The Wild Wild Wells: Down, Down to D-Town

A few weekends ago we loaded up the truck and headed south to visit Matthew's family in Denison; his father Ken, brother Kurt, our nephew sweet Madden and his Grandmother Memaw. I LOVE ROAD TRIPS. I mean, like I get excited about packing, loading up the truck, picking out movies for the kids to watch (thank the Lord for DVD players in vehicles!) and packing snacks and goodies to surprise the kids with along the way. Granted, the trip from Moore to Denison isn't too long, but it can seem like an eternity with an 8, 5 and 2 year old. Matthew does not like roadies. Me, I'd rather have a motor home than a new house, but I just don't see it happening... the thought of traveling cross country in a large vehicle with me and the kids makes Matthew nauseous.

Anyway - the night before we left I cooked up a storm to take some good eats down to Memaw. She isn't able to cook for herself very often, so I knew she would love the treats... and knew she really needed them. I individually packaged up four helpings of chicken noodle soup, lasagna, chicken tetrezinni and cowboy stew. I will post the recipes soon.

Before leaving town, we stopped at Best Buy to grab an audio recorder. Matthew's Dad has wanted to get some of Memaw's memories about the family recorded to have for future generations for a while. We all figured this was the perfect timing. Matthew's Mom also has recording of her grand parents that were recorded for Matthew to have. She's working on getting us copies. They have always sounded like such amazing people, I can't wait to hear them.

It was a beautiful day in Denison so we spent most of our time outside watching the kids run and play. It was a lovely day... great family time. Here are some pictures of the group from that day.