Family Visit

These past few days we've had the pleasure of spending time with my Dad, cousin Tim and his daughter Abby. It had been almost a year since I'd seen my Dad and over two years since I'd spent time with Tim & Abby so this was a much anticipated visit.

We spent most of our time in the pool, but we also went to the Bass Pro Shop, church, the mall three times, the movies twice, and played several games of Rook.

The last evening of Tim & Abby's visit we went to our outdoor mall so that I could take Abby to Charming Charlie.....

Where I found this very stylish hat! It made me feel like going to the Kentucky Derby. :0) Abby took home an adorable purse and necklace and I purchased a ring for my sister and a cute pair of earrings for myself.

Tim & Abby left Saturday and then my Dad was scheduled to leave the following Monday.

On what we thought was the last morning of his visit we were suprised to find that Grafton had made himself his own art project while we were all sleeping! Nevertheless, he still took some pictures with the grandkids.

Rachel and I took him to the airport extra early so that we could grab lunch and have time to say our goodbyes. We were suprised when his flight was delayed and then cancelled (due to bad weather in Dallas) and I picked him up a few hours later. It was nice having an extra evening with him and I miss him terribly already! Fortunately he's planning on coming back in December after Rachel's baby is born.