Yoakum, TX

Ever heard of it?!?!?!?!  Well, both of my parents are from Yoakum and I spent a lot of my childhood running around this small, small town!  I have such great childhood memories there and have not been back in many years.  This past weekend, Sutton and I decided to make the trip (sadly, Patrick had to stay back in Dallas) for the Knocke Christmas which was being held in Yoakum.  Yoakum is about 5 hours from Dallas so we broke up the drive and went to Austin to stay with Krissy then drove in with her for the day on Saturday.  When we arrived, Kristen and I took Sutton on a little tour of Yoakum.  Our first stop was our Grandmas house.  It brought back a lot of emotions but was so great to see it at the same time.  Lots of wonderful memories were had there and I SO wish Sutton could meet my grandma.  She was an amazing women who loved and adored her family.  We also showed her the bulldog statue we use to play on at the highschool which is across the street from Grandmas - I use to spend hours sitting on the bulldog while my grandma watched me!  We then went on to meet up with everyone and introduce Sutton to the whole Knocke family.  The Knocke family is quite large (my dad has 5 brothers and sisters) who have lots of kids who have lots of kids...you get the picture.  Sutton got to meet her great-grandparents, Granny and PoPo (my dad's parents), which was so special.  Granny and PoPo have 8 great-grandchildren and Sutton is the youngest and ONLY girl!  She was such a hit with them - they loved meeting her.  It was a fun day and Sutton was quite a trooper considering she had an ear infection and bad cough last week.  :( 

PoPo, Sutton, Grey and Granny

My dad, Popo, Sutton and Granny

Krissy (aka: Baby Hog) and Sass

Grey was in hog heaven - look at that pose!

Taking in the scene

 

Playing with Oso and getting ready for night night.

We had a great time and I loved having Sutton visit Yoakum.  XOXO!