The Rest of the Athens Trip

When Mom, Dad and Ryan left, things got serious on the Hill. Wannie, Kelly and I got into furious sewing mode, trying to accomplish all the projects we wanted to get done. Ok, maybe Wannie got into furious sewing mode while Kelly and I watched, ironed and cut. We did learn how to make a few things and had a few things made for us while we learned. Poppa, Jack & Abbott kept each other company by playing airplane, trucks, tractors and going outside. We hated to leave, as usual, but had an eventful ride home with 2 boys who definitely didn't want to be in the car. We gave up in Memphis and spent the night and I've never seen Jack & Abbott happier than when they got in the hotel room. We made it to Nashville with just enough time to drop off Kelly & Abbott and head to the airport to pick up my friend Jennifer. We spent Saturday night at "Chateau Pruitt" (AKA- Tim & Janet's) and headed to Knoxville this afternoon. Here are the pictures of the rest of our Athens trip and the ride home. I'll post pictures from Jennifer's arrival tomorrow.
Our sewing setup.

Abbott had fun in the pool. Jack didn't enjoy getting wet. I'm not sure what's wrong with that boy.

Jack got a new puzzle and he and Poppa put it together.

Jack's showing off his John Deere shorts that Wannie made him.

Kelly's new dress. I'm going to brag on Wannie even though she thinks she did a horrible job. She made this dress with no pattern. Kelly had one like and wanted more so Wannie studied the dress and cut out her own pattern and made this one. She did an amazing job and it looks great!

Kelly and I got new aprons and learned how to make them. Here, Kelly is showing off her apron as she happily prepares dinner.

I am do tired after a long day in the kitchen.

On our way out of town, we stopped at the visitor's center to find a cookbook for Janet and ended up finding the boys some really cool Athens, Texas hats. We walked over to the square and took their pictures. Jack is standing in front of the word "Happiest". It seems that Henderson County has the happiest people in Texas. I'd have to agree, because we are very happy when we're there!

Here they are at the courthouse steps.

We took a scenic route out of Texas and found this "oyo tiny" prayer chapel.

"On the Road Again..."

We made it to Atlanta... Texas and had to take a break. We found the city park and let the boys play for awhile.

We made it to Memphis and had a nice view out of our hotel window.

They didn't get asleep that night in the hotel so they both conked out in the car Saturday morning.

We made a potty stop in Jackson, TN and found the Casey Jones railroad museum. We didn't tour it but could see it through the fence.

I think we'll have to stop here again and tour the train. They both seemed to think it was pretty cool.

We're still going non-stop but having a blast! I don't know what we'll do when we slow down!