Well...

Where did three weeks go??

We traveled 2949.2 miles in

18 days

17 nights,

13 of which were travel days.

We traveled through Texas,

Arkansas,

Alabama,

Georgia,

Florida,

Mississippi 

and

Louisiana!!!

We put our toesies in the Gulf of Mexico

got and gave lots of hugs to 

friends and family,

made new friends and

reconnected with family we hadn't seen in years!

And then we returned home,

spent two days 

cleaning, resting, cleaning

and organizing

getting ourselves ready to go back to work.

Today was our first day back at work

and 

things went pretty well.

And for that we are very thankful.

One story to share:

today being Ash Wednesday,

beginning of Lent

I wanted to go to the worship service at the chapel.

I asked the boys if any of them wanted to go

one, C, said yes

and then R came out of his bedroom as we were leaving

and said he wanted to go.  

So off we went ~

we got to the church,

walked in and R said 

I thought we were going shopping

I turned and smiled at him and 

said next time you will be on time for the house meeting

then you would have known we were going to church.

He kept looking at me during the service,

wondered how long it would last.

told him about an hour.

After the service R asked if we could go to the store

since he thought we were going shopping.

Umm,  no but being the nice HP that I am I took him and C 

to McDonald's for a snack.

All during the service

I prayed for the boys to get something out of the service

Afterwards I asked R what he thought it was about

He gave a pretty good summary for someone

who didn't want to be there.

We talked about Lent, Easter, 

the Resurrection ~ opened the doors for some conversation.

So today I give thanks for the opportunities, even unexpected ones,

to share about the Lord.