Friday, June 5, 2015

Benson Park was, up until  this summer,  an eyesore.  Now it is the hot spot for families across the city! An expansive playground adjoins a large "sprayground," which is essentially a large playground equipped with a variety of water shooting, dumping,  sprinkling, and spraying fixtures. The best part (for moms) is that-unlike the other spraygrounds in Omaha-there is NO SAND in the traditional playground next to it! We've  made it down to the playground several times,  but today was the first visit warm enough to get wet!

I do have to brag on one little girl: she was about 10 years old and was playing with a water squirter.  As I stood nearby,  she accidentally spot me in the gave with the cold water. Though I didn't think anything of it-after all,  I WAS standing in the middle of a major water battle-but the sweet girl found me after I dried off and apologize for being me wet! I was so impressed that someone so young had the graciousness to find me and apologize!


As the kids were playing on the dry playground and dying off,  Kayla excitedly showed me that she completed the number slide puzzle! in this puzzle,  only one piece can be moved at a time,  and it is pretty difficult to arrange the numbers correctly.  Great job,  baby girl! 


Wednesday, June 3, 2015

We are thankful once again for the arrival of summer and look forward to many pool days ahead! Kayla received a tie dye kit for Christmas,  and we are finally able to work on that project over the post few days.  After some overnight soakings,  waiting hours for the tablets to dissolve, dying and dyeing the shirts,  we finally have a finished product!

This morning,  we saw the movie Annie at te Summer Movie Express for just $1 admission,  and I'm reminded to hold up in prayer orphans,  foster children, and foster families all over the world! We then used the last of the kids' Pizza Hut BookIt! Reading program coupons for lunch.

See our matching shirts!

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

We enjoyed a beautiful day yesterday picking strawberries at Bellevue Berry Farm. I had a hard time stopping the kids, obviously, as we can't home with 6+ pounds of berries with no immediate plans for their consumption! 

So, Kayla and I ventured out to Walmart tonight in search of canning supplies. Strawberry jelly can't be that hard to make, right? Well, we shall see about that!





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