April 2009 Visit to McKinney Texas - Baseball + Soccer + Beer

First thing we did was wait too long to book flights......ended up driving (not a bad thing because you can stop at Woody's Smokehouse in Centerville for beef jerky).

Then we found out that Andrea was not going to be there all weekend....something about a free trip to Miami.

Well it didn't matter because our draw was Chase's baseball game, Gabe's soccer game, and our early birthday gift for Shane.

We went, we got jerky, we saw baseball and soccer, and we celebrated Shane's 30th birthday party all very successfully.

Pictorial evidence below.....LOTS of soccer pics......enjoy

Easter 2009 in Franklin TN

On Thursday evening 9Apr09, the GuidryPeas met up with Evelyn Jordan (aka MaMah Too) in Nashville International Airport to begin a great Easter weekend with Tyler, Hannah, Coppelia, and Estee Guidry.

The flights in were uneventful but the threat of bad weather for Friday was all over the news. We woke up Friday with severe weather threats and tornado warnings issued for the entire day. I went to Kroger that morning and as I am walking up to the store the warning sirens started. I didn't know if that meant a tornado was on the ground or just a warning.....I looked around at all the other people and they just kept going into the store.....so like a sheep to the slaughter....so did I.

Sadly around 12:30 Friday a large tornado hit Murfreesboro TN (about 30 miles from Tyler and Hannah's home in Franklin, TN) resulting in two deaths and a lot of property damaged. Click Here for Story Link

We hung around the house most of Friday playing with the girls. Coppelia is a wound up twister of her own.....nothing but energy and really strong. Estee kinda glides thru.....she enjoys life leisurely and is always smiling (until you point a camera at her). We went to downtown Franklin that afternoon for a short visit but it had gotten cool and WINDY. Franklin is a really neat town....small town feel with big town conveniences.

Saturday we hung out around the house again and just played with the girls. Tyler took me on a quick visit to his office and a sight seeing tour of surrounding Franklin. We finished the evening with some Texas style BBQ from Mickey Roos and spent a pretty quiet evening as Hannah finished off her homemade Easter Baskets for the girls.

Sunday began with a trip to St Phillips Catholic Church for Easter Mass and then we joined Tyler & Hannah and the girls for an Easter service at Cumberland Church where they worship.

Hannah cooked a Sunday roast for us and we finished up our visit with hugs and kisses for everyone.

Flight back was a bumpy one.....last two pictures in series below are the cloud formations from the airplane.

Lots of pictures of Coppelia in the bookcase.....Estee didn't fit quite as good.

We had fun....enjoy...PeaPa