Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Family visits

One of the positives about moving to Mississippi is being close to Ken's family. We can go down for special occasions or when we just want to get away. I put together a collage of pictures we took on our last visit (Dec.) before we moved here...but not much was different this past visit, except we didn't visit Oak Alley (the beautiful plantation home on the Mississippi)! The cute little guy with the bright blue eyes is Ken's grand nephew, Braden. Adorable! There's fishing in the pond out front (his mom's place is on 6 acres) or...shooting turtles that eat the catfish eggs and sittin' on the front porch with our drinks. It's SO peaceful!!
We just returned from a quick visit this past weekend to visit Ken's step-mom "Maw maw" Liz. She fell earlier last week and broke three ribs...and has complications that goes along with that type of injury. To top it off, she is starting her third round of chemotherapy. She's amazingly strong and we pray for her speedy recovery. We also got a chance to visit with my Uncle Ken and Cousin Dave and Kim and their four kids in Hattiesburg, about 2 hours south of us. I'm excited to have get togethers with them...makes being far away from my AZ family a little easier.

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