Liam's first trip home to meet family, attend his first Apple Butter Festival and enjoy the wilds of West Virginia was a huge success. His sweet, friendly, loving and sometimes hammy personality stole everyone's heart!
Liam Met Lots of Family - Including Pappy.
Friday night was the Drive By Fish Fry. That's when your uncle and aunt drive up in their pick up truck - unloading it to set up a fry station on the back porch and fry up their latest catches! I've never seen my kids eat so much fish!
After the fish fry, Aunt Mary Jo pulled out her antique apple peeler, corer, slicer. The kids had a great time cranking and eating.
Kyra especially loved the long one piece apple peels!
The next day was the Apple Butter Festival. We hung out on blankets with lots of relatives, listened to blue grass and old time music, ate, and shopped.
Kyra and Liam even got to stir a big kettle of apple butter!
Of course, there was a lot of time to do other fun stuff.
Like a puzzle with Uncle Travis...
Impersonate LaLa with a toothpick, newspaper and cup of coffee...
Have a tickle fest in the cradle Uncle Travis slept in when he was a baby.
The cradle was made by La La's father, Pap Pap.
Kyra celebrated her birthday a little early.
Cake with 2 other cousins who also have October birthdays: Loguen and Sveta.
A surprise cake at LaLa's that sent her crawling under the table with embarassment.
Liam's first rock throwing session at La La's river.
Decorating pumpkins - my handsome little man in his camo apron!
So sweet...
For the first few days, Liam would wake up and say "Home see Sophie. Peez." But after his first tractor and jeep rides....he didn't talk about Sophie much anymore. Who needs college - Liam is going to be a big equipment operator!
He loved driving Granddaddy Buz's tractor!
He loved driving La La's red jeep!
Especially through the river!!!
My little bug lover found a woolyburger. Black,orange,black. Aunt Mary Jo says that means a cold beginning to winter, a medium cold middle to winter, and a cold ending.
Liam loved meeting all of his cousins. He was playing with them in no time - like he'd known them all of his life!
And in no time, our trip was coming to an end.
We took Kyra's traditional "Visit to La La's Jeep Picture".
And took Liam's first "Visit to La La's Jeep Picture".
(He's just so handsome!)
Then we were on the plane - heading home.
Kyra checked out the safety guidelines...
...which Liam found to be quite an interesting read!
What an experienced little flier!
And a great time was had by all!
3 comments:
LOVE this!!! Looks like everyone had a great time! Especially love the photos of Kyra & LaLa, and Liam and LaLa! So much love flowing.
Kyra and the apple peel, the kids in the cradle (how gorgeous is that?!), Kyra as LaLa :-D
I won't stop smiling all night, thanks!
Where is the video of mommy clogging?
Yes, where is the video of Mommy clogging. Or Liam and the singing fish?
Loved the blog.. I think my favorite pix of the whole weekend of Kyra is of her peeking thru the apple peeler.
Liam is all that you say he is and MORE. Such a darling..how lucky you are to have two such beautiful gifts from China. We cherish them, as do you.
"A good time was had by all" is the traditional ending of all the old accounts of showers, parties, etc. in Morgan Messengers of yesteryear.
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