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July 20th began our fourth week of hotel living. Yahoo, what fun we were having – NOT!! Our good friends, the Hildreths, were visiting family in North Carolina, a mere two hours from us. They had graciously invited us to join them.
Grandma Glo runs a Mexican import store in Franklin, North Carolina. She has tons of amazing items. Her house is just behind the store. It makes a really nice commute! Our two families took over the basement and the kids had a blast. First of all, it was so wonderful to see our good friends and spend time with them. Secondly, it was nice for my kids just to be able to get out and run and act all crazy like kids do.
We spent time tubing (more like Laura and I pulling the kids in tubes), seeing Bridal Veil Falls, gem mining, visiting with Officer Leah, a North Carolina State Trooper (NO, I wasn’t being detained. This time I had the law on MY SIDE.), roasting marsh mellows and playing at the park. Grandma Glo also lit off fireworks each night we were there. It was nice and relaxing. The kids had a blast!!
And then it happened… our final night… the grand finale… the Mother of all fireworks. Grandma Glo placed the GODDESS on her pedestal, the fuse was lit, one good shot off, awe, the next shot tipped it over and flames were going wild. I yelled at the kids to get in the house. They stood at the glass door yelling, “Mom, Mom, Grandma Glo’s going to die!”
“Oh sweetie, she’ll be fine.” This wasn’t an armed gunman after all.
The next morning we woke to say our good-byes. This good-bye was much more difficult because we don’t know when we will see them again. When we left them in Kansas City four weeks ago, we had this trip planned. It was more like see ya later. Now what?!! We’ve vowed to get together at least once a year. Hiking will be involved. When the boys are in their 20s, they’ll climb the Appalachians or whatever mountainous terrain they want to conquer. Until next time, my friend.
