A few weeks ago we decided to make a quick trip up to Indiana for an extended weekend visit with Matt's parents. For the last few years, I have only gotten to go to their house around Christmas when it's cold outside, and I was really wanting to go during a time when we could spend time out on their awesome back deck. And that's exactly what we did! The weather was glorious and we spent nearly all day everyday outside. In typical fashion, I took WAY too many pictures. Like, over 400 pictures for just 3 days. What is wrong with me?! I may have to break this weekend vacation up into multiple posts.
With that said...here are all the pictures of us just hanging out at Bill and Pat's house in the country. They start with an early morning drive down the road in pajamas to visit the neighbor's cows!
Isn't the color of this horse so pretty?
The rest of Friday, our first full day there as we drove after work on Thursday, was spent just hanging around the house, eating peaches and ice cream! And Bill and Pat were kind enough to let Matt and I go out for dinner that evening which is always so nice and very appreciated.
Lala and Poppa have a wagon attached to their lawn mower (the "tractor") which has been a hit with every one of their grandchildren! There are always lots of tractor rides with Poppa.
Sometimes Poppa gets crazy and lets his grandchildren drive!
This one below and the one a few pics back of Katie Wynn "driving" with Poppa in the wagon are two of my favorite pics from the weekend.
K-dub also got to help Lala fill all the bird feeders to feed the birds.
On Saturday, some more family members came over to join us for lunch. We love getting to see as many people as we can when we're in town since we don't get up there often enough! I had brought some water balloons with me to entertain the kids, so we had a good ol' balloon toss contest. Each child had to have a grown up as a partner. I don't mean to brag, but I'm pretty sure Mia and I won every time! (We may have also had a water balloon that was too small to pop...)
By far one of the highlights of the weekend for Katie Wynn was that Granddaddy came over. She was SO excited to get to see him! And I am totally kicking myself that I didn't get a picture of them together. She just walked up to him where he was sitting and told him to hold her. (If you know her at all, you know she is way too shy to do this to just anyone!)
Like I said, all the kids love the tractor...
Thomas got his first taste of chocolate milk when he stole his sister's carton.
Not so happy when she took it away...
When all of our guests were gone for the day, most of us (well, me and the kids...) crashed for an afternoon nap. Thomas found himself a comfy spot to sleep...
Ok, I have two more "groups" of pictures from this trip that I think I'll let be posts of their own. So that's all for now. We had such a wonderful time in Indiana and wish we could go back again soon!