Home Sweet Home!

This is actually a road in Saskatchewan!

The Robertson family has arrived back in Wisconsin! J All the children managed to survive the trip, we survived with them! J We pulled into our driveway about 3:00pm on Saturday afternoon. Wisconsin has snow (at the moment) so the boys are thrilled about that. We spent the first few minutes enjoying our nice, clean home. (Some ladies from the church had spent some time cleaning and tidying up our house for our arrival.) Our house seems amazingly huge, and as I walked around I was amazed at all the junk we have collected that we honestly do not need! J

Frank and Vivian Kelly with the boys

Frank and Vivian from Yellowknife

The boys are thrilled with their “new” toys…actually, the toys that they haven’t seen for ten weeks! J Wyatt told me, “Mom, I like this house, can we stay here for a long time?” (That is one little boy who is tired of traveling!) Chandler told me that this house is nice, but so was the one in Alaska. J It’s a relief for our family to have a little space to ourselves after the long trip home!

I originally thought that we had traveled 63 hours to home, but the Roger reminded me that I had forgotten to add all the hours after Prince Albert. So, when it’s all said and done, we traveled over 80 hours in the truck and put over 6000 miles on the truck on the ride home! Needless to say, it’s a relief to not be traveling today! J

My parents brought us supper yesterday, and our friend, Sara Scherzer had made us a welcome home cake. We enjoyed visiting with our family, and then the Longsine family came over for dessert. It was nice to visit with much-loved family and friends, but bedtime was my favorite part! The boys went to bed without a fuss in their new bunkbeds that Papa made for them. And then the house was quiet! J I slept peacefully until about 1am. when Travis realized that his parents weren’t in the same room as him. J The first time I was able to put him back in his own bed; but when he came back again at 3am., I realized that we have some work to do in the next few weeks! J Nevertheless, it’s good to be home.

We went to church at Wyldewood Baptist Church. It was the official installment of our new pastor, Jason Brenenstuhl, and it was a blessing to be there. We praise the Lord for our church, and we will continue to be faithful to serve here until the Lord gives clear direction for our future. The boys were excited to be back in their Sunday School classes, with the exception of Travis. That little boy really struggled today! L The nursery worker finally came and brought him to us after about an hour and one-half of hearing him cry! He has been with us non-stop for the past 10 weeks, and we haven’t been out of his sight. The transition might be a little tough, but we will make it, Lord willing!  Roger mentioned that Travis seemed like he was in a little bit of pain, but I thought maybe it was due to leg cramps after the long drive. However, when we arrived home about 6:00pm. and took off his shoe, we realized the problem. Apparently his shoes were a little snug and one of his toes was bent in his shoe! It doesn’t appear to be broken, but he is definitely uncomfortable! L Hopefully, it will be a better day for him tomorrow! J

We praise the Lord for His traveling mercies and protection. We are thankful for each one of you that prayed, supported, and read our blog updates! We have much to do this week as far as returning items that we borrowed for the trip, cleaning out the pig pen truck, and sorting, organizing, and putting away! But for now, I’m going to snuggle my little boys and put them in bed. Tomorrow begins a new chapter in our lives, and we are looking forward to what the future holds.

Our love to you, Roger and Sarah