Our past two weekends have been busy as normal for this family. Two weekends ago, on Saturday, we made the trip to the Dallas/Ft Worth area for Andrew to start the first of his two summer visits to Arkansas. It is so hard for us all to say goodbye to him. He so very much missed! It brings tears to my eyes every time. We have been told it would get easier but that does not seem to be the case for us. We keep finding it harder and harder and we miss him even more each time he goes away. He is such a blessing to our family! Mark has been looking for his big brother ever since he left. He goes into Andrew’s room and climbs into his bed and just lays there. Well, enough about that before I start crying, again.
Mark turned three the Friday before Andrew left and some dear friends had us over for dinner to share in some wonderful fellowship, to sing Mark “Happy Birthday,” and to eat some birthday cake. As has happened before with such singing, he was on the verge of tears! It did help that we sang very softly though! Mark loves music and singing, but ever since the “traumatic event” at Chili’s when they sang “Happy Birthday” to Joseph when Mark was almost two, he since would rather have nothing to do with that song! The kids had a great time together as did the adults! Thanks, Runkles, for a marvelous evening out!
Sunday was such a gorgeous day here that after church we just had to get out and do something enjoyable outside but with out getting a sunburn. So, we headed off to Natural Bridge Caverns which is just outside San Antonio on the northeast side. It was a pleasurable outing. Even though Mark has been in caves before, the first time being when he was two and we went to a cave in South Korea, while he was very interested in the cave this time he was not 100% sure about it. He just wanted Daddy to hold him so he could take in the whole thing from a safe location. Daddy’s arms got a good two-hour workout!
This past Memorial Day weekend we went on an out to Corpus Christi and the Padre Island National Seashore. Saturday we had perfect weather for the beach. It was partly cloudy, warm and there was a lovely breeze. We all had super time playing in the water, building sand castles and walking on the beach. For dinner we found a great little pizzeria and had one of the best pizza’s I’ve had in a long while. After dinner, we made our way back to the beach to camp out over night…RIGHT ON THE BEACH!!!! Does life get much better? Going to sleep with the ocean breeze and the sound of the waves…just wonderful…and waking up to the sunrise, WOW! We had a nice walk on the beach before it was time to find an IHOP. After breakfast, we went back to the beach for a short time (by noon I was done with the heat) then drove around Corpus Christi just to see what was there. We got home around dinner time and all had a great night’s sleep.
Memorial Day we recovered by staying close to home by going for a swim in the pool at the apartment complex and playing at the little playground. Very low key!!! We did try a new recipe that was yummy, Chinese Barbeque chicken. The Commissary always has new things for us to try that you just can’t find in the average grocery store. I have not spent anytime looking for the Asian markets around here, and since we are here such a short time, I’m not sure I have the energy to look too hard. So, the Commissary will just have to do!
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