Posted by Nicole
The trip has been perfectly relaxing so far. We didn’t really have any set plans for the trip, and it’s been nice just going with the flow.
Already today, I have gone horseback riding, to another one of my aunt’s houses, to visit my grandma, to see my uncle’s new house, and to the pool at another one of my aunt’s houses. Did you know that my mom is one of fifteen kids? Yeah, lots of family to visit!
It keeps it interesting because there is always someone to see or something to do.
Some pics from yesterday and today…
We journeyed through the country land and stopped at my Aunt Rose’s house.


She has lots of horses, two cats, and a dog… and she used to have a donkey and some miniature cows!

My godsisters like to call the cats, “their cats,” because they are not allowed to have any at their Chicago house. It’s adorable.

We celebrated my Aunt Linda’s belated birthday with the most delicious homemade carrot cake ever.


This morning, I woke up nice and early, showered, and went downstairs. There was a box of donuts! Custard filled and amazing.

At 9 o’clock, I headed to my Aunt Rose’s house for some early morning horse riding. The weather is high 90s this weekend, and we wanted to get some riding in before it was extremely hot.

I rode with Sam and Rose rode with Mia. The one hour ride was lots of fun.



Back at Rose’s, we ate some fresh watermelon and cooled off in the house. We left in Rose’s Jeep… I’m feeling more and more country as the day goes on…..

We drove to visit my grandma in the nursing home, went to my Uncle Tony’s house, and then to my Aunt Marilyn’s. (Literally, there are 12,000 members of my family.)
We had leftovers from the cookout.

Leftovers included leftover dessert

And now I’m off to go shopping and whatever else the day has in store.
- Nicole






