Hill Country Visit Part V

Part V of our trip consisted of playing in the creek and taking pictures behind the guest house of some dear church friends of Angie & Joe. They have a beautiful piece of property with more Cypress trees and a flowing creek right behind it. Next time we are going to spend a whole afternoon playing in the creek! It was so much fun but we didn't have a whole lot of time while we were there.

My sister Kathy and her girls, Mary Katherine & Caroline...

The boys...Gabe, Luke & Will...
Luke...I still call him my little Lukie Pookie. Even though he's almost 7, he was our first nephew and holds a VERY special place in our hearts...he is such a sweet boy!The boys again...looking a little mischievous!
Paw Paw, Georgia & Will...precious picture!
Grandma with the granddaughters...Mary Katherine, Georgia & Caroline...
All of the grandkids with Grandma & Paw Paw...we were thinking this MIGHT be their Christmas card picture for 2010, but then realized our baby girl #2 will be here! (Gabe-6, Caroline-3, Will-4, Georgia-11 months, Luke-6, Mary Katherine-4)

Dad wanted a picture of "all of his girls"...

My sisters and me...I love them both so much!
Shortly after this picture we started our trek home. It's such a long drive, but with 4 kiddos it made it even longer! Thirty minutes down the road Georgia had a "blow out" and we had to pull over and change her diaper and her clothes...and clean the car seat--YUCK! Another 30 minutes down the road and we stopped for Happy Meals for the kids and lunch for us. After another bathroom break and a quick visit with my Granny, we finally made it home. It was a long trip for us, but it must have felt like an eternity to the kids. We pulled up at a red light beside my parents and Kathy & her kids about 30 minutes down the road. Mary Katherine was sitting by the window and when they rolled down her window she asked, "Are we in Texas?" to which I replied, "Yes!" Then, in a relieved but exhausted little voice she said, "Yea!" and put her head back on her car seat. It was a fun but hard trip on all of us. When we got home Georgia crawled all over the place and enjoyed playing with her toys that we had left at home. She went to sleep last night at 9:00 and slept until 8:15 this morning! Poor baby but lucky us! We slept TEN hours!