Wow I am behind! I will do my best to catch up.
I wrote this post over a week ago, but I couldn't get the picture to load until now.
Jordan finished his last day of work on Saturday, so we packed up our stuff and are on our way back to Idaho.
I wrote this post over a week ago, but I couldn't get the picture to load until now.
Jordan finished his last day of work on Saturday, so we packed up our stuff and are on our way back to Idaho.
Before we left though, my old roommate and good friend Aimee grew up an hour away from Fayetteville so her mom, Carole, came to to our place for a nice visit.
While Carole and I were making a fabric flower clip Calin played with the extra fabric and flowers
So we decided to take a detour down to Texas on our way back to Idaho. We left Sunday morning and stopped first in Plano, Texas where Jordan grew up. We tried finding his brother Jared's grave site in McKinney, but weren't able to. We were able to stop at all three houses he lived in, and ate lunch at Cici's Pizza.
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| This is the house he lived in when he was born |
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| This is the second house he lived in, he calls it the "Sticker Yard" |
| This is the last house he lived in while in Texas. Then we headed to his Uncle Larry's in Waco. They live on a bunch of land, and even though it was HOT, Calin loved playing outside.      Jordan's cousin Dustin was showing Calin an ant hill  |
Larry and Jordan's cousin Dustin are musicians, and Calin LOVED the drums!
Before we left Waco we were able to stop by and see Jordan's mom's grave. I never met her, but I have always felt really close to her and I know my kids will too, so it was great we were able to visit.
On Monday (29th) we headed down to Austin and are staying with Jordan's cousins Steve and Melissa. Jordan's dad came over and we had a little celebration for Calin's 2nd birthday.
Calin loved jumping on the trampoline and playing with James and Madeline
I think I have some pool pictures from the trip too, so I'll post those later
7 comments:
How cool that you got to see his childhood homes. It was a little out of the way for us.
LOVE THOSE PICTURES! That is so awesome you guys got to go to all those places... sorry we couldn't guide you better during your phone calls. Jealous that you guys got to go down there. Looks like it was a lovely visit.
Hope you guys are adjusting well in Idaho again.
Loved the post, the pictures and the videos! What a good trip!
Great post! But...I think you got that first home wrong. Just kidding. The house looks different though. They may have taken the big thorn bushes out. How awkward would that be if you take a picture in front of the house and they come out and ask what you're doing. You tell them you were born at this house and then they tell you they've lived there for the last 40 years...awkward :)
Nate's comment is funny. I love that y'all went to his childhood homes. When we went to Iowa in 2007 we took a pic of Mick and Evey in front of their childhood homes. I did that with my Dad too in 2 of the homes he lived in Holland as a child. Maybe I'll do that with James and Madeline in OR & CA.
Loved those videos of Calin - he is such an adorable lil boy.
The house on Stockton Trail you missed by one house. It was third from the corner with all the trees. It was 1708 Stockton Trail.
The pictures were great. Jared's grave is at Jackson-Morrow- Turrentine cemetary in the baby section off Riverview and hwy75.
I'm glad you made it down. It was quite a way out of your direction and it was appreciated.
The cemetary was called the Ridgeview Memorial Cemetary off Ridgeview Dr. and Hwy 75. Exit 38 N. or 38 S. Sorry you missed it. Dad
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