February 22, 2015

Home Again!

February 22, 2015

It is good to be home again.  Most of us like to travel, but most of us are glad to get back home after those travels.  We had an excellent trip.  When we were traveling, the weather was good except for mist, drizzle, and rain today mostly between Dallas and San Antonio.  Being a Sunday morning, the traffic was rather light so that made traveling in the rain bearable.  We did pass a very bad accident along that part of the trip and it had traffic on the expressway down to one slow lane.

Accidents can happen any where, and any time.  We had received a prayer request yesterday morning for friends who had been leaving California after visiting their daughter and her family and were in a very serious accident as they drove.  They were doing about 65 mph on the expressway and a vehicle doing 90-100 mph rear-ended them.  It was only by the grace of God that they are now at their daughter's home after the horrible hit they took, sending their car in all directions.

About 1:30 we met up with our son David and his family at North Star Mall and had lunch in the food court.  After visiting for a while, the kids went shopping and the adults continued visiting.  It was good to see them all.

 I napped part of the way home and also did some reading.  Ron and I were delighted to have great visits with two of our 4 sons and their families.

 

When we got home our two oldest grandsons came over and helped Ron unload the car.  We had brought back a table that Stephen had used for the last several years and no longer had room to keep.  We will use it in our living room for the older grandchildren when we have the family over for lunch.

Ron and Stephen had loaded the table and chairs last night at Stephen's house as we unloaded some decorations we had used at the rehearsal dinner.  The decorations are things they look forward to using in their home.  It was so good to see them and to see that marriage is agreeing with them.

 

Our children are so thoughtful.  Diana had knitted a scarf for me and it is beautiful.  I know I will enjoy using it when it gets cold enough here.  All of our children are very generous toward us and we are thankful for it.  I shopped at the Quilt Store yesterday with a gift card from Stephen and Kristina and Ron shopped at Half-Price Books with a gift card from them.  They all know what we like.

At the Food Court at North Star Mall today, hearing was difficult, but Ron said he had the same problem.  It was very crowded and noisy.  We noticed the contrast of the almost silence as we stepped out of the mall and heard the birds singing, compared to how very noisy the mall was.

We are so glad we were able to be away for a few days, but we know this will be a busy week ahead as we try to catch up on things.