The children got me this incredibly thoughtful and wonderful gift! It's a replica of William's horse, Oreo. The artist did a fantastic job! Her markings match identically, from her face to her BLM brand down to her hooves!
And Monday we had the best time with good friends! Even though Sarah stole all of my pictures out of the folder that I put on MY desktop and already posted to FB (ahem!), here is our day: It started with a little swimming...
I love it when young men take the time to not only mentor young boys and help teach them about work, but to play with them, too! Christopher was a good sport about carrying Calvin around. I'm not sure if he was a dolphin or a shark...😂
Wallace loves "racing" Benjamin!
The pool crew...
Calvin, Wallace, Miller, Timothy...the brave boys jumping in all at once!
The balloon-filling crew... Benjamin headed up another crew at the front of the house but somehow escaped a picture. 😜 3,000 balloons - WOW!
I couldn't step back out of the "safe zone" to get a great picture of the whole scene. It was a complete chaotic, fun mess!
I love this picture of Benjamin! He looks like he's totally a man on a mission!
This was so sweet! Andrew kept following Abby around to give him more balloons - even though he would promptly throw it straight down and watch it plop! He had no idea what to do with them!
Pulling at her skirt...MORE???
The warriors...
The "after party" was a lot of fun, too! It gets late, people get tired AND QUIRKY! LOL!
We used to hold a yearly fellowship. It began with Reformation Day, then moved to Labor Day after the NCFIC conflicted. At the end of the night, we were discussing how much we've missed holding such events. We haven't done something of this nature since William flew ahead to heaven. And, as hard as it was to do it without him, it was a good thing to do...a healing thing to do. We were ready for it. Although there were also some tears later as we discussed how, no matter who IS there, the spotlight falls on the empty space where William SHOULD be. I think that will always be the case.
But we did it and we enjoyed it and we are grateful to all of you who came out and helped us overcome this particular first. We love you all! Next year...same time, same place! 😘
