The Boys' Backyard Adventures

This week was HOT! Really hot!!! It has been in the high 90's, but with the humidity, it's been well over 100, and just suffocating when ever you walk out the door, even at 11 o'clock at night! So there is only one thing to do when it is that miserably hot out- play in the water!

The kids had a fun day outside yesterday. We were watching some of our friends kids since they are moving soon and needed some uninterrupted packing time. And then our neighbor, Javin, came over when he saw the big inflatable blowup slide go up, so he stayed and played as well. Paul stayed pretty busy keeping the kids wet, wiggly, and wild! It's a great way to pass a hot day!

The downer to the afternoon was when Harry slipped on our wood floors and did a "Megan" by catching himself with his face, instead of his hands : ) I did that when I was 7 and broke my front teeth when I fell! Luckily, it was just his chin that did all the work, so it wasn't quite so hard to fix! We used a trick that the ER doctors taught us in McMinnville when Paul split his lip open: Superglue! It binds it quick and as it heals, just falls off like a scab. So Harry has a little bandage on his chin, but came out better than we thought! Especially since it bled pretty heavily at first and pulled about 1/2 inch open since it is on his chin. He was relieved to not need a needle and thread!

Eli just got to play for a little while outside since he was too little to climb up the slide, but he loves to sit outside and eat Mr. Freezes until his little hands go numb! He is a Popsicle eater through and through! Here is a photo of him climbing on the table. What a sweetheart!




We received some news this week, as well. Paul is doing a management training program that generally requires 3 rotations to 3 different divisions of John Deere. We did his first rotation here in North Carolina. And it has been a wonderful year! We anticipated doing our next rotation here as well, but he got word from a new water development group near San Diego, California, that they would like him to join their team. One of his co-workers from his first assignment in Moline, IL, just joined the group a few months ago and has recommended Paul for a rotation there. And while moving closer to family has always been appealing, if it meant moving close for a year, but then moving again, it just seemed a little too unstable for the kids and me.

But after speaking with the management there, it seems that there is a high chance that Paul could do his second rotation there and then skip his third rotation and just join the group permanently after the year is up. So we can move closer to family, and most likely make it a permanent move! That is something we feel really good about. And when we asked Harrison what he thought about moving to the beach he said,"Would it be closer to Pa and Punka's house?" When we said yes, he was thrilled and asked if we could move "this day!" We haven't made a final decision yet, as we still need to fly out there and meet with the group and check out the area, but it is something we are going to seriously and prayerfully consider and are excited about the choice! Harrison seems pretty sure that it is the right choice seeing as he announced today in primary that he is going to be moving to the beach : ) I guess we will see...!