Last month I set up the pool to allow the water to warm up a little. With the recent warm weather we have been having, the water is plenty warm and the girls have been taking every opportunity to go swimming. A few days ago we gave Luke his first chance to get in the pool. Back in August we posted a picture of Luke in the pool immediately after his umbilical cord fell off. But he was only in the pool for a minute back then. In these pictures you get to see Luke ready for the pool and him relaxing in the pool. He loved it and I am sure he will spend much of the summer in the pool with his sisters.(You can click on the pictures to view them full size)
Yesterday was Anna's Birthday. She was sick with the Coxsacchi (sp?) Virus (Hand-foot-mouth). She and Isabelle had had high fevers and blisters in their mouths since the weekend. The doc said that they could go back to school after 24 hours without fever. Yesterday was our 24 hour fever free period. So, basically Anna just got to stay home for her birthday. I had a lot of shopping to do, so I was gone for most of the day and brought home a cookie-cake for her Birthday. I have attached a picture of Will and her holding the cake while we sang (Aunt Sister, Uncle Charlie, Nana, Paw, and Callahan joined us via Skype) Happy Birthday to her.
For those of you that don't know, the Florida Baptist Convention owns a Motorhome that has been fitted for dental work. The bus travels around the state of Florida providing dental work to low-income families. The local churches screen patients, enlist dentists/assistants, and make the plans for the bus. For the past two years, it has been my job to be the coordinator; although, I must thank all of the help that I had because I certainly didn't do it all by myself. In the past we have had missionaries that travel with the bus, but this year, the full-time missionaries have stopped traveling and there are some retired dentists and assistants that have been traveling with the bus. Since the FL Baptists couldn't find anyone to travel in the panhandle area, they have begun training some locals from different churches to take over this job next year. This was my job this year. I must say that I don't think that my visits to the dentist office will ever be the same. Mrs. Marty and Mrs. Brenda (pictured left) are the missionaries for Central Florida that did our (me and Jenny Lowry) training this past week. In addition to these ladies, I have to thank Jenny (for jumping in feet first to my chaos) and my Mama (for watching mine and Jenny's kids all week).
Isabelle's first grade class had a field trip to the Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The morning began with the hour long ride down to Pensacola. Once we arrived, we went into the IMAX theater to watch The Magic of Flight. After the movie, we were able to walk around the museum to see all the planes. Isabelle and her friend, Jada, spent most of the time playing in the cockpits of many of the models in the kids section.
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