Sister, SK and I traveled to Ocala this weekend to be with the fam. Michael is home for the summer so he had the pleasure of spending time with us too! On Saturday we went to Orlando and I had the Ikea experience for the first time - an experience it was. Not my cup of tea per se but I'm glad we went. Sally Kate enjoyed her stroll through Sweden and learned how to blow raspberries and continued to do so the entire day. The Radcliffes took Ikea and left with a knowledge of some new foreign words and one purchased item...lemon cookies. It was either that or Swedish meatballs. That evening we all attended a banquet for a historical society we are members of. It was great to see many family friends we have grown up with and of course you know who {Sally baby} got all of the attention.
On Sunday we spent the afternoon visiting grandparents and Miss June in Ocala before heading back to Tallahassee. Everyone was tickled to see how big and fun SK has gotten. Miss June is a dear friend of the family who helped raise us. She is battling cancer and is not doing well so it was wonderful to spend some time with her. It was the first time she had gotten to see the baby and she was thrilled. She held each of us at that size and has watched us grow ever since. While she stayed the same 4'-11" {or shorter} we grew taller than her but we always looked up to her. She would stay with us every Saturday during football season when we were young while m & d went to the gator games sans kids. To this day I will not eat Kraft Macaroni and Cheese because we had it every. single. Saturday. Yesterday she shared stories about how well behaved I was as a toddler ;) And maybe my favorite Miss June-ism is that whenever you receive a card in the mail from her...confetti follows. We had a wonderful visit this weekend and hope to be back soon. I had not been home since Easter and I think that's the longest stretch thus far. Oh, and we did get to go to Latinos on Friday night. We closed that place down!
On Sunday we spent the afternoon visiting grandparents and Miss June in Ocala before heading back to Tallahassee. Everyone was tickled to see how big and fun SK has gotten. Miss June is a dear friend of the family who helped raise us. She is battling cancer and is not doing well so it was wonderful to spend some time with her. It was the first time she had gotten to see the baby and she was thrilled. She held each of us at that size and has watched us grow ever since. While she stayed the same 4'-11" {or shorter} we grew taller than her but we always looked up to her. She would stay with us every Saturday during football season when we were young while m & d went to the gator games sans kids. To this day I will not eat Kraft Macaroni and Cheese because we had it every. single. Saturday. Yesterday she shared stories about how well behaved I was as a toddler ;) And maybe my favorite Miss June-ism is that whenever you receive a card in the mail from her...confetti follows. We had a wonderful visit this weekend and hope to be back soon. I had not been home since Easter and I think that's the longest stretch thus far. Oh, and we did get to go to Latinos on Friday night. We closed that place down!
sally kate waving hello to reese, carson, and hadley :)
nap time...sweetly holding my blonde locks
sister and I at the banquet
3 comments:
HOLD UP - is SK wearing watermelon?? I know someone who has all the accessories for that little outfit ;)
Somehow I can't imagine why you thought you would find something in IKEA?? It's plain jane and you are Scary Mary... wait... you're Flare-y Mary. That's a little better, right?
And I already love Miss June! Adorable!
TOO CUTE of her sleeping and holding your hair! What a good aunt you are!
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