Our family had some nice things happen yesterday. 1. Bethany’s choir performance at school was a success. 2. When checking out at Kroger, the cashier told Kelli that an anonymous donor had given a gift to five people in line. She took a Ben Franklin out of an envelope and applied it to our bill.… Read More »
We had a beautiful drive on the morning of our second day, traveling through the hill country of Texas. For many summers while I was living in Israel, I taught seminary groups from Texas and many times I was told that the Texas hill country was similar to Israel’s hill country. Having been there now,… Read More »
We spent our first afternoon at Dinosaur Valley State Park. While we appreciated the tracks that the area is famous for, we also enjoyed our hike on a series of trails in the area. If my daughter tells you that we were kinda lost, don’t believe her. To get to the dinosaur tracks, you have… Read More »
We have lived in Texas for more than five years with about six months remaining. In that time we ‘ve taken advantage of Texas ‘ location to visit states north and east, but we have not visited Texas itself. Part of the reason for that is when we have time to travel in the summer,… Read More »
He didn’t make the playoffs this season, and Mark missed half the games due to injury or campouts, but he had a good final game and I brought my camera along. I’d like to say he headed this one in, but I don’t think he did. The goalie looks pretty funny. Here’s that goalie again.… Read More »
We made it home, safe and sound, and thankful for many good adventures and memories. We visited 13 states and traveled 4,556 miles in the car. We saw license plates from 48 states, never seeing Hawaii or Rhode Island. Aside from sniffly noses, everyone was healthy. Along the way we stopped at four major sites… Read More »
Today we drove to Branson to see the presentation of Joseph at the Sight & Sound Theater. This was a first-rate musical about the life of Joseph and his brothers that was powerful, instructive, and faithful to Scripture. I feared that I might find so many mistakes that it would take away from my enjoyment.… Read More »
I took a lot of photos today and I’m just not going to be able to share everything. We had a full day of American history and ended it with some fun time with friends. We started off at Fort Dubois, the winter campground for the Corps of Discovery before Lewis and Clark began their… Read More »
We ‘ve driven home from Rockford, Illinois in a day before, but we decided to take it a bit slower this time and see some of the sites. Today was the first of four days in our journey home. Our time in Springfield, Illinois, was about the 16th president. We began at the Old State… Read More »
Yesterday was a nice day with family, and I chose to skip it here. Today is our last day with the grandparents in Illinois, and Grandpa decided to take us out on his fishing boat on the Rock River. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride. Katie and Mark ride in the bow… Read More »