Texas Trip

Our family enjoyed a brief weekend get away to Texas a few weeks ago.
Mom's (Tisha) Uncle Bob was getting married, and we had the pleasure of attending!
Although our time was short, it was wonderful to spend it with our family! (immediate and extended!)

View from our hotel.


On Friday night after the rehearsal, we all went out to dinner at a pizza place.
It also had an arcade room with different games, bowling, etc.

Caroline, Susanna and I went on the Carousel!


Eric, Caroline, and Miles did the Bumper Cars!


On Saturday, we spent the morning at an amazing store called "IKEA"
Since it was a Swedish based store, we felt literally "Right at Home" since Lindsborg is "Little Sweden"
Aside from lots of home decor and other fun things that were very low-priced, they also had a tasty restaurant, where we all ate for $20!!



Here we are standing in front of Stockholm!


Yummy ice cream cones!


Miles and Zach waiting for the wedding to begin!


Paige and Susanna!


The wedding couple!


After the wedding, we went out to a Mexican place,
right across from our hotel, to eat.
They made fresh Guacamole while we hungrily watched!


Ride 'em Cowgirl! All throughout dinner, Susanna
kept asking to go ride the horse! We usually don't
ride them, but Susanna loved it!


On Sunday, we attended a church that seated 3000 people!
The service was excellent, and we enjoyed worship there.

His Newest Adventure

As some of you might know, Eric likes to be industrious. This past spring, Eric studied and researched honey bees. He got books and instructional DVD's from the library, he talked with people, he wrote a persuasive speech, and every time Mom, Dad, or I got on the computer, he would ask us to look up something or other pertaining to bees.
Dad and Mom were not too sure how it would work out here in town. A friend from church(Mrs. K) , along with her 15 year old son, has been doing bees for about 3 years. Mrs. K offered to let Eric go along with them and see how they took care of the hives and such.
She also told us about a scholarship where you can get all the bee things you need to start a hive.
The deadline for the scholarship application is in December, so Dad decided to wait until next spring to start out.
But the Lord had other plans.......A gentleman (Mr. A) from town also does bees, and whenever there is a swarm, people call him to remove it.
Well, when he got a call recently, all his hives were full, so he recommended they call Eric.
The Lord provided a swarm of 5000 bees for Eric to start out with!
Mr. A's uncle was cleaning out his barn about a week after Eric got his first hive going---What was up in the barn? Some bee hives!
It is amazing how the Lord prompted Eric to get all his research done, so He could provide the equipment.
Miles took all the photos, since I was gone......Enjoy!
(And if you ever want to know anything about bees, just ask Eric!)

















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