Leaving the girls; Salina murals

It wasn't easy to say good-bye to the girls.

Tenley didn't even want me to hold her to give good-bye hugs.

After praying with Mindy, I loaded up the car and left.  

"I'll be back!!"

As I get older and my reflexes aren't what they used to be, I prefer to take less busy roads, so instead of getting on 225 north to I70, I decided to see how far 6th street would take me east.  6th turned into 30, then into East Stephen D. Hogan Pkwy, back into East 6th Parkway. 

6th ended at Powhaton Road.  I took this north to a frontage road onto I70.  Anyone who enjoys fast traffic won't understand this.  But some of us enjoy a slower pace.

Good-bye mountains!  

I got rather sleepy on the way home.  Pulled off the highway to take a short snooze.  I do not take for granted safety in travelling.  We never know what may happen.  Are we ready to be in His presence?  If someday I do have an accident and don't make it, I remember these words "Our last breath on earth, our first in heaven."  Don't be sad for me if it should happen.  What joy it will be to be with Christ!

So many hay bales.

This fire was in the midst of wind turbines.  Do wind turbines catch on fire?  I looked it up and found out that by the year 2000, there had been 385 that had caught fire!

I received this decal to put on my car in my Christmas stocking.  

On the highway, some guy zipped past me and waved his Green Bay Packer hat out of his sunroof and gave me a thumbs up sign!

Before starting on the way back to Kansas, I was debating where I could go that was new.  I always like to go on a new road (which I had done actually, heading out of Denver) or stop to see new sites.  I had always wanted to see the murals of the elevators in Salina, KS.  That would be fun to see!

I am so glad to have stopped to see this!  Pretty incredible artistry!  It was done by an Australian artist Guido van Helten who used locals as his subjects!

I stopped by a Nissan dealer to help me with something that needed fixing.  As I was there, Jason sent this video.  

Kaia finally decided to walk.  And not just one or two steps.  She actually took 18 here!!  Wow!  Her daddy had come home from his trip and had taken her to the park. I'm glad she did her first step for him to see.  Way to go, Kaia!!

A day in the life of the girls in Denver

 Good Morning!  Tenley helped me make breakfast.

Playing 

Watching Ms. Rachel

Craft time

We tried each day to teach Kaia to walk

Cat cafe

Napping on Nana

I read probably 100 books to the girls!

Blocks

Bath time

Good Night!

"Commit to the LORD whatever you do,

and He will establish your plans."

Proverbs 16:3

When daddy leaves

I got to the kids' home before dinner time and had the evening to play with the little ones in their cute play room.

We face-timed Papa who couldn't get off work this time.

Yep, these are banker's daughters!

Jason had a "boo-boo" on his head.  Tenley put a bandaid on it.

Do you think he'll forget to take it off before he leaves on the plane?

Fixing their hair.

Jason was getting ready to leave for the airport.  Not a business trip this time.  A fun golf trip with buddies!

Jason showed me a picture of Tenley IN his golf case.

I think she wanted to go with him!

Family hugs

After Jason left, we went to the Play Place, an indoor playground.

Great for when the weather doesn't cooperate, like this day.

Mindy took this one.

We stopped to do some shopping on the way home.

It began to sleet while we were shopping.  On the way home, a car slid right across our lane in front of us into the ditch and there were 2 cars that had crashed into eachother right in front of him.  I would have been in a petrified state, but Mindy took it calmly.  She has a good vehicle with good tires.  We made it home fine.

Kaia kissing her baby.  "I'm home safely!"

This little girl loves her baby dollies, just like her Nana!

                  

Tenley was putting these magnetic animals on the fridge.  The giraffe was missing.  Mindy said it got stuck on their porch and is not retrievable.  She told Tenley that the giraffe went home to his mommy and daddy, but he'd be back.  Tenley was so very, very concerned about that giraffe.  She was really sad about it and worried.  This little girl has a tender heart!

"Be kind, tender-hearted..."  Ephesians 4:32

The turtle was missing too, so Mindy decided to re-order another set and it arrived the next day.  "Look, Tenley!  The giraffe came back to you!"