Second day on the road...more of the same

So, today was Friday, our second day on the road.  We were able to make it from Wichita, KS to Little Rock, AR.  But, it wasn't without a bit of weather and drama!

We pretty much had rain the WHOLE day.  Some times, just a bit, and other times more than I have ever seen.  At one point, Sissi said we needed to call Noah...as in Noah and the Ark...because of all the standing water we could see.

The bright spot of our day, well..to be honest, there were two ;)....

First, we got to meet up with Marsha, a Tapestry of Grace (TOG) friend of mine.  She lives in Tulsa and it was on the way, so we met up at Chick Fil A where the kids could get some play time and stretch after all the time in the car.  I always try to stop at Rest Areas, so they can play...not on this trip, it's been so wet, it's the run in and out game at gas stations we've been playing lately.  They were a bit restless today.  Back to lunch with Marsha and her oldest son, Scott.  We met up and got to share a bunch of hugs from different ladies in our group ;)!!!  There was time to compare stories, to talk about the future, and even share a bit about the past and Jeff's recent retirement.  We could have talked for hours, I'm sure.  As I go through this summer, and meet more and more of these amazing ladies, it is going to be harder and harder to say goodbye.  We should just set up a little town for us all to live in, one very large TOG Co-op!!!!!  I've been driving across lots of open land the past two days, I'm thinking the opportunity is there ;)!

Marsha, Sissi, and I at Chick Fil A in OK

Indy and Scott talking.  I think they enjoyed their "guy" time together too!

Second bright spot....well, we got to see my nephew Roman and my brother Ben!  We were late of course...the weather between Fort Smith and Little Rock was not good...it got really bad about 60 miles or so West of the city and we actually pulled over.  It was so loud, I could hardly hear myself think, much less hear the kids trying to talk (actually yell) at me...I've never been in rain that hard, or that loud.  We found out later that we were, again, in the middle of a severe weather and tornado watch...oh joy!  Our timing has not been good in the weather department....guess we shouldn't travel this area in the spring again!  Roman was tired and Becky very graciously kept him up so we could at least spend an hour with him.  I've mapquested our trip tomorrow, it's only 6 hours...so, after breakfast, we're heading back over to the house for another hour or so.  I pray, with him in a better mood, that we can get some awesome pictures of us all together.  He is the sweetest and cutest little nephew and I could just eat him up ;)!!!  We'll get some more time with my brother, and parents, in a few weeks up in Branson.  Looking forward to a bit more downtime....just two more days to go, we're over half way there...Winston-Salem, you're looking better everyday!!!!