And the Traveling Continues...

This past Sunday we had the privilage of itinerating in Oklahoma. Since we were in the state of my kinfolk, we decided to drive in a couple of days early... so we drove on over to Weatherford on Thursday night. My parents had just gotten in from a mission's trip to South Africa....so they were still a little groggy from the time change. Fortunately, this did not stop my mom from making her amazing coconut cake. I don't ask what is in it, I don't want to know. The important thing is, while there I have it for breakfast, afternoon snack, bedtime snack, and occasionally in between. You know it's good because it has like 42 different ingredients. Which is why I don't make it....I'm partial to recipes with 4 ingredients or less....

While there, some of the mission trip's team members, Dan and Vivian Sparks, had a pool party. It was fantastic! The kids jumped in the water, flipped in the water, dove into the water, slid into the water...well, Hudson and Olivia did...Griffin stayed on the steps. That's his M.O. these days...but he does it with a smile and a giggle so whatever. It was good to see all of the people from Weatherford that we got to see. We love them all so much!

Sunday morning we got up super early and drove into Tonkawa, Oklahoma where our service was. We met some really wonderful people there, and enjoyed the service very much. Afterwards, a dear family had us over for lunch. And WOW! Could they ever cook!!! Hudson had 4 helpings of banana pudding. They had a huge garden where they had picked all the green beans, potatoes and okra that day. It was super delicious! Thank you to Melvin and Brenda Osburn. We enjoyed our day so much!

Because the drive from Tonkawa to Allen is a little long...especially with Ella in the van, we decided to stay at my grandparents lake house near Arbuckle Lake. We got there around 8 p.m. Hudson and Olivia got to swim a little in the pool there....and Griffin got to sit on the steps some more. :) We also tried a chinese food restaurant there in Sulfur, Oklahoma. If you have heard bad things about the place...don't tell me....we enjoyed the food. :) My new approach to non-chain restaurants is...~I'm moving to Africa, I may as well be flexible on this issue.

So, today we woke up early...thank you Ella. Hudson and Olivia went for a quick swim, and then we headed to Allen. Trips take a little longer than they are suppose to...we stop...a lot. But we've decided there is no need to get in a hurry. It would just make us and the kids miserable. And we don't want itineration to be miserable.

Thanks for all the prayers and support. Here's the quick update of this weekend. Blessings to you all!