We arrived here safe and sound, but very tired after a loooong day of traveling on Friday. We had some minor car trouble, which caused a 14-hour trip to turn into an 18-hour trip...ugh. Nevertheless, we did arrive safely and with the car intact....whew! :-) God is good.
On Saturday, we had a visit from my cousin and his wife and their two little boys. They were taking our girls for a couple days, because our girls just loved them when they lived near us years ago, and they've really missed them. The girls wanted to spend some time with them while we were up here. And, they have a little boy who's the same age as Indy, so he stayed with us for those days. Both sets of kids had a ball, but I think they were both ready to get back to their own families. :-) Anyway, Saturday afternoon, we took the boys to the little playground in town. Right next to it, there is a "splash pad", which is a little water play area with water shooting up. They had a blast and cooled down after the playground. That night we ordered pizza for dinner. The next morning we took them to a couple historical sites nearby, which the boys loved! Then we went to a town up the mountain where we saw some more cool stuff. Finally, we came home and they played for the rest of the afternoon. Then we had hot dogs for dinner.
On Monday, we took those 2 boys, plus my other cousin's little boy, who's also the same age, to Charlotte to The Discovery Place, which is a really cool children's museum. They're under renovation, so we didn't get to see as much as usual, but it was still fun and we did get to see an IMAX movie called Under the Sea, which was just soooo cool! Just imagine 4 little boys all running around a children's museum! Next time I'm putting them all in matching shirts!! lol No, actually, they did fine and they were all good listeners, so we had a great time. Oh, they also had a shipwreck and pirates exhibit on display, which they all were fascinated with. But, I think their favorite thing of all was the pirate gift shop!!! lol I think we spent more time there than anywhere else. lol After that, we met my cousin and his wife for dinner and traded kids back. It was a really nice time, but I was glad to have my own 4 kids back!
Today we didn't do too much. I went with my mom this morning to do some shopping for Indy, whose birthday is tomorrow. I can't believe he'll be 7!!! Then we went to the grocery store. It was funny, actually, because she got a call when we got there, that she had to go to her office. (That wasn't the funny part.) So, she left me at the grocery store with the list to do the shopping. I did the shopping and finally headed out to the car. When I got to the car, I looked across the street to my mom's office, and happened to see my mom unlocking her car, about 100 yards away! I waved at her and she waved back. (That's the funny part!) It struck me as so "small-townish" that I could see her across the way and wave to her. You can't really do that in South Florida. I think mostly because everyone is always in such a hurry that no one ever takes time to look around. Everyone kinda lives in their own little world. So, I thought it was really cool that that happened.
And, finally (at last!!) tonight I took my grandmother out for the evening. We had a lot of fun, too. We went out to dinner and to Toys R Us and to the Christian book store and to the Dollar Store, which she loved! We ended up staying at the dollar store for almost an hour!! It was so funny. But, we did have a really nice time and I am always so happy to get yet another chance to spend time with her.
Well, that's all for now. I'll try to check in again in a couple days. Have a great week!
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