A Pain in the Neck

Shawn's dad had major neck surgery last Friday in Dallas.  We decided to go for a very quick visit and see him Sunday and Monday.  We also decided that since we were going to be so close to Greenville, that we'd worship with our old congregation Sunday night and see some friends.  It was absolutely wonderful to see some many people we hold so dear.  We took the kids on a tour of the building and showed the girls where I rocked them during church, where their bible classes were and where we had so many sweet memories.  We also took them on a tour of the town, showing them the house we lived in and the hospital Ava was born at.  That place will always be dear to me.  

On Monday morning, when we were leaving Greenville, we went by Colin Street Bakery and took the kids for the first time.  We have now joined the thousands that make it a tradition to stop there while on a trip.  Luckily, there is also one on the way to Tyler from our house, so we will stop there during Thanksgiving!  The Cherry Icebox cookies are so so good.

We got to see Paul on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. He made some drastic improvements just in one day! 

Levi took this picture of Carolyn and the girls

And Elle took this one....she's getting better at it!

 

After visiting Paul and Carolyn, we headed home by way of Waxahachie and decided to spend just a tiny bit of extra time there exploring a small part of the city.  We started at a wonderful hole-in-the-wall restaurant that's been there for over 40 years.  The burgers truly were so good!

Then we drove through downtown and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a scrapbook store. Those types of stores are a rarity now.  They have all gone out of business, but not this one!  I got to browse around for at least 30 minutes and bought a few fun papers to take home.

We also went ahead and let all the kids have a second round of cookies from CSB.  So yummy.

With full tummies and  happy momma that got some scrapbook stuff, we made our way back to home sweet home and said goodbye to our last summer trip.