On the road

This past weekend, we drove to Arkansas to be with our son's family.
A beautiful drive through Flint Hill country.

If this house could talk...

We listened to oldies.

The grands and I are memorizing verses each week.  This week I made them each personalized cards with their picture pasted on them.  This is the verse for this week:

Deuteronomy 31:8New International Version (NIV)

"The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; 

                 He will never leave you nor forsake you. 

           Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

Al was tired and asked me to drive.  I wasn't tired so we traded.

My mother always told me that if you get tired when you are driving you should munch on snacks.  "As long as you are eating, you won't fall asleep." she said.
"Yea" Al told me, "You may arrive safely, but you'll be 2 sizes bigger!"

Al took a little nap.  

(no worries - I took this after I stopped the car).

When we approached Webb City, we could see airplanes doing loop de loops.  We watched but I couldn't get a picture since I was driving.  We pulled into the parking lot of a grocery store to take pictures but they were just finishing.  So no loopy pictures.

 Continuing into Arkansas.

 We drove straight to a new sports park area.  LOTS of games going on.  From little tykes who were barely walking, up to older kids.  We found the soccer field where Josh was coaching our grandson, Eli.

 Josh doesn't happen to have an assistant to help him yet, and Al couldn't help but fill in!

 Eli enjoyed being goalie.  All the kids took turns trading spots as they are still learning the sport.

Each of the kids had to take turns on the sidelines.
And it's even better if you get to sit on Papa's lap!

When we got home, Eli showed us pictures he painted.  He really enjoys painting!  These are an adult paint by numbers he did!

Emeri showed me her new fuzzy blanket.

More to come...