day trip to Stapleton, NE

Yesterday, we took a day trip to a cozy town in Nebraska...Stapleton.  Have you heard of it?  It is nestled into the corn fields along Hwy 83 about 30 miles north of North Platte.  We spent the day with some precious people, my dearest's parents and the two sweet girls my mom (by God's gifting) watches.

Our itinerary for the morning was planned by those sweet girls :)  First, we stopped by the grocery store to enjoy a delicious smoothie (Monica--my dear mil-- had an iced tea and I had an iced coffee...yummy!).  Then we were off to shop!  There is something just wonderful about a few stores that welcome a customer with open arms and where the owners visit with you, asking very relevant questions about one's life.  I highly recommend stopping at Frey's General Store, the Stapleton Enterprise, and Heavenly Creations!  They all have great customer service :) 

We also stopped at the park and the post office before heading back to the house.  What a lovely day, M and K!!  You are GREAT travel guides :D

My blessings after we played at the park...
a water fountain helped to cool them off!

my favorite boys in the whole world

 My guys loved the twisty slide, the swings, the merry-go-round, and the teeter-totters...but they sure had fun on this swinging gate!  I had never seen one before, but Monica said that my dearest loved to play on that, too when he was little :)  There's not too many play grounds left that mommy and daddy played on that their children can also play on, too!  How fun!  :)

Hang on, A!

J pushing A

They just had a blast!

I wonder if I could install one in my yard...hmmm :)

J can get the gate going really fast!

Hang on!

We were also introduced to the tree that changed my family's life.  This is no ordinary tree...10 years ago, my dear m-i-l was in a parade, when the horse pulling her wagon was startled, sending her flying through the air and landing near this tree.  God protected her and has given her an incredible ministry.  Because of that life-event, she now travels around the USA welcoming veterans home.  God is using her to touch the lives of so many people!  **Check out Veteran's Music Ministry on Facebook.

Getting the mail in Stapleton and many other small towns is different from how we get our mail.  Instead of having mail delivered to the home, everyone in town has a mailbox at the post office. 

"Hello in there!"

We LOVED our day trip!

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Lord,

Thank you for Bob and Monica

 and M and K!

We love them dearly

and treasure time that we

can spend with them

in their cozy town

nestled in

corn fields :)