Last week, the boys had a day off from school, so we took a day trip about a 100 miles north to visit Charlotte, NC. We had a long, fun day of doing everything we wanted to and were blessed with a special experience to end the day. Dacia had never been to The Cheesecake Factory, so we set the GPS and had a fun lunch there with gigantic salads and an amazing raspberry lemon cheesecake.
After lunch, we wandered around a West Elm furniture store. Dacia had been looking a couple sofas for months and liked what their catalog showed. After looking around and playing in the store, we found a style we liked so much that we got two of the same. With luck, the store had two on hand and they both fit into the back of the truck perfectly snug without being taken out of their shipping boxes.
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| Joseph having breakfast in bed |
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| Playing in a nearby park while mom fed Elliana in the truck |
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| More park fun |
We enjoyed being in a big(ger) city for the day and enjoying the things we don't have at home like parks and Costco. Joseph gained a vision of heaven when he walked into a Lego store.
We saw a billboard for a 7-eleven convenience store and ended the day hunting for a Slurpee.
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| Slurpees! Notice the two boxes in the back of the truck... |
After about 30 minutes of highway driving back to Columbia, Devin noticed there was only one box in the truck! Dacia had Tanner say a prayer that nobody got hurt when it fell out of the truck and that we would be able to find the box. We took the next exit and thought of all the places in the city we made tight turns that would have been enough to jostle the box loose. We made the drive back to the 7-eleven without seeing anything. Even if we did find the box, surely the sofa wouldn't have survived the fall from the truck or a crash with on-coming traffic. All the way back to the freeway we didn't see any signs of a lonely box and we got back on highway 77 thinking someone found a nice couch. After about 20 minutes on the highway, Dacia saw a box on the side of the road! We got out to find our couch resting far to the side of the shoulder with only a corner bent. After lifting it back into the truck and tying it down this time, we realized that one side of the box opened up and the wind picked up the box like a parachute. When we got back in the truck Tanner suggested that we say another prayer thanking Heavenly Father for helping us find the box again. It was well past midnight when we got home, but we felt gratitude that our Father heard a prayer of his children and blessed our family with another faith-building experience. And just maybe there was a little angel that had her hand in things.
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| We tore a hole in the back of the box so the air could escape and the box would survive the ride home. |
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It's been a while since I've popped over and read your updates. I love reading them and watching your family grow. You are such a beautiful family and have been an amazing example to all who know you.
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