It's Been a Good Week

We are still here! I haven't been very good about posting this week. It's been a good week though. We've just been busy. I've been especially busy in the evenings after everyone is in bed with my web business work. Thus, I haven't had any time to write.

Leslie has had the best week I think since we first learned of her cancer. That is relative, of course. She is still really tired and has had ongoing issues related to the cancer, but they've been minimal. We're very thankful for that.

The weather is cooling off and it is starting to feel more like Fall. Yesterday, I met Les and the kids in downtown Gainesville for Mule Camp. It is a country-type fair held on the square. They have lots of displays, music, food, etc... I wasn't prepared with cash, so we didn't do much other than walk around. The kids really wanted to ride the horses though. So I took them today, back to the festival, and let each of them ride. McGrooter rode the big horse (Mcgrooter on the horse), Aggie cautiously rode a pony (Aggie on the pony), and Munchkin fearlessly rode the pony (Munchkin on the pony) and begged to do it again and again. Afterward, we went and had lunch with Poppie and Leslie, then home to rest before going back out to celebrate Becky's birthday.

Last night I took McGrooter to Curtis and Jenny's for Bennett's 7th birthday party. It was a dance party which was highly entertaining to watch. The four boys danced the night away and even enjoyed fake redneck teeth (boys will be boys). They all went home with a CD of the dance music. Needless to say, it's had plenty of air play today as we rode around. We finally had to retire it on the way home tonight for some softer music (for the parents' sanity!).

I'm learning a lot about "right now." It seems there is always something competing for each and every moment, and there is very little opportunity to live "right now." But I'm coming to realize how important "right now" is. I still struggle with feeling the need to work and do, but God is impressing upon me to enjoy these little moments we have. Spending time together, enjoying life, have become so much more important. A year ago, I would have let Leslie take the kids to something like the Mule Camp, and I would have stayed home to be "productive." But I'm realzing that the time together is really a lot more productive than getting one of the million things that needs to be done, accomplished. It's been good for me. And I am thankful for the sweet memories we are making. There's nothing quite like the joy of watching the kids riding a horse, or dancing around under a black light (if you could call it dancing). I've got a lot more to learn, no doubt, but the tyranny of the urgent has been a little less tyrranical lately. For that I am thankful.