There and Back Again: Week 75 Grand Journey to Georgia and KC

Last year we had a NEW type of grass appear in the lawn. We looked it up and found it was nut sedge.

I WISH we had actually researched it. I wish our "Grounds Boss" knew something about nut sedge. He told us to not worry about it and just mow over it. BAD advise.

Pulling the tops and mowing make it multiply faster..WAHHHH This year after a warm rain THESE popped up! Attack of the tribbles.

We couldn't just pull the stems, we had to dig them out by their DEEP bulbs! It's a labor intensive thing. So the lesson is, do not put off until tomorrow or take the easy way...no mowing over your sins to hide them.

JUST PULL THEM OUT by the bulbs through repentance. Because of Jesus we can root out our sins. Because of Jesus, Elder Cullen and I will somehow have the ability to get these things out of the lawn for good!!

Speaking of Jesus, our youngest son Ephraim played Jesus in a musical this weekend. Our older son, Ben, and his wife helped write and perform the music and lyrics, the producer is a friend of theirs and they have been working on it for two years.

Last night we got to watch it and it was AMAZING. So professional, so inspiring, so much talent. We were given permission to leave the mission for a week. So Monday We drove to celebrate Easter Monday with Autumn and honor our Slovak Heritage.

Even though it was a literally a 6pm to 8am visit we made the most of it! The boys showed us all their latest triumphs in bike riding, art, and music.

Autumn and the kids created a delicious Slovak Easter Meal. And we spent quality time together. I particularly enjoyed bedtime stories with Emmet and Taran.

Then we went down to Elder Cullen's cousins and had the BEST time doing family history, going to museums and just catching up. We LOVE the Davis's!

Then we visited the Cohikiah Mounds...the oldest City in North America. It's timeline perfectly matches the people in the Book of Mormon.

It was amazing to climb the Monk's mound...amazing because we didn't have a heart attack, and amazing because the view was SO SPLENDID. We could see St. Louis in the distance.

Then spent the night at my BYU roomate's house and really enjoyed catching up with her and her husband and meeting her kids and grandkid.

We got to Kansas City on Friday, played with baby Wells, Ben and Courtnie,

watched the musical then got home Saturday (today) to find the Young Sister Missionaries had heart attacked our door!!

What a lovely REST and it feels so good to be back "home" We will enjoy it to the fullest for the next four weeks!!!