July 13th we left on a short weekend trip. First we stopped somewhere along the way for Chad to visit a company PPI does business with. First the rest of us stopped at a filling station for fuel. It so happens that they didn’t have an awning over the diesel pump so Javan and Jared got drenched pumping the diesel for me. We were thankful for the rain and hoping we would get some at home! The children and I then took a quick tour of the town and scoped out restaurants; we settled on a Mexican Restaurant and so finished our time. We got back to pick up Chad just as he was coming out – perfect timing!
On a side note… When we left home Jonas just threw his shoes in the van so when we got out at the restaurant he had to put them on but was having a bit of trouble. I assigned an older brother to help and the task still proved difficult. I went around to give a hand and found that it was an IMPOSSIBLE task! Jonas had grown out of his shoes but had failed to tell me that they were getting too small! Thankfully we had his church shoes so I set about the task of finding his bag and digging them out but ALAS I could BARELY get his church shoes on! We did manage, however, and so we were able to enter the “NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE” establishment! They were impressed with our children sitting so nicely and so the children were rewarded with a piece of candy before we left.
After picking Chad up we continued driving a couple more hours to St Joseph, MO and found a hotel for the night. After checking in and carrying our bags in, we went out for a treat, but the first stop was a Goodwill in hopes of finding Jonas a pair of shoes. We struck out but I did find Jubilee a really cute skirt, plus a skirt for me when I’m skinny again, and a shirt for one of the boys. Jonas ended up wearing his church shoes all weekend with strict instructions to keep the on ~ they were a pain to get them on. For our treat we went to Sonic and split milk shakes. They were half price after 8 PM. 
Saturday AM we went to the Pony Express Museum, I didn’t remember that the Pony Express was used for only a year and a half! The museum is in the remodeled barn where the first Express rider left from.
The first rider getting ready to leave.
Trying out the saddles.
Isn’t she a CUTIE?! Who needs a horse when you have a trunk?!
They had dress up clothes, so most of them found something to put on.
The lady that was on duty that day was really nice and informative. She volunteered to take some pictures for us.
After we took these we were going to take a little walk, first though, a couple of us went back in to go potty. The lady saw us come back in and when we were done with the restroom she was standing there with 4 books for the children! I guess they made a favorable impression. I said “Oh, these will be great to add to our school year! We homeschool and will be focusing on Early American History this year!” She said “well, let me get you a teacher pack.” It was big and full of lots of reproduceable activities and information. THEN she said “well, take this video too!” ALL for free!
From there we walked past Jesse James home. We didn’t go in because we were limited on time and it wasn’t worth paying full price just to see a whole in a wall from the bullet that killed Jesse James. If we had more time to take the entire tour of the house and the adjoining Patee House Museum we probably would have done it.
If it weren’t for the outlaw, it would have been harder to choose Jesse’s middle name. He has a Grandpa Dale and a Grandpa James – guess who’s name he got!!!
From here we drove to Adrienne and Harriet Strahm’s house in Kansas. We were going to a reunion that afternoon in Sabetha and while we were there Chad wanted to take a tour of the company Adrienne works for – I can’t remember the name! So, the children and I stayed and visited with Harriet and their children while Chad went with Adrienne.
Around 3:30 or so we went to the reunion. We had a nice supper, a time of fellowship, a singing, and some more fellowship before going to our hosts home for more food, fellowship, and overnight! We stayed with Steven and Kelly Elderman – I think I got that right. She is expecting their 7th baby in November. They had one lined up with most of our children from Jolene on down with an extra thrown in there somewhere.
Sunday was churched and an early supper. We drove home that night. It was Jared’s birthday, so we made a stop again to Sonic for milkshakes. We would have gone to Culvers but there wasn’t one where we wanted to stop. I LOVE Culvers!
I think we arrived home about 1230 AM. It was a good trip.
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