Splish, Splash

Tuesday through Friday it was unseasonably hot around here - meaning temps were in the low 90's. Today the high was thirty degrees cooler. It was also raining this morning. Oliver's soccer game was cancelled because of the rain. The kids had a dress rehearsal at church last night from 3:30-7:15pm and again this morning from 8:30-11:15. The kids in the choir range in age from four years old to third graders. Oliver definitely has SO much room for improvement with his behavior. It was rather vexing to watch the rehearsals. The upside was I brought my Bible lessons and got six lessons done between the two dress rehearsals. Paul arrived at the church at 11:15 to pick Ian up so he could take him later to his 1:00 soccer game.  Nadia, Oliver, and I stopped at the library, and then we went to a birthday party. Most of the kids at the party still went swimming even though it was chilly out (in the 50's when we arrived at noon and 61 when we left at 4:00). The pool was heated, and the water temperature was 84. Oliver swam a little, got back into his dry clothes, ate lunch, played a little t-ball, and then got back in his bathing suit and swam some more. Nadia went off the "diving rock" and also went down the slide multiple times. Aside from when she ate her lunch around 1:00, she was in the pool the whole time we

were there. It didn't seem like a good day for a pool party, but since the pool was heated, the kids had a blast!

Originally my Dad and Margie were going to come up this weekend for the GPS musical. Margie was the first to back out because she has been sick ever since she went to Turkey to meet my sister and her family. My dad also probably isn't going to make it because he's also not feeling well. My mom used to come up for all their programs, and my dad often joined her. 2016 was a very different year because neither of my parents made it up to any of their three musicals first because my mom was sick and unable to travel and then because my Dad was in Indiana for their August musical last year. I am sure in time I will get accustomed to the fact that my mom won't be coming, but it still is emotional for me. I remember calling my Aunt Janet on the phone outside of the church in August and crying on the phone to her about how badly I missed my mom's presence at their musical. I'm very thankful that Paul's parents are able to join us tomorrow. Ian

Nadia coming down the waterslide

is playing the part of a boy named Noah, and Nadia is the voice of the GPS. Nadia also has a small solo. I'll be praying my heart out that Oliver will be on his best behavior tomorrow night. I think the choir is rather small considering the size of the church, but I'm very grateful the kids can be in a choir at church, especially since they are homeschooled.

My morning started earlier than usual today for a humorous reason. At 2:15 this morning Paul used my phone to call his phone so he could find his phone before he left for work. At 4:13am while he was at work, he noticed he had missed two calls from me and so he called me. I woke up at 4:13 because I heard my cell phone ringing downstairs and thought it must be something very horrible if someone was calling me at that hour of day. I was puzzled when I saw it was at 4:15. I saw my phone had been used at 2:15 to call Paul's phone. I called Paul back a few times, but he didn't answer. I figured he hadn't intentionally called me (sometimes phones seem to have a mind of their own). I kept the phone with me in bed for the next couple of hours. He called me back again at 7:00 and asked me why I called him at 2:15. I told him I had been sound asleep at 2:15 and certainly hadn't called him or anyone else on the phone. Then he remembered he had used my phone to locate his phone. Oops! I think he needs a little bit more sleep than he's been getting lately! I also think it's partially the aging process, at least speaking for myself I can definitely tell that my memory is not as good as it used to be.