This is a program through the library where kids can read to therapy dogs. I signed Emma up because she loves reading aloud and she loves dogs. So for 15 minutes on Saturday she read to Jeffrey...a very large, black poodle, while I attempted to keep Katelyn occupied so she wouldn't be a distraction in the room. My cell phone is always a sure bet~I think she called my dad a couple times and hung up him. Sorry Grandpa!
After months and months of practicing with Caleb, encouraging him not to be afraid, and wondering just when he would start enjoying it, Caleb is now a bike rider!Caleb was so excited to show us that he could handle the ride down this hill in our neighborhood. I'm holding Katelyn, who is fussing, while trying to keep the camera on Caleb! Jonas and I were laughing about his near wipe-out. He doesn't even flinch, but that could have been bad!
I thought we'd get plastic leis when we arrived and was surprised by the real flowers on the ones they gave us! It was royal treatment from then on...
Dave and Lisa Woods (center) and JR and Rachel Gates (right) love the Lord and were such a blessing to spend time talking and hanging out with. We're making plans to visit the Woods in Idaho this summer and I sure would like to experience Alaska, someday, where the Gates call home.
Every night I got to go on a dinner date with my hot hubby...no cooking for seven days was the highlight!
Don't be fooled...I was pretty freaked out for most of the dive. Breathing underwater took some getting used to!
The ocean views from the courses we golfed on were incredible.
As much as we loved getting away for rest and refreshment, it is always great to be back home!
I watched a movie where parents did a fun safari dinner in their living room and was inspired to pick one night a week where we do a themed dinner...Emma can help me prepare since she wants to cook and we'll learn about other cultures and places around the world in the process. Since she just completed a report on Kentucky, it was decided that our first attempt would be a "Kentucky Dinner". To a backdrop of bluegrass music, we ate a fried chicken dinner and Emma read us facts about the state. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was born there and you can still see the log cabin where he was raised? It was really fun and she has requested that we do a Wyoming dinner next (her class is studying the 50 states right now so I think we'll be staying in the U.S. for awhile). Why Kentucky and Wyoming? Because they are big horse states of course!
