Last day in Indiana

On Thursday August 6th we just spent a relaxing day since we were driving home the next day and wanted to leave at 4 am. Mr. John aka Holly's dad took Ru fishing. She had a blast and they caught 5 fish. She is going to miss Mr. John I am sure. The last picture is from our drive home. Ru had a fever and slept almost the whole 16 hours but still slept that night.

Holly took this reflection picture and I thought it was cool

Isn't she so cute

Shipshewana

On Wednesday August 5th we went to Shipshewana, Indiana. I wanted to see the Amish community there and it was like a 3 hour drive from Holly's parents. I have been wanting an Amish handmade quilt for my bed for a really long time. We had finally saved up the money. So while we were in Shipshewana we ordered a king size quilt, but there is a picture of the pattern below. I read a lot of fiction books about the Amish and so I am really fascinated by them. They also had a huge flea market there in Shipshewana were the Amish and non-Amish both shop. There was a little bakery where I bought some jam, cinnamon rolls, and this yummy stuff called Chocolate Cashew Crunch basically toffee with cashews but they call it "Amish Crack" because it was so addicting. We went to a bulk foods store too and I bought some yummy homemade pasta. It was super fun to see all the buggies everywhere we went.

Pattern for my future quilt

Amish girl on a bicycle

Buggy on the rode next to cars

Flea market

Buggies parked outside the bulk foods store

Trip to Chicago

Holly's parents live about an hour from Chicago so on Tuesday August 4th we went to visit Chicago. We saw the huge mirrored kidney bean and we went to the lego store. We also just walked down Michigan Ave. Ru napped in the stroller that day and it was a fun day.

Giant mirrored kidney bean

Lego store

Day at the Dairy

On Monday August 3rd, we went to tour the Fair Oaks dairy. It was fun we got to see a cow give birth. Tomorrow I will talk about our trip to Chicago. On a side note, most of you know that we are a very touchy family. Today I was sitting next to Ru at lunch and she had both of her feet on my leg. She said, "Mommy look both of my feet are stroking you." She is the cutest.

Bouncing on the bouncing pillow

Driving gas powered tractor

Indiana Shower

On Sunday August 2nd, we had Aunt Holly's first wedding shower. It was held in her parents backyard and as you can see by the pictures it was beautiful. Ms. Judy made homemade blueberry jam for all the guests. I thought this was such a creative idea for a party favor. There was quite a crowd, and it was nice to meet all of Aunt Holly's friends and family. Ru squeezed into a few extra pictures that were not necessarily supposed to include her. Aunt Holly said she didn't mind and loved having her in all the pictures.

Just a cute picture of the princess

Aunt Holly's dad(Mr. Jon) was the bartender for the shower

Aunt Holly and her cousins and Ru

Aunt Holly and her mom(Ms. Judy)

Ru and Aunt Holly

Aunt Holly's parents backyard all set up for the shower

Indiana

On Friday July 31st, Ru and I went with my brother's fiance a.k.a. Aunt Holly, to visit her family in Indiana. We decided to drive the 16 hour trip because her mom was going to throw a wedding shower for her while we were there. We left Friday at 4 a.m. and we arrived at 8 p.m. Ru did really well she only slept about 2 hours the whole trip but she spent a lot of time relaxing and she played really happily. The pictures below are from Saturday our first full day there. In the next few days I will post pictures from the rest of the trip.

Aunt Holly and Ru on Mr. Jon's motorcycle

Mr. Jon and Miss Judy(Aunt Holly's parents) own greenhouses that grow pretty flowers.

Ru with Mr. Jon

More Pictures of Houston

Watching a 3D movie

Butterfly exhibit

Aquarium

Carousel ride