Our oldest DD recently turned 16. What a wonderful age, and a wonderful young woman she has turned out to be.
She received a lot of really neat gifts for her birthday, the highlight though was an antique hope chest. It took quite some searching to find one, and all the antique stores we asked about it were surprised to hear of a 16 year old wanting one for her birthday. I guess we don't have "run of the mill" children, LOL! She is really pleased with that hope chest, it's a beauty!
She wanted to go see the Patee House Museum for her birthday, so we headed to St. Joe's for the day.
The museum is pretty neat, such a lot of history, and it was quite something to stand in the room where the Pony Express first started. They have a lot of very interesting exhibits, definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. Everybody got to have a ride on the "Wild Things" carousel, which is quite different to any other carousels we've seen.
Jesse James' house is also located on the grounds, it was moved there from its original location a few blocks away. They still have the hole in the wall from the bullet that killed him when he was standing on a chair to straighten a picture. Where he fell left two blood stains on the hardwood floor, and people actually broke into the house and removed and stole chips of bloodstained wood. Weird.
For a late lunch/early dinner we headed to Cracker Barrel - our first visit! We really enjoyed the food and the service. Everything was delicious :)
After we got home we had cake and tea to end the day.
Happy birthday beautiful daughter, we love you!
She received a lot of really neat gifts for her birthday, the highlight though was an antique hope chest. It took quite some searching to find one, and all the antique stores we asked about it were surprised to hear of a 16 year old wanting one for her birthday. I guess we don't have "run of the mill" children, LOL! She is really pleased with that hope chest, it's a beauty!
She wanted to go see the Patee House Museum for her birthday, so we headed to St. Joe's for the day.
The museum is pretty neat, such a lot of history, and it was quite something to stand in the room where the Pony Express first started. They have a lot of very interesting exhibits, definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. Everybody got to have a ride on the "Wild Things" carousel, which is quite different to any other carousels we've seen.
Jesse James' house is also located on the grounds, it was moved there from its original location a few blocks away. They still have the hole in the wall from the bullet that killed him when he was standing on a chair to straighten a picture. Where he fell left two blood stains on the hardwood floor, and people actually broke into the house and removed and stole chips of bloodstained wood. Weird.
For a late lunch/early dinner we headed to Cracker Barrel - our first visit! We really enjoyed the food and the service. Everything was delicious :)
After we got home we had cake and tea to end the day.
Happy birthday beautiful daughter, we love you!
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