Hi Ho, It's off to Grammy's We Go.

Well as many of you know this last week has been a bit tough for our family. My Grammy (my mom's mom) was in a bit of an accident last week (Tuesday). She was walking through a parking lot when a pickup accidentally backed into her. The tailgate of the truck hit her hip and broke it.

On Wednesday my mom, Kevin and I drove up to Athens, TX to visit her in the hospital. It was the first time Kevin had ever met her, which was pretty fun. Although we do wish it would have been different circumstances. We are very happy that Grammy is doing much better. She did have surgery on her hip and is going to be transferred to a rehab facility in Tyler tomorrow.

Along the way we did stop and check out the bluebonnets. Kevin had fun stretching his legs and picking at the flowers. He also did excellent on our trip. He and I spent a lot of time in the car driving between Grammy's house (Gun Barrel City) and the hospital in Athens. I am so proud of him.

It was also really neat going to see her house again. I haven't been there since her sister/neighbor, Aunt Ann, passed away. Aunt Ann's house has since been sold and they tore it down. It was so strange seeing the empty lot. But Fanny's well is still there. (Fanny was her dog and long time companion, when Fanny died she had a well built to remember Fanny. We call it Fanny's well). It was also really neat to see water in the canal. Their houses back up to Cedar Creek Lake, and for many years the water level was really low.

Here are a few pictures from our trip.
The view of the lake from Grammy's side yard.



The view of the lake from Aunt Ann's property. Across the canal used to be an old trailer and then there was a night club. Now it is just cleared out. It looks so much better.

Kevin playing in Grammy's side yard next to the road.


Fanny's well.


Kevin playing with the bluebonnets. Please note, he did not pick any of them! :-)