Monday, July 6, 2009

Holiday weekend

We spent our 4th visiting Brian's family in Illinois for a family reunion. It rained all day Saturday, so we were inside most of the time, but luckily it let up enough to have some great fireworks that evening. Abby and I also got to experience something very new for us, tractors! Patti's cousin gave us a tour of his shed with all kinds of huge tractors, including a combine that Abby, Brian and I got to sit in it. We'll have to wait for Grandma James to get her film developed before we can show you that pic. Abby was all about seeing the tractors. I wonder if/when I will ever get Brian's family tree figured out. I'm not used to both sides of the family and every generation living within a ten mile radius of each other. It's very confusing, but very cool.

Abby loves her uncle Kevin. I have a picture of Brian and I from a while ago, Abby points to it and says, "mommy and Kevin".
















Grandma and Grandpa
















The James family (Brian's mom with her brothers and parents)
















Great Grandma and Grandpa James (Brian's mom's parents) and Abby
















Great Grandma Sollars (Brian's dad's mom) Grandpa Henderson and Abby
















Our view of corn all weekend.
















Best weather we had was coming home.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

but those are beans not corn in the picture

Anonymous said...

I just have to comment on how beautiful your little Abby is!! Rachel, she looks just like you!

I hope you guys are doing well! Much love,

andrea

Rachel said...

yeah, brian let me know they are beans. ah well, it all looks the same. flat and green.

tim said...

"mommy and kevin" too funny!

hope you guys had some good ol' mid-west, blow the dah-gawn doors off the barn fireworks !!!