1) Matthew's burn is healing beautifully, praise God. And Matthew is trying to hurt himself again... daily! Something about this wonderful age-- he is incredibly active and ALWAYS climbing and getting into everything. He keeps me on my toes, and RUNNING after him :)
2) Kathryn had her very first 'Girl sleepover' with her younger cousin Makayla! It was so sweet, Kathryn has been talking about it for about a month, and she and Makayla went to Grandpa and Grandma Lennertz' house for a overnight visit. She came back and told me everything, and came home with a new Rapunzel shirt and other things. She LOVED it :) And the sweetest thing for me was how her brothers missed her. They kept telling me "Mom, I miss Kathryn so much! She is such a nice girl" Or, "Mom, I can't stop thinking about Kathryn!" Melted my heart to see their love of each other. It is precious. (I hope it's the same way when they are teenagers!!)
3) My sister Julie came to visit! She flew in with another friend of our family too, Jo. It was so special to see them both. It's hard to live so far away from family.. We had lots of fun going to the beach again and canoeing, and talking, and just spending time together.
Here's a couple of my favorite pictures from the beach.
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| Auntie Sarah, William and Jo. Nathan is on the boogie board |
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| Uncle Johnny playing with the boys |
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| Loved this.. Ellen was drawing in the sand |
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| Matthew was so interested in the seaweed.. shells.. everything. |
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| Ellen bringing in her board |
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| The giant sand hill. The kids LOVE this thing! |
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| Uncle Johnny, Joshua and Auntie Julie |
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| Some of God's amazing creations... William, the water, sand, the setting sun |
4) Joshua has a best friend in school and it's the cutest thing. Her name is Neftaly and her older sister was in William's class too. He comes home and tells me that she was "wearing a crown today", and that she was so "lovely and kind" to him. And they like bringing letters and pictures to each other, or little treats to share. Joshua brought this letter home the other day:
Yes... that says "I LOVE JOSHUA". So sweet and innocent at 5 years old. :)
5) Our hearts are also very heavy, as we pray all the time for Wesley's Aunt Kim. She has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and starts treatment on Monday. We pray for comfort, for peace, for strength to get through this, for healing. We serve a God who Loves us deeply. " who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Psalm 103:3" She is such a beautiful person, so kind and loving. She serves others as they live and work in Alaska. She is a blessing and an inspiration. Here's her caring bridge if you would like to see her story, etc.
6) William had to get new glasses yesterday, so I took Joshua in for a vision screening too. We found out that he is going to have to get glasses too. However, it is for slight far-sightedness, but mainly because one of his eyes is a "lazy eye", and he will have to wear a patch over the good eye for a couple of hours every day. This should help exercise and train the other eye to be used again, in hope that the vision will be corrected. It is amazing because his cousin Nathan has had the same experience, and the eye doctor told me that it was such a good thing that we caught it now.
7) Just a funny story to finish up. The other night we were reading the story of David and Goliath for devotions after a meal together. They were asking all of the kids about what they would use to fight the giant. The boys were saying they would use "a sling just like David" or "A sword". Kathryn says "I would use a WAND!" ( Leave it to our girl to bring in some girly fairy tale twist .) We all giggled, especially all of the kids as William says "HA HA, Kathryn would turn him into a frog!"
How I love my kids! And if I feel this way about them.. Can you imagine how God feels about us?? It amazes me, overwhelms me. So precious.
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