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!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

The next stop was visiting Uncle Jim and Aunt Sandy

They gave us a tour of Madison and a delicious Italian dinner on the bay!

In front of the bell tower

Simply Elegant

Uncle Jim and Aunt Sandy

A church building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Katie: "oh gross honey.......look at that dead rat......."

Stephen: "oh...honey I think that is a fish...."

Katie: "no that is a rat......"

(please note that I was standing 20 ft away from the creature)

Stephen: "no honey...really...come look...it is a fish...."

Katie: "oh....okay......you are right honey......shall we keep walking?"

2006

2010

Kissing on the pier

Heading to Mackinac Island

Visiting the Enchanted Knights store

We stayed at the lovely Metevier Inn on the Island

~My Beloved~

skipping rocks

~My Darling, Dashing Husband~

Fort Mackinac

Our view from the bike trail

It was so charming and peaceful at night! Everyone was either walking, talking on the porch, sitting in a restaurant drinking coffee, visiting or asleep!

I love you Honey!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was brisk in the morning!

Cherry Coke