Roots. Today we headed up to Tompkinsville, Kentucky to visit the family farm and some of Chad's family for Memorial Day. I love going up there because of the intense feeling of
roots. The land has been in the family for at least 120 years - maybe more, I'm not quite sure. Our first stop was to an old family cemetery on the farm, well, actually now on a neighboring farm. Here is the sign identifying this family cemetery.
Lawton and Papa J are holding on for dear life as Uncle Jimmy drives us all through the field to get there. Lawton adores his Papa J!
Chad and Junior weedeated the cemetery which had just been intensely cleaned up over Spring Break.
Lawton, Carolina and I hung out in the truck until all the weeds were chopped down. The grass around the cemetery was up to my waist!
Heather, Lawton and Papa J are trying an experiment to kill these massive clumps of a different kind of grass with garbage bags while Lance looks on and texts. ha! He really did help out - I just happened to capture this shot and thought it was funny. I can't talk because I didn't help out at all . . . I was on Carolina duty!
Lawton and Papa J work hard to preserve and upkeep our ancestor's resting place.
Here is just one of the gravestones . . .
We ate a quick lunch outside at Sonic :) (I forgot to document this part . . .) and then we headed over to the cemetery where Chad's grandfather (Papa J's father) is buried. There is a large number of the family buried at this church cemetery as well. I thought this was a pretty neat picture - Lawton is tending to his great-grandfather's flag (who fought in WWII)
Carolina was busy walking and stumbling on the uneven ground all over the cemetery. She was such a trooper today - she only took a thirty minute nap in the car on the way home! (and was not fussy!) She is a dream baby . . .
Our last stop was at the nursing home to visit Granny, Chad's grandmother (Papa J's mother) who suffers from Alzheimer's. She was drawn to Carolina (as was every other resident there!) Carolina lunged to sit in Granny's lap and I was able to get a few sweet shots. Granny sure was tickled about something here!
I'm so thankful that I married into a family with deep roots - and I hope that Lawton and Carolina will grow up to appreciate that, too, one day. May you all be blessed with special memories of any loved ones that you have lost on this Memorial Day!
Roots. Today we headed up to Tompkinsville, Kentucky to visit the family farm and some of Chad's family for Memorial Day. I love going up there because of the intense feeling of roots. The land has been in the family for at least 120 years - maybe more, I'm not quite sure. Our first stop was to an old family cemetery on the farm, well, actually now on a neighboring farm. Here is the sign identifying this family cemetery.
Lawton and Papa J are holding on for dear life as Uncle Jimmy drives us all through the field to get there. Lawton adores his Papa J!
Chad and Junior weedeated the cemetery which had just been intensely cleaned up over Spring Break.
Lawton, Carolina and I hung out in the truck until all the weeds were chopped down. The grass around the cemetery was up to my waist! 
Lawton and Papa J work hard to preserve and upkeep our ancestor's resting place.
Here is just one of the gravestones . . .
We ate a quick lunch outside at Sonic :) (I forgot to document this part . . .) and then we headed over to the cemetery where Chad's grandfather (Papa J's father) is buried. There is a large number of the family buried at this church cemetery as well. I thought this was a pretty neat picture - Lawton is tending to his great-grandfather's flag (who fought in WWII)
Carolina was busy walking and stumbling on the uneven ground all over the cemetery. She was such a trooper today - she only took a thirty minute nap in the car on the way home! (and was not fussy!) She is a dream baby . . .
Our last stop was at the nursing home to visit Granny, Chad's grandmother (Papa J's mother) who suffers from Alzheimer's. She was drawn to Carolina (as was every other resident there!) Carolina lunged to sit in Granny's lap and I was able to get a few sweet shots. Granny sure was tickled about something here!
I'm so thankful that I married into a family with deep roots - and I hope that Lawton and Carolina will grow up to appreciate that, too, one day. May you all be blessed with special memories of any loved ones that you have lost on this Memorial Day!
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what a legacy!
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