Well, we just spent about 9 days in Lubbock, TX with my family. We were able to have a couple of family outings while we were there. I will get my tech guy to post some pictures for me later. One outing that the children really enjoyed was going to Legacy Play Village there in Lubbock. I mean HUGE!! It was really neat, and the kids enjoyed themselves so much, that they just HAD to go back another day!! This time, they talked my brother, Uncle Telly, to go with us. Apparently, he is just a lot of fun!! Then, on Wednesday, we drove about 1hr. 45 min. to Palo Duro Canyon. It was just breathtaking!! What is so amazing to me is that for that whole drive, everything is soooooooooooo flat. Until about the last 5 miles, where you start driving up and down little hills. And then, all of a sudden, there it is. A large, beautiful hole in the ground. It was spectacular!! There were several trails to take down. One was for walking down, or you could bike down another on (yeah, no thanks!!), or take a horse down another one. We chose the walking one. We started down the trail and about 10 minutes into it, we ran into a man and his daughter. He HIGHLY recommended that one of us adults go back and drive the van down to meet the rest of the gang. So I volunteered for the job. Before we for the canyon, I had told the girls to wear culottes, but for some reason, I did not take my own advice, and had on an old skirt. It made for difficult hiking, so I was glad to be able to help my family by driving down to meet them. I LOVE to go hiking, especially with the kids, as they talk about the neatest things, so in a way, I was a little disappointed, but there will be other hikes, I am sure!! Anyway, we had a wonderful time!! It was nice to be able to see our family, Thanksgiving dinner was awesome, and we were able to do a little bit of Black Friday Shopping. That was GREAT!! Now, we are headed back towards home. I will post some more later about where we stayed. For now, I gotta get going.

Have a wonderful day,

Psalm 113: 1, 2

Love,

Ida