~So serious~

~Great-Grandma Roxy with her two Great-Grandsons~

"hey wook"!

Love the expression!

What a precious nephew!

~Junebug with his walking stick~

~Photo credits to my sweet littlecamerastealingsistwerp~

~Grandmum and Peanut~

~4 people observing the microwave~

~Dad and Junebug setting the table~

~Simple Elegance~

~Grandma Roxy carving the turkey~~

~Cooking in the kitchen~

So funny! :)

~So romantic~

~So Happy~

~Dad and Mumzie~

~Grandma Roxy reading to Junebug~

~Meg and Ike teaching Mumzie and Grandma how to use their new point and shoot cameras that we purchased while Black Friday shopping~

~Friday Night Fondue~

~2 little Monkeys~

That is all for now! Hope to post again soon!

~K~

2 Random Pictures of the Week

Dad and Mumzie were posing and while Sarah was trying to get out of the picture her skirt got stuck.......again.
Love the randomness produced by family!!! :)

And just so Sarah will not feel alone.......

This is me with my mouth hanging open.
The element of surprise will do that ya know?!!!!

~Cheers~
K

more pictures on the way.......

for now here are a few from the last month........

We had the pleasure of having the whole family at our house over a weekend!!!!! Wish it could have lasted longer........

This was the most fabulous mushroom tart I have ever tasted! Local Virginia mushrooms were cooked to perfection then combined with a butter/cream sauce with chives.......plus some garlic!!!!

My Beloved and I on our anniversary trip to Skyline Drive

Skyline Drive

:)

~At the Renaissance Festival~

Will post more next week!!!!!!!!!!

~K~

June Travels

In June we traveled to Ohio to visit family, southern Michigan to attend a friends wedding, Illinois to visit the town where my Great Grandparents lived, Wisconsin to visit Great Uncle J. and Aunt S. then to Northern Michigan to stay on Mackinac Island then back to Ohio to help Mom, Dad and Sarah move into their new house, and then back home!!!!!!!! It was an awesome trip with many fun memories!!!!!

P.S. Make sure you go to the next page for the rest of the trip!

The lovely couple!

~Visiting with Mrs. Font at the reception~

Grandma and Eden

Aunt "Bethie" and I

This my friends.....is rhubarb pie!!!!!!!!!!! I was hugely craving the family recipe for rhubarb pie so my family made it for me while we were visiting!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!

~~Mumzie, Sarah and Dad eating pie~~

I do not know why my sistuh was rollin' her eyes at me......at least she still had a smile on her face! :)

Not much has changed since I have left the house......

Sarah and her camera

Mumzie at the coffee shop

Sarah at the coffee shop

Meghan called while we were at the coffee shop (in case you forgot where we were) and let us listen to the baby's heartbeat!!!!!! It was SO PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!

Giving instructions

Ahhhhh.......what bliss!

My Sistuh leavin' her mark on our camera!!!!
:) :) :) :)

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Our next stop on the map was Illinois where we went to all of the favorite restaurants, shops and family homesteads that I grew up visiting!

The dessert crepe from Landmark Cafe and Creperie

Mirror art at the Calico Cat

This is exactly what Sarah looked like (and did) when she was 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~This is how to eat a sweet potato~
(the white cream sauce was frothed butter and cream)

To the eye this is just an ordinary iced coffee......but in reality it is a Cocoachino!!!!!!! Mexican cocoa, chocolate, cinnamon, and oodles of other spices make this an out-of-this-world treat!!!!!!

Raspberry Italian Soda

Love this place! 3 stories of fun, old, unique things!
I guess that is what an antique store usually is.......

I really was excited to find this jewel of a book at the antique mall.......!!!! ;)

~We stayed at the Seacord Bed and Breakfast~

The house my Great Grandparents lived in for 56 years! My Grandfather grew up in this home and I spent many years coming here for visits!

The driveway is exactly the same as I remember it.....the only thing missing is Great Grandma Win to welcome us!

Out in the country to go visit the Walnut Grove Farm where my Great Grandmother spent her summers spending time with her cousins and helping at the farm

The Barn

ewwww.....gross...................i know......why did i post this picture?

I guess I like randomness....

Lovers in the Grove

I actually climbed all the way up to the tip top window.....to find about 5 raccoons so I decided to not stay up there long enough to take a picture!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)