A and A in ABILENE...

our latest road trip was to one of my favorite places, abilene.
on monday, right after adelaide's 6 month well check, we hit the road running.
we listened to a soundtrack of tears over having to buckle up (adelaide not me),
radio static (to soothe those tears), and old school cds to keep us company along the way.

when we arrived our first stop was cajun cones
for the finest shaved ice served by the finest worker, aunt sk.
adelaide loved the ice but she spit out a bite with cotton candy syrup on it.

we spent a lot of time outside soaking up the sun
and enjoying the fantastic new backyard accessories.

bill and hazanne joined us for many meals and
it was fun for me to get a lot of time with my grandparents too.

all that fun in the sun was a little tiring so it's a good thing akm will sleep anywhere.
her poppa should be proud that she will be able to go camping with him.

tuesday morning we woke up and helped fold towels.
then we drove out to tuscola for an abilene teacher reunion at laurie's house.
i loved finally seeing the irby's new home, meeting the baby carter and caden,
and getting to catch up with sweet friends from fannin.

miss priss got to show off one of her first summer outfit made by grammy.
sk and i thought adelaide should wear the too tall bloomers on their own,
but for some reason mom insisted we add the dress.

sarah beth came over and as always it was great to see her,
i especially loved hearing about all the wedding details.
rubey and erika stopped into hotel lutt for the night on their way to colorado.

we all dined on pizza rolls at a picnic, then for our slumber party entertainment
sk taught us how to make shrinky dink jewelry.

wednesday's field trip was to the newly renovated abilene zoo. it is awesome.
sara kate and i loved seeing all the animals and remembering countless past trips to the zoo.
adelaide liked listening to all the noises and loved staring at the running water in each cage.

we visited the creepy crawler exhibit just in case we hadn't had enough snake time lately
and even came face to face with our fears while touching a king snake.

then that night we went to hillcrest and saw the new auditorium and nursery, wow!
we also got to spend time with special family friends.












thanks to the fam for a fun, carefree week!
we love you.