This morning, I took some time to do my devotions and am absolutely loving this new Bible study app I found. As you read through a chapter, it scans all of the Bible resources in your library and pulls them up as they pertain to the verse you are on. Giving you all of those cross-references, commentaries, charts and maps at your fingertips... without having to lug all those books around with you. Its a game changer for me for travelling I think!
Anyway, after a relaxing morning, we took Coco for a walk on the beach and enjoyed a little sunshine and tunes.
The kids have been waiting for a new version of The Grinch to come out, so to celebrate the snow at home, we decided to go see it this afternoon. Tied it into lunchtime so we filled those bellies with popcorn and shared in more than a few laughs.
Stopped at WalMart on the way home to grab a few things and bought Sammy a couple pairs of pants since I seemed to have missed that when we were packing.
We took care of a few things at home and spent some time with the dog before playing Dos, a new card game. We grabbed takeout from Outback and ate dinner around 7:00 pm. Then it was time for Tyler’s therapy and calls to Dad who was visiting his folks... so the added bonus of all three on the screen at once!
During all that, Sammy came out of her room and announced that the wire of her orthodontic appliance and come out and was poking her. Shoot! We have found an orthodontist down here already but they won’t open again til Monday and that’s a long time to wait with a wire poking your mouth. I’ve seen the gals do this a bunch of times and it shouldn’t be difficult to fix if I could just find the right tool... Well, I don’t think it was the “right” tool but it did the trick. Just so you know, the photo was taken after everything was back together so we were hamming it up. (Don’t worry, Grandma!)
Once the homework was finished, it was after 9:30 pm and Tyler was shot... I mean really done. It was a challenging lesson and he was fatigued. So I told him after his shower he could stay up with me to watch some TV in bed. After an extended hug, he headed into his room to shower and prep for bed time.
I realized that this “extra” mom time might not sit well with Sammy, so I headed into her room to explain. All I said was that Tyler was going to stay up and watch some TV with me because he was feeling frustrated after his homework. “I think I’ll write him a letter”. Uh ok. No complaints, no “unfairs”, just gonna write him a note. She jumped up and grabbed a marker and paper and wrote a very sweet letter.
After that, she headed into the kitchen and poured them both a glass of milk. I followed her in and heard her mumbling; I assumed she was scripting her favorite parts from the Grinch and didn’t pay much attention. When she finished putting the milk away, I pulled her into a hug and said “you sure are a great sister!” She looked up at me and asked if I had heard her... “No, why?” I replied.
“I was just praying for Tyler, that He would bless him and help him know that we all love him. Especially me”. Ugh. I love that kid!
And that was the day. Tyler came out and thanked Sammy for the letter and then the milk. He climbed into my bed and we watched a few science documentaries as we forgot about the frustrations of the day.
