Visit From Family, Part 2

~Monday (October 7)

On Monday we went in a couple of different directions. Ben, Uncle J and I left early that morning. My Uncle had several appointments scheduled with people in town, and Ben and I got to be his chauffer for the morning! It turned out to be quite an adventure, which you can read about here.

Meanwhile, the rest of them enjoyed a quiet day at home. They went on a long walk together, and came home and enjoyed popsicles to cool off.

Photo Credit: Betsy.

That evening we ate a delicious meal of garlic chicken, salad, and rolls.

Then we celebrated my Uncle’s birthday! Again! J Mom made him a turtle cake with the delicious frosting we make for Texas sheet cake. It was a hit!

The younger kids announced they had a skit to perform. It was pretty funny! These kids are great with one-liners. J

~Tuesday (October 8)

Tuesday was a fun and full day for us! After an early breakfast, we piled into our cars and headed out.

Our first stop was a little zoo in a neighboring town. This zoo is just perfect because it boasts enough variety to make it interesting, but it’s small enough that little kids don’t get too tired. J Our visiting cousins thought it was especially cool that they got to feed the giraffe!

Ruby feeding the goats.

Photo Credit: Betsy.

One of the highlights of the zoo was when the coyote started howling! That drew everyone’s attention!

All of us cousins together.

Photo Credit: Betsy.

We drove back over to our town and went to a little park downtown to enjoy a picnic lunch. The kids had lots of fun burning off some steam.

Adorable JJ.

Photo Credit: Roma.

Then we headed over to the old-fashioned soda fountain for a cool treat! This was a big hit with our visitors. J It’s hard to go wrong with malts, sundaes, and floats!

Next we went next door to the antiques and firearms store. We enjoyed browsing for awhile, and then took them to a western outfitters store where they did a little souvenir shopping.

We went home, rested a bit, freshened up, and then piled back into the cars for dinner. We took them to our favorite catfish restaurant.

My meal: steamed catfish, black-eyed-peas, hushpuppies, and baked potato.

We had such a fun day! It was hard for us to believe that our time together was coming to an end. But we were sure soaking up every minute of it!

To be continued . . .