After spending a wonderful day in the mountains playing in the snow with all of Memaw and Papa's animals, we headed back to the city to enjoy the final days together. Since discovering the Buck Recreation Center Lily has been beside herself to take everyone to it. It has a zero entry pool which is perfect for the tiny swimmers in the bunch, a lazy river for the ambitious toddler (and her equally ambitious mother!), a slide and all manner of water fun. Lily and Jancsi played and played while the two littles enjoyed the shallow end of the pool. Grace and I enjoyed some wonderful conversation even it it was interspersed with the occasional splashing!
Saturday morning brought a blanket of white snow on our backyard. Jancsi could not get out into it fast enough. Grace and I were abundantly grateful that Bob was home. He graciously took the big kids outside and helped them build a massive snow man while Grace and I sat in the living room with Evie and Laughter relishing the final few moments of cathartic spoken therapy. It was wonderful. Except for the occasional naughtiness for which Bob had to send one or the other of the big kids in for a time out, we had about 2 hours of blissful conversation!
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| Impressive snowman! It was as big as Bob. |
Our Saturday brought tickles with Bob, cuddles on the couch, play time and fun. Our kids are simply wonderful to watch. Boy I have missed the time of us all together! Even as I sit here writing the close to Grace's visit I have tears. While 8 days may seem like a long time it was simply not long enough. Texas seems so very far away right now.
The week was wonderful in every sense of the word. To have my sister and friend back in the same room, sitting on the floor, surrounded by toys and chaos, watching kids and sharing life was a blessing. Thank you Jesus for the time, thank you for her, thank you for our children and most of all, thank you for a friend to grow old with (and talk about our GMOs!).
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