Whew! We have arrived back home! Saturday we left for Dallas area to be with the church in Balch Springs. We had a wonderful time with the saints, and had incredible church! We enjoyed fellowship with them and was treated like royalty! I cannot tell you how wonderful the service was, and how God did something special in all of our hearts. Let me say, just in case someone reads my blog from there:).... THANK YOU! I would also like to say a great big thank you to Chris and Shelly for taking such good care of us. We love ya'll! It was good seeing Rachel (Wendell's cousin).
While there, I got to visit with some of my family for a little while. It was so good seeing them! Ginger, Carmen, Brook, Pierce, and Layne...I love you all! It was so much fun seeing the boys and they are SO CUTE! Shara and Jimmy could not come because of drama practice, so maybe next time I will be able to see them.
We left Monday and made a FAST RUN to Wichita Falls. We needed to pick some things up, so we went to our house to do that. Gene and Karla are living there until we sell it, so we all felt a little "strange" when we arrived! :) I rang the door-bell (of course) and Chad opened the door with Gene right behind him. Karla and Cameron came around the corner, and I heard Karla say, "This feels really weird!" LOL! I knew exactly how she felt! LOL! Even though we all felt a little "misplaced" we had a great time visiting with them. Someday our houses will sell and they will be able to buy their own home, and we will be able to buy a home here! :) How is it that "life" can get so "mixed up", yet feel so "right"? I think that is a question I will ask God when I get on the other side. LOL!
After going to eat at HUNAN'S (ummmm...good!) and explaining to them why we moved away, and "yes" we miss them, we went to the church to see the remodeling that is taking place in the Pastor's office. It looks like it's going to be really nice, and I'm anxious to see the finished product. Karla, the boys and I stayed for Praise Group practice, and it was wonderful seeing everyone that I worked so close with in the Music Ministry at home. They are absolutely some of the MOST talented people I know, and I LOVE hearing them sing and play! Ya'll are AWESOME!!!!! I will ALWAYS love you MORE than you know!
On Tuesday, we drove back to Dallas and met Andrew, Mandy, Alayna and Ashlyn. They are there "vacationing" for a few days. Oh, how my arms were aching to hold the girls and hug Andrew and Mandy. We had such a nice time being with them for several hours. We spent time as "family" and there is nothing that can take that kind of "time" away. I miss them SO MUCH that it hurts sometimes, so when we have the chance to see them we take advantage of it.
We are now back in Lufkin, and business has been going strong since we arrived. :) Maybe I should say, "my husband is BUSY"! LOL! I am too, but not near as much as he is.
Tomorrow we have a very important meeting to be at, so I wanted to get this post made so I wouldn't be worrying about it. Now, that's taking "blogging to heart" when you can't relax knowing you haven't made a post in several days! Oh well, it's something I enjoy and really miss when I'm not able to sit down and write.
I trust you are all doing well! I hope to hear from everyone in the Comments section. I LOVE my FRIENDS!
