My heart is broken.
Rest in peace Charlie.
We will miss you.
An Otter For Skylie
While I was gone, I had and enormous amount of certainty that I would spend all my waking hours crocheting my guts out…for the Farmer’s Market.
Vacation or no vacation, I told myself, it had to be done. I have a booth to run. It was the only responsible thing to do!
Trouble is that I’m apparently an immediate gratification sort of chick, and there were these really adorable kids that desperately needed what I was making.
Needed.
Neeeeeeeded.
Good Grammy’s never ignore their grandchildren’s needs.
Goes without saying.
PS– Love you Skylie!
Original pattern from LorettasLoops on Etsy
Road Trip-Day 7 The End
Our very last hotel breakfast for this trip. To be honest, I’ve loved it.
Any time you can have food magically appear first thing in the morning–I’m certainly a fan!
Back in the car for a whollllllle bunch more of this…
and this helped.
Awww the stamina building power of ice cream!
Of course this was a welcome site.
But this one…
was…
WAY better!! Wahoooooooo!
We’re home!!!
I’ll tell you what–THIS girl is an absolute CHAMP! She drove the whole time and acted like she knew just where she was going. I am SO proud of her and her incredible bravery…
and life saving sense of direction. Heh, heh.
No kidding. She is amazing.
The kitties were all glad to see me. Dali was thrilled.
Lyla was extatic.
And Hobbes…ok, Hobbes had to act cool but I choose to believe he missed me.
Home again. Home again.
Jiggety jog.
Road Trip- Day 6 Heading Home
Ok, this is my LEAST favorite thing about roadtrips….
having to say good-bye to a big chunk of my heart.
Ooooh, I’m going to miss this sweet guy…
and his family….SO, so much.
The cousins will miss each other too. It was just all so dang FUN!!
It’s so strange to drive away from these guys who just lived down the road a few months ago. Kind of awful, actually. Feels like we should all be going “home” together.
Deep breaths. Deep breaths.
Good-bye sweet family—I love you!!
The Road Trip- Day 5B “Fishing”
After the hike, some of the kids were still wanting more of the rugged outdoor, fend-for-yourself type fun. So Uncle Dane and Aunt Kortney decided to take them FISHING.
I’ve only been fishing once and it was a baaaaaad experience and I was young enough that I should have forgotten it, but of course, I didn’t. I’ll have to tell you about that sometime…later.
ANYway, we went to the local fishing hole and it was wonderful. The bigger kids and Kortney even caught some fish. Not being an enourmous fish or fishing fan, but also not wanting to be left out entirely…
I came along…
and stayed in the car. At least this time, I could see all the action.
As you can see from all the smiles–this was certainly another unforgettable day!