Vermont!

I am writing this post from . . . you guessed it, Vermont! It was only a week ago that we found out that we would be heading north, and now I’m sitting here on an air mattress in the room that served as my sisters’ and my bedroom last night here in my grandparent’s (mother’s parents) house.

Although this trip mainly came about because my Father needed to come to Vermont on business, there were many factors that led to the decision to come as a family. For one, we’ll all get to be together this way, something that we always like! Besides, who could pass up an opportunity to see grandparents and cousins?

While we’re here in Vermont I thought I would do my posts a little bit differently than usual. I don’t think I will get to post every day, but the days that I do I’ll post whatever I have: pictures, happenings, thoughts, discussions, Scriptures, etc. So here is today’s post!

Our Trip

Up until the time we packed up the van, we didn’t know exactly when we would be leaving. We ended up getting on the road at 11:45 yesterday morning. Straight driving time is fourteen hours, but since we knew we would be getting in early this morning anyway, we didn’t try to hurry. We got in to my grandparents at 4:00 this morning. After we unloaded the van (we jokingly told my grandparents that we brought the whole house with us!) and visited a bit (my grandparents were so excited that they woke up to welcome us!), we all headed to our beds for a few hours.

Eleven people + three weeks = a lot of luggage!

South . . . to North

My sister took this picture yesterday morning at our house:

And I took this one just now from my grandparents front porch:

Today . . .

            . . . we have mostly been catching up on sleep, visiting with grandparents, making plans for the our next three weeks here, and enjoying the snow. It has been snowing since we went to bed this morning and is not forecasted to stop until tomorrow evening!

Verses To Share

            My grandparents are currently reading through the New Testament, so while we’re here we joined in reading it aloud at mealtime. Today we read a few chapters in Mark, and these verses stood out to me: “Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, ‘Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.’” ~ Mark 9:36+37