We decided to head up to Indiana for 4th of July this year. We had plenty of time off from work Jeremy's sister moved our new niece and nephew along with Ana back to the States recently!!
Crazy weather in Chatt, as always -- no wonder it was such a spiritual place for the tribes who lived there! It goes from being gorgeous to this in a heartbeat and you never know what you're going to get!
We played the Worst Case Scenario survival game until Nala decided to make the board her bed. Not so we would pay attention to her, but so we would stop not paying attention to her... We all did surprisingly well, even Sarah's mom (who figured she would die pretty quickly) survived a few spots!
Jan, Mildred and Josh made home made ice cream!
Jeremy showed China how to put all his sticker in the sticker book Jan got
I helped Mitike with some of her "homework" she was required to do.
And we goofed around with Ana a little bit!
We had a great meal out on the patio-- the weather was perfect!
And of course Earl got along swell with the kids-- I thoroughly enjoyed sitting at the children's table!
We helped China learn how to write everyone's names, then later we found out why he was asking -- he wrote out everyone's names on this little board so he could say he loved us!
It was so wonderful to meet China and Mitike, I really hope we get to spend more time with them soon. They were such sweet kids, and they (along with Ana) were already asking when they could spend more time with us and Josh and Sarah! I get the feeling they're counting down the days, just like we are!
We went to a pretty sweet restaurant called Hu Hot where you pick all the stuff to go in your noodle bowl and then they cook it up for you -- they have loads of different sauces you can mix together to make your own flavor, and a whole bar of veggies and meat to mix in! We'll definitely be back to this one, especially since we don't have them down South!
We went by the winery to see if they had anything new for the spring (we'll stock up in winter) and to look at the flowers-- Oliver is always prime viewing for beautiful flowers and excellent landscaping! I love going by there to look, whether we pick up wine or not!
The morning we left, we went over to Glenda and Earl's for breakfast-- biscuits, eggs, and sausage can't be beat! We went out to see the new animals, and particularly the baby goats. They have a lot in the pictures below and one of the goats still hadn't had hers, then we got a letter back from them a few weeks ago that they'd bought even more! The good news, maybe Earl will finally roast some goat for me next year...
We love going up to see everyone, especially now that the nieces and nephew are on hand, and can't wait to get back at Thanksgiving! We hope to take them all to see a movie and have a fun day with aunts and uncles, so fingers crossed there are some good movies out!
