Three weekends!

 Recently we were able to see our Arkansas kids 3 weekends in a row!!  It is a 5 1/2 hour drive to their home, so this is quite unusual.  Well, it has never happened before.  

The first weekend we drove out there, it was because our granddaughter was in a school play and of course we wanted to see that!

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On the way to Arkansas, we were driving by a cemetary and I had to have a double look.

I have never seen people hand dig a grave before.  Usually there is some sort big backhoe that digs them.

When we got to our son's home, Eli showed me some deer in their back yard.

Josh showed us a zoom-type alumni worship team he was a part of for John Brown University.

Pretty neat!  We unloaded our overnight bags at our "hotel" next door.  Because Staci's parents want to keep social distant, we entered through the back deck into the guest room.  

A nuthatch at Dan's feeder.  I don't have these in our back yard so am delighted to see them here!

I  brought some dahlia's from my backyard for them.  They were dinner plate size! 

Grammi helped Emeri get ready for the play since Staci was still at work.

After supper, we went to Emeri's school to see the musical she was in called "How to Eat Like a Child".

It was so fun! Emeri is in the green plaid skirt in this picture.

and in the yellow pjs here.  A mom made all the costumes! I'm impressed!

You can barely see the plastic shields covering their faces.

The songs were from our era so Al and I loved this!!

Emeri on the phone asking someone "Is your refrigerator running?.....You better go catch it!"  I had to laugh because I had pulled the exact same stunt on my algebra teacher in Japan, Mr. Inouye.

We were so proud of her!  

The next morning, Josh and Al prepared breakfast.

Eli was busy with his carving hobby.

After breakfast, Eli needed to sword fight with Papa.

It was time for us to head back to Kansas as Al had to work the next day.   We took pictures with the "star" of the show 

and with her brother too.

The following weekend, Josh's family went to Colorado so they stopped in to say hi and to grab a bite to eat.  They stretched their muscles because they had another 8 hour trip ahead of them!  It was good to see them for a little any way.

We would see them the following week when we would be driving back to Arkansas for Emeri and Elijah's birthdays!  To be continued....