Our main reason for visiting Tennessee was to see my dad's family. We only get to see them every couple of years because we live so far and life tends to get in the way. So when my parents asked if I thought I could handle the trip, I didn't hesitate to say yes. I know it would be hard without Trey, but days like the one we had at the farm on Tuesday make the effort beyond worth it. I love that several cousins were there with their kids. My grandmother, Goodie, had 9.5 of her 10.5 great-grandchildren there to play like we did when we were all little. (Side note, the half a child is expected to make her debut next month!!) It was so much fun to watch the kids play and interact as if they have days like this all of the time. We may not be close in distance, but when we get together it is like no time has passed.
I think we took about 400 pictures that day, so I'm gonna have to split this post!!
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| Bright eyed and ready to see everything! |
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Bryan was running in circles and poor Michael almost
got run over just trying to walk across the picnic area! |
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| We wanna play too!! |
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| Lillie and Michael |
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| Bryan couldn't get over all of the horses. |
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| Feeding them carrots grown on the farm. |
After we got settled and played a little, Uncle Papa (that's what Bryan calls my uncle Ray) took us for a train ride!!
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Mary Margaret, Lillie, and Michael
Ready to Roll! |
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| Bryan was excited |
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| Let's go!! |
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Beautiful Becky
1 more month before Baby Gilmer arrives! |
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| Pit stop to see the goats |
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| Beautiful views in every direction |
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| Savannah was not interested... She wanted to play! |
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| Crawling Crawling! |
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| Sweet Becca taking care of William |
Then it was back to the picnic pavilion for food, visiting, and a lot more playing!!
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Bryan's first ice cream cone - he's only had it in a cup.
He refused to eat the cone - freaked him out!! |
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| He loved the ice cream, though! |
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| Yes, then a Popsicle - don't judge!! |
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| William and Mary Margaret |
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| Savannah and Uncle Papa |
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| William wanted ice cream! |
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| Becca showing us he is 2 feet tall! |
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| Checking out the animals in the petting zoo |
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| Bryan loved Penny the goat |
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| Checking out Sugar the Donkey |
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| Private train ride for Papa and Bryan |
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| The Caboose |
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| Ruby and Bart - Daddy of Baby Gilmer |
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| Checking out the horses again |
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| Becky and Bryan |
This was just the first half of the day!! Aunt Nana and Uncle Papa always roll out the red carpet for visitors at the farm. We had so much fun up to this point... Little did we know, way more fun was coming later in the afternoon in the form of a hay ride!! I'll post those pictures tomorrow....
hi neely! it's almudena :) meera just told me you had a blog! nice to see you and your beautiful family!! congratulations! hopefully we can catch up some time!
ReplyDeleteAlmudena!! It is so great to hear from you! I have thought of you often over the years. You, too, have a beautiful family. I must admit I just skimmed through your entire blog - and I now feel a little intimidated by your writing skills. Your daughters are absolutely gorgeous! I hope we can catch up sometime.
Deletei'm intimidated by how well you handle four kids and are still smiling! i have two and my sanity hangs on by a tiny thread. :) are you ever in sa? if so, we MUST get together. email me! my email address is asunset42 at yahoo dot com
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