We had a wonderful trip to Memphis, even though we didn't get to leave until 4pm, as our car was at the mechanics. We arrived in Sevierville around 10:30pm, but were able to leave early enough the next morning to miss Knoxville's morning traffic. The first place we stopped in Memphis that afternoon was Grandmother's and Grandpa's. We were all ready to get out of the car and see our family. After a nice fairly short visit, so as not to overwhelm them with too much love at once, we headed over to check in at Studio Plus. The next day we did our dutiful Memphis routine of getting lunch at Chuck E. Cheese and having fun with the cousins. The fun continued to the pool at Studio Plus where Lydia, Wright, Ryan and Pam joined Thomas, Patrick, William and I. As this day was Grandmother's 76th Birthday, next we headed over to their house for BBQ dinner (thanks to Uncle David and Steve), cake, flowers and presents. What a great celebration and wonderful visit. Then to truely top it off, with David's guidance we saw the Space Shuttle race across the night time sky. The next day, Sat. we had a nice visit with Memaw and her sweet friend. Memaw always fixes us wonderful food that we really enjoy. She had changed her living room around and it seemed so much bigger, Wow, it looked great! Billie and Bob were just as chipper as ever. They are sooo cute. After spending the day, we headed back to Studio Plus once the little thunderstorm passed. Since, it wasn't too late we were able to go by the Christian bookstore and find Thomas and Patrick new Bibles. They were so proud to take them to church with the Grandparents the next morning. Thomas and Grandpa did have a little trouble with the new pages when looking for the sermon passage in Zephaniah, but Grandmother came to the rescue. It was so great to see familier faces there at Bartlett Baptist. I was able to introduce the boys to my old Sunday School teacher, Carol Bakker and our former pastor Dr. Hays, who married Rory and I. For lunch, Steve's family had quite a do for everyone, smoked chicken and venison, with green beans, deviled eggs, potatoes, rolls and melt in your mouth chocolate chip pie. Afterwards, some of us watched a funny movie and others, played outside. Sunday evening we ended our visit with going to Bellvue Baptist with Steve, Ryan, Lydia and Wright. Afterwards Steve and I had a heart to heart, that was so sweet and memorable for both of us. We are so blessed with our families and thankful to be able to squeeze in a little visit before the school year begins. We had a safe uneventful trip home, except to chase down the pizza delivery guy with our supper. Ha! As always so thankful to be home, see Daddy and rest in our own little beds.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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