“Baby!” Julia Rose
“Peekaboo!”
Austen got to meet and greet her cousins, Jeffrey, Jonathan, Grace, Julia, Chase and Liza. Playing with Jonathan and Jeffrey at their house on the Famous Farm:“Oooo!” It’s a guinea pig.
On Saturday evening, we went to dinner with Auntie Janet at McGerks in Bel Air, MD. Auntie Janet always bring discontinued library books for Austen.Crawling in and crawling out. Repeat.
On Sunday Austen dropped in on the nursery class at Emory, where she was related to half the students. Mama played play dough with Grace and Jonathan while Dada helped the kids (including Abby) put glitter on their art projects.Jonathan Becker in the striped shirt. Abby West next to him.
With Grace Underwood.
When we visited Grandma Judi’s grave, Mama did well. She thought about all the Famouses buried at the Emory graveyard, all the way back to the 18th century, and felt a strong sense of history. But on the ride home, Mama got very depressed as she started thinking about how much things had changed since Grandma Judi passed away.
Playing with cows at Grandpa Earl’s house.
Sitting on the “dangerous” yellow chair, watching TV (sports) with Grandpa.
Grandpa Earl took Austen for a ride in his new camouflaged golf cart, riding up and down the hills, over streams and frightening the cows. Grandpa also set up a toddler swing for Austen and took her for a long walk. She loved exploring the farm and rooming free — Just watch out for the electric fence! Those Famous kids have a tradition of crashing into it. Ask Uncle Tod about his scar.