Adventure at Mrs. B.'s!

In the last post I talked all about all the hard work we've been doing the last two weeks, but we did do several fun things in between to help keep us sane and to give us some good quality time with friends before we go.

(Just a side note: My apologies for messing up the html code on this entry. My comments below don't match up with the pictures so it's a bit messy. I'll try to fix it later!)

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We had the wonderful opportunity to visit Sarah and Natalie's teacher from school - Mrs. B.'s house. She has been a good friend of ours for the past two years. JoAnn was Sarah's 2nd grade teacher and Natalie's 1st grade teacher. We looked forward to Angela having her next year for 1st grade and JoAnn insisted we needed to have more children so she could have them in her classes down the road. (O: JoAnn lives in the country - out in Cornelius about a half hour west of us. She has told me so many times about her place and it sounded so wonderful and peaceful. I was so excited that we were able to plan a time for a visit this summer! Mrs. Elliott had also extended an invitation to come visit her place as well when school ended. Sharon (Mrs. Elliott) was Sarah's 3rd grade teacher last year. After talking/e-mailing to JoAnn and Sharon we decided to simplify things - and meet all together at Mrs. B.'s. Sharon is a good friend of JoAnn's and lives about 15 minutes away. It worked out to be a fabulous time!

Mrs. B.'s house and land are beautiful. It was so peaceful and amazing to see all the work she and Mr. B. have put into the place. (Mr. B. was Sarah's P.E. teacher over at Jackson elementary!) Their home was built prior to the 1940's and they have done some updates and made it such a beautiful place. The gardens and beautifully pruned trees and places to explore were the best! The kids could have stayed all day long exploring. It is such a peaceful and magical place!

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We invited Jensen to come along for our adventures. She was Sarah's favorite friend in Mrs. Elliott's class and her mom helped me get a special gift for Mrs. Elliott that we took to her that day - a stamp of her signature to save her time signing all the students' Gotcha's. Side note: Jensen's aunt is the one we chose to be our real estate agent!

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There were several cool, old buildings like this one on the property. Isn't it charming? I felt like we stepped back in time. So much fun!

A tour of the garden!

Walking out to the creek...



The kids had fun and got soaked. They had fun playing with Lucy, one of the neighbor's dogs who wanted to see what was going on.

Shortly after this picture Angela fell in. Poor thing. Luckily, I had the foresight to pack an extra pair of clothes for each of the girls!





Mrs. B. and Mrs. Elliott spoiled the girls. They had ice cream cake and cookies and JoAnn bought the girls cute crafts to do on our travels to Utah. How could we ever be so lucky to have such wonderful teachers for the girls?? They took such a personal interest in my girls and our family and became our friends. I am going to miss them so much. I am so grateful for the impact they have had on my girls and for the genuine love they showed them. We will never forget Mrs. B. and Mrs. Elliott and hope to come back and visit!




We got to take home some of these gorgeous squash! I was so happy since my zucchini plant didn't make it this year.

JoAnn told us about the flood in '96 during our visit. It completely flooded their basement and they had to get to their house on a boat!


The girls laugh at me, but I am taking pictures constantly during our drives around here. It is so incredibly beautiful here and I will miss all this gorgeous green so much.

This is the exit from highway 26 to get to our house. I know I've said it a million times, but it is just beautiful.

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