Skip to main content

31 for 21: Life savers

The other day my friend Sue mentioned that there were some friends that wanted to do something for us, just wanting to know what we might need. Now that's cool in and of itself, but what's cooler is this... I sent her a note back telling her what I'd be working on this weekend, by myself, as M had to work most of the weekend. The coolest? She called today saying she and her husband and their 6 kids were coming over today to help us do whatever we still needed to do. And if that's not enough, Marc and Ann came with their kids too! With me, M, and Braska included, we had 10 kids and 6 adults all outside working in the yard!

It was amazing! We got the pool almost completely finished, only halted by a piece I have to buy tomorrow at the pool store. They cleaned the gutters, raked the back yard, deflated the inflatables, trimmed a bunch of old brush from a long fenceline, and cleaned up afterward.


The kids were great and pitched in working too. They also enjoyed a little fun time, which was entertaining to see. We have a very large tree next to the pool on one end, and it starts very low to the ground. I never even thought about it like a climbing tree, but JJ was practically peeking out of the top!


Here's the view inside the tree.


We chilled out and had pizza for dinner before everyone went home to hit the hay. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

I simply cannot express how much this helps us, in a tangible sense and intangibly. This saves me dozens of hours of work, and it would probably have never all been done, in truth. But it speaks volumes of the hearts of these friends and the way they live their belief outwardly that people matter. Thank you Jim, Sue, JJ, John, Jacob, Josiah, Johannah, Jillian, Marc, Ann, Ben, Matthias, and Kaylee! We are so blessed. Thank you, God, for these servants of yours who have willingly obeyed your call.

Comments

  1. What a fun day! Thank you to all who helped, since MOM and DAD can't be there to do it. You are truly angels in people clothes.

    ReplyDelete
  2. That's a great lookin' work crew! Wish we were there to help out:)

    ReplyDelete
  3. I can't believe that was a climbing tree and I never noticed! If you trim it right you may have a diving board built in there.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Wow! What a great bunch of workers!

    Papa Beagle

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thanks for commenting!! I only ask that we all keep it positive, respectful, and clean. Comment moderation is on for now. (As this is my blog, I reserve the right to delete any comment I deem inappropriate for any reason.) If you use the anonymous option, be sure to sign your name. Thanks!!

Make it a great day!!

Popular posts from this blog

Oh happy day, Less question mark!

As a follow up to yesterday's post, I got word today that we will NOT be assigned to the new guy, but we will have an experienced coordinator after all. I feel SO much better. I also learned some other info today that made me think I still have some kinks to work out, so I'll be taking care of that this next week. I'll be SO glad when this transition/IEP stuff is behind us. I want to do the very best I can, but there's part of me who wants to just hide and let it all happen without me.

31 for 21: What to say

I have encountered plenty of people who ask "How old is she?" when Braska and I are out together here and there. They always guess her age about 5 months younger than she is, but that's ok, since that's what size she is. I have said several times that I can imagine it will bother me a bit more, although still not a huge deal, when she turns one next month and I see their reaction to that, as she still is in her car seat/carrier when we're in a restaurant or in a store since she doesn't sit up. Today, I met some friends for brunch. The waitress was a nice enough, very young girl, and she started cooing at Braska right away. That's nice. I don't mind, Braska likes the attention, and I'm proud of my cutie. The waitress asked her age, and I told her 11 months. She then said, "But she's not walking yet?" as she noticed that she was up to the table in her car seat/carrier. I just agreed and said, "Not yet." She said she h

Was there a line??

I assume that you went to vote, either today or earlier if possible. I expect that of you, know that straight up. How long did you wait in line?? And throw in the state you voted in, just for fun. I'm really curious if all areas have a big wait or if it's just the more congested ones. I voted Friday absentee/in person, and we waited about 15 mins or so. It moved VERY fast for a big line. There's just one place in our very populated county to do the absentee/in person voting, and it wasn't bad at all for what I thought it might be. If you haven't, GO VOTE people... again, please just know what you're voting for, either way. You may just have to live with your choice. God Bless America!!