Project 365, Week 13

March 22

Studying Bible quiz questions involves lots of movement. :)

March 23

Shaun invited me to go for a walk and the morning was breathtaking.

This house is in the neighborhood of one of our rental properties. Over and over we've witnessed a man stumbling up the sidewalk in the middle of the day, out of his mind on substances. Very sad. This day when we dropped Shaun off, there was a cute little girl, maybe six year old, sitting on the porch drawing a picture or doing school work. I was shocked that she's living in those circumstances and imagined bad (but statistically likely) scenarios. I desperately wanted to kidnap her. And then I quickly remember that I actually have a license to take children just like her to my home. 

And that day I got a message from the social worker "I know its your busy season with taxes but...", asking if we'd do respite care for a sibling pair. If I'm being honest, I would've rather just felt bad about the girl for a couple days and then forget about her.  But as with most of our world's problems, I really believe change can happen when we're doing what we can with our little corner of the world.

March 24

Early sun on the way to the airport with Amanda. She and a friend were headed out to Sioux Falls, SD where our friends are putting on Passion and the Cross at a theater in that city. Amanda was nervous and excited. I was so proud of her for being brave and trying new things!

March 25

She made it! :)

My little engineer was working on a school project with cardboard and a marble. When we were little, my dad made a wooden marble game and my siblings and I spent a large portion of our childhood playing with it.

March 26

The bulbs I planted in the fall made their appearance...so exciting!

Packed theater (taken from Brent's IG)!!

March 27

When I came downstairs for the day at 430am, the 9-year old was already awake and with lots of words to say. In an effort to keep the rest of the house sleeping, I offered screens. He doesn't like watching movies, so that was tricky. There was a full party going on before the sun was up.

Interjection...Aiden got to sleepover at Pop and Kiki's. They had some "business" to take care of involving a fish hatchery. Aiden got to go fishing and ride the tractor.

And in SD, Amanda was visiting the family farm and, to her great delight, got to shoot a gun for the first time.

Back at the house, it was a beautiful day and we spent every minute we could outside. Sarah stopped by for a visit and drove herself (!!). It was the craziest thing to see her pull up in the driveway.

After naps we hit the park which was fun for all ages.

March 28

At 630am we were out playing soccer in our PJs.

For years Aiden's been asking to play football. The answer to tackle football is "no", so this flag football is a nice taste of it...and he gets to be on the same team as Rocco! This was their first game. 

We found a common interest with the boys. :)

I spent the afternoon bringing everyone back to their homes and the four of us got to watch a movie together, uninterrupted. :) Shaun had to work quite a bit but Avery and Aiden were a huge help with the kids.