The kids had the whole week off of school, and on Monday and Tuesday we enjoyed some calm time with just the 4 of us. On Wednesday we got up early and headed north. Our first stop was to visit Aunt Evelyn. She was not feeling too well, but was up to chatting. We stayed for over an hour and left encouraged. Revelation 14:13 is Evelyn's favorite verse... "Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
Our next stop was the world's greatest trading card shop on Arlington. We stayed here a good, long while. The owner is probably in his early 70's and was so personable and loved that there were two little boys interested in cards. We left with a bag full of goodies!
Then we made it to Grandpa and Grandma's house. We were all hungry, so we went to downtown Roanoke and ate at a new burger joint. It was GREAT!! They had homemade root beer that I would go back just for the root beer!! The burgers were all original. Jason has the buffalo-venison burger and I had the turkey burger. It was SO yummy!!!
It was early even though it was dark, so the kids started playing with the best thing in DFW... Jason's old GI Joe toys!
The next morning was TG Day. Since Justin's family was spending the day with Karyn's side, we had a low-key non-traditional day... and it was wonderful! All 4 boys invented broomball in the backyard. All you need is a wiffle ball, 2 brooms and 2 plastic golf clubs. They played until their feet were brown and they smelled like puppies!
For a cool down, we played Cars Monopoly... our favorite!
Rylan showed Grandpa our new scrapbooks!
And for dinner we enjoyed chicken spaghetti. It was a great way to end a great day!
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