Back Home Again In Indiana

For spring break, me & my kids, Holly & Olivia, & my mom all headed to Indiana to visit all of our extended relatives. It was a whirlwind trip from west Indiana to east Indiana & back again!

The photos are of my Aunt Paulette & Uncle Bob (Paulette is my mom's sister) And of my grandma - the kids Grandma Clare.

We started in Terre Haute, IN - then headed to Franklin where we saw Grandma Clare. We spent 2 nights at my Uncle Dennis & Aunt Mary Sue's house in Columbus. They have 5 grandchildren, so they had LOTS of great toys for the kids to play with. I think they were also very thankful to be out of the car for awhile. We went to a children's museum in Columbus - it was GREAT! There was a "clubhouse" the kids could climb in - it had a "bathroom" with this gigantic toilet. There were 3 steps to climb in the toilet & then a slide to go down. When you go down the slide, it makes a flushing sound. Believe it or not, JM was a little scared to climb in. One attempt by Sissy & he was right behind!

There was a great craft area - this was crayon melting art! Very cool!

Uncle Dennis (my dad's brother) reads JM some Dr. Suess before bed.

ON TO CONNERSVILLE, IN

This is my Great-Uncle Bill, he'll be 92 in May. 5 of my 7 cousins were together with all of our children. There were 10 in all. Uncle Bill never thought he'd see all of our children together. They ranged in age from 2 months to 10 years old.

Holly, Me & my cousins (also sisters) Jamie & Mandy with Uncle Bill.

Here are all 10 children: (from left) Lydia Austin, Jillian & Bricen Tunnicliff, Faith Olsen, Isabelle Redford, Olivia Kemp, John Michael Redford, Adrienne Austin, Zak Olsen, & Asher Tunnicliff.

John Michael loves Zak - this was Aunt Sandy's husband's Harley - John Michael was in LOVE.

Aunt Paulette & Mom at Tod & Shannon's house.

Isabelle & JM love sitting in Aunt Paulette & Uncle Bob's chairs. . . they' were pretending to be them here in this picture - they had their popcorn & drinks! Just like their great aunt & uncle!