Family Reunion

As it turns out, our hastily thrown together trip to Arkansas could not have come at a better time. We didn't know for sure that we were coming until Sunday; with Roger and so many more gone on the Mexico trip this week, getting someone to preach for me Sunday was problematic (thanks to Jeff Denton for taking on that task). As it turns out, we were able to be in Little Rock at the same time that my niece Martha and her family were coming through town. We had not seen Martha and Keith and their children in four years... which means we had never seen her two youngest. It was good to meet them for the first time. And we also got to see more of Lezley (another niece) than we have ever seen before-- she is expecting her first child this fall. Sonya (my sister) and Darcy (her seven year old) drove in with us from Nashville, so we were practically all together for a big (Mom must have cooked for 3 days) family reunion meal tonight with only three of our extended family (my girls and Bob) missing. Angelynn will be here tomorrow for her fourth year at Harding; we'll go ahead and count her as here-- she's usually a little late anyway!