Peyton and Garrison brought their fishing poles and their life jackets, so we were all set for a fishing trip! Kelly Briggs and Sherri Albin took us fishing at a lake across the road from where they live. The fish were biting! It was a beautiful morning, cool and a little breeze, and not humid. Kelly kept busy baiting their hooks while Sherri and I helped them reel the fish in! They caught 8 all together. Garrison loved pulling in the stringer of fish to add another one each time one was caught. They had a blast. Wild man Garrison was casting and managed to hook Grammy in the forehead! No problem - Miss Kelly was able to get the hook out pretty quickly, and the fishing continued. After we caught enough, we went back to Kelly's house to watch Sherri clean them. Garrison was quite interested in the process. Peyton enjoyed petting Sonny, the big calico cat. A box turtle walked up on the driveway which added to the morning of nature. Kelly also showed them a snake skin the snake had shed which was taller than she is. Wow. Garrison wouldn't leave until Sherri had all the fish cleaned - so cute.
We came home and took showers and had lunch with Grandpa. Aunt Mary and Uncle Mark had invited us to bring the kids down to their lake home for a weekend visit, so we decided - why not? Peyton asked if she could go back to work with Grandpa, and he agreed, so she spent the afternoon at the bank with him. Garrison helped me pack things for the lake, we played bat and ball (he's good), and he helped me do a little laundry before Grandpa and Peyton arrived home from work around 3:30 p.m., then we were off for the lake - Apollo in tow too! Both kids slept pat of the way to the lake which was good so we could have lots of fun when we arrived. Ron took the kids to the pool while Mary grilled burgers and dogs for our dinner. We enjoyed a tasty dinner of grilled burgers and dogs, potato salad, slaw, baked beans and chips. Yummo. It was a beautiful evening, so we sat out on their balcony/deck for quite a while watching the boats, swimmers, etc. The dogs loved it out there too. We took the marshmallow shooters Ron had made for the kids, and the war was on - fun times.
Saturday morning we woke up and enjoyed a yummy biscuits and gravy breakfast that Mary fixed us along with cinnamon rolls I took. The kids were ready to go to the pool at 7 a.m., but we managed to put them off until around 9 a.m. They absolutely loved swimming in their pool and are good swimmers. We stayed about two hours before we went back up to their place for lunch - bbq meatballs, rice and hot bread. Mary played Trouble with Peyton which she enjoyed. After lunch, it was back to the pool for Grammy, Grandpa, Peyton and Garrison - this time for only about an hour before we packed up to drive back to Clinton, arriving around 4:30 p.m. Thanks to Mark and Mary for having us - we enjoyed every minute.
We unpacked and had macaroni and cheese, ham, peaches, etc. for dinner by request. After showers and a little TV, some card games and puzzles, we headed to bed by 8 p.m. - everyone was exhausted!
Sunday we went to church where I played the gathering music. The kids enjoyed church and donut time before we came home. Peyton was good help in the kitchen helping me prepare our taco salads and strawberry shortcake for Father's Day lunch. She made her daddy and Grandpa a card for Father's Day. She cut up strawberries and helped make the guacamole.
Amanda and Chad came back to Clinton from Springfield around 11:30 a.m. - the kids met them outside and surprised them by shooting them with marshmallow from the shooters Grandpa made them. Giggles galore. It was fun. We enjoyed lunch together and a short visit before they headed back to Overland Park. Another fun family weekend - we are blessed.
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