Family Fun

Tyler's aunt Diane and her family live in Tennessee about three and a half hours from where we are staying. We decided to drive to their house on Sunday and go visit them. I had only met Di and her husband once before when we went to New York and stayed with them. Her daughter Dawn and her fiance live with them now and I had never met them yet. They moved to Tennessee about a year ago and we figured we wouldn't be this close to them again in a long time so we made the trip. It was a pretty long drive and we saw two pretty bad accidents along the way but we finally made it there around 1:30 that afternoon. They had four little dogs and 6 puppies. The puppies were so so cute and we wanted to take one home with us but we couldn't :( They fed us hamburgers and chicken and a few different salads and vegetables...it was really yummy! We were grateful for the opportunity to visit them and were sad when it was time to leave.

Just us at their house

Tyler with his Aunt Diane

Dawn, Me, Ty, and Jeff

Tyler with his cousin Dawn

Ty with one of their dogs

Ray, Me, Tyler, and Diane

Also while we were there we saw cicada bugs for the first time. I guess they only come out every thirteen years and we happened to be there the year they were out. They were actually really annoying during the day. There are thousands of these bugs all over and they make a really loud whistling noise all day long and don't stop until it gets dark. It is extremely loud and would drive me nuts. They told us they hibernate under the ground for thriteen years and then come up out of the ground and are these beetle things. Then they lose their shells and can fly. They are only out for a short amount of time and then they have sex and die. ha Here is a pictures I stole from the internet of one of them...

I also got to see lightning bugs/fire flys for the first time and I loved them. They were so much fun!! They were just lighting up everywhere in their back yard. We caught one and their butts are bright and light up. I wish we had them in Utah.