Midweek-Let It Rain

The weather this week in western Washington has included everything but snow (though there has been times I would have rather had snow).

And so, in a moment that I thought was a sun break, I loaded the boys in he car and we went to the park for a mid-week let's-get-some-energy-out.

They boys played in the dirt. Threw sticks into the river on one side of the bridge and rushed to stick their heads through the other side and see their stick come floating by.

They picked dandelions.

Blew on them.

And made wishes.

This is when it happened. It started to rain. Not the nice little sprinkle that it had been giving us for the past hour, but big heavy wet drops.

We were not dressed to get really wet. So I suggested to my sweet boys that we go back to the car.

But, one of my sweet boys said, "No Mom, I want to find more rocks with you. I don't care if I get all wet." I replied, "You're wet and shivering, don't you want to go home and get warm and dry?" "No," he replied, "This is fun!"

Then I thought about it and decided...No one is whining or complaining. No one is fighting or asking me to play Uno for the eighth time today. No one is asking for lunch yet. We are already pretty damp, let's go under the trees and find more rocks. About 10 minutes later, it started hailing.

When we got into the car and I started it up, the song on the radio was, "Let It Rain" (I think that is the title. I'm not good with knowing titles and artists. Just one line from the song. Ha, ha.) Elias takes note of the song in the back seat and yells "No more rain!" And makes me actually LOL.

Now I tell this whole story instead of just posting the pictures, because at the end of the day, after the trip to get ice cream..

I was reminded that sometimes I need to 'let it rain'.God gave me a gentle reminder and I want to write it down so that next time I feel like it is pouring in my life I can sing, "Let it Rain"!

You see when we were out in the drizzle and getting damp, it wasn't comfortable. When it started raining harder, I knew and the boys knew, that our situation wasn't going to be getting better. We were only going to be getting wetter and colder. So why did my boys want to stay out and play and be more uncomfortable? Because they had their mommy's attention and she was present. Earlier that morning, I had been trying to get some things done. You know, the laundry, dishes, changing the batteries in a toy, taking a shower... Even when I had been playing Uno with them, I hadn't been fully present.

Out in the rain, wet and cold, my full presence was better than being comfortable to them.

I think that there are times in my life that I want God to change my circumstances so that I can be more comfortable rather than my focus being on glorifying Him. How backwards is that? Why do I pray that my life be made comfortable? Being in the rain with Him is so much better!

This is the way to start a week...

Flushing of the fire hydrant...

Playing in the water...

Having lunch with amazing people...

Getting to meet this sweet baby girl...

and having a fun afternoon playing.

Shhhhh....Don't tell Dad!

I may or may not have fed the kids ice cream for dinner.

And I wouldn't have let my young kids go out in the hail and jump on the trampoline.And I really wouldn't have then let them eat the hail off of the dirty trampoline.

Or, it's not-me Monday and I did all three.

Elias' First T-ball Game

The Day Has Come!

For a couple of years now, Jaelyn has been wanting glasses. She was given a pair of "fake" glasses for her birthday, which sufficed for awhile. I had her eyes checked at her yearly check-up, and she didn't have any issues reading any of the lines. Then at the beginning of the school year, she started saying that the overhead at school was kind of blurry. The nurse at school did and eye test, and again, she could read all that was asked of her. So, I kind of ignored her thinking this was still just her desire for "real" glasses. Time went on, and I started noticing her squinting more and more. Finally in November, I took her to the eye doctor. The eye doctor said...."She no longer has 20/20 vision, but her eyes are not really bad enough to actually need glasses yet." Hmmm...
Fast forward to spring break. Jaelyn is still squinting, saying that she can't read things and the insurance won't pay for another eye check till 6 months after her last one. But, I make her another appointment and the Doc checks her eyes again. This time, she gets to pick out some glasses and she was so excited! She was told her glasses should be in this week. Last night, she prayed that they would come in today so that she wouldn't have to wait over the weekend. While at school, her prayers came true. I picked her up from school and took her straight over. You'll have to check out her blog here to find out what she thinks. :)