we are home!!!!! we came home and it was 38. we left texas and it was 83!~ funny...

we had a really good time. it was a little heartbreaking to leave. all of the little ones we love to hug and kiss on. there are four of them. payton, sara, sophia, and lil john. we love all of them. i want one!

it is easter, we are going to a late mass and celebrate this day together. it is sunny, but not sure if it is nice.

one of the craziest things that happened were the oklahoma fires. it was about a hundred meters from the stringer farm. terrified is not even close to what i felt. shelly drove me and the family to lake murray and then drove back to help chris with the house. it was really really scary. i was scared for the house, chris, and my shelly.

when the winds changed the house was safe. i am sorry to say most homes burnt to the ground and a lot live stock died. we were really lucky. when i was helping chris with the hose asking him to think about leaving he told me he was going to stay and that god was looking over us. we would be ok. we were. the house still stands and can proudly be called the stringer farm. the place where we lay on the bed and let the breeze melt our fears away. where i fall asleep and i know that no worries haunt me. it is the stringer farm and i love it. i always thought i was a city girl, but this place has changed me. i now know it is not about where we live or how we live. it is about the people that surround us. we are so lucky.

happy easter everyone.