While in Mississippi Adam and I got to spend an entire day with his Pawpaw. We decided to go to the Carter cemetery to start with to Mawmaw’s grave~we just lost her in 2009 just like we lost my Nana. We drove 350 miles with Pawpaw that day and learned all about Adam’s family history. We knew Adam has some Native American in him but are not sure to which extent. We know there is Cherokee and Chaqueta but his mother has been working on the family genealogy and has hit a road block beyond that. He has some English and German in him. He is kind of a mutt….like we all are I suppose. Don’t worry~he finds this funny when I say that!

Everyone always is amazed at how much Adam and his Dad look a like, well throw Pawpaw in there and you can pretty much tell how these guys are gonna look as they age:

Son

Father

Pawpaw

Anyway, Pawpaw had some amazing stories to tell us and we learned so so much that I think we will need to spend an entire day with him again to re-hear these stories to be able to remember them to pass them down in the family.

One last thing that we learned from Pawpaw about Women (I’m laughing already before I even have this typed!!!!)….he looked at Adam in the most serious face ever and said (in a southern drawl with each word long and drawn out), “Adam, did you know that there are women now that own their own farms?!!!”.

Thanks for the amazing day, Pawpaw. We love you.