oh Bubba

Over the river and through the woods to Bubba's house we go.  Many people have heard of the Johnstown Flood, but not that many people have visited Johnstown.  Usually when we visit Aunt Susie takes us out to eat a little place, but for the most part we hang out at Bubba's house for a day or two and then go on our way.  This year we had special tour guides, GG and Pap.  Wait a second...why aren' GG and Pap in Alabama?  This was Adelaide's question, but she was so excited to see them that the answer didn't matter.
One thing that is always the same at this house is the time we spend around the kitchen table.  All of our visits include stories, pictures, games, songs and a lot of time being thankful that Bubba is still with us.  It hasn't been long since we lost Pap John so seeing Bubba makes things extra special to us.

A little Penelope and Teddy love happening here.

This visit A learned about Candy Land and she was hooked.

A first for me was a trip to Johnstown Incline, in fact I didn't know this existed until recently.  Aunt Chrissy went with us too, but she wasn't interested in the actual ride - afraid of heights.  After the ride and lots of car watching by the girls we played at a park and then had a fabulous lunch.  Not sure if the burgers we ordered were that good or if it was the fact that we didn't realize it was 2 hours past lunch time by the time we sat down to eat.

So I do have one complaint about our visit and that was the heat.  Holy cow the first night we were in the house I got the girls dressed in their footed jammies, we all go to sleep in the guest room and then all of a sudden I woke up in a panic and a pile of sweat.  I jump out of bed start frantically trying to open a window and oh crap storm windows are in.  Here I go running down the stairs stripping off as much clothing as I can and end up on the porch where it was a whole 20 degrees outside.  AHhhhh....much better.  Thank goodness no one walked outside at that moment or I could be writing this with a whole lot of embarrassment.  We had a great visit with everyone minus the literal melt down and we will be back again in 2013.