Five for Friday- Wrapping up June

1. Can you believe I let Dane swim in this speedo? In public? He found it in a bag of clothes from some older cousins and let me tell you, he loves it. According to him, he swims faster and he looks really cool too. I mentioned that others might think he looks funny and he brushed that off and said no way. What a confident, adorable 6 1/2 year old.

2. We had a girl's night last Friday before Shaila moved to CA and lamely, this is the only photo I took (and it was at the very end of the night too). So disappointing, it was after Leisha went home, sorry Leish! We went to dinner, got Blizzards and worked a little around Shaila's house helping her get ready for the moving van on Monday. I also snuggled sweet niece Nora, oh she's adorable. It was good to hang out together, we definitely didn't do it enough. Isn't that typical though, you wish you'd done more once you can't anymore. Make sense?

3. Tuesday was Jayni's 7th birthday. She's first, Malcolm in a week and Dane in 2 months. How are these three kids already 7 years old??! We met at a splash park to celebrate with a little party. I'm glad the cousins could play together one last time before Shaila's family moved. We are going to miss their whole family so much. Last week I took Malcolm and Quinn plus my four to the pool for 6.5 hours! They played so well together I didn't realize we were there that long. What a great day for them to build memories.

4. On Monday I called my aunt early in the morning and with a bribe of a haircut (she would have done it anyway) she watched the kids for me so I could help Shaila and Marion finish up the odds and ends of loading the moving truck and cleaning the house. We took a load to Goodwill, a memorable load to the dump they wouldn't take because we didn't have a 'card' and all sorts of vacuuming that I loved. The kids were so good, we were gone from home for over 12 hours.

5. Yesterday it became official. We sold our house. I can't believe it. We didn't make a dollar but avoided foreclosure so I'm calling it a success. We've been paying the bills since January hoping this would work out so I guess you could say we lost all that money. In the end though I know it will be worth it so we will be able to buy a home sooner than if we would have had to forclose. I'm so grateful for this blessing and know it's definitely answer to many prayers. We went out for dessert to celebrate and this rainbow ended our night. Such a pretty reminder of our tender mercy.