After Brent returned to Melbourne for his last three weeks without us, the kids and I spent some time visiting with the grandparents, siblings, cousins and friends over the next few weeks. When I wasn’t traveling to relatives’ houses, I was getting our house in order since we won’t be there too much.
At Mummal and Pappy’s house, we managed to squeeze in a ton of activities in a few days even with days of pouring rain. First stop was for the kids to feed the “neighs”. They enjoy feeding grass to the miniature horses as soon as they can. We skipped rocks at the stream on our property, took hikes where Greyson was hunting for dinosaurs, went fishing, and more.
It was the first time fishing, so we had to closely exam the worms (in the coffee can). It was really exciting until the fish came out of the water and got a little too close, and Isla had to run away… but did eventually come closer to inspect. Greyson had a similar reaction but I didn’t quite catch the right facial expression on him….
We also went to some of the the cousins’ activities- Porter’s baseball game, Kirsten and Kendall’s choir concert, and Quincy’s field hockey tournament. We also got the grand tour of Uncle Jess and Aunt Candice’s brewery that’s under construction. I didn’t get any pictures of the brewery, so you can visit their Facebook page- GearHouse Brewing Co. for updates.
The next visit was to Grandma and Pop Pop’s house where the first stop there was the new swing that Pop Pop hung from the tree (unfortunately no picture!). They also enjoyed going Chocolate World, having a sleep over with cousin Charlie and a Mother’s Day picnic with the aunts, uncles and cousins. Isla and Greyson got to drive Charlie’s Mustang- thankfully we were able to put it on slow speed!
Lastly, we had a family picnic at a state park so that we could get together with everyone one last time and especially for Brent to say goodbye since he hadn’t been home too much. Despite it being a very cold and windy day, we all managed to have a really nice time… The kids spent a lot of time on the playground, there were volleyball games and lots of food. It was a very nice send off…
Hi Jill, Saw your Mom at the groc store yesterday, I told her Lindsey was leaving for Hatti July1, on a Mission trip, and she set up a blog, she told me you had one and sent me the link today, It is a wonderful way to follow people on where they are, what they are doing. My sisters daughter was in Australia for 2 or 3 years, can’t remember the years., she said it was a beautiful country. Enjoy, this wonderful experience. You have a beautiful family, I still remember when you worked at CBurg hosp., the morning, you cut flowers and brought to me. thanks again. Had my 3rd Chemo today, doing okay so far. Take care and I will be following you . love Darlene
Thanks for the kind note. So glad you are going to follow along! It is definitely a beautiful country here. And, I’m glad to hear that you are doing okay with the chemo as well. I still remember how delicious your apple dumplings are! 🙂 Love, Jill