I promised several people I’d blog about our time in Michigan and keep failing to do so. Mostly because I keep feeling like I don’t have anything meaningful to say. =) But I’ll try to give a quick update, anyway.

How about some snapshots? Alrighty…

- I washed my phone. Like, it went through the washing machine. It is sort of working. Sort of not. But we don’t really get very good service here anyway, so how much of a loss is that, really? =)

- The sale of my childhood home is nearly final. They’ll close at the end of June. It’s both a relief and heartbreaking. We had a “closing ceremony” on Saturday with our whole family. It stormed and the electricity went out, so we sat on the front porch (in the light of early dusk) sharing memories from our childhood. We prayed to thank God for the gift of life in that house and to ask His blessing on the future. Later on, my oldest brother John took a walk in the pasture and discovered a rainbow arching perfectly over our property. God is with us.

- Josie has started hitting. We’re not sure what’s up with that. It’s particularly troubling when she hits Ellie. But she can also be very sweet. I love her little voice saying, “Sank you, Mommy.”

- Josie took her first ride on the flexiboard. It’s like the first step toward waterskiing, meant for little kids. She totally rocked it – she’s an awesome little sporty chic.  (We start ‘em young.)

- Ellie is the sweetest thing ever. She almost never fusses. But then her big sister hits her on the head, and that goes out the window. =)

- Josie and I got to tend the neighbor’s chickens while they were away for 3 weeks. Josie totally got into it and would get excited about seeing the “balk-balks.” We also got to use the eggs during that time. One of the chickens lays blue eggs! That was fun and farmy.

- Nathan hasn’t broken ground yet. We’re really really (really!) hoping that changes soon. Steps are made toward that goal every day, but there is a lot to coordinate.

- My mom *may* have breast cancer – maybe. It’s still at the “suspicious” stage. She is powering along this new alternative treatment she found that seems to have awesome results. If you want to know more, you should really just talk to her. I would not do it justice. =)

- Josie loves “Grandma’s special purple salad” – which is cole slaw made with purple cabbage. Actually Josie eats just about everything. Unless she decides for an arbitrary reason that she doesn’t want to. But it’s always about the fight in that case – not about the food.

- Mason rocks at water sports. He’s the only one we’ve ever had at the lake (ever) to get up on every kind of board on the first try.

- Stuff mildews here faster. Even cloth diapers! The girls smell funky in a whole new way. It’s kind of disappointing. =)

And I’m out…..

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