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Country Livin'

Sometimes when I go home to Manning and the farm, I realize how country my roots are!!! I cannot believe that I forget it, but living in the big city does that to a girl! I was reminded this weekend as I attended my nephew's 6 year-old birthday party "down on the farm".  It was complete with four wheeler ridin' and picnic table sittin'.

It is a truly rare event that my entire family is all in one place at the same time. But, this weekend, miracle of miracles, it happened!!! My brother and his family were home from Chicago. It was so good for my soul to see them in the flesh and hug their necks!! And, on Sunday, every single one of our family members managed to make it out to the farm and spend some quality time together doing our favorite things....eating good food and having some laughs. We all remembered our sweet Daddy Scott as it has been over a year now that he is not with us. It only took Mama Scott a full year to finalize his gravestone, bless her heart, so we got to visit him too.

A truly, truly glorious weekend!!! Beautiful time doin' what country folks do.....sit, talk, eat and laugh!!! It's the simple things in life, people!!!

Eadon, Mae Harmon and Ragin

Having some fun on the trampoline

Angie and me

Cute girlies...Mae and Anna

Hay ride!!!

Sister photo time

Words and verse that sum up what this man was all about...

Rosy and Quin

Mama Scott and Perrin

Quin and the matriarch herself

Liz and Tripp

Angie and Quin

Liz, Quin and me

Scott, Rosy, Mama, Meri and Mama Scott

My, oh my, our family is getting big!!!


All of my sweet family!! Thankful for the blessing of them!

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  1. elizabethApril 15, 2012 at 6:03 PM

    so glad the blog is back :) I need some copies of the pond photos and the girls weekend!!! so glad i got to see you yesterday!!!!!!

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