Fast Forward...

There were many things that happened over the next two weeks, but we will try to summarize it all into one blog for the sake of time:

After flying to Michigan from Oklahoma, we spent four nights at Great Grandma and Great Grandpa's house on the lake. Our highlights there were being with family, celebrating Thanksgiving, and celebrating Mommy's birthday on the day we left. Aden sang his own birthday song to her without even being prompted to do so. It went something like "Happy Birthday to you, to my mommy. I love you."

We went from Michigan down to Fort Wayne, Indiana for two nights. There, we go to wake up to snow one morning, although it was gone fairly quickly. We spoke in our home church there and were reunited with many friends. Aden received a special recognition in the service when he was called up on to the platform. He wouldn't go without Daddy though and kept his head buried in Daddy's shoulder throughout the 'interview.' They took a special love offering for the boys. While Wiley has no idea what it was all about, Aden figured it out when one of the little boys in the church told him that he could probably buy a lot of cars with that.

We drove down to Indianapolis after that and spent three nights at Aunt Keri and Uncle Josh's house (along with Archie, their dog). We had fun with them playing around the house and even doing a little shopping. After all, we had some money to spend from Fort Wayne and found some new little cars for the boys that should come in handy on the many plane rides ahead of us. Uncle Kevin came over one night too and while Mommy and Daddy were out, they kept the boys entertained by turning a suitcase into an airplane.

It was then on to Ohio where we would spend the next ten nights, one of our longest stops yet in one bed. It's always fun to play at Grandma and Grandpa's house. There are lots of toys and best of all, the basement. Down there are games, a train and plenty of other things to get into. Wiley knows the word basement now, trying to say it himself. When he hears the word, he goes to the basement door and starts hitting it. It's amazing what they pick up.



Highlights from our time included riding on the pontoon boat at Great Grandpa's house (as it was finally pulled out of the water for the winter); making hand-made ornaments (snowflakes made from their handprints cut out of felt); a trip to the Air Force Museum; time with Radcliffes, Myers, and Statons (ENT who regularly volunteers at Kudjip); and our very last deputation service for this home assignment. Aden is pretty excited that now he will be able to sit with Mommy and Daddy through the whole church service!



This gets us caught up to within a week of this writing and we have more stories to share. Stay tuned.....