Lafayette June 2009

We recently made a quick trip to Lafayette timing it so that we could see our nephew Heath, meet his fiance Ashley, and then attend their wedding two days later. He is having a busy two weeks while on leave from Iraq! We were so happy to see Heath, to meet some of his Mom's family, and to meet Ashley & her family. We enjoyed our visit and will be glad when he his back at Fort Hood. [In the meantime, we'll keep the post office busy with care packages!]

We also had a delightful visit with our nephew Chris and his girlfriend Heidi. We loved getting updates on their jobs, their plans for school, and everything else--and hearing about their dogs Bubba & Cooper. We can't wait until our next visit with them. In the meantime, I'm glad for cell phones (yes, even text messaging), email, and 'snail' mail!

Unfortunately, we missed seeing our beautiful niece Ana and great-niece Audrey. Ana had been invited on a cruise and we were glad to hear that she had a nice time. We're looking forward to seeing her and the lovely baby sometime this fall. Here's a picture from our last trip:

These are just 3 of our niece & nephews--we could go on & on about them and the ones in Texas & Georgia too! But I'll spare you the bragging--for now at least! We're looking forward to welcoming our first great-nephew later this month (our nephew & niece-in-law on the Mitchell side), so watch for news about 'Hunter' soon!