indiana visit

on friday afternoon we headed to indiana to visit matt's grandma, aunt and uncle and several cousins.  his parents and brother had headed there from our house a few days before and stayed through the weekend too.

it took us about 4-1/2 hours to get there and we headed straight to uncle dennis and aunt joy's for dinner and visiting with their side of the family.  madelyn was very excited to be back on their farm - and so were the rest of us.  after a delicious dinner (thanks, joy!), we went out for some fresh air and madelyn headed out to use the swing.  i love the corn field behind her.

uncle dennis took us out for a fun ride on the polaris.  madelyn remembered this from last year and both boys were thrilled to be there too.  the farm is so beautiful and it was so nice of him to give us the grand tour (not to mention two trips down "roller coaster hill" where maddux fell asleep).

checking out the swing on the front porch of the cabin towards the back of their land.

maddux really enjoyed his first polaris ride and the fresh air put him right to sleep.  of course i have no idea how he could fall asleep at the fastest speeds!  my heart was pumping and maddux just doses off...

there is a bell at the cabin.  mason wasn't big enough last year, but he gave it more than a few good pulls this time after uncle derek showed him how.

 matt's cousin got out some games from their childhood for the kids to try out.  mason picked it up very quickly and we could barely get him away from it - and boy was it loud!

thanks to cousin hailey, i got a very nice picture of madelyn and her great grandmother (nana's mom at papa's brother's house - both sides of matt's extended family).

a very nice start to our weekend visit to indiana.  we were last there on july 4th of last year.  if we hadn't moved, we would have been back sooner.  oh well, it is nice that we can get there at all.  love.