Mark and Lois came out for Jessica's graduation, so we've been a-partyin'!

 When the boys were out mowing, Lois decided she wanted to give the riding lawn mower a try.

 With a little coaching, she got the hang of it pretty quickly!

Onward and upward!

On Sunday, we headed out for a road-trip adventure to Knox City, TX, which is where Lois' grandparents lived when she was a little girl.  She and her family used to drive out to stay with them every summer.

First we went to the Knox City Cemetery, hoping to find her Grandma's grave, but we didn't have luck with that.  Pepper did find a little gravestone for Paul Herndon, though--a little baby that died at 11 months old.  Lois didn't know who he was, so maybe we found a long, lost ancestor.

Near Knox City, we found this old house by the side of the road.

I was NOT about to walk through that snaky grass in my flip-flops, so Brad took my camera over to the doorway and snapped pictures of the inside for me.

That's pretty much all there was to do in Knox City.  Don't be deceived by the name--there is nothing 'city' about Knox City.  It basically consisted of a gas station, car wash, and a lot of mud, some of which we nearly got stuck in (which is why we got to know the car wash so well).  But we had a great time exploring and listening to Lois tell stories about her summers at Grandpa and Grandma Herndon's house.