Saturday July 23 2016  A DAY WELL LIVED

Up early with two hungry boys!  Asked them if they would like to go out for breakfast but all they wanted was grandma’s cereal (Brand Buds) and fresh fruit smoothies.  What a deal!  After breakfast we headed to Vitense Golf Land (a miniature golf course) and played 18 holes.  It was quite the spectacle with a four year old, an eight year old, an old lady and one old man.  But we had fun making spectacles of ourselves.  Fortunately we didn’t keep score.  I don’t know if we could have counted so high.  Dave salvaged his reputation by winning a free game because of his excellent “LUCK” of hitting the right slot on his last shot.  I suppose now we must go back.  Just one last parting comment, the entire game was actually quite hilarious if you were one of the participants.  To the outsider looking in, it may have been quite pitiful.  Loved every moment of it!

From the golf course we headed to the SPLASH PAD!  In case you are out of touch with the little guys, that is a flat cemented area with all kinds of kooky water squirts, dumps, mists, sprays, and apparatus on which to play that one could ever imagine.  The boys love going there.  And boy was it a busy place!  The kids had a blast and it was delightful to watch them interact with other children, giggling, and having so much fun.

THEN…we went to MacDonald’s drive through and took their bounty home with us so we could fix something more “sophisticated” for us two adults.  Once again the kids were thrilled with the “Disney grandparent day” affection being lavished on them.  After lunch we had hoped to go outside and try out our GIANT WATER GUNS (yes, even gramma and grandpa have one)!  It was voted down because the boys wanted to finish the movie they were watching last night when they both fell asleep.  I actually outlasted them last evening.  WHEW!  We had just enough time left to watch the entire movie before we planned to leave at 2:30 p.m. to drop the boys off at our son’s workplace so he could take them home.  But that was not to be.

During the movie we had another roaring storm come barreling through.  The winds were atrocious.  I was concerned we were going to have a few ragged and twisted trees left in the storm’s wake.  Only a few times since living here have I seen it any worse.  The torrential rainwater collects momentum as the streets in our neighborhood all slope, directing the flow of water to our driveway, down past our house, down our back driveway, and funnel into a water causeway that Dave designed, and purposely bricked in, to direct the watershed and dump it out in our lower woods.  When we moved here we noticed that the runoff was eroding our land at the end of the driveway and Dave did not want to see that continue.  It works marvelously.  The water runs fast when it rains hard like it did today and earlier this week.

After a few texts back and forth with our son, he decided that his huge truck would better ford the flash flooding of the city streets, than would our Kia Soul.  He decided to pick the boys up rather than have us drive to lower ground.  And of course the storm was happening about the time we planned to take the boys to his workplace.

I assume they are safely home by now since I have not received an S.O.S. message from him.  The house is quiet again.  The storm is settled now, both in and out.  And I say that in jest.  Our grandsons are exceptionally well behaved children and it is always a pleasure to have them here.  And what I enjoy about them being here is that I always have so much fun teaching them new things.  They are like little sponges.  And they are both talkers!  I like little talkers!  When you really listen, you just might be surprised what they can teach you! 

 

TWO LITTLE BOYS

By Kathleen Martens

July 23, 2016

 

Two little boys

Vying for attention,

Sopping up information

With amazing retention.

 

Two little boys

With active little minds,

Though they are brothers,

Definitely one of a kind!

 

Two little boys

Overflowing with love,

And lots of exuberance

And a few shoves.

 

Two little boys

Who grow in my heart

Like blossoming flowers,

Even when we’re apart.

 

Two little boys

From God on loan,

To cuddle and nurture

And call my own.

 

Two little boys,

Never enough time to give,

To tell them of God’s love

And how He commands them to live.

 

Two little boys

Growing into men

I pray in earnest

God protects them from sin.

 

Two little boys

Someday we’ll leave behind.

So we share our stories

Hoping wisdom they find.

 

Thank You God for our “TWO LITTLE BOYS” that you have entrusted to our son and his wife.

Thank You God for continuous protection over their hearts.

Thank You God that they have an intact family and godly parents.

Thank You God for who they are.

Thank You Lord for our amazing day with them.

Thank You for Bran Buds Cereal and fresh fruit smoothies.

Thank You for their laughter that still charms my ears.  

Thank You Jesus that I am able to hear their laughter.

Thank You too that our trees are still intact.

Thank You for rain.

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU!