Today is 1 week before our daughter and her husband (we call him SIL for son-in-law) comes to visit us before boarding a plane and heading to their new home in Phoenix, via California. SIL’s job is taking them to this new adventure, away from Texas for the first time. Our new baby boy (7th grandchild) will not be born a Texas unless he rebels and comes early before the moving van gets there. So we are getting excited about not only getting to see them, but getting to love on them and pamper them in the good ole southern way. Randy has already warned me that I cannot cook like I want because they will be here only 3 days, so I am having to think about that and cook only enough to be eaten, as Randy does not eat left overs and I will be leaving with the kids to help them unpack since Jodi is 8 mo pg. This is just what I love. Having our kids here and getting to cook for them. The menu is already planned and so today I began to clean.
Found some pictures that had not been hung up behind clothes that were in a closet. So that made me rearrange some things, which is right up my alley. The sun is shinning today and I am also going to Houston’s with a friend for lunch to have Key Lime Pie, which I have written about before,my favorite Key Lime Pie….no one makes it like Houston’s.
So back to cooking! Jodi has requested Smothered steak with scalloped potatoes and chocolate cream pie. Eric will want a fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes and of course, they both will drool over the Heavenly Hots for breakfast with fresh blueberries. Jaden and FIL (which will be Randy’s name for the week when they are here, stands for….you guessed it, father-in-law and yes, I am called MIL for….mother-in-law) will be taking us downtown Pasadena to their favorite ice cream parlor, 21 Choices which we went to every night when Jaden came in the summer. So next week will be so much fun, getting to show them around our home town and cooking and visiting. It will be fun to make some new memories with them here, as we don’t have any memories with them yet in our new home. So now, the adventure is on, not only for them, but for us, as we watch them enter a new season of their lives and settle into their new home. What a special week it will be. I hope Jodi found out if there was a Whataburger in Phoenix before they actually move in…that might change the whole picture if not. I honestly don’t think she could live anywhere there was not a Whataburger. I thought the same thing about living where there was no fried okra or Sister Schubert rolls, but I am alive and well and enjoying so many things here that I didn’t have back in Texas. Jodi and Eric, Jaden and Caleb, when the door closes on the plane, sit back, relax, get out that last Whataburger you have stuffed in your carry-on and get ready for a whole new life. You have allowed God to direct your paths and taking this new position, now get ready to see what all He is going to do in your lives and be excited for the new blessings that will follow…God will be faithful to fulfill His purpose in your lives. We love you all, MIL and SIL