Up North

Last weekend (when it wasn't 70 degrees) we took a quick trip north to visit with all of our family. We hadn't been up for a while and it was time. We picked the kids up at school on Friday and Miss Heather told us they were WOUND UP. Guess we shouldn't have told them where we were going after school. Oops.

Friday night night we had a nice dinner with Dickiedoo, Noonie, Uncle Stevie, and Aunt Emily. Colin discovered a love for thin crust pizza and Gillian discovered a love for Noonie's Texas sheet cake!

Saturday morning was pretty chilly, but Colin wanted to go ride Great-Papa's tractors. And maybe see a cow or a donkey. So, we bundled up and put on our boots. It was a lovely combination of cold and muddy, so both were needed!

G and I were having fun stomping on the ice covering the puddles and little streams. What a satisfying crunch and crack.


A boy and mud. What more is there to say? I did have to wash EVERYTHING he had on.

We walked down GraGra's big hill to Great-Papa's house, up the hill to the barn to see the donkey and calf, back down the hill to Great-Papa's house to say HI to Great-Grandma, and THEN to sit on the tractors!




Allis Chalmers for all!

Then we walked back UP GraGra's hill and in for a rest before lunch. Great-Grandma and Great-Papa came for lunch too!


After all that I was quite happy to see that both C and G zonked out quickly for their afternoon nap! After nap we headed over to Grammy and Papa's for dinner and a SURPRISE visit with JOE! Oh Joe is just the favorite person right now. With both kids!

So, nice weekend up north. It was so nice to get to visit with our family and relax a bit! And even lose an hour of sleep!