- The Olympics have been on! Since we don't have tv, we opted to buy an antenna and see if we could get NBC for the Olympics. We could! It's been so fun to watch all sorts of sports and competitions. (Not as fun to wrestle with commercials. Once we realized that praising the courage of transgenders was going to be a regular commercial during the olympics, we opted to mute all commercials. Not ready for that conversation with the kiddos.) But, Lucy picked up on the Nationwide commercial. In the bath, she looked up at me with her big brown eyes and said, "Mom, I'm so glad Nationwide is on my side!" in total sincerity. So funny. We've tracked medals, found countries/flags on our map, learned about some specific athletes and sports, and enjoyed hours and hours of tv. It's been a treat!
- We've been preparing for our greyhound! At this point, the crate is in the mudroom, beds are on the way, and the pooper scooper, food dish, and water dish are ready. The fence is being installed today and tomorrow unless they get rained out. This has been a long time coming! We applied in May, knowing it would be a few months until we would be ready. We thought we had to wait until the fence was completed for our home study, but a few weeks ago I asked if we could go ahead with that step. The sweet greyhound-loving adoption volunteers came to the house to answer questions and make sure we looked like responsible, calm people that could take care of a pet. I did make sure to change the fish's cloudy water before they arrived... We got their approval and now we are waiting. Apparently the "top dog" of the organization has been on vacation, but we hope to make some progress this week. The available dogs are all in foster homes in Dallas, so they are not at a central location. To see a few, you have to go to a "Meet & Greet", which only happens on the weekends. We really like the idea of going to choose a dog, but it might be that the logistics of that don't end up working out. They might deliver one to us and let us try her out! We'll see. We're tired of preparing for her and imagining what life will be like with her - ready to get this party started! It feels a little bit like week 39 of pregnancy. Everything is ready, not sure when she will arrive, and wondering how much she will effect life
- Isaiah's inching toward being 10. This has been a long time coming, too. We had a party for him a few days ago, and it was so much fun to celebrate him. We adore that boy.
- Luke's facing real LeTu life starting today. Back to reality of regular work! It's been nice to have more of his energy and time directed toward Alpine over the last few months. He's done a lot of teaching, planning, and he preached one Sunday as well. He's becoming a beloved Alpine teacher. He's like a professional! For fall quarter, we are co-teaching on Mark. Hoping that goes well and exited for the opportunity to do it.
- CC is just around the corner!! Tomorrow is our parent meeting all morning. We have a sitter coming to stay with the kiddos. Then we start officially next Tuesday. The kids have new backpacks from Jack & Roxanne, which was such a treat! They are all so excited for CC to start - and I am, too! We had a CC family picnic on Saturday. There were about 15 families there, all eager for the year to get started. I'm so thankful to be on this journey with such neat people. This year, I'm tutoring Isaiah's class. He's excited to have me! And I'm excited and nervous to graduate up to the big kids (10 - 11 year olds). I'm going to have to adjust some of my regular song & dance routines, but I'm looking forward to the challenge and I know I'll figure these kiddos out as we go along. I'm already confident that I will totally fall in love with these kids. It happens every year.
- Noelle just started on origami. I knew she would love it once her ability to follow directions and dexterity allowed her to do it. Isaiah's been an origami guru for a while, but it all clicked for Noelle yesterday. I have a big, white swan on my desk right now from her. Along with an orange origami spider from Isaiah.
- Lucy has really taken hold of the "Who Let the Dogs Out?" song from the 90's. She walks around singing it a lot. Funny.
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