get wet!

well after a lovely afternoon with my brother,
tim and his wife, laurie golfing, i opted
to head to my sister's where it was just
she, her two daughters, my other sister in law
nicki and j....scott ran over (9 miles!!).
but the only one in the pool was amanda.
and of course, as 6 year olds do, she was pouting.
i went over and asked her "what's the matter amanda?"
"no one will come in the pool with me!" she said.
and i said, "no one?" and right then and there
i jumped in the pool! no suit, just what i had
on golfing. that got her smiling! the pool was perfect!
i swam around in my clothes with her for about 45 min.
then anne procured me some dry clothes!

my other niece, g, came over with her friend molly
and we all got in. then the older girls left and the
adults had an impromptu bbq and a couple of beers
and sat around the table solving all the worlds
problems. it was a bit like out of the show
"brothers and sisters"...fun.

ben is being "confirmed" (sort of) this afternoon.
he partook in a program at westwood called "the upper
room" and i'm proud of him, i'm looking forward to it.

going to pick up anne and amanda for church.
just the 3 of us today~ emily is doing a 4 mile walk
this morning for the march of dimes....
(she called it "marching for dimes"..cute!)

another pool day.
gary returns this evening.
i begin to prepare to stay at anne & pete's (tuesday)
for the week with the girls...can't wait!
turning the air on today....85+. nice!

give thanks & praise Him today!