Spring Break

What a wonderful Spring Break we had. MC and I flew to San Antonio, then spent a week at my parents with PM and some of his friends from college. We had shopping excursions to San Antonio and Bandera, ate out some, had lunch with family in San Antonio, fished, hiked, and generally had a great break. We drove home Sat and Sunday (we had two cars in Texas and one driver, so we brought our truck back to TN). MC and I drove through Fredricksburg, stopped at Wildseed Farms, had lunch at Natty Flatts Smokehouse, and had a lovely visit with my aunts and grandmother before heading on back to TN.

It was really fun to spend time with PM and his friends. It was good to be face to face and have time to just hang out and talk. MC and I had a great day, just the two of us, shopping, meeting family for lunch, and in general just spending a day together. We drove by our old house is San Antonio, and enjoyed seeing it. It is amazing how a week away from the regular routine can be restful, and yet I was so ready to be home by the end of the trip. It was nice to wake up this morning and be back home, back into our regular Monday morning routine, back to the everyday normalcy of life.

When I was visiting with my grandmother and aunt we were talking about our kids in college, where they are heading, what they are looking at doing in the future, etc. My grandmother, who had ten kids, said "Launching kids into life is one of the hardest things in the world. It's much harder than raising them from babies, through school." It is not easy, but I have to say I am enjoying watching as they choose for themselves and grow into what God has waiting for them. It is fun to see them becoming adults. I like who I see both of them becoming.