Home Sweet Home

I love to visit friends and family, but there is nothing more precious than being home!  We had a wonderful time with everyone and are so fortunate to have such special people in our lives.  Here a few pictures from our trip!

A rainbow on my parents' farm

Hanging with Charlie, my parents' dog

I love this face!

My dad has a '55 Chevy and belongs to a car club.  They have a cruise in on our town square once a month, but this month it was special.  The local drive in theater hosted it and showed American Grafitti!  We pulled in and the first four rows were old cars.  It was what a drive in should really look like!  So much fun!

My dad's '55

Me and my Daddy

Jemma with her Poppy and Gaga

Giggling girls waiting for their movie, Despicable Me!

All this partying wears a girl out!

We always get great stories with Gaga!

Then we were off to Hendersonville!  I stayed with some of our best friends and got to visit with one of my dearest friends in the world who lives outside of London.  

Suzanne and I taught together in Tennessee and just hit it off. She is one of the smartest, sweetest people I know.  She is always learning and growing.  She is a born teacher with a love of adventure and adventures we have had!  She is the one with the red hair!  The beautiful girl with the baby is Stacey.  I have known Stacey since she was a second grader!  Her mom and I worked together.  Their family came to visit us while we lived in Germany and then we lived 30 minutes apart in Michigan!  Stacey was Jemma's first babysitter!  Now she has sweet little Adelynn!

Then we took off to visit the new baby of another co-worker's daughter.  Peggy is the beyond wonderful Grandma of this sweet baby, McKenna!  Peggy is the kindest, most thoughtful person I know.  She would do anything for anybody.  She has the sweetest heart!  I remember both these girls when they were in elementary school!  Gee... I am getting old!  I loved visiting with all these babies!

These adorable boys are Suzanne's babies.  I bought them their shirts and they are very appropriate!  Charlie is 5 and his says, I'm a Handful.  Wyatt is 4 and his says, Here Comes Trouble!  Finn is 3 and as you can see, he is the Little Tough Guy!  You heard me right... 5, 4, and 3!  She definitely has her hands full!  They are so sweet and always so fun to be around!

Jemma and Charlie are buds.  We always have the sweetest pictures of them together.  I always say we will have the best pictures to show at their wedding!  Guess which tan one lives in England?!?

When in Rome...

Lots of swimming!  Jemma's first time off a diving board and slide on this trip!  She loved it!

Then a day or two with our bestest buds from college.  Tom and Quinn met on the first day of college in 1987 and have been best friends ever since.  I have never seen two men with such a bond.  They just love to be together.  They will sit and watch football for hours with very few words spoken, but have the best time!  Quinn and his wife, Cindy, are one of a kind and we wouldn't trade them or their friendship for anything.  These are their beautiful children,  Clay and Emma!

We fit a lot in in a short time, but had a wonderful trip!  Now to rest from our vacation!!