Friends from Washington

We had the priviledge of having visitors from Washington this past week. Susan and Gabby Connors came on a little trip to see us. They arrived in Nashville last Tuesday evening (July 21st) at around 6pm. After driving back to Clarksville, we had a late dinner and got settled in.

The next morning it was raining pretty hard. We decided to spend the day indoors so all of us went to see a free movie "Space Chimps" at the Great Escape theatre. I thought it was extremely lame, and wouldn't recommend it, but the kids seemed to enjoy it. Even considering the fact that it was free, I still don't think it was worth watching, but at least we had good company. We stopped after and got pizza at Little Caesar's and that made it a little better.

Later on we walked through some new construction houses in our neighborhood and then Susan took me to see "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". I had seen it already, but it was Susan's first time, and it was good enough to see again.

The girls just before we headed to the pool Thursday morning.

Thursday, we took them to Swan Lake pool for some swimming. Alex couldn't find his swim pass, so he conveniently got to stay home (he didn't want to go anyway). The water has been the perfect temperature all summer, but because of the week or so of cooler weather, it was SO cold (not that I'm complaining about the cooler weather though). It felt good when the sun was shining. All in all, it was a good time swimming.


Later on, we went shopping at Wal-Mart for a few things. We don't usually have many drink choices at our house, milk and water are usually the extend of it. But, I was feeling bad for Susan because I know how much she loves Coke, so I went to buy she and Gabby something to drink. While we were there, Gabby and Jesikah found matching backpacks for school. It was just chance that the backpacks matched their outfits too. And, yes, I have proof now that Susan shops at Wal-Mart! :)

That afternoon, more good friends from Washington, the Park family, stopped by on their way through moving to Georgia. It was great to see them again. They have been travelling and vacationing all month and were finally getting close to their final destination...their new home in Georgia. We're happy they will be closer to us now.

That evening, all the kids hung out at the house while Mike, Nikki, Eric, I and Susan had dinner at The Cracker Barrel. (The above picture was taken outside Cracker Barrel after dinner). It was the Parks first time to Cracker Barrel, so we were happy to be part of that momentous occasion. :)

Susan mixing eggs for brunch casserole to be for breakfast the next morning.

That night McKell slept over at our house with Gabby and Jesikah while the rest stayed at a hotel. The next day they took off for Georgia. (Above, McKell, Gabby, and Jesikah)

Above in the picture (l to r) is Nikki, Alex, Paige, and Gabby. Alex and their daughter, Paige, have always been hot and cold in getting along, but Alex admitted after they left that the day they were here was one of the highlights of his summer in addition to Scout Camp and our trip to Washington.