813. patience...to endure rainy mornings and constant bickering, constant questioning of "can I go outside and jump?"
814. watching a mama bunny nurse her two baby bunnies right on Crocus Trail
815. Thursday: quiet & still house at 8:20 am??? What's up with that? That is so not our family, to sleep in, but this morning I have 4 sleeping babes upstairs still!
816. 70's weather!
817. God at work in baseball...softening Coach's words towards Jake...Jake's reliance on Him moment by moment, sometimes failing, but always clinging once again
818. hearing Isaiah's voice last night all the way from Ohio....hearing that he misses home, hearing how he's staying positive even though individually he's not doing great, hearing his happiness for his friends who are doing great individually, thankful that he took a 2 hour nap and knows when he needs sleep (his team is in first place as of this morning!)
819. driving down the road with Jake in the passenger seat...stealing sideways glances at him until he laughs and says I'm so wierd!
820. summer dirty feet
827. the ball game kids made up for the trampoline....put as many balls on the trampoline as you can, start jumping and the first person who gets touched by a ball is out - next player rotates in
833. Jake's artistic self that sees a shot and grabs my camera
839. meeting with principal at Dansville to discuss options for online classes in order to be eligible for sports in high school and the thoughts that fostered as to why we homeschool and to hear Jake's thoughts as well....coming full circle in realizing what we value more than sports or other things and praying God will take care of our desires to play ball
840. watching Maddie play softball - she's so into it! In the last picture you can see she was doing a "yes!" hand movement when she was safe at third. She often hides her joy behind her glove too when she's on the field! Her last game is tonight - she's bummed! Her team still has games next month, but we'll be on trips for them.
