Norris Family Blog

Julie Visits and More

Our granddaughter, Julie stayed with us Friday night and Saturday night too. Saturday during the day, Linda called and asked Stephanie if we could pick up Jason after he worked. She said that would be OK, so we picked him up in front of Houchens a little after 11 AM. Jason hopped in the back seat as he usually does, but Julie was in her car seat in the middle and she isn't used to very many strangers, so Linda and Jason had to trade seats. Julie was OK riding between Linda and Stacey. I drove to Columbia and we ate at Betty's Fine Dining Restaurant. Jason seemed to enjoy the place as it has a shelf near the ceiling almost all the way around the dinning room with NASCAR replica cars on it. There are at least 100 and probably more. After eating we took Jason home and so that Stephanie could see how Julie had grown. They were getting ready for their other son, Bryant, to go to the prom that evening. Pauline and Brent called later to see how things were going with Julie and their dogs. We told them all was OK and talked a little bit about the wedding they were attending in Nashville.
Sunday, Pauline and Brent arrived and we could tell they had missed Julie. They didn't have time to talk much because they were playing with her. They eventually slowed down and told us how the wedding had went and what else had been going on. Brent and I worked on the 56 Chevy a little, then took a test drive and made it down the road and back. Brent had replaced a fuel filter and now the car would continue running. We ate lunch of turkey breast that Linda's Mom had sent us. It was really the best turkey I've eaten. Brent and I drove the 56 to town and filled it up with gas to see if it would cause the car to quit running. Linda and Brent had found a exercise machine on a local sales web site and Brent called about it. He and I took the truck to Baxter TN to take a look at the machine. Brent bought it, so we loaded it in the back of the truck and headed back home. The entire trip took three hours. PB&J decided to stay Sunday night too. Pauline was going to have LASIK eye surgery on Monday, so they were going to be off work anyway. They left early Monday morning to get home in time to change clothes and get to Pauline's eye doctor appointment.
Click the following link to watch the flash movie of Julie Learning To Walk.