Hide and Sleep?

He won't sleep with any p.j.s on, but he does get himself completely covered. This has become the common way I find Lewis when I check on him before I go to bed. He sings himself to sleep every night, and somehow ends up covered head to toe in his sheet with his comforter kicked down to the end of his bed. He is my crazy little guy, and sometimes I wish he would stay little forever.

Spectacles and Sports

A super-cool thing happened the first day Carter wore his new glasses to school. He didn't want to wear them because he doesn't really like to be the center of attention, and being the kid with the new glasses is kind of an attention magnet. So, at the end of the day, I was anxiously waiting in the van to see how it went. When the boys hopped in, I quickly learned that something happened in school that made him completely forget about the glasses. Paul Rhoads, the ISU football coach, and a couple of the players visited to the school. I can't even remember what the boys said they talked about, but they were on cloud nine. (Owen was just disappointed that he wore his Nebraska shirt instead of an ISU shirt that day.)

You may think that was a neat coincidence, but I totally know the events of that day were a God thing. Seriously, a surprise visit from some Cyclone football players at school? The only thing that could have been better in their minds would have been if Adrian Peterson or Percy Harvin had stopped by. I am thankful to a God who cares about little things like shy third grade boys with new glasses. I'm also thankful for a third-grader who looks pretty darn handsome in spectacles.

The Mother-In-Law List

Last week we learned that Corey's mom has breast cancer. I have decided that cancer is one of my least favorite words in the English language. It's often when you hear something yucky like this that you stop to think about how much a person means to you. So, I am devoting this blog post to all the things I love about my mother-in-law, Vickie. (I'm not doing this to get brownie points. I already know I'm the favorite daughter-in law. Did I mention Corey is the only son? :) )
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So here's a list of things that make my mother-in-law awesome, in no particular order.
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1. She makes the best fudge.
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2. She loves Jesus.
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3. She puts up with a house FULL of energy-filled grandsons (and one granddaughter) multiple times per year.
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4. She cans tomatoes with us (actually she does pretty much all the work, and we get to enjoy the result.)
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5. She loves her grandkids.
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6. She always puts the needs of others above her own needs.
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7. She has a great laugh.
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8. Cooking for a crowd is not her favorite thing, but she always feeds us well when we visit.
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9. She buys Frappuccino for us. :)
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10. She prays for us.
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11. She is incredible about loving us, but not meddling. Every time I hear a story about meddling or overbearing in-laws, I thank God for mine. Corey's parents are really the best in-laws I could imagine.

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12. She tells me fun stories about Corey flying from the furniture in underwear and a cape.
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13. She and Steve fill up a great big pool in their backyard just for the grandkids to use the few days that we are all together in Fremont in the summer.

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14. She likes to play games. Nerts at the Harms' house can be insane.
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15. She likes to do things. She helped me stain a LLLOTTTT of woodwork before we moved into this house, she helped me clean soot out of my old house when Corey moved the chimney during a remodeling project and soot got into the vent system, and she spent a day helping me dejunk our basement storage room...and the list could go on.

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That's a start. If she were your mother-in-law, you would love her too. Please pray for her as she is getting ready to begin treatment.