Tupelo and Grandma Lola

JJ's Grandma Lola has been in Alabama this past week visiting Uncle Rocky and Aunt Janet. We had talked with them and tried to figure out if it would be possible to meet up and see Grandma. With a busy school week and things going on this weekend we were worried we wouldn't be able to make it work. We were able to meet everyone half way in Tupelo, MS and spend some time with everyone for the day. We planned on meeting at a park there in town and when we got there we learned there was a fair going on. It ended up being kinda fun to have all the fun things around. We spent some time playing on the playground and then walked around to see all the booths they had set up.

Garrett was in heaven just walking and roaming the park on his own schedule. He loved to play in any dirt or sand that he saw.
The animal shelter had some dogs there and the kids were drawn to them. They were drawn to any dog at the park really. Several people had their dogs with them and any time the kids saw a dog they would stop to pet the dog.

Lucy loved having some play time with Calvin. She looked forward to seeing him and even drew a picture for him. She talks about Calvin a lot and how they are 2nd cousins.

They had live music and free balloons, we enjoyed both while stopping to have a snack.

They had some animals for the kids to pet. Lucy and Garrett enjoyed petting the horses and feeding them some hay that they had.

Lucy and Grandma Lola had a fun time together feeding the horse. Lucy would give the horse some hay and then giggle in delight, Grandma thought it was so fun!

Aunt Janet, Mandy and Me.

After the fair we headed to a Diner to get some lunch. It was right by the birth home of Elvis Presley. We heard about it from one of JJ's class mates who is from Tupelo. It wasn't all that great but still fun to eat at something local and experience Tupelo. Here we are after lunch with Grandma Lola.

The whole group

Garrett was SO tired at this point and this was the best goodbye he was going to give Great Grandma Lola.

Lucy and Great Grandma Lola

After saying goodbye we decided since we were in Tupelo, MS we should go see the birth home of Elvis . We just walked around for a couple of minutes and looked at the house.
Here we are on the front porch swing of his home.

It was a tiny tiny little house.

I think the kids are ready for swimming season, they would have jumped in if they could have. After walking around for a little bit we got in the car to head home. It was so nice to see everyone, especially Grandma Lola. We had a great time!