Travis's sister Holly came for a visit this past week and we had a great time having her.
She rolled into Percy Quin State Park in her new blue Dodge pickup truck at about 11:00 p.m. Saturday the 15th. Travis met her at the gate and she joined us in an overnight tent camp. The kids and I were all sleeping when she arrived, so we were all so excited to wake up and see her!
We spent Sunday recuperating from camping and Monday she gave the kids and I a ride to Sam's club in her new quad-cab truck and accompanied us grocery shopping after we ate lunch at Backyard Burger. Riding in a truck is a real treat for all of the kids. They really enjoyed playing in the bed of the truck in the backyard when they weren't riding in it, too!
Tuesday morning Holly took Madalynn and treated her to a manicure and pedicure for some girl time and then took her to Target to shop for her birthday present. Holly said it was a hard decision for Madalynn to make, but she finally chose to get a new doll (her name is Jenny) over a Hannah Montana CD and a pair of new shoes. Choices, choices. Holly and Madalynn met me, Justis, Dawson, Jillian and Madalynn's friend Lilly at Chick Fil-a before I took the my kids and Lilly on to home school co-op.
Wednesday we had a wild time (quite literally). Travis took the day off and treated us to a trip to the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, LA. The Global Wildlife Center is a 900-acre wild animal refuge. We took a tractor-driven covered wagon ride through part of the acreage while hearing about the animals and feeding them! Camels, reindeer, moose, giraffes, llamas, kangaroos and zebras are just a handful of the variety of animals we saw. I got a huge kick out of the hairy camel! The kids really enjoyed having the animals come right up to their feed cups and eating from them.
Holly left Thursday morning around 10:30 to four sad kids and a sad me. We so enjoy the company of our family and it is always hard seeing visitors off. We look forward to the next time we get to see her, though!
Love you, Holly!
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