Home Meet and More Wood!

Let's begin with Saturday morning 5:00 a.m. - beep, beep... Melissa was off to a swim meet with the kids. Wade, take a guess...he has more wood to cut. (A friend has generously allowed Wade to cut several down trees in his orchard and take the wood for free!) At 6:00 a.m. Wade arrived at the orchard, and I was still getting kids out of bed and breakfast down them. Threats of - you can't make your brother and sister late for warm ups, and why didn't you look for that last night -filled the air! We were finally packed and ready to go sweat in the heat, only two of us got to swim! We arrived in plenty of time to find the nice spot Wade picked out for us just an hour before. The meet progressed like all others. Wade arrived shortly after it began. All the wood cleared out of the orchard and the truck! We cheered and cheered as Rachel won her heat in the 100 yard Medley. She magnificently swam 25 meters of - breast, fly, back and free! Adding to the excitement of the heat winning ribbon was the fact that she also took 8.37 seconds off her best time! Bret also gave us cause to cheer as he took 3.30 seconds off his breast stroke and wound up placing fourth in his event. At 12:00 noon, I dutifully took my place as a timer. Wade, Bret and Garret left a short time after to attend a birthday party. Sometime in the afternoon the other timers and I took note of gray clouds overhead, and just as Rachel began her last swim of the day - thunder boomed in the sky! The coach always tells the kids they can swim in the rain, because they're going to be wet anyway, but we never swim in electrical storms. So we took a break, and about 10 minutes later the meet was called for the day. A little sprinkle came down, but it was still sticky hot, we were glad to be done. A friend and I loaded up our truck - and we went off to get Icee's! Yum! I really needed a treat!

Arriving home, we took cold showers and headed off to Wade's sisters house. We met Wade and the boys there, ate a yummy dinner, visited with a nephew and his wife, and then back home.

Sunday morning, beep, beep ..it's 6:00 (we slept in!) Wade is ..you guessed it. One of our own trees fell down, and we wanted it out before the irrigation water arrived. I got everything ready for the day, snacks for the deacon meeting, paperwork for the deacon meeting, Sunday school books (read the lesson one more time!), and all the kids clothes ready for Grandma's house and a cousin's birthday party. So this was to be another busy day. At church I taught the children that nothing is impossible for God, and that He loves us very much. We talked about Moses and the Red Sea. We poured water in a 9x13 dish and tried to part the water ourselves. One cutie told me she knew she couldn't do it because she didn't have a staff like Moses did! The rest of us tried and failed. Matthew 19:26 (King James Version)
26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

This wasn't our verse, but I've been reminded of it several times today. We faced things that are discouraging and seem impossible to remedy. But we know that just as God saved the Israelites from returning to slavery, He will also care for us and the needs we see around us.

After church we had a birthday party for a sweet niece, then Wade helped my mom spend $$$ on a digital camera. We hope she'll be joining us on this blog ring soon!

Another day full of lessons and blessings from our Heavenly Father.

Wade using fulcrum and lever to pry a stump up so he can cut it. Bret has the dangerous job of rolling the log under the stump after it's lifted up. (He still has 10 fingers!)

Frisbee eating almonds!

Frisbee when Wade starts the chainsaw. He's so excited, but you see that it's doesn't last for long!

Here's my man, cutting up a stump!