4/28/09 - ASLEEP AT THE CAKE

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This past weekend we had a family gathering at Benson Lake with Grandpa Gadget, Grandma Nancy, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Seong Yoon (Ollie calls him Uncle Onion) and us.

It was fun to hang with everyone and stay up late playing Pictionary. We had a mini birthday celebration for me and Kathy baked me a cake. It was very pretty and yummy.

We have some left over cake and Ollie keeps requesting to have some "havvy birfday cake?". So, I let him have some today and went into the other room to check my email. When I returned I found Ollie completely zonked out in front of his piece of cake. Now that is one tired boy!!!

4/20/09 - SIDEWALK WARS

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It was a perfectly beautiful day today. We started out the day playing in the sandbox in the backyard. The boys got sand wedged everywhere so they quickly had a bath before lunch and the school bus arrival.

While waiting for the bus, they had "sidewalk wars" on their wheeled toys. Ollie in his retro-rocket and Orion on a big wheel/trike. They would back up from each other and then head full speed ahead until they crashed into one another. There was a bit of fighting and tears but most of the time they laughed it off. Boys!

4/9/09 - ADVENTURES WITH GRANDPA GEORGE

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After a lovely night at Mama J's cabins, we headed to meet up with Grandpa George, Aunt Oneida, Uncle Matt, and Cousin Hannah. Then we all went on a road trip. Now these road trips are usually the way we visit with Grandpa George. We explore the area looking for new growth, trees, and anything interesting to look at. This time we headed down the Natchez Trace.

The Natchez Trace was a traditional Native American trail and was later also used by early European explorers as both a trade and transit route in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Today, the trail has been commemorated by the 444-mile-long Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the trace.

We stopped just outside of Iuka, Mississippi and walked along a natural spring/creek. The boys and Hannah loved digging through the leaves for the perfect stick. Orion pretended to be fishing in the creek with his stick. Ollie just liked throwing them and watching them float down stream. We continued to drive around and ended up passing through 3 states in our travels; Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Then we returned back to Lawrenceburg, TN. We then spent a few hours visiting with some more family friends and finally headed back to our little cabin way past bed time. Sleep is limited on this trip but family time is plentiful and worth the sacrifice.