Adventures in Texasville

There really is a place called Texasville and it is actually located here in Alabama. My Husband's parents have built a cabin out there in hopes to host family gatherings. His Grandpa Sam and Uncle Elmer owned the land and the original cabin that stood on that sight. After many years and some weather damage, the fireplace and chimney are all that remain of the old cabin.

My Father-in-law (and anyone that he could talk into helping) have built this cabin using most of the wood and beams from Uncle Elmer’s house in downtown Texasville after it was torn down. The other wood is rough sawn lumber from a nearby sawmill. This cabin has been quite the work-in-progress, but it is now finally ready to be filled with loved ones, good food, and lots of laughter.

Diva, Sister-in-Law, and Mimi made some last minute dinner preparations before the rest of the guests arrived for Grandpa's Birthday Extravaganza. (Earlier in the week, the girls had gone down with Mimi and Grandpa and caught plenty of catfish to cook for dinner.)

These stairs lead up to the loft overlooking the living room. The grandkids have claimed this as their very own play house complete with toys and books.

 

Before everyone arrived, we headed down to the pond to fish.

 

Sister-in-law needed a little bit of help from her youngest fisherman!

 

See, kids, you can have fun without TVs, Nintendo's, Wii's, and air conditioning...

(Well, they agreed to all but the air conditioning part!!)

After dinner Grandpa and his assistant opened presents.

The happy couple (whose only complaint of the night was the lack of hot water to the shower)

I think it is safe to say that Mimi and Grandpa had a wonderful time celebrating their hard work on the cabin and Grandpa's birthday. I know we all did!! The weekend also brought another fun surprise…but we’ve got to wait and tell the girls first.

More updates coming soon….