102 degrees

Something about this heat makes me nostaligic...
i remember the week of my wedding and eating popcicles for dinner
or

sleeping many nights out on the trampoline cause it was so stinkin hot
or

recess at the "little school"
or
the millions of of pool memories and smelling like chlorine and burning eyes.

i think growing up without air conditioning 

in a place where it can get to be 100 plus degrees

this intense heat feels like an old friend.

Today we went to the library
and then swam with the cousins and played match 

(we played with a "tee" when i was a lad) 

and Emily jumped into the pool with reckless abandon- in all her clothes (shoes and all)

it was awesome. 

My new calling in church is with the 8-11 year old girls. what a group!! 

from sweet to bizarro and everything in between 

i know these girls will be quite the source of stories and laughs for me.

And i know it has been months since i posted. 

but i have to let go of perfection and  realize it is better to record something

than to record nothing perfectly
there is an adage in nursing
"if you don't record it, it never happened."
and life is happening.
and since i forgot to take grandpa to the dentist today,
i don't want to forget the good stuff. . .

elliot pumping milk for reecie

ps. i did put a bit of breast milk on elliots oatmeal this morning cause we were all out of milk .
jon and i had eggs.