Today the kids are out of school, so we slept in and have had basically just a lazy day. The kids attend school more than an hour's drive away so if they want to be involved in sports or other activities, it is a huge investment on the entire family. Dd is the stats person for wrestling this year. Yesterday the team had a meet in a town about 5 hours from the school. By the time they got home it was after midnight. A blessing named Oma lives next door to the school and last year contacted us to offer her extra bedrooms as a place for my kids to stay when they have late night activities. It has been so nice. She feeds them dinner on Monday nights and they stay for youth group, then back to Oma's for homework and bedtime. Because of where we live, my kids would not be able to attend youth group or afterschool activities without her offer. We sometimes send stuff for dinners and of course christmas and birthday presents. We had never met her until she offered the kids a place to stay, but said she remembered living in our village and having to send her kids away for school. It is also really nice because my kids don't have any living great-grandmas and she fills that spot perfectly. She also volunteers at the school and most of the youth group kids end up at her house on Mondays just to hang out. What a legacy. An elderly lady who has such a comforting and welcoming home and atmosphere that all the teens want to hang out at her house.
All this to say, dd stayed over there and the rest of us have spent the day just hanging out, dad and son doing a huge puzzle and I am scrapbooking and playing on the computer. We are all in the same room listening to Klove. We don't get very many of these days so we are taking full advantage of today.
Tomorrow, we are supposed to escort dd to a sports recognition. This means we will drive almost an hour so we can walk her to the podium to receive an award, then drive home. These are the times when I wonder why God said "Let Me worry about the school situation" when we were praying about moving here.
I guess I will just continue to trust Him.
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