Another Day with Lily

Aunt Melissa and Lily

I see you!! Her Burger King Toy



Enjoying the ride at Walmart

Her prized pumpkin

The Pumpkin Patch

"Baaaaa" says the sheep.


Which Pumpkin to get

Miss Scare Crow

Our Hayride


Luke and I got up as usual this morning- only for me it was about 30 minutes earlier than usual! Christylee is doing her internship at Saline Memorial for nursing and needed someone to watch Lily. We have had a blast today! Lily and I ate breakfast in our PJ's. She watched as all the dogs went outside- and even met MadisonMurphy today. Although, she calls her a "him" and instead of Madison- it's "Snoopy".....yes, we have so many animals- it's hard to keep it all straight I suppose! We ate breakfast at the house, got dressed, and then headed to Walmart. Lily rode in the buggy and helped me buy groceries. We came home, had a snack, and then headed out to the Pumpkin Patch. We went to the Mary B's Pumpkin Patch- it was a little pricey I thought, but we had a great time. It's SO hard to get a good picture of Lily, especially with the sun being so bright! She picked out a pumpkin and we were on our way. We stopped to eat lunch at Burger King before meeting her Daddy at the church parking lot.

It was a fun and busy morning!

Baby Ryan Photo Shoot

This past weekend, Luke and I shot Maternity pics for Jason and Alicen. Little Aiden just loved the camera- and I may be biased- but I think the pictures are adorable! I can't wait to meet little Ryan this Wednesday!!! These are just a few of my favorite shots!

Joplin, MO & Granny Renick

This past week I took a trip to Neosho to visit Ma. We worked on Granny Renick's Scrapbook album. It was so neat to learn all about my Great, Great Grandma! Sorry the pics are out of order, but you get the trip!

One night in Neosho, we went with Aunt JJ and Uncle JR to eat at Under the Cliff. I had never eaten there before- it's a restaurant in a cave!!

Me and Ma (sorry Iphone Pics)

Aunt JJ and Uncle JR

The walls at Under the Cliff

Under the Cliff

Another day, we went to Joplin so I could see the destruction from the F5 tornado that tore through the town killing 162 people. Words cannot describe it and pictures just don't do the devastation justice. I was speechless most of the drive through town. While touring the rubble, we ate at the Red Onion- which was delicious!

Our Chocolate RICH dessert

Ma

My salad and baked potato soup

Ma's coconut chicken tenders- they were so good!

Me and Ma

The main reason for the trip was to work on Granny Renicks Scrapbook. At first, Ma didn't think she had that much stuff, but the end result was a HUGE scrapbook. I had a blast learning about Granny Renick- she was truly a Proverbs 31 woman!

One layout I was working on.

Poor Aunt JJ and Ma had to go back and reorganize the letters written by Granny Renick. It was hard to get them back in order. What priceless memories!

Ma trying to have fun reading the letters.....8)


Joplin, MO


the hospital that's now closed.






Off to the right used to be where JoAnn's was...still has me speechless!


Granny Renick Finds: I have seen items in Ma's house before, but it never dawned on me that they might be Granny Renicks!

This doll used to sit on her bed. She made the Yo Yo's out of fabric. No one was allowed to play with the doll- so that's why it still looks so good to this day!


Granny Renick loved embroidery. This hangs in Ma's hallway- I never knew Granny Renick did this wall hanging!

These are in Ma's garage- Granny Renick loved to paint by number. This is painted on velvet.


This little dish belonged to Granny Renick. Ma ended up with it. In one of the letters, she tells Ma that she's glad she ended up with it. It was a birthday gift, but it had special meaning to her. She fed her mother towards the end of her life out of this little glass pitcher.


I just love this plate of Granny Renicks

This was one piece of her china. She had this in her homesteading days in colorado. They had dirt floors, but fine china!

Granny Renick's pocket watch. This was a gift from Granny's dad to her. She has it on in her wedding pictures....and it still ticks to this day!