For all the souls out there who are disappointed that I didn't blog last week (Patty), I'll try to make this post twice as good.
July was a busy time for us. Mostly, the last two weeks can be broken down into several rescue calls (9 reports in one weekend alone), two funerals, a dozen hospitalizations, three evening meetings, one nursing home service, one circuit social, two nights of trap shooting, two nights of racing, another rodeo (complete with a rescue call), pulpit supply for an out of town pastor, a new pastor's dual installation in our circuit, dentist appointment for Eden & one very fun Seussical the Musical with all three children! Oh, and we went to the lake this weekend with the camper and a friend's boat. Anybody who saw Sarah tubing on the water can testify that breast feeding mothers should not lay flat on an inner tube and speed around a lake at 30 mph.
By far, the highlight last week was the Dr. Seuss Musical at Theatre West. That's our professional theater group in nearby Scottsbluff. Eden and Lars got to dress up and we went to a restaurant where Eden got to order all for herself. She of course ordered pancakes with syrup and wore most of the syrup, thereby sticking to the chair in front of her at the play. I think she attracted some of the ants, too, but never-mind. Since Lars can't eat out, he had soy yogurt and fruit and managed to get most of that on his nice shirt, as well. They were a matching set, I guess.
Our seats were second row, first four seats on the aisle, stage right. It was colorful, loud and full of movement. Eden stood up most of the night, wedged between the two seats in front of her, eyes open wide, taking it all in. I hope her breath didn't stink too much. Lars sat on dad's lap for most of it, falling asleep in the last 5 minutes of the show. Elia didn't like all the loud noise but was fine if attached to her human pacifier, aka mom. All in all, it was a great experience for the kids and I was glad we were able to take them.
This past weekend, we loaded into the car after supper and shooting on Thursday and headed to Lake Minatare, about 45 minutes away, to see if it would be a future camping trip. Indeed it will be, and we arrived just in time to get our feet wet and watch the sunset over the water. For a girl from Michigan, nothing beats that. Friday came and we packed up the camper for a day at the Lakes in Bridgeport. Since the 100 degree weather was miserable, we spent the afternoon in our air conditioned home, then went back out for the evening. A friend brought his boat out and we tooled around the lake, taking turns holding Elia on shore. We cooked Pizza Pockets and Cherry Pies over the campfire . Lars climbed in the car at bedtime and sat in his car seat, happy to have a blanket and a pacifier. The rest of us enjoyed the fire for a while.
Saturday, we spent the day at home, napping and mostly being lazy, then went back out to the lake that evening. Eden, having taken swimming lessons for 4 weeks this summer, was very comfortable in the water. With her cube, she was adventure woman. Lars, a little more leery, had his life jacket suit on and ventured up to his waist, scooping up water with a cup and looking for rocks on the sandy bottom. Eden so badly wanted to find sea shells, but I can't explain to her the difference between the huge lakes in Michigan and the little reservoirs here in Nebraska. Eight hundred fifty (850) cubic miles of water in the 3rd largest lake of Michigan vs. 78 acres of water spread over 4 sandpit lakes here in Bport. However, the water was perfect for getting wet and cooling off, and the sunset over it was as lovely as ever. I relished being on the boat as the sun was setting and kind of forgot where I was and at what point in life. Until I heard the baby cry from shore!
Some more boating (this is where Sarah on the tube enters and leaves the story), s'mores over the fire, and swimming completed the evening and the kids slept WONDERFULLY last night. In fact, I had to wake them for church this morning at 0830!
This afternoon, we went for a walk, sat on the front porch and colored in the Alice and Wonderland coloring book. You just can't beat that.
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