We are headed "home"!

Back home again in Indiana is where we will be, come Monday! We are thrilled to be able to go visit with family and friends! We are actually having a family reunion for John's family while we are home. The main reason we are going this time of year is two fold. First, we haven't been in Indiana in the fall since the fall of 2002! This is my favorite time of year so every time I hear my family back home tell me the leaves are just starting to turn, I get a little homesick! Secondly, we planned this time around The Mississinewa Battle of 1812! I have been wanting to take the children to this for a couple of years but have went home in the summertime instead of the fall for family reunions and my dad's surprise 60th birthday party. So when John was going to be planning our year I sent him the dates of this re-enactment and asked if we could go. My sweetie put it on the calendar and so we are now getting packed up and getting ready to leave Monday morning. John is also going to take us all to his favorite place . . . Purdue University, and show the children around his old campus. They have been there before but were so small they barely remember any of it. Then we are also going to take them to Connor Prairie. I haven't been there for years! We did field trips there in school. We are so looking forward to this time with family. Some of our family members are going to join us on our outings so that makes it even more exciting to me! This will be a hard time as well. This will be my first time back "home" since my dad passed away. It will be hard walking back up to the house where he had his accident that bitter cold day in February. It is still so fresh in my mind. I miss him terribly. I plan on visiting his grave for the first time as well. Please pray for me if you think of me. As much as I am looking forward to going back, part of me just never wants to go back there again. God has been so very kind to remind me that His plans are perfect and that my dad is in Heaven with Jesus, his Savior! It is really hard to continue to be sad when I think of that! I can't wait for the day when I too can be with my Savior and worship him forever!

I write all of this today because this weekend will be a busy one for us and I will not be able to post before we leave. I am not sure if I will have internet to be able to post while in Indiana so have a wonderful week! Thank you for your prayers!