Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A Trip Home

The last month has been a lot busier than I like things to be!  It started in mid-March, when Grandma Dorothy, my last McGinley grandparent, died and I headed back to Missouri for the funeral.

I took about sixty pictures of Sully and almost none of anyone else.  Haha!  But he's SO CUTE.




Such a charmer!

Hillary and I took the older kids to see our other Grandma in St. Joe one day, and then went to the Patee House Museum, which is a staple for St. Joe Public School field trips but which I had not been to in probably 25 years.  


It was much more impressive than I expected!  A completely haphazard, sort of random collection of artifacts from St. Joe's history.



This big train is the only thing I remembered from visiting as a kid.  Griffy loved it!




Here's some other random items in the museum.




Ben texted me, "is there a collection of terrifying dolls anywhere around there?" and I said, "No," but then we came around the corner into a new room and BEHOLD.


The tallest man in the world visited St. Joseph one time!  I still remember the line from the Guinness Book of World Records: "People found his height of nearly 9 feet tall difficult to believe."  It IS difficult to believe!


Then we went to my all time favorite St. Joe restaurant, Barbosa's.  Mira was suspicious of the whole operation.


These cheese enchiladas are one of my Top 5 Food Things of all time.


YuMMMmm.  I have considered calling and see if they'll give me the recipe, but I'm pretty sure lard and Velveeta are probably involved.

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