Evansville Odds and Ends

My grandmother mentioned it had been a while since she had visited her parents' graves. I had been there before, but it had been so long it was a vague memory. I thought it would be neat for the kids to see, so I told Grandma I'd take her.

The kids at their great-grandparent's graves.

Grandma's sister

Grandma's dad

Grandma's grandmother...the kids' great-great-great-grandmother.

Grandma's grandpa...the kids' great-great-great grandfather.

On Father's Day we went to Mamaw Nise's parents' house in Kentucky. My dad took the kids fishing. It was very hot and humid. I spent most of the day on the back porch on the swing. It was at least 90 degrees in the shade.

Hannah caught the first fish using the cane pole Aaron made at Boy Scouts.

My nephew Riely with one of the fish he caught.

Rachel fishing.

Papaw taking the big catfish Rachel caught off the hook.

Cleaning fish.

We spent one Saturday visiting with family at my Grandma's house.

This is Hannah, Darian, Alexis, Rachel and Aaron at my grandma's house.

Aunt Earleen, Uncle Dan, Aunt Diane and Uncle Dennis

My cousin Mike, me, my cousin Melissa. Melissa lives in Tennessee and it is unusual for both of us to make it "home" at the same time. She had to come in for a funeral. Even though she had to come in for a sad reason, I was happy to get to visit with her. My cousin Mike is only a year older than I am. I love reliving the memories with him of the two of us fighting as we were growing up.

We went to watch my cousin's girls play baseball.

Amaya on base.

Aaron, Riely, Rachel, Hannah and Bethanie playing the DS's at my dad's house.

The zoo in town has a new exhibit that we wanted to check out. Our local zoo membership got us in that zoo for free.

Janet's daughter, Sarah, liked watching the otter's from the tunnel that ran through their habitat.

As we were walking along the Amazonia exhibit we were startled when we came across this replica of an anaconda. Aaron was only disappointed that it wasn't real.

Janet and me being just a little batty. Ha, ha.

Hannah and Mamaw Nise conquering the last hill before we left.

That hot and humid weather we experienced brought lots of thunderstorms.

My mom and I were watching out her front door when that large branch fell off the tree.

Hannah loved visiting all of the pets on our trip. She spent a lot of time out on the deck with my aunt's dog, Spunky.

We were also invited to join our friends Jim and Candace for dinner at their home one night. Aaron was thrilled that Mr. Jim was making sweet tea and has since been pricing tea makers in the store. He is set on buying one with his own money. I've assured him that his mommy is capable of making sweet tea without a tea maker.

We made so many great memories on this trip. Hopefully next time I am able to blog as I go. I'm sure I've left out way too many details this time around.