Craziness. That’s how I describe the past 2 months! But a good crazy, I guess. Ashley has been going nonstop since June – Camp Geneva for a week, Colorado for 9 days with her cousin’s youth group, Cedar Point, was a helper in VBS last week (getting bit, scratched, kicked by 5 year olds!) and now she’s gone again for a week with our church’s middle school doing a service project in Wisconsin! She was actually signed up for a soccer camp last week as well but she decided maybe she needed to rest. Ya think?!
The other kids are doing well also although not nearly as busy as their older sister. Last week Nathan was at Camp Geneva and this week Nathan and Emily are at my parent’s trailer near the Traverse City/Leelanau Peninsula area. So, if you’ve been following…Ashley’s gone. Nathan’s gone. Emily’s gone. YEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Daddy gets his first break in months!!! NO KIDS!!!!!! Shoot, Ashley can read this. Oh well. Love ya honey. YEEEHAAAAAAAA. WOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Well, I do have to work. I’m back to work full time again. Last week I made it in before 8 everyday and this week I’m one for one! The transition back to work has gone better than expected. I guess I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it’s been good. My boss had been telling me it was best for me to get back to work sooner rather than later just to get a sense of ‘normalcy’ back. I think he was right. Of course I’d never admit that to him, but I believe he was.
I’ll be posting pictures from this summer later this week since I’ll have some “free time”. Pictures from Ashley’s trip to CO, Nathan at Camp Geneva and some general pictures of what the kids and I have been up to. Oh, did I mention Ashley turned 14 on July 24!?!!?!? AHHHHHHHHH. I took her driving in the church parking lot…and of course…got some great video!
Kristi’s dad also put together a video of the burial service…it was quite amazing. When I get that I’ll upload it to Youtube and post it. It is just as beautifully powerful as it is emotionally lamenting. That afternoon when we arrived at the cemetery the rain had stopped as if God had hit the pause button, the sky brightened (the sun even poked through for a few seconds), the musical chirping of the birds provided a peacefully still ambiance, and the graveside service was beautifully administered. It was just beautiful. Sad, but beautiful.
That’s all for tonight…
