A Visit with Aunt Joan

Last time we were here with her in Austin we'd just repaired a flat on the bus and sent Curtis off to speak somewhere.
Aunt Joan is Lauren's Dad's big sister and we LOVE her!!
She did a marvelous encore of her Famous Curried Chicken Casserole. We are so blessed. :)

She has the best old toy collection!

Thinking Carolina needs to draw a collection of plates like this.  Crosby loved it! :)

Making sweet tea and visitin' in the kitchen

 Aunt Joan and the fellows in the bus. Wish we could take her with us! :)

Heading North....also got to visit with our Cousin Karis for a little bit. Note Campbell applying elbow to Cassidy. Hmmm.

Fun Day with the Alabama Fords

Eating. Always. :)

Chapman and Hayden

Really did fit 20ish people in one van!

The Daddies deliver poolside

Swimming with pizza in hand is entirely off limits. Definitely.

Drying off on the way to the room

Science moment for all. Really amazing spider web.

Shopping in Fredericksburg, TX...John Deere seating. 

Sampling and sampling some more!

Happy Mommas who got to drive the van all by themselves while everyone else (all 19 of 'em) rode in the bus

Well. We're still sampling. They did encourage it!!

Thinking our boots are so...boots. Very snazzy.

Picking a flavor

They wisely directed us upstairs

Ha! 

Snacks on Enchanted Rock Hike

Hunting for tadpoles on top of the Rock

Campbell and Martha Margaret

Out of the cave. About 2 million spiders on the ceiling. Really.
Mommas stayed in the bus with little girls for visiting and popcorn

Heading back down

Magic hour jumping jacks... top of Enchanted Rock.

Quick Snapshots from the FORGE Weekend

Our favorite speaker

Poor darlin' starvin children. Parents had a wonderful dinner. :)

New family favorite spot for MEAT in Kerrville, TX

Guys on their way to the river

Pretty sure things, people and hair do NOT dry in Texas. But if you're six, it's much more fun this way. :)

Ultimate Frisbee by the river

Still smiling after trying to out run 500 mosquitoes