The day the flood began Jesse came home from school and said "Mom, our house looks different." I asked how and he said "It looks like a palace." At the time I had no idea what he meant but a couple of days later I had my Mom and Greg living with us and every once in a while I would look around and think, my house seems bigger than usual. I think Heavenly Father in some way made our house seem larger to accommodate my family.
It's been so nice having my Mom and Greg stay here. Dallas is Jesse's favorite person and Jesse gets to play with him for a bit every day. My Mom is such a helpful person who is always looking for ways to serve. I think those are the best kinds of people in the world. Here are my kids in High River only a week before the flood when Brad was finishing off my Mom's deck. Let's hope it's still there, they get to go back tomorrow!!
More High River pre-flood. Oh how I miss riding my bike and walking down the middle of the road. The freedom!
We will be spending a lot of time there this summer helping with cleanup.
One night after the kids were in bed Brad and I went for a bike ride. It was so fun, even despite all of the mosquitos and the fact that we had to keep turning around when we ran into a large and unexpected puddle of mud/water.
Jesse started reading chapter books and now he's hooked. I didn't realize what a good reader he was so I got him some beginner books but he would finish them in an hour and ask for another one. I'm so excited to find more books for him.
And even though there is a water ban I filled up the pool a little and let the kids splash around. It's been SO hot and it's going to get hotter this week. We are camping in Radium this week and I plan on being by water the entire time. 35 degrees, yikes!
It was strange having the last week of school cancelled for the kids. I can't tell you how much I've looked forward to school ending but it happened so abruptly that I didn't have time to get used to the idea. Either way, I plan on enjoying EVERY SINGLE MOMENT of summer.
Lazy summer, here we come!!!
I have been solo grateful for family this week! Thank you Sarah and Brad for making us feel so comfortable and welcome in your home. It has been a joy to me to see how your family functions so well together. You and Brad are an amazing team! I see real love between you - not the date-night kind of love, which is also very nice, but the real kind. You share so much together, you talk about everything under the sun, you are honest with each other, you have fun doing mundane things, you help each other. I have loved watching you parent your children, and I'm enormously impressed. I have loved being around my grandchildren and seeing them in their day-to-day life. This week has been a wonderful blessing.
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