Finally, here are some more pictures of our trip to Ark/Mo.
Sorry it's taken me so long, our computer has been having problems:/ Someday I'll start posting something more recent. Boy am I behind.....Anyways, here they are--Hope y'all enjoy them:)
"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."
"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."
I Timothy 6:11
We all hopped on a 4-wheeler or the Polaris and took a ride up to the top of the mountain to look at the property.
Uncle Jay and Deeda
There really is a lovely view from the top
Callie and Vanna
I love this yellow tree, it looks like its glowing:)
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The Millers came over to the property and we spent a lovely day with them
Hehe:) something must have been funny:)
A little goofy girl
Aha! Caught in the act of stealing chips!:):)
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There were thousands of these little Asian Beetles all over the RV and the house
Meet Uncle Jays little (or not so little) pet, "Harry" They found him on the property
Deeda and Vanna had alot of fun together
Seizing the opportunity to go outside without shoes while it was still relatively warm, I grabbed a camera and Deeda and I took a walk down the driveway and on down to the creek.
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The creek was nice and clear.......
.........and absolutely freezing I might add. Next time I'll think twice before doing this--I couldn't feel my feet for a while.....:)
Deeda looking for neat-looking rocks:)
Callie Susie
Deeda, our faithful dessert maker:)
Savannah loves big bubbles:):):)
Rachel stayed the night up at the property, so we enjoyed her company for a few days:)
The creek almost came up over the bridges after it rained one of the days
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Granddaddy started up the Polaris and we hopped on and headed down to see the cemetery
The path going up to the cemetery
Trying to take a few pictures before it started pouring on us:/
"Tut! Tut! It looks like rain!!"
(In case anyone wondered, we didn't escape the rain.We got home quite drenched and cold....)
There was a warm fire burning in the fireplace when we got home much to our delight and relief:)
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We all loaded up and headed down to the Miller's house after enjoying a week at the property with Uncle Jay, Aunt Ashley and Savannah. We couldn't wait to get there and see our "favorite-cousin-named-Joey":):)
Our lovely hostess
RG.... ummm......enthusiastically telling a story.....:)
Matt listening intently
My "Favorite-cousin-named-Sammy" enjoying his meal:):)
Matthew telling us a story
Wow, it must have been funny.....:)
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Joey and I took a walk up to the RV to get the camera.....Obviously, Joe has the camera:)
Rachel and Margaret picked us some greens to have for supper from Aunt Katie's lovely garden. Rachel would be in this picture, but she strongly objected to having her picture taken, so.....here is Deeda picking greens:)
Uncle Robert frying some really, really good chicken wings:D
Rachel and Margaret made some delicious sugar cookies for us:)
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We played and sang some music together for a while
RG in his "I'm acting like I'm a grump and don't want my picture taken" pose
My lovely Grandmother
Matthew and I challenged each other to a game of "Fireseat" and everyone else joined in. Wow! Is it ever painful!!:):)
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Time to hop into the RV and head back over to the property to plant some trees and say our final goodbyes
Lovely Arkansas wildflowers
Getting ready to put a whole bunch of trees in the ground
Grandmother overseeing the operation:)
A lovely autumn day
The freshly hayed field
Man's best friend..... Hehehe:)
No, I couldn't possibly go anywhere with nice, clear water and pretty scenery without having a photo shoot........
Callie Susie
Howdy, friend!
Yours Truly
Mmmm....cool water!
Speedy Gonzalez (aka Matthew)
Finally, to say our last goodbyes, we all ate lunch at a BBQ restaurant
Sweet cousins
Aunt Katie and Savannah
...And goodbyes were said all-round
...And thus ended a wonderful, blessed, fun-filled trip!!! Thank you Granddaddy and Grandmama!!
Posted by Mary Noelle
5 comments:
Oh that was a wonderful picture filled post!!! To think, we'll be doing it all again in a couple of weeks ;) -- Bet there won't be that many bare feet this time around!
Thanks for the fun perspective through Mary's eyes!
Love you!
Aunt Beth
(now Uncle Robert has to treat US to wings OH YEAH!)
Such nice pictures, Mary, of a wonderful trip with you sweet girls! Weren't those "ladybugs" something? I still find one every now and then (believe it or not!) I think some of them decided to come with us to Florida for the winter!
I can't believe that horrible tarantula Uncle Jay is keeping around! Surely you don't think he is an attractive "creepy crawly", do you??
Thanks again, Mary. Looking forward to another season in "Arkasouri" in a couple weeks!
Love,
Grandmother
All those pics of beautiful creeks and grubby Joeys make me want to go up there so bad!! (No wait... I AM going up there...) Uh... make me want to get there quicker?!!!
Looks like y'all had fun, and a lovely visit! Now, the whole point of my comment: (I really only wanted to ask this question, but common courtesy required that I make a bunch of obvious, unnecessary comments... :)
"WHO WON THE FIRESEAT???" :D
And, how long did you miserable people torture yourselves??? (Without me??? >:-(
Glad we're visiting up there so soon! Lovely post!
Ta-ta!
Grace
Haha, Grace!:):) Let's see....I think Matthew won the first time, and then I won the second game, and Benny won the third:) I don't think we did it for any more than a couple of minutes.(Even though my record is 16 minutes, but that was a couple of years ago...It's been a long time. Ouch! Those couple of minutes seemed like 16!:):)
~Mary aka Shorty, Skrat, etc...
Such nice pictures! Not nearly as many stained-t shirt pictures of my children this time, although Sam and Joey looked pretty grubby a few times (thanks for loving them anyway, Grace!)
We had the attack of the ladybug look-alikes as well. I think the cold has finally killed them all off.
Can't wait to see you all!
Love,
Aunt Katie
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