Family...It's such a strange thing. You don't choose who you get, yet they always seem just right for you.
This weekend, my family came to visit. it is amazing how long you can be apart and still feel so close. Logan has been living in Germany and we haven't seen him in almost a year, but I still felt an instant heart connection with him the moment I saw him. He is and always will be my brother. He is back in Germany now and will be returning to Iraq for a 15 month stay in June. So far away, yet always in my heart, on my mind, and in my prayers. If you read this, I love you, Logan.
And then there's Dustin...I talk to him much more often. He is living in Borger, working out at the Phillips refinery now. He seems to be liking it okay. I can't imagine living back in Borger. He will agree that there is not much to do, but they do have a new bowling alley that really rocks! Dustin treated us all to a Mavericks game while he was here. That was amazing. What made it even more exciting was that while it was going on, there were tornado warnings going on all around the DFW area. I will post more about the game later. What an amazing guy Dustin is. We really enjoyed having him around and hope that he comes back to visit soon. We have a Six Flags ticket waiting on him!!!
I didn't get any pictures of Dad, which is really no surprise. Though he has gotten much better about me taking them, he isn't one to really hang out in front of the camera. But I did get this shot of Mom. She was, of course, a little upset to see Logan go, but we know that God has him wherever he goes and will protect him from all harm. Mom is such a strong person. I know it is so hard on her. What would we do without our loving saviour to carry us through times like these?
Here is the starting lap. The cars are following the lead car around.
Right after the lead car left, we saw our first wreck. Wow! It was kind of cool and kind of scary. I was worried for the drivers, but they were all fine. One car actually drove up on top of another car. You can't tell here because I was too busy watching to get out the camera. :-)
This is a picture of the stands. And I thought there were a lot of people at the Mavericks game!!! What is shown here is only about 1/6 of the amount of people that were there.
Rich's favorite driver is Jimmie Johnson in the Lowe's car. He started out really strong in the race, but unfortunately had some car trouble late in the race. I thought this was a really cool pit picture.
And here I am with my handsome husband. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. Another blessing was that during the pre-race festivities, the Christian group, Mercy Me, played a concert. That was really cool and we had no idea that they were going to be there. I don't know if I will ever get the chance to go to something like this again, but I wouldn't miss it if I did!!!
Liberty was glad to have a friend to play with. Nana and Pops' dog Lady had leg surgery around Christmastime, but she was walking and playing just fine this weekend. Doesn't it look like fun?
Will's 5-year old sister, Emily, loves Hannah, but then again who doesn't?!? 
Allegiance had a blast playing with all the kids. She climbed up the curly slide backwards and didn't even fall back down once. She has some awesome climbing skills! Hannah had to run herd on her a couple of times, but mostly Allegiance held her own with all those other kids.
Rich and I have been bowling on a league on Thursday nights. It is very interesting...neither of us is very good, but it is so much fun!!! I will try to get some pictures on here soon of that.
We don't have much planned for this weekend. I am going to work in the preschool room at church this evening. And tomorrow afternoon, we are going to a Home Group rally for our church. Mostly, it will be like a big picnic with food, fun, and games. I am really looking forward to it.
Monday night is my Open House at school. Blah!!! I love teaching, but all the extra little things wear me out!!! Oh, well...at least most of the parents seem to like me okay.
That's about it for us right now...hope everyone is doing well. And if any of our family and friends that read this get a blog page, please remember to send the link to us. We would love to keep up with you all!!!!
