Visiting family - our around the world trip!

My Uncle Vernon has been seriously ill the last few months so we decided to journey up to northeast Missouri to see him and a few other members of my family. We headed for a town called Mexico, Missouri. My uncle was in the hospital there and my cousin Karen Sue owns a restaurant there.



We all had a nice homemade lunch at the Jackson Street Diner.

Karen Sue with the kids :) Her restaurant is filled with tractors and Ben loved checking them out.

My cousin Becky's son Jared and her daughter Alaina.

Pretty countryside.

After lunch we stopped by to see my Aunt Isabelle in Paris, Missouri. She is one of my father's sisters. She looks pretty good for 97!!! I think she got a kick out of meeting Piper Isabelle too!

Our final stop was to visit my cousin Becky Jo in Madison. She owns a restaurant too which recently burned down. She picked herself up by the bootstraps and rebuilt an awesome new restaurant.

Becky got each of he kids a new FarmAll Tractor. Ben got a pretty cool combine!

So in one day we traveled to Mexico, went by the outskirts of Louisiana, stopped in Paris and ended in Madison. Have to say it was a crazy around the world trip but we made it! haha!

Hanging out

Lots of pics of everyone hanging out...

Being silly with Uncle Rob
Mmmm - Steak N Shake!

MU Campus!

Waiting to get pictures taken.

Uncle Richie

All of the boys watching tv. Ben's feet are on the purple ball.

Feeding skinny and his guinea friends

My old violin!!

TROUBLE!!

We bought several Halloween costumes which were on sale after the holiday - Ben had a great time modeling them for us.

Who knew a microwave box could be so much fun?!