School was out on June 15 this year, but, we got permission for the little ladies and JMichael to miss the last day so we could leave town. We covered ten sates in just over a week. Here we go:
ladies in the hotel mirror - getting ready for a day of fun.
the day of fun - it was hot and muddy. they drove these four wheelers all day. all. day. Thank you Uncle Sam! Sam told me he had new helmets for everyone, the path cut and the gas tanks full, all ready for the ladies and JMichael. Charlotte is driving the green four wheeler with JMichael holding on tight. Samantha drove the red one with Josephine holding on.
Beautiful scenery - this barn lives in Indiana.
Father's Day, while James stayed home in Maryland, I went with Mom and Uncle Kenneth/Aunt Donna to the branch in Tell City, IN. I had no less than five people introduce themselves to me and ask if my beautiful family was moving in to the area. Sorry, no, but, yes, they are beautiful.
After three days with Mom's family at Aunt Tammy's, we traveled to Kansas. This is Josephine's arm out the window playing with the wind.
Rachel beat us p to David and Dawn's; this is the back of her ear. She brought henna and gave everyone tattoos.
Chess games.....
Charlotte did Abby's makeup and this is Eric and Abby's duck face - I told her just say Abu!
Mom had homework to do, so she was working during some down time. In the pen is Penny - Adam's new puppy. We wore that dog out.
Me in the middle of my ladies.
Samantha in the pen with Penny.
Charlotte playing with Arya.
Laying out at the community center. front to back we have: Charlotte, Josephine, Abby, Eric, Rachel and Samantha, upside down.... See those green tubes at the very back on the building? Those are the water slides inside - you slide outside the building and come back in again inside. The boys said the slides are kinda bumpy, but, they were on there at least a dozen times. There was also a hot tub that was divine, and a "lazy" river with a pretty swift current.
Inside, Arya and David.
Adam and Dawn
Mom and me
Gavin
JMichael
On our way out we stopped for pictures. Cousins:
Gavin, 18, Adam, 4, Rachel, 20, JMichael, 10, Arya, 2, Charlotte, 15, Samantha, 18, Josephine, 13
Adam, enjoying his fries.
Daddy daughter hair styles.
Samantha - yes, balancing a chair on her head in a kitchen.
games of Uno.
Samantha and Rachel left on Thursday for Arkansas. Samantha will stay with her part of the summer and work at Tasty Freeze again and then Rachel will come back with her for a visit maybe in late July. When they left, Samantha forgot her bear and blanket - she would have made Rachel come back from AR just to get it.
JMichael had my phone in the car a lot while I was driving. Of the tons of pictures he took, he got some good ones - this round building is a hotel in Louisville, KY.
And this is Bengal's stadium in Cincinnati.
We saw all of Mom's sister and brothers and some of their families. We sat and talked and talked and talked. We made WalMart runs and Gavin fixed our air conditioning and windows! Sam fixed my headlight. Everyone was wonderful and we had a great trip. We left James home, since he didn't think he could travel - we had four days of ten hours drives - and we missed him. It's good to get out and see family, but, it's great to come home, too.
