A bittersweet week.....

........they've worn me out, they've tried my patience, and they've filled my heart with joy. The kids leave next Monday and we're trying to enjoy our last week together, despite the heat, the chiggers, and the colds.
This week we've managed to get to the ballpark to play at the playground 3 nights in a row, finding that lots of kids show up around 6 p.m., to accompany their siblings that are practicing for peewee football or some such game. The kids are having a ball climbing and flipping and sliding, and I'm storing up laughter and fun memories for the coming days ahead.
Hubby has bronchitis in one side of his lungs and had to have i.v. antibiotics, but is feeling some better now. Bless his heart, he only weighs 126 lbs. now, so things lay him low really easily and we seem to keep colds in the house now that the kids are here. I wiped snotty noses all day yesterday, and woke up with mine the same way today !
I had a nice little visit from my Oklahoma pastor and wife on Friday which really made me homesick for my little Church. They looked and sounded so good, though.......it was a real joy to have them here even for a short time.
I'm looking down now and see that T.J. has fallen asleep on the airconditioner vent at my feet while waiting for Nana to get done with this post, so I'll cut it short.
I hope to be able to catch up with you all really soon, and see what kind of summer you had ! I'll leave you all with one photo..............these are the kinds of little surprises I'll miss when the kids go back to Germany...........now why didn't I think of putting the little giraffe on top of the big giraffe's head when I decorated that bathroom?

Love to you all, for now..........................