With Lee and Ben in Iowa for an Order of the Arrow conference, we got Gram and Aunt Meghann to come to Clayton and visit with us before we leave our homeland to wander about in Franklin County until the new house is done.
Mind you, if you asked them, I’m sure they’d tell you the real reason was to get a Nicholas fix but we really know they just wanted one last time in this house in Clayton. 🙂
Seriously, it was nice having the two of them up here to get their fix (among other things with a certain someone who will remain nameless but Eagle-Eyed BLOG readers will know had a birthday recently and it’s *NOT* Aunt Nadine!). After relaxing a bit (and letting the rains pass!), we did the obligatory trip to the site so they could see the house taking shape. At this point, the framing is done for the most part and they had just installed some temporary stairs to let us get up to the second floor for the first time.
On the way back to Clayton, we showed them Lake Benson Park which is about a mile away which will be really nice for picnics or just general running about behavior! 🙂
Dinner was the true essence of elegance to give them a taste of the camping out we’re doing for the next month here…Bojangles chicken served on styrofoam plates. Hey…that bird tasted good and the dishes were packed so with an alternative of eating it off the floor, styrofoam suddenly isn’t so bad! ;)-
After that, it was time to hang out some more and Gram got to watch Nicholas get his bath before it was time for them to head back south for a while. Our best hopes and wishes go out to Aunt Meghann who enters Methodist College in Fayetteville this fall and our best to Uncle Ben for continued success at Fayetteville Technical Community College.
