Grandparents are Coming to Town!

My mom got a text out of the blue yesterday.

"We want to come visit y'all. How does tomorrow sound?"

The text came from my grandma, Of course we said Absolutely yes!!  We always love it when we have an opportunity to visit them. We all look forward to visiting the family farm. Riding four-wheelers, playing hay-bale tag, chasing down and rounding up the cows, driving the tractors, and cooking with Grandma; everybody has the best of time. 

Now, because they live so far away, our visits are few and far between.  So you can imagine our excitement when they come up to visit. Everyone scrambles to do a mad-dash-and-stash to clean the house and get things ready. I start making my Papa's favorite banana pudding, and my mom stocks up on the white bread. :) 

My grandparents are very dear to me. I know I can call Grandma to ask advice or just to chat about recipes. She is one of the most godly women and the best cook I know. :) She has helped me put together VBS year after year, celebrating with me, hugged me through sad times, and talked me through angry times. She's always been there to help us through anything.
Papa is a strong encourager and  he is one of the most Godly men I know. When I'm upset or confused, I can always count on Papa to help me clear up my confusion or point me in the right direction. He is also helping me to find the perfect truck. :) I love working with Papa out taking care of the farm.
They have devoted their lives to taking care of our family. They take care of my many cousins as their own children and love us all as their own. It makes me smile whenever he trusts me and my cousin, two TEENAGE girls, to hop on the four-wheeler in the pouring rain to go ride down the creek and look for cows. (We only got stuck once. But don't tell Papa that ;P )

I love my grandparents more than anything and I thank God that he blessed me with the best. :)

And speaking of which, they just pulled into the driveway! :)