Friends

One of the things my children were really hoping for (especially Jordan) when we moved to Durham was to have friends close by. We have been so blessed to have some children living right on our street. Payton has a 7 year old friend named Carson he plays with almost daily. A few weeks ago we met a family who has 3 boys as well. One who is 7 and twins 5 year olds. Below is a picture of Jordan with his new friends.

This week our family was busy with Vacation Bible School. We learned about God through the life of David - as a young shepherd who had a heart like God's, on the run from King Saul striving to be obediant to God above all else, as a King, and even as a sinner who quickly repented of his sin when confronted with it. Throughout the week, our kids were found humming and singing the praise songs we had been sing each morning at VBS. Payton's favorite part was the crafts he made each day. Blake loved the puppet shows and seeing the animals (lamb and goat) they brought it to demonstrate the care it takes for a shepherd to provide for and protect his sheep. Jordan's favorite part was all of his friends he got to meet. The first day he said he had 3 new friends and each day he came home and told me he had even more friends. I think by Friday we were up to 7.

Summer has begun

We had such a great time playing soccer. All three boys had great times, yet learned a lot. It is somewhat nice to have our Saturdays back. Sometimes we were at the soccer fields most of the day. I was especially thankful for the mild weather. Jordan is enjoying his end of the season treat below.

We are not quite sure where those mild days went (as I am sure you feel the same way). It is 97 degrees now at 6:15 pm. Our boys are getting a bit restless while being stuck in the house. We definitely miss the access to the pool we had in our last neighborhood. One day last week, Blake was searching for something to do. If I had only heard the silence in the house...... You can see what he decided to do to entertain himself:


I tried not to laugh....but. Look how proud he was of it. I just decided this was our usherance into the summer hair cut. It would be cooler anyway.
Ahhhh, I am sure they are cooler...and you can see their eyes a bit better...don't you think?


Rupert is enjoying a bit of a break as the students here have gone away for the summer. He gets to enjoy the kids a bit more than usual. He loves to hang out with his "dardin".....