Sunday, July 25, 2010

Things I Love





I love seeing my children with their friends. Here are some pictures of Luke and Jon Felipe swimming with Luke's friend Ben this evening. Ben lives next door and goes to the same high school as Luke. We first met him this past fall, before we even moved to this house, because he volunteers at Kid Zone. A couple nights ago, he had a "guys" swim night at his house with some guys from the high school (including Luke), but he also invited Jon Felipe because, of course, JF is "one of the guys." JF was beyond thrilled. After they were all done swimming, they built a fire and I supplied stuff for s'mores. What fun they all had.

A lot of our socializing seems to revolve around pools this summer. It certainly has been a good summer for swimming. We get to the community pool most afternoons and that seems to be what many other families do too, so my kids always find friends to swim with. Maria and her girlfriends usually chat on the phone ahead of time, so their meeting up has a bit more of a planned quality. Jon Felipe is happy to play with whoever is there. Luke generally comes to swim a bit too, and that is often where these other pool get togethers get planned. Last night, all the school age kids (including Maria and her girlfriend) ended up at Ben's house to swim after the community pool closed.

Jacob's friend Tony has been around a lot too. He has a job working in computer services at Dordt for the summer, so he is living on campus (and cooking for himself). That means, most evenings and weekends, unless Jacob is working, he is usually at our house and often joins us for meals. Jon Felipe has started counting him as another brother and we have to explain to people that he really isn't a family member. He even goes to church with us every Sunday. I love having the kids' friends around and getting to know them!

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