What a great weekend we had in Phenix City! We drove down on Thursday. First order of business -- return four grandkids to their parents. Friday, Jan, sister Julie, and daughter Elizabeth went shopping at Kohls -- and spent time with sister Cathy who we rain into at Steinmart! A quick lunch at Chick Filet! Friday night, Cathy and Billy hosted Mom and Dad and Barron and I for supper at Longhorn to celebrate parents' 63rd Anniversary! Billy gave us a tour of Broad Street, the River Walk and CSU buildings in Columbus, and then a brief look at some new large homes in north Phenix City -- right before the thunderstorm hit. Made it home safely and then watched the local weather station as 3 different storms passed through with emergency sirens blasting! Fortunately all were safe and no power outages. Thank you Lord for watching over us.
Saturday morning I went with Eliz/Chris and kids to an in-store egg hunt at Barnes and Noble. What fun!! The staff hid 300 eggs all over the store and only 9 kids were there (4 were ours) to find them. Then a free cookie at Starbucks' counter and a craft to make! We had a wonderful time.
Daddy and Barron had gone to the cabin (Barron was under the weather so no fishing for him) and Mama and I rode out and picked them up (Kevin had to take the truck back to town earlier). Everything was in order for our gathering on Sunday.
Saturday afternoon was egg dyeing time with the kids -- they always have a blast doing this!
Worship at Lakewood was DYNAMITE -- wonderful music, great sermon, super people!!
Everyone (22 of us) met at the cabin for lunch and we definitely ate well. Weather was PERFECT! Kids got to fish, boat ride and hunt eggs - adults got to sit and chat!
Trip home was uneventful although Barron had to drive in rain from Montgomery to Cullman - but thankfully no storm!
Sweet Home Alabama! But we will always have a Texas connection with our son and his wife living in Fort Worth area and our daughter/hubby/grandkids in ministry at the Fort Hood Soldier's Hospitality House.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Landscaping Completed
Barron is convinced that he is the best rye grass planter because he has to cut it every single week and it is just April! I think the black mulch really helps the landscaping "pop" as they say on all those TV shows. The small bed with the rock border is one of the two that the grandkids did last week. They had a ball going down to the creek, crossing the creek by walking very carefully across a log, climbing trees, and digging up rocks. Then they got to ride in the trailer that Daddy Barron pulled with the lawn tractor!
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