Hair

Please forgive the lack of pictures on the blog....the pictures are there....just still on the camera :O)
I wish I had a picture of the masterpiece of "hair" John and Victoria had on Mother's Day!
We were able to attend church on Saturday night, knowing that Tristan's baseball team had a tournament on Sunday. (I know it was Mother's day, but really I could not have picked a better day...we got to PLAY, be outside and eat picnic lunch, all while cheering Tris and the team on. *they made it to the Semi Finals...YEAH Bombers!)

The fields were soooo wet that the games had to be moved around to different fields than we usually play on. This ended up being great for John and Victoria, because the field was directly next to the "playground" area of the ball park area.

*there have been a few times while watching Tris play, that the playground is in view...yet it is to far for them to go over and play with out me....so we sit and support Tris with sad faces of wishes of play time .
NOT THIS DAY!

Tris was playing away, Dave was pacing away, I was in my chair...half facing the field and half facing the playground...trying to pull the double duty mom thing.
J and V went up and down the slide to many times to count, ran, went on the swings, etc.
At one point I glanced over to the playground in time to see and group of kids at the bottom of the slide tossing SAND onto the slide as kids came down. It was a cluster of giggles and squeals....in my mind I thought "Oh how fun, I remember doing that when I was little, but those poor mom's on Mother's Day who are going to have to clean those kiddos"
Nice thought vanished as I realized the kids coming down the slide were MINE!
yes....childhood FUN FUN!
yes....a mommy and daughter (I LOVE YOU ASH) who got to clean sand out of kids hair for hours.

Ash and I learned a "sand" lesson that day.
Playground sand does not shake out, wash out or come out of African Children's hair easily.
Needless to say, FUN was had, showers were a MUST.....and 2 MOVIES got to be watched that night as we took turns "planting" Victoria's hair.
Planting now has a new meaning in our house.....it doesn't just mean "braiding" anymore:O)

Husband

Brag, Shout, Exalt....what are some of the ways I can say "I love you"
Hummm!
I just wanted to blog a bit about my man!
Since we have arrived home he has been nothing short of amazing.
Since the kids see me all day everyday, Dave works hard at night when he gets home to be the "one" that the kids interact with.
Help with dinner time chores, night time routines, piggy back rides and wrestling....he is working hard, but having fun too.

I talk to him during the day and I know just a grain of sand worth of information of the details of all the things he is juggling at work....yet he comes home and BLESSES us ALL!
THANKS BABE!

Today he took the kids down stairs and let this tired mommy sleep in. (9:00......Ya hooooooo!)
When I got up he asked if he could have the whole day to do some Daddy time stuff with the kids?
Yep!
* he knew it would help the bonding time as well as help this mommy set up the school work for the week...that is usually a Sunday afternoon task...but what a treat to be able to do it early.

So, off they went....they went to Brock's soccer game about 45 mins away (Brock is not playing due to a torn MCL in his right knee...poor Buddy!) Then off the Seattle Science Center and to the Seattle Childrens Museum, then in typical Dave style took them all to Spaghetti Factory (one of our family favorite places to eat while in Seattle)

It is not so much the places he took them, but the fact that he loves to take them that blesses my heart.
I just got off the phone with him, and they are getting ready to eat. It should be a very quiet ride home because they played hard and ate good.
He told me some very cool things that happened, but I will let him blog about all that :O)

My husband is my best friend, I choose him when it comes time to go places or do fun things....
Today my best friend AGAIN made me realize AGAIN how blessed I am to have him as my Husband/friend!

Way to go my man!