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This morning we got up and went to Lydia Mountain to help clean up after the wedding. However, everything was already cleaned up when we got there, so we all just hung out and talked, and we decided we would all spend the day together. We had lunch at one of cousin Janette’s favorite places, […]

The main reason for this summer trip is my cousin’s wedding, and today is the day! I have only 4 first cousins, so its’ pretty exciting when one of them does something like get married! I was also certain there would be some extended family attending, so this promised to be a mini family reunion. […]

Our only jobs today were to go to Jamestown and get to Stanardsvill, Virginia, at a halfway decent hour. We did both. And we are REALLY happy to have our Popi with us! Instead of visiting the re-creation of Jamestown, we visited the ruins, which was a very different experience than then one I had […]

Urgent care trip #2 trip avoided: Judah’s foot was as good as new this morning, no red line, no more pain, walking normally, and, added bonus, the bottom of his foot is an incredible, bright yellow from the golden seal. He thinks that’s really awesome. Today was our power day up to Richmond, Virginia, where […]

We woke early to play with new friends. I saw only glimpses of the kids for a few hours, and did some laundry and enjoyed the peace and quiet. The kids eventually got hungry and came back to camp, and so we ate and got ready to go to Fort Gains. You can read all […]

We’ve been through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and now Alabama, and I think we’ve decided that the folks claiming that people form the South would be fine with our multi-colored family and a missing adult male are right. We’ve run into no problems at all, and this is our last stop in […]

At some point, The Lion will get it that there are adventures just as exciting around every bend in the road, and we don’t have to stay in one place in order to have a great time, it was far easier to uproot him from Lincoln Parish with the promise of great things than it […]

Again, I promised my kids rivers and lakes on this trip, and I am doing my best to deliver on that. This campground is a county campground, but like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It is a jungle forrest of pine and deciduous trees, vines, all sorts of cool bugs, worms, and frogs, a nearly-cared-for […]

Today we made a lazy departure from Willis Point/Canton. We all would like to have stayed a few more days, I think, and I have this odd, unusual feeling of wanting to stay and talk to Brittany for days on end. I don’t want to talk to ANYONE for days on end! She’s one special […]

It’s the Forth of July!!!  We drove from the middle of Texas all the way to Willis Point, Texas. This was oil refinery day. We studied oil this year in 3rd grade science, but I don’t think it really stuck because I didn’t show the kids the best pictures, and no video. But here it is, […]