We spent the morning and lunch time at the river house yesterday morning. We invited some friends of ours to come and spend the time with us and relax and enjoy the breezy sunny day. Even though it was completely ran over with weeds, all the kids found something to do (with the big pile of sand near the driveway or on the rope swing) for a couple hours. Selena and I both contributed to food for lunch, and we brought some tables and chairs there to sit on. She brought apples, mandarin oranges, macaroni and cheese, and drinks, and I brought buns, BBQ chicken and frosted brownies. We sat and watched the boats and jet skis zoom by. It was strangely cozy and familiar, I loved being out there. I know Dave did too. The house inside is a wreck, still torn apart and looking drab. The exterior looks nice, with new staircases and a bigger garage door. We have such mixed feelings about that place. It could be such a fun and relaxing "second home on the water" but it would be such a pain to fix it all up to completion. If we had the cash flow it would actually work to fix up and keep it, and rent it out and make it available for people to use when housing is temporarily needed. But...since we're not in that position, we're just waiting for now. It was nice to revisit it, since we rarely make it out there.
After lunch was over, we headed home. V and C were excited to get the new blow-up swimming pool all set up, so that was our afternoon/evening activity. We threw the popped one in the garbage, blew up the new one, and filled it up with water. We have 2 hose spigots in the garage (one hot, one cold) so we filled it up 90% with cold water, and then changed the hose connection and turned it on boiling hot for the last 30 minutes. The kids stirred up the water and it got nice and warm, allowing them to swim in the water for a couple hours. Calvin and Violet soaked everything in sight. Vanessa stood on the edge splashing her hands in the water. This is also the time when she took her first step from holding onto my legs to taking a step alone and holding onto the edge of the pool. I put a swim diaper on her and held her in the water for awhile, but she got cold pretty quick. Violet kept saying "Ahhhh...." and leaning her head back saying more "Ahhh...this is so relaxing...this is soooo nice."
We have been given the "gift of an ordinary day" - thank you Lord! I need to keep that in mind when I am frustrated and feel like these days will never end.
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