Sunday thoughts

Just looking at the picture at the top of the page - those triplets have really changed in the last year. Will need to get a new picture taken when the Texas grandkids come up at the end of July! They will only be here a few days but we already have plenty planned

Church this morning was very good - the soloist did the greatest version of Amazing Grace I have heard - had no idea the pianist/organist could play jazz like that. On the way home I heard a very interesting song called "God is Not a White Man" by the Michael Gungor band. The song is a year old but I had not heard it before. It is talking about how God is love and we are made in His image, He is not made in ours. One line that stood out was:

“Atheists and charlatans and communists and lesbians, and even ol’ Pat Robertson, oh God He loves us all. Catholic or Protestant, terrorist or President. Everybody, everybody, love, love, love, love.”

There is a very good article from the leader of the band at this site

I would also like for prayers for my son-in-law. He injured his knee playing soccer and must have surgery on July 14th but before the surgery he and the family are flying non-stop to the east coast and back. He is over 6 foot tall and riding in an airplane can't be comfortable anyway for him but with his knee in such bad shape this is going to be a very painful trip for him. I am hoping his pain pills will help without knocking him out since I doubt Stacy could carry him off the plane. :)

Another interesting thing happened this weekend. I went to Walmart (which is not the interesting part) at 7 Saturday morning. As I left the neighborhood I noticed a sign that said "Fireworks are illegal in this community. Fines up to $1,000". I was so surprised as our neighborhood is out in the county and have tons of fireworks going off every year. This big red and white sign was at the end of every street along Hydraulic. By 2:00 when we made a Blockbuster run, all the signs were gone except for one north of 79th and it was laid down flat. Obviously the rednecks of Haysville do not approve of silly signs like this. I just hope said rednecks have an extra thousand to donate the fire marshal as the signs were posted by the Sedgwick County Fire Department.

Weekend with the girls

Last weekend Jimmy and Maranda took a well deserved little vacation to Kansas City so I got to spend some time with the girls. They are such fun to watch play. One time Isabel and Audrey were on top of each other tickling each other and giggling. They just rolled around on the floor having such a good time. The three played with play doh, colored and had a good time with the play food and cookware. Izzy would bring a dish to Lily and Lily would say "thank you" and Izzy would get her another item. This went on for quite awhile and I just sat and watched. Dennis came and helped a couple of times and Niki stayed Saturday afternoon with them as I had a memorial service to attend. As much as I enjoyed the girls I was very glad to have some time to rest! They have a lot of energy and I don't have as much as I use to. On Friday night they got to play on their new swing set which was nerve wracking for grandma and grandpa as we were so afraid they would get hurt but they did fine and had a good time.
Trying to take a good picture of the three of them is not easy - Lily sees the camera and runs to it saying "cheese" but it is hard to take a picture of a moving target. I did get one good one of them on the couch. I took 10 but this one came out best.

June 13 and 14 2009

We had quite a busy but fun weekend. Saturday morning was spent helping the triplets end up with a playground in their backyard. Dennis and Jimmy got two more loads of playground gravel for their backyard to prepare for the swing set that is coming this week. They believe they may still need a couple more loads but it is looking better. This project was started last weekend. I helped inside with the potty training marathon which is quite interesting trying to do three at once.

Saturday afternoon we (the fools we are) drove to Dodge City to watch a World of Outlaws race. We have gone to Topeka to see them the last two years but they are not having a race in Topeka this year and Dodge City was the only other Kansas stop. We agreed in advance we would leave at 10 whether the A feature was over or not as it is a three hour drive. This is not an easy thing to do because they are so great. About 9 they announced that a storm was headed to the area and they were speeding up the schedule. They got the A feature started before 10 but had a flip in the second or third lap and then another one in the 5th lap (of 30 laps). About that time we saw two cloud to ground lightening strikes and sitting in an aluminum bleacher was not my idea of a smart thing. It was almost 10 so we left. Today we found out that they ran one more lap after we left then had a THREE HOUR AND 22 MINUTE rain delay. Yes, they started the race again around 1 am and finished it. They said there were still some fans in the crowd - I figure those were the ones that were too drunk to find their cars. We love the World of Outlaw races though and were not disappointed and plan to go back next year.

Today, we took the smaller camper to Ponca City for Laura to live in for a month or so. She got a permanent job in the hospital there and wanted to stay in the camper to save money and decide where in town she wanted to live. The campground was nice, no trees but not a lot of people either. It is about 15 minutes from the hospital. She will be in training working days for a month and by then will probably be ready for an apartment. When she goes on nights it will be hard to sleep in a camper in the daytime in the summer heat. She starts work a week from tomorrow so will have a week to check out the town.

Next weekend will be not quite as busy but a lot more responsibility. I am babysitting the girls while Jimmy and Maranda take a little vacation to KC. I love being with them but the idea of have total responsibility is a little scary. Glad to know that Aunt Niki will be coming over on Saturday!