Elisabeth was scheduled to be back in the states on Friday night after a semester in Spain. We decided that we would head to Knoxville to surprise her on Saturday and spend the rest of the weekend with family.
We got in late Friday night and chatted with Gene, Portia, Rachel and Gordon for a little while. During that time Gene got a call from Elisabeth stating that she was in the car headed to Seymour and that she would give him a call later the next day after she had time to sleep.
Saturday morning Michael and Gene worked on building a sandbox from Christian's visit in June. I look a tour of the garden, the property and the new honey bee hives. Sometime around the lunch hour Michael and Gene headed over to pick up Elisabeth from her mom's house. When they got back to the house we listen to Elisabeth tell us all about her time in Spain and other countries she was able to visit. That evening, we ended up dining at a Mexican restaurant so that Elisabeth could order in Spanish for all of us. She did a great job! Afterwards, we picked up Elisabeth's friend, Melissa, and headed back to Leisa's house. Leisa was getting stuff ready for their cookout on Monday. Steve was practicing some chicken wings and shrimp on the grill - we sampled what he had. Eli was out in the yard playing with his dog. Leisa made me some sweet tea, which I desperately needed! Then, Elisabeth brought out the chocolate from Switzerland. That truffle was amazing!!!! I have got to see if I can order some off the internet.
Sunday we all slept in late and had a nice breakfast around eleven. Then it was picture time, Elisabeth talked about her different photos from her travels. Later on he went back to Leisa's house for a few and then headed to the mall for a little shopping. I ended up getting the cutest red shoes for work! Then, we were back at Gene and Portia's house for the grilling of the hamburgers!!! We all had dinner outside and afterwards had a reading of a story from one of Gene's books. Portia made wonderful chocolate covered strawberries for desert - yummy! Then it was down to the basement for ping pong competitions! This went on for several hours. The last ones standing were Michael and Gordon. Everyone else went to bed!!!
Monday, Memorial Day, Michael and Gene loaded up the table saw into the truck we rented so that we could take it back with us for some of our future home improvement projects. Loaded up everything, said our goodbyes and got on the road. The vet was closing at noon, so we were booking it on down the road to make that deadline. Luckily, we succeeded with only minutes to spare. Now Michael, Jasmine and Auburn are all napping on this sunny holiday.
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