Our good cousins Katie and Josh came over again last night to watch the little guys for us. We were supposed to go out to a nice adult dinner, but plans changed. Turns out everything in our life is about our kids, though I did actually get to have a Backyard Burger eventually!
One of Josh's friends was moving and had a playset in the backyard that his girls had outgrown and he offered to let our boys have it, so we spent the late afternoon disassembling it, loading it into Josh's truck and bringing it to our house before the rain moved in (or so we thought, though it never actually rained here last night). With the help of a few neighbors, thank goodness (since it was very heavy and Josh had to do most of the lifting at the other house), we rolled it over the top of the fence (too wide to fit through the gate) and it now sits in disassembled pieces in our backyard. We'll eventually get it together and get some pictures of the boys playing. What a nice gift!
And in the spirit of giving, I have to mention that the same good cousins who came to watch our boys last night are working toward taking a medical mission trip this summer. Both are hard-working seniors in nursing school, and they, along with about 40 other students from the Colleges of Nursing, Medicine and Pharmacy, are raising funds to go on a medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic to provide medical care for those in need. Each student has to raise $1,764 to cover their own air travel, lodging, meals, in-country travel, and the purchase of medical equipment and supplies to serve. We've made our contribution and wish them luck on this adventure!
