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| New friends: Paul and Melissa D. |
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| A cottage-style house. Don't you just love it?! :) |
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| Another cottage-style house |
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| A beautiful mural in downtown Rockwall |
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| On the 21st, my family and I went to Tyler to visit family. But it was mainly because Mom's Dad (Grandpa "Poppy" Russell) is retiring from his job at a Christian highschool. In this photo, we are about to start on the scavenger hunt that Mom made about Poppy's work history. |
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| First clues |
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| Decorations in the bus we took for the scavenger hunt. This sign says, "Senior moment in progress". Ha! :) |
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| Poppy-- the thinker |
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| First person to be picked up with a clue-- Uncle Abe |
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| One of the other stops was Andy's Frozen Custard parlor |
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| Cousin Nick with another clue |
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| Mom-- with yet another clue |
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| Atwoods was also one of the stops in the scavenger hunt. We picked up Aunt Jill and Jaden there, along with... |
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| ...this little chickie :) |
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| Cousins Lexi and Bayle were at another stop with Joel |
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| A clue |
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| Lexi reads a clue aloud to Poppy |
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| Cousin Taylor was picked up at the truck-stop |
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| And Mr. Mike C. was picked up at Brookshire's |
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| At Brookshire's we had to get out of the bus to find the next clue and person... |
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| ...and this is who and what we found |
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| Next clue |
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| Great Aunt Peggy also had a clue for us to pick up |
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| As did Aunt Jennifer. Her signs says, "Retired. Will work for food." Ha! |
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| Phoebe, capturing Poppy's reaction when we arrived at the fancy restaurant-- the Villa Montez (pronounced Via Mon-tez). |
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| Going into the Villa Montez |
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| Phoebe-dee |
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| Abs |
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| The chicken dish |
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| The shrimp dish, which Abby and I had, was SO good! :) |
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| The beef dish |
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| Mom's special dish with guacamole and all |
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| The surprise ride to the last of the day |
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| Classic |
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| This was the last of the day (the 20th). A surprise party! :) |
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| The food line |
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| Great Aunt Catherine (Poppy's younger sister) made this cake for "Bubby" (a.k.a Poppy, Gramps, Grandpa Russell). |
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| Visiting |
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| Fondu |
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| Cute Logan and his Mom |
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| Mr. Mike Duggar and Phoebe talking. Mr. Duggar is Jim-Bob Duggar's Uncle. |
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| Jaden enjoys playing with the baby chick. Poppy let him keep the chick and we have been having fun taking care of it. We had a GREAT and hectic trip -- wait? Can you have both?!. |
