Oh no!!  I just got Jake back from a long week at camp and now Morgan is leaving!  Again I’m left questioning why I agreed to all of these summer activities.  You just can’t discourage your child from going out to serve the community!  As much as I will deeply miss her presence here in our house, I’m so proud of her for choosing to spend a week out of her summer to help those in need.  Yesterday afternoon (on a beautiful Father’s Day), this almost 14 year old rolled out of the church parking lot in these cute little vans to go to St. Louis until Friday night.

 

I will think about her every minute until she returns safely home and I am already stalking facebook every five seconds to see if I can catch a glimpse of her.  I sort of hate social media (except here I am writing a blog! ha!;)) and I am only on facebook so I can see what she is up to on mission trips.  These teens leave their phones behind for the trip and I LOVE that because I think they are sort of ruining society.  BUT they do make life a tich easier and thanks to the youth group leader, we get updates so we don’t completely lose our minds. 

These are her friends and van-mates for the journey.

Today is their fun day and they will be doing many team-building activities together until the real work sets in tomorrow.Morgan you are a such a generous person and we love your willingness to step into charitable situations without hesitation!  Just a few days ago she painted faces for kids with cancer.  How cool is that!?As the van rolled out of the church parking lot I couldn’t keep my tears in as much as I tried.  I really did try!  At least we were able to squeeze in a fun family night together going out to eat and making homemade ice cream. Our power went out for 5 hours which caused a hiccup in that process.  We make ice cream maybe once every couple of years and the one night we chose to make it the power goes out mid-churn!  What the heck are the chances!

Ok so the ice cream actually turned out pretty yummy despite only churning half the necessary time and we enjoyed a great Father’s Day brunch with family the next morning.  We love to celebrate all of our dad’s because they’re awesome!!  And might as well throw in a few more activities for the day – a couple baseball games and a US Kids Golf Tourney.  We really like to pack it in. 

Happy Dad’s Day!!  XOXO

Today I’m practically in tears again staring at this screen on my computer and very reluctantly pulling my credit card out of my wallet.  I’m registering and paying for soccer today.  You are probably double checking to see if that amount is correct aren’t you!?  I know I am! $3430 for 3 kids to play soccer!!?  Holy cow.  And this is only one sport and not including uniforms and tournament fees.  There goes all those house projects I was hoping to get to soon!