and then they came from Texas

Another set of award winning friends came to visit us later in the week. Laura and Charlton Wimberly are friends of ours from our Philadelphia days. Jeff and Charlton went to law school together and we all went to Tenth and attended the same Sunday School Class. That class has produced some lifelong friendships. Many thanks to the Ferners, Harders, Leonards and others who helped make that class and those friendships what they are today.

Laura and Charlton have a 3 year old son, Stephen. We tried to make the visit as kid friendly as possible, for his sake, so we spent another afternoon at Hershey Chocolate World. Joost and Grace never tire of that place (really, who, of any age, tires of free chocolate?)


They were able to stay for 2 nights, so we had some lovely times of catching up and enjoying laughs together. On day 2, we drove north to Lake Tobias (you might recognize that name...it is quite popular on this blog). The kids, especially, had fun watching, feeding and petting the animals. A good deal of hand sanitizer was given out that day.

(this is a zeedonk, if anyone is wondering. it is part zebra and part donkey.)

This visit was so nice. we had never been able to meet Stephen before, so it was a treat to finally see him in person. (Although, Jeff did get an unexpected visit with Stephen two weeks earlier when he was stuck in Texas over night while trying to fly home from Mexico. That is another story....) It was great to spend so much time with Laura. She is such a treasured friend. I wish Texas wasn't quite so far away and we could see them more often, but it's wonderful to have those weekends here and there when it works out.