Rest assured...gambling was not a part of this trip. Except for a harmless game of Bingo. My sister Brittany, Katelyn and I all went to see my Great Aunt Anne who lives in a nursing home in Shreveport, Louisiana. We usually see her once a year in the form of a day trip to Shreveport, and we have a great time! This year was no exception. We arrived in time to sit down with Anne for lunch and shortly after eating, we enjoyed a fun game of Bingo. I had this huge fear that Katelyn would randomly yell Bingo in the middle of the game and all those playing would unnecessarily clear their cards. Thankfully that never happened, and in fact, Katelyn was totally in her element talking and waving to each resident, nurse, visitor, and anyone else she saw!
One of our main objectives on this trip (other than visiting with Aunt Anne) was to help her sort through her new clothes that my mom sent her. She enjoyed looking at all of her cute new outfits and was glad to get rid of some old ones too. Brittany really scored big by taking home some of Aunt Anne's hand-me-downs (pictured below).
Another objective we had on this trip to Shreveport was to go by my grandmother's old house (only about five minutes from the nursing home). Since it is located right across the street from a park, we thought Katelyn would enjoy running around while we were there! As we got closer to her street, we saw lots of signs for "Event Parking." We didn't ever think that the event would be at the park across the street from my grandmother's old house and require police barricades at the each end of the street! We couldn't find parking ANYWHERE! I'm still not sure what kind of festival it was, but they should have consulted us before picking the day, or at the very least, reserved a parking place for us up front! Oh well. We drove to another park and played for a few minutes before heading back to the nursing home to bid farewell to Aunt Anne. Overall, it was a really fun trip, and we are already looking forward to doing it again next year!
Group pic after an intense game of Bingo!
My sweet Aunt Anne
Katelyn and her Great Great Aunt Anne
Brittany modeling her new hand-me-downs from Aunt Anne
Katelyn (and her bear pictured in the video below) enjoying some of the amenities in the room
Dedicated Chickfesters (from left to right: Dayna, Carrie, Dangela, and me)
The group--From left to right: Four Hills, Three McCurdys, Two Lampmans (husband and other two sons had to stay behind in Baltimore), Five Ebelings, and a partridge in a pear tree!
We included the husbands and kids (at least those who could be there) this year...here is a picture of a few of them lounging around (from left to right: Dangela's husband James and dog Bunker; Dayna's son Luke, husband Jeremiah, and twin sons Hayden and Taylor).
We went to a Breakfast with Santa hosted by the preschool Dangela teaches at. This was Katelyn's first encounter with Santa and did great!
Molly, Katelyn, and Piper at Breakfast with Santa
