Elmo's Song

We still can't get our original video we made of Texas to be published. There is some kind of glitch. But we do have tons of other silly things we recorded and such. Here's one of us in Texas waiting for Brandon in a parking lot. Sterling kept singing the Elmo song over and over, and she really doesn't even watch Sesame Street. But I guess this is just one of those crazy tunes that gets stuck in your head! I can't believe I'm actually going to post this, but it's pretty funny. Elle is so funny. She just listens to all of our craziness most of the time. I couldn't even get her to smile. Hope you enjoy our silliness.

Elmo's song from waldenfamily on Vimeo.

Mississippi

After 4 hours to Houston, we then left my uncle's place around 10:30pm and drove another 4 hours to go as far as we could. It was rough for all of us. So, the money that was given was well used for the closest hotel we could find at that point (somewhere in Lousiana).

We then got up the next morning and drove to Leland, Mississippi (northwest). There I got to meet up with my aunt which is my mom's older sister. This was great for me because I hadn't seen her since I was about 6. The only thing I remember about that trip was that she bought me my first pair of Nike sneakers. My grandma still has a picture in her kitchen of our trip and we were all huddled together on this same fireplace. I would see this picture for years, with the only memory I had of my aunt, uncle, and cousins. So, in honor of that memory we took another picture on the fireplace.

Our time was kind of short there as well because my aunt had to work and such, but I left satisfied that I just got to see her and talk a little. We hope to see her again at some point. And definitely not 30 years later.

We were so blessed to experience the reuniting of so many people in our lives on this trip. We hope you are encouraged, that God is interested in the connecting with others. Even if it sometimes means you going the extra mile, literally.

Houston, TX

As we headed out of Texas, we drove down south a bit to visit my uncle in Houston. This is my mom's older brother that I haven't seen since I was about 15 or so. My family is distant, as many are, and it was great to see him....even if just for a few hours. He tried to convince us to go to Mexico (just 4 hrs away) before we went home, which was quite tempting but we had to take a rain check. If we head out through Texas again, this will be on our list of things to do.

I'm so glad I got to reconnect with family.