Our family enjoyed a vacation at Wisconsin Dells, leaving Saturday and returning yesterday. Perry and I took Preston and Kyla and 8 of our grandchildren on the duck ride. (Last year the others got to go.) The excitement of the grandchildren put a smile on my face. Monday evening, we had our EJK family "quiz." It took about 1 1/2 hours. In the end, Maria knew the most of the adults and Matthew knew the most of the grandchildren. Points were earned for each name or date that you could recall. Knowing maiden names and middle names were extra points. We had six (three adults and three grandchildren) who scored over a hundred points, and they were each awarded $5. All who stuck with it until the "bitter end" were awarded $1. We had church on Sunday at Maustin, WI, at the home of Nathan and Marilyn Steffen. They built a chapel room on their house for services whenever any are in the area and let them know. Before the afternoon service, our grandchildren ages 3 and up stood together up in front and we all sang hymns such as "Whiter than Snow," "Is My Name Written There?" and "Jesus Loves Me." These were indeed precious moments! ---happy grandma Carol
5 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun! I love the picture of you guys with the grandkids. Lots of smiling faces!
Quite a trip! And it sounds like it was well planned and organized also. Trips with grandchildren are great investments. Thanks for the good post & picture.
Sounds like a wonderful vacation, and also a great opportunity to emphasize family heritage. Thank you!
Ann, a funny tidbit was when Brandon couldn't think of your name but decided to draw a picture of you on his paper. He remembered that you were going to stop and see them in KC but he got sick with pancreatitis so it didn't work out.---Carol
That's funny - I'm surprised Brandon could remember anything about that time! I was going to take Maria some baby stuff and fun things for the kids when we went to visit them, and decided to call and double check that it was going to work out, right before going into the store--that's when Maria told me that Brandon was so sick and it wouldn't work out. So glad I called before doing that shopping - what would I have done with diapers and way too much candy!!
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