Two states down...

It was a busy yesterday.  We tracked down some critical LightSys information, packed the van, closed up the house, said good-bye to Grandmother (who may be with Jesus before we return), replaced 2 fuses for the van, fought with the inverter and started on our trip.

We're going to see how many state signs we can manage to capture during this journey, so Oklahoma was the first with the bustling town of Manchester (pop. 91) in the background.

Here we encountered a nice winter thunderstorm, complete with torrential rain, lightening, and enough hail to cover the ground and crunch under the tires.  The white between us and the taillights in front of us is not just rain on the highway, but a covering of 1" hail. You can't see it well in the photo, but here tries...

And then, we pulled in to dear, old Texas.  Where we were reminded by the big green sign to "Drive friendly, the Texas way."  (Jen S., I think of you every time I drive by that sign...)

Today has been busy tracking down Kardia bugs, getting teeth worked on, having lunch with a couple wonderful friends, seeing the J-Fam again, and hugging a few necks at the GFA office.  So thankful for a quiet house while we're here so we can be programming-focused during the day.  Thanks, Fred and Luci!

Funny story from today: I was at the GFA office and used the lobby phone to call a coworker who could get me what I needed from a secured storage area.

"Hello?"
Hi, it's Dorinda
"Oh, hi Dorinda. DORINDA - OH HI!"

Bob - you are too much fun!

Valentine's Morning with the J-Fam

Ever since the ants invaded the candy in my third grade valentine cards, Valentine's Day has never been a huge holiday for me. But this morning at the J-Fam's was fun. J-Fam Dad woke up early and made breakfast for the family (oatmeal with cinnamon and nuts and raisins) and J-Fam Mom made blueberry vanilla tea and served it in the rose china teacups. J-Fam Dad had bought a red rose for his lovely wife. And Cody put on his favorite love songs and danced around while Kyle made happy valentine hearts for everyone. And J-Fam mom and dad told funny stories as they curled up on the couch and listened to "their" song - Alan Jackson's Livin' on Love. Now they're heading out on a date and I'm curled up here (still in my PJs) getting ready to start on reimbusement forms. *smiles* It was a fun lazy Saturday morning!


Just like an old-fashioned story book rhyme...

Funny Kid Stories

There's a family on staff that I've been spending a lot of time with. I need to decide what I'm calling on them on my blog... Today I'll call them the JMJ family.

So... Cas and Jes and I had supper with the JMJ family randomly last night. It was delicious whole wheat spaghetti and yummy sauce with lots of mushrooms. But it was the conversation around the dinner table that provided the most laughs! The oldest boy, Cody, was telling how ferocious different animals were - lions, monkeys, warthogs, wild boars...

Cas asked him, "If a warthog and a wild boar were fighting each other, which one would win?"

Cody thought for a while and then solemly answered, "The warthog would win. His face is uglier."