This weekend we went to East Texas to Ryan's home town of Hughes Springs. This was Eva's first trip there and only her second time to get to see Miss Joyce, Ryan's long time family friend.
We packed up our bags on Thursday night after dinner. Eva crawled in the suitcase all by herself - I guess she was ready to hit the road! We planned on leaving at 8 PM so that she would fall asleep in the car for the 3 hour ride. It was honestly the worst car ride ever... 3 very long hours of crying and screaming from an exhausted little girl :(
The next morning was much better! We spent some time outside and saw some deer just past the porch when we were headed out to dinner. The land around Joyce's house is so beautiful and I have this dream of going there one year in the fall when Eva can walk around and crunch in the leaves. We usually end up going when it's hot or cold or rainy, but one year I want to go when the weather is perfect for enjoying nature.
Friday night we ate at Catfish Village, only the best fried catfish place in Texas! Eva wasn't really into getting this pic, but we took it anyway.
Cutie in a diaper! She kept crawling behind some recliner chairs and waiting for us to say, "Where is Eva???" before peeping out from behind the chairs with a squeal.
After munchkin went to sleep we worked on finishing up a puzzle Joyce had been working on. There was one piece that we couldn't seem to make a match for and kept joking that it just wasn't there. We got the entire rest of the puzzle completed and guess what...that one piece really wasn't there! Luckily we found it under some newspaper on the floor.
We always play games when we go to Joyce's house. This time we dug deep into her front closet and found some old versions of Racko and Big Boggle. I was the champion at Racko!
Ryan snapped this photo of Eva crawling down the entry hallway and said that he has lots of good memories of walking into Joyce's home through this hallway.
And I promised Ryan that I would post these two baby photos of him. I really do see a resemblance to Eva in these photos. I think it's mostly the expression but also his hair. I can't believe that Ryan's hair was so light and wispy as a baby since it's so dark and thick now. Interesting.
We love Joyce and appreciate our getting to spend time with her. Eva had a great time visiting Hughes Springs and so did we!
That's a great pic of Eva and Joyce! Did you bring me back some coleslaw from Catfish Village??? :) Glad yall had a great time!
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