Tootie Turned 40!!

On May 30, my sister turned the big 4-0!  

I picked up her, mom, and Gavin and we road tripped to Bowling Green, Kentucky to eat lunch at Chuy's and just tool around a bit.  We also stopped at some of those old school souvenir road side stores and got Gavin some magnetic rocks he's been wanting.  Wonder if he still plays with them?

We Have a 4th Grader Now!

Well today is Gavin's last day of third grade.  When the school bell rings for the last time today, he'll officially be a fourth grader.  I can't even believe it!  These last nine years have flown by and in a blink he's grown so much.  He's such a sweet boy, but also a silly boy!  

Yesterday was awards day at his school and Aunt Stace took the day off work to go to them, along with his mom and dad.

He received three awards and a medal for Honor Roll, Citizenship, and Accelerated Reading! 

We are all SO PROUD of everything you are doing and accomplishing big boy! 

Stalking the Amish...

Well I've went and done it again...  #amishstalker

On Saturday over Mother's Day weekend, Shawn was at his parents, and I wanted to go up north to Amish country again.  I asked Beth and Gavin if they wanted to go and was thrilled to have the company!  

Our first stop was at McDonald's for the mandatory mocha frappes! And then on to Odon, Indiana.  It's an hour and a half north of us, and an added hour for the time change.  We got on the interstate around 8:30, and was in line for donuts at 11:00 a.m.  

After getting our donuts, we went into the little shop next door and then over to the Odon Locker for a few of my favorite grocery items.

After all that, it was time to commence with #gettingthecardirty!  And dirty it got, but inside and out.  

We spent quite a few hours driving around just enjoying the peacefulness of the Amish/Mennonite lifestyles.  I just love driving around looking at their beautiful homes and well kept yards.  Seeing horses and buggy's every where you went.  Following the paths of horse poop on the roads cause you knew a horse and buggy had been that way.  Seeing all of the laundry out on the lines because Saturday is apparently wash day.  Men out in the fields with their horse drawn tractors and plows mowing and getting ready for planting.  Little ones out playing.

But my absolute favorite, and a first for me, was happening upon this lemonade stand!  We pulled up and asked how much the lemonade was.  In the most sweetest and southern-est accent, we were told 75 cents a cup and that they had homemade cookies too!  We got two cups, chatted for a second, and then drove off.  That lemonade was good and was homemade!

I just love our backroad adventures.  You never know where they will take you!  This one took us to an Amish family's driveway!  

We stopped at a greenhouse so I could get some plants.  And then we stopped at a couple little stores.  After not successfully finding all we were searching for, we stopped for lunch at Knepp's and then headed towards home.  

For those of you that didn't know, this is what NOT SLEEPING looks like...

Who's ready for another roadtrip?!?

Saturday Adventures

A couple Saturday's ago, I picked up Beth, Gavin, Mom and Sassy Hose to go driving around and doing some photography and possibly geocaching.  The drive took us to the St. Meinrad Archabbey and then to the Dale Fall Festival to play some 25 cent bingo and to let Gavin ride some rides.  The weather was breezy, but it was nice and sunny!

We Went to Jail :O!

Back at the beginning of May, me, mom, Beth, and Gavin took a little road trip to the Jailhouse Pizza restaurant in Brandenburg, Kentucky.  A friend from work told me about this restaurant and how yummy it was quite a while ago and I've been wanting to try it every since.  

I knew that along the way there was an old historic home that I thought Beth would like but it had been a few months since I had researched the little trip that I forgot where the house was.  We were driving along the road and I mentioned it to Beth and it probably wasn't about 5 minutes later that we happened upon it. 

It's the Judge Joseph Holt Home and you can read about it here,

We stopped and got out and wondered around the property for a little bit taking pictures and admiring all the historic features on the home.

After the house, we continued our drive to the Jailhouse and admired the sights along the way.

We made it!  Thankfully it wasn't crowded at all and we were able to get a seat quickly and our food arrived quickly as well.  The food definitely didn't disappoint.  You can read about the Jailhouse history and see their menu here.

After we left there, we drove up into Corydon, stopped at a yard sale and then drove the scenic route back home into Rockport.  Just a few sights along the way.