A Day Spent In "Feminin Pursuits"*

An afternoon of lunch at Bob Evans, followed by shopping at a green house and a visit to the Alexanders with the A. and D. ladies (and our accompanying gentleman, Mr. Stewart) was so fun and refreshing!

*Quote from Miss Ann

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Table End #2

Mumzie loved feeding Caledonia...

...and Caledonia liked it, too :)

Flowers amongst flowers

Sweetness

Lovely Hair

I think Geneva enjoyed Mrs. D. pushing her in the cart!

Glorious Yellow

Ann's ingenious idea to help Adri with her dress

The little girl who calls me "A-Toon-Dawg" :D

Caledonia

Our very helpful, gentlemanly protector for the expedition

Cassidy and Ann

I love pansies...they are so intricate and colorful...plus edible! (though I myself have never eaten one)

Mumzie with her little companion for the afternoon

Explaining a flower

Mrs. A. shopping

Calalillies remind me of Meg

Victoria

(hydrangeas remind me of Katie)

Flowers in abundance

Fellowship at the Alexander's....thank you for your sweet hospitality! The cookies and tea were a luscious addition!

The younger ones playing school

"Keep hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life"

Proverbs 4:13

Cheeri-o for now,

~S~

The Morton Maiden

Water Park, Packing, and Airports

Uncle J. and Aunt K. invited me to join them on a trip to an indoor water park, along with Aunt J. and E.!

Upon our arrival we spent the first few hours swimming. Afterwards we ate (or rather, devoured) some pizza!

Smiling C. and E.

I.G.

Aunt K. and Uncle J.

After our pizza we all slept very well :)

At breakfast the next morning

Traveling down the Tanzanian Twister

I didn't take very many pictures in the water park...you can imagine the difficulty of trying to keep my camera dry! Be assured, though, it was fun!

Finishing up our swim

Uncle J. was excited about his new HD flip cam, and everyone enjoyed reviewing footage from the trip!

"I don't want to leave!"

C. showing me some tasty pastries at a restaurant

E. and I.G.

A candy corn

My cousins are so much fun ♥

C., Aunt K., I.G., and Uncle J.

Aunt J. and E.

Jelly bean into the mouth

Picking up some souvenirs

Goldfish on the way home

Our competent driver

E. looking at books

All these vibrant and.....

smiling faces did not stay that way for very long....

...because we all fell asleep! (this was not staged....and please don't ask me how Uncle J. took this picture while driving :D)

Now let's jump ahead several days....

Helping Aunt J. and the boys pack before taking them to the airport

This, to me, represents a perfectly-shaped partly-eaten apple. Anyone agree?

Cards

Now let's jump ahead to the next morning...

Everyone half-awake leaving for the airport

Waiting

...and waiting

"Are we ready yet?"

One last group shot. We miss you guys!


~S~

The Morton Maiden