couple races with Caeden.
Monday evening, we met Grandpa & Grandma L. at DQ for some treats, and then they asked the kids if they wanted to go to Paige's Crossing. The kids were SO excited!!!
First, we went mini-golfing. Grandpa and Grandma were the best golfers,
and Annah had 2 holes-in-1 too! We had a blast!
After golf, we played arcade games. The kids were drawn to the games with "The Claw," like in the Toy Story movies, even though I tried to explain that you never actually get anything out of them. They found out for themselves.
Grandpa was pretty good at the Hoop Fever game, and he and Caeden played several times to get tickets. We also did ski ball, a game that was a cross between DDR and whack-a-mole, and the one where you shoot the clown's teeth down with the air-gun.
The kids all had several tickets to exchange for "prizes" at the counter.
It was a tough decision for Annah.
Caeden quickly spent all of his tickets...
...and begged Grandpa for more tokens. Do you think he gave in? YEP!
The teeth were apparently the coolest value for the price.
Thanks for a fun evening Grandma & Grandpa!!!
Tuesday morning we taught Gram how to play Skip-Bo, our new favorite game.
And, we did lots of swimming on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday! On Tuesday, we swam in the morning, again in the afternoon, and at night! Krampa even set up the color-changing lights in the pool at night for us!
We played some Crazy 8's by the pool, and had a picnic.
We had a great week of fun and relaxation! Thank you so much, Gram & Krampa for hosting us! It was a wonderful start to summer!
"He told them this parable: 'Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.'"
-Luke 21:29-31
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