You may have noticed that I didn't come to work last week! Every year I try to take a week off in August after our summer at the library has slowed down and right before my husband, Jason, goes back to teaching 5th grade. This year, our week was extremely busy. Saturday we went to Carrollton and picked up Jason's grandmother, Wanda Baxter. She stayed with us through Wednesday and we had a great time.
We spent all day Monday in Paris, visiting relatives and cemeteries and other family points of interest. Wanda showed us the graves of great-great grandparents, the house where she was born, and the location of the home of her grandfather, although the house is no longer there. We also visited with her brother, Billy Smith, and a couple of her nephews.
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| The grave of Jason's great-great grandparents. |
Miss Wanda told us old stories about Jason's ancestors, and we found out that two of his grandfather's uncles actually had a service station in Bogata and his great-great grandfather was born in Bogata. Jason grew up in Dallas and had no idea that he had any connections in this area at all! Miss Wanda also brought old pictures which I scanned and am going to make a scrapbook with. I highly recommend spending time with your older relatives. There's no telling what you'll learn about your family history!
Later in the week, on Friday, Jason and I went to Arlington and took in a Texas Rangers Baseball game. They didn't win, but we didn't care. Just going to the stadium is a lot of fun. There were fireworks after the game, too, set to Elvis music.
All in all, it was a great week. Not very restful, but a lot of fun! Hopefully, we'll get to do it all over again next August!
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