The Party Continues...

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lucy's 8th birthday

Lucy's birthday celebrating continued for two fun weeks with a visit from my family:  My brother Nathan and his family from Kentucky, Mom, Dad, and babiest recent high school graduate brother Isaac from Washington.

lucy's ice cream cake

  

alex, blake, and henry

We showed them the best Little Rock has to offer.

henry and grandpa j

First stop was the King Fisher Trail at Pinnacle Mountain and the visitor's center look-out.

isaac

cypress knees... i think they are so cool!

nathan and dad looking at the river

The visitor's center offered seasoned grubs and crickets for sale.  

Of course we were game!

dad

My favorite is Blake's expression!

me, eating a grub

Billy's parents had us over for some of the best food of the trip.  

Low Country Boil and BBQ Ribs!  OH MY!  It was sooo good.

Why don't we have any pictures with the Griffins?  I guess we were too busy stuffing our faces.

Thank you, Griffins!

We saw Central High School, the ghetto, Mike Bebee's residence, drove past the Clinton Library, sweltered at the River Market, and made a stop at the Big Dam Bridge. 

(Little Rockers voted on that name... democracy may have failed in this case).

me, henry, nathan, alex, lucy, blake, jenny, savanah

My sister-in-law, Jenny, wins the "enduring to the end" award for putting up with the high temps, high humidity, and various attempts to do something outdoors all while being eight months pregnant.

jenny and blake

lucy, my nature girl

me and hen (as he now prefers to be called)

mom

Lucy and Henry had so much fun with their cousins, it left us really wishing we lived closer.

henry, lucy, alex, blake

hen, alex, mac, blake