Visit to West Virginia

 As crazy as it is, we girls (Jo, Tab, Rachel, Mary, and I)

went to West Virginia late Friday night after the closing

NBT program.  Rachel has a really good friend who was

getting married in West Virginia on Saturday afternoon,

so we decided to travel through the night to make it

there in time for Tab to do the bride's hair and for

me to practice the songs I was supposed to sing.

Of course, I was just super excited to be seeing and 

staying with Grandpa & Grandma Bunner again! :-)

We wanted to be on the road by 9pm but, 

of course, we didn't get on the road until 10pm!

That's okay, it was so nice to finally be all together to 

catch up!  I think we talked for at least 4 hours straight!

 So, here we are, on the Ohio and then Pennsylvania

turnpikes.  We're starving because we didn't realize

that there was barely any civilization along those 

stretches! ;-) Jo is driving and chattin' away, using her 

hands as she usually does while she drives.  

Sure enough!  Guess what happens?!

We get pulled over!  Tab was SO scared, thinking that 

for sure it wasn't a real officer and that he was gonna 

shoot her!  Jo was pretty calm, realizing she hadn't done 

anything wrong, and us girls in the back seat were trying to 

talk some sense into Tab before she would've jumped into 

the back seat!  Jo rolls down her window for the 

nice-looking officer.  After asking how we were doing, 

Jo pipes up, "Well, I'm hungry!  

And you're putting more time on my GPS!"

By this point, as Jo asked for directions to the nearest

Taco Bell, Rachel, Mary, and I, who were all in the back

seat, were dying laughing!  Well, so it ended up that he

pulled her over because she was "drifting".. I think he was

probably bored! ;-)  He took a look at Jo's license, and she

claims that he just wanted to see her full name so that he

could look her up on Facebook!  She's crazy! ;-)

Needless to say, we were definitely 

wide awake for a while after that! :-)

We finally made it safely to WV around 4:30am!

So good to see Grandpa & Grandma again!

They insisted on waking up to let us in :-)

After getting a tour around the house, we 

finally crashed a little after 5am.

We had planned to all be at the church by 10am

so that Tab could do Janna's hair (the bride).

Well, Rachel woke me with a start to tell me that

it was 9:25am & we had planned to leave at 9:30!

Grandpa was so sweet as to take Tab & Jo to the

church so they could do hair and then the rest of us 

girls went a little later, so we could actually get ready! :-)

 For the wedding, I sang two duets with Glen and 

one trio with Glen and Joanna, the bride's cousin.

 Of course, what's the wedding without the kiss?! ;-)

 We were a bit tired by mid-afternoon, but I'm so

glad that we all made the trip together! :-)

 Sunday morning we went to church with 

Grandpa & Grandma Bunner.  They're so sweet!  

Jo couldn't resist getting a picture of them 

holding hands during the service :-)

 After lunch and some naps, we took a drive around

the country to see the mountains!

 Love you, Grandpa & Grandma!  SO good to see you again!

 Deborah's dream house.. ;-)

 After church on Sunday evening, we went to Wendy's

for some dinner and then came back home for ice

cream and cake that Grandpa had made.  It was such

an enjoyable, relaxing evening as we sat on back porch

and listened to stories... :-)

Jo had left her shoes out on Sunday night & on Monday 

morning Grandma put a "prize" because Jo had made

herself so at home!  It's not too hard to feel comfortable

there.. :-)  When Jo went to take a picture (or "pitcher" as 

you'd say, Jo!) of it, Grandma just died laughing!  She

thought it was just SO funny that you'd take a picture of

such a thing to send out! haha

We went to Ihop for a brunch before we 

finished packing and left.  It was so hard to say 

goodbye again!  Come visit soon, Grandma and Grandpa!  

I already miss you both lots!