Heading Home

We left a day later than planned, but we made it all the way to St. Paul. We thought about trying to drive straight through, but the realization that we would arrive around 4 a.m. coupled with our uncertainty about road conditions convinced us otherwise.

Here is a short recap of our visit. We arrived on Thursday evening and the kids and Chuck spent some time at his brother's house while I visited Dad. On Friday Chuck had to take our van to get the front brakes replaced. As we were leaving home, we had noticed some slight grinding noises, and we figured we should probably get them looked at when we arrived in Tulsa. By the time we got there, the brakes sounded horrible enough that visiting the auto shop became our first priority for Friday. It turns out we were incredibly fortunate to have made it to Tulsa with the brakes in such condition- not only were the brake pads completely gone, but the rotors and calipers were terribly corroded. Actually it worked out for the best because having the brakes fixed in Tulsa was probably easier and less expensive than it could have been in the UP. That took all day, but we went to Chuck's Aunt Barbara's house that evening, and I went to the hospital. On Saturday we spent the afternoon and evening with Mom and Amanda. Sunday we spent in Mannford at Chuck's Grandma's house. We took a day "off" on Monday- slept late, had a leisurely breakfast, and pretty much just drove around. That night Chuck went out with his brother Jessie. On Tuesday we went to the zoo with Amanda and the girls. That was so much fun! On Wednesday we went to Mannford again, and Thursday we spent in Siloam Springs with Chuck's Mom and sister. We had originally planned to leave Friday (yesterday) but we needed an extra day to visit my family. We left Tulsa this morning at 7:22 a.m. and spent about 13 hours on the road. Tomorrow we only have about six hours more before we are home.

Dad was released from the hospital on Thursday. Thank you to everyone for the prayers for him, and please continue to pray if you think of it.

God bless!