Kitchen remodel demo-while looking at the pictures, Stella said "It's a picture of our broken kitchen!" Well said...
And this is what we came home to from Nebraska!
The new bar area
James Arthur Winery in Nebraska-Carrie, Amy, Aunt Debbie, Cousin Brittney
Aunt Debbie, Britt, Carrie and Aunt Marty
Grapes!
Posing with the creepy owl
Stella was making some phone calls
Stella and Cousin Alix
Cousin Alix and Brittney at the waterpark
Cousins Hunter, Audra, and Joy
Carrie, Grant, Wendy and Jackson
Jackson was having a pensive moment
Stella is always a lady-even when she sleeps
You must be "yay high" to use the big water slide-we weren't there yet
Trying to capture her first freckles on film
Stella, Grant, Alix, part of Hunter's head, Jack and Audra
Riding Tony the Pony with Cousin Cletus
The kids were very impressed with Tony
Grant on the boat
Audra
Alix-always camera ready
Sophia (or "Sophus"-as Uncle Butch calls her) with Uncle Butch
CORN!
Grant on the pony-I think his feet were dragging the ground at one point
Sophia loved Tony-he was so gentle and sweet.
Kind of how my hair looked in high school-Stella just wakes up this way
Spencer
Aunt Carrie and her boys
Papa reading to the girls
Mimi having a tea party
Carrie came to Atlanta on Friday night and hung out with us in the remodeling mess at our house on Saturday. At 5:21, we were discussing the drive that we would be taking at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning to Nebraska. Josh was looking on the computer and realized that it was 1000 miles instead of 800. How did we not know this? This trip had been planned since March! Leave it up to us to check on the map the night before....
So we looked at each other and said "Wanna leave tonight?" So we ended up leaving at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and made it to Nashville. We were so proud of ourselves for knocking 4 hours off of our trip. Saturday morning, we woke up and were on the road by 8 a.m. Fast forward to somewhere in Missouri when we realized we had taken a wrong turn....I'll spare you the details and just let you imagine what it like to travel with a 1 and 3 year old in a loaded car from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight. Let's just try not to think about it and be grateful that they will not remember it. I am sure Carrie and I will try to forget it as well.
We finally made it and had such a great time with the Nolting family! We stayed on the farm in Bancroft-in the home where Mimi Sandy grew up. Aunt Debbie and Uncle Butch were so great to let all of us stay and feed us really well for the week! We got to hang out with all of the cousins (minus Cousin Carl's girls-we'll get 'em next time) and made some wonderful memories. Highlights of the trip-James Arthur Winery with the grown ups, Fremont Water Park, BBQ at Marty's, my first Runza (delicious sandwich), Stella's first pony ride, boat ride with Mr. Fogarty and family, and lots and lots of delicious fresh off the stalk sweet corn!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Aunt Carrie for taking this road trip with us. We'll fly next time, I promise! And thank you to all the cousins, aunts, and uncles for showing us such a great time!
Wish us luck-the Newman girls will be leaving for Texas on Saturday for two weeks with Grandma Polly and Papa John. Josh will be here taking care of business with the kitchen. Hopefully it will be complete when we come home!
1 comment:
That looks like such fun in the country! I am a little jealous that the girls have a cousin Cletus and an Uncle Butch! How in the world did we not get any of those in OUR family? I think you may have to have a boy now to make up for the lack.... Sincerely, Aunt Lori
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