Lets Faith It

Fathers Day
Yesterday we spent with Gregs father and family. His father is in his last earthly days. It is sad to see him suffer and to know he will be gone soon. But it is wonderful to have him at home around his family and consider how much love and blessings he has brought into all of our lives. Yesterday we were able to visit with Gregs moms cousin. This cousin also happens to be a cousin to my step-father. It was so nice to listen to her tell a few stories about my step-father and his mother and her two sisters. I guess the threesome were quite well-known school teachers. Dorothy remembers getting homemade bread butter and sugar whenever they would visit the Aunts. It was nice to remember James. I miss him. It is nice to see Saydi preparing a bouquet of flowers for Greg for fathers day. First she thought to crush lavendar leaves in the water. Then collect all different kinds of flowers availble. There are several blue and purple ones. It smells lovely. Saydi loves special days!! It has been raining for two weeks straight. Maybe we will have a longer summer. Mckay is sporting a few chicken pox. All of the kids have had sore throats. Mckay is the first to have spots. He is pretty happy maybe a little tired. My favorite thing was Greg wanting to get a pair of pink moccasins. He is really trying to think about gender roles and we are working on changing a few things about our assumptions. Conversations at home have been pretty interesting lately. The raspberries are beginning to be ripe. It is so enjoyable to watch and understand the process. The chicks are getting bigger. I put them outside a bit today and it helped them calm down later. It is a treat to observe them and understand their emotions and how they relate to eachother and to us and to the outside environment. One of them tried to swallow a stick. I had to pull it out of its throat. wow! They are weird.