Vacation part 2

This is a sand sculpture a woman was creating during the fair

Sabrina and Jennifer with the boys in front of some very tall corn stalks

This was a sculpture they brought in for the fair grounds, cool isn't it?

Me and my grandsons getting corny!

Noah petting a baby chick

The biggest pumpkin!

Noah and his origami hat

Mommy helping Noah make his origami hat

Crazy Aunt Jen styling in Noah's hat

Isaac is very handsome in his hat!

Well done!

Who knew that cans could be art?

The pig from toy story!

Nice gourds!

How much cabbage soup do you think this will make?

Highlight of the fair.....Krispy Kreme donut burger!

Indianapolis Speedway

Grandma and Noah

Gasoline alley

Check out Noah!

The brick at the finish line

Squealers!!!!

I had the ribs of course!

I picture says a thousand words!

Quaker Steak and Lube! Yummy!

Noah perfecting his chopstick technique

Sabrina hamming it up!

After my trip home to Oklahoma, I returned to my daughter's house in Indiana. My daughter Jennifer was not able to join us in Oklahoma so I was able to spend some time with her too. We spent the rest of my vacation visiting the local sites and having fun. We went to the Indiana state fair where we spent all day exploring everything the fair had to offer. The food everyone was raving over this year was the krispy kreme donut burger. I have to say I did not think this was a well thought out plan for a hamburger. I changed my mind after my first bite! We enjoyed the Japan exposition and can food displays representing the year of the pig for the fair. Lots of fine mouth watering pork recipes everywhere we looked! I got to visit the Indianapolis Speedway where we took a lap around the track! Lots of places to eat too, I really had a good time with my vacation this year! I got to see all of my grandchildren and visit my family.

Family reunion

This was the temp on the day of our reunion and it was also very humid!

Almost there!

We made it!

The kids enjoyed the pool even thought it was as warm as bathwater!

Haley the diva and her twin sister Emma got in a little nap before the gathering

No Pillow? No problem! Emma will just use the seat belt!

Notice how we are all gathered in the shade?

The whole gang! (minus a few)

My cousin Terri and I (Don't we look Hot!)

Mom and I

Four generations of family!

On Sunday Aug 2nd, we attended a family reunion that my cousin Terri hosted. Terri and her family did an awesome job and lots of thanks and kudos go out to all of them! Terri sent a CD of pictures and music to everyone to mark the occasion after the event which is also very awesome! We had lots of food and spent time reminiscing and meeting new members of our ever growing family. Our family photo has 50 members present, but we still had several others who were not able to make it. I am truly blessed to have such a great family! I was able to get a four generation picture with my Mother and my children, and their children, a memory we will cherish always.

A birthday celebration and a trip to Oklahoma.

St Louis!

This was a cool display in the gift shop

This was the temp when we arrived in Oklahoma

Having some fun at the World's Largest Gift Shop!

Isaac and my I-Pad

My son Nick playing with ALL the kids

Sophia and Daddy

Isaac

Noah

Presents!

Happy 6th Birthday Isaac!

The Cake!

This year Andre and I decided like most Americans to pay off our bills and attempt to get ourselves better organized to handle this economy. Andre has been pretty busy at work, thankfully and that has been a big help. Vacation was not really in our plans for this year, but it was decided that I would take a vacation and go home to visit family in Oklahoma. My daughter Sabrina had been suggesting that we should go to Oklahoma to visit my Mother and bring all my grandchildren so she could spend some time with them.
I flew to Indiana on July 30th, just in time to celebrate my grandson Isaac's 6th birthday! My son Nicholas and his wife Amber arrived the same day with my 4 granddaughters. Isaac celebrated his birthday at the local gym where my daughter's family has a membership. We all gathered at the indoor pool to celebrate and have some fun. My daughter Sabrina had taken a cake decorating class and she created a fabulous birthday cake! Isaac had a wonderful time and loved all of his gifts! After dinner, we all had to go to bed early because we were getting up very early to drive to Oklahoma.
On Saturday July 31st, we were up at 3 am and on the road headed to Oklahoma by 4 am! The kids slept for a couple of hours but they were up with the sun once it crested the horizon. I had brought my I-Pad and my grandson Isaac spent most of the drive playing all the games I had downloaded for all the kids to play. I had no idea how popular my I-Pad would become until ALL my grandkids started clamoring to play with it once we arrived and settled in our hotel. We made a few stops along our way to break up the drive, The world Largest Gift Shop was a lot of fun! We spent our first evening getting settled, and we got to have dinner with my brother Brian and my niece Eva and her boyfriend. The next day, Sunday we were heading out to my cousin Terri's for a family reunion.