Home again, home again

jiggety jig. Stopped in Marietta/Woodstock on our way back to have a sleepover with Grams. Kids went with her to get donuts for everybody early in the morning so we could return the Mazda5 rental car by 11am.

And I got the car to Budget at 11:01 without any problems. We logged 4,748 miles during our two week jaunt across about 11 states.  It was an incredible trip that we'll all remember for a long time. Wonder what our next adventure will be?

After unpacking and repacking - with all the kids' camp stuff - we jumped into Homer and made the quick hour trip up to Lake Lanier to celebrate 4th of July with the whole Close Clan. A jump in the lake made our return official. On Sunday, the kids start their next journey with their weeklong stay at Camp Toccoa.

One last stop

So we left Nashville this morning and headed 45 minutes south to see my cousins Travis & Diane - along with her husband Scott and son Asher on their farm in College Grove.

I was a little fuzzy from the drive but this is everybody in Diane's kitchen. Travis was standing tall and looking pretty good.

 

Here are Scott, Diane, & Asher. Asher's starts UT-Martin in the fall.

Snoopy was one of the 3 noisemakers roaming the house.

As we left, we saw these wild turkeys wandering by their driveway.

Made it to Marietta about 7 pm to hang out with Russell & Mom for the night before returning the rental in the a.m. Hope we get there by 11am!

Reunited and it feels so good

We wrapped up our Nashvegas excursion with a family dinner reuniting the cousins.

 Aunts Jeanne & J.B. had everybody over to their house for dinner. Wendy & Amber toasted a great visit.

Pix didn't turn out real well. Fortunately, we got to see the aunts, Helen, Rich, Ryland, Casey, Clay, and Tristan. The meal was served on the back porch and many stories were told. Too short a time together but it was good to catch up. All the kids are getting so big.