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"But he has given proof of what he is like. He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven. He gives you crops in their seasons. He provides you with plenty of food. He fills your hearts with joy." ~ Acts 14: 17 (NIRV)
Before I share turtles, toad and the Dew Crew's Griswold story for the week, I simply must share what I saw tonight when I took Sister home.
Look at that sky! I had to pull over on the side of the road and take a picture of that amazing art by God. (I was also praying that the folks in that mobile home didn't think I was some stalker.)
Imagine what I was really seeing as this is a cell phone shot. "And He has given proof of what He is like..."
I could have sat in my car all evening and watched the sky change until it turned navy blue and the stars came out. I wonder how many of these God paints for His children that we miss because the world has us too busy. Sigh.
Meet Scotch. As many of you know, Nicholas is enchanted with turtles right now. On the way to taking he and John Ryan to Miss Michelle's, we saw this turtle about to cross (or try to cross) a big four lane road. I wheeled around in the road and turned into the cemetery (from which Scotch was seen leaving) in order to try and redirect the fella. The entire time I was praying, "Dear Father, please do not let this child want to keep this reptile as I just can NOT take it home in my car!"
Now look at the joy on that child's face. That face would could cause me to put five turtles in my car and scream all the way home. However, Nick was more than okay with putting him into my school bag and transporting Scotch to the little "turtle" pond (I am sure, right?) in the middle of the cemetery.
Here is Nick loading Scotch into my bag. I wish I would have gotten a shot of him with that bag hanging from his shoulder. It was precious.
These are a few geese with a baby "gooseling" (remember that story?) coming to welcome us to the pond. Notice John Ryan is not in any of these pictures. Well, poor John Ryan got out of the SUV with a cheeseburger in his hand and this welcoming committee was most interested in the bread between his paws. They were following John Ryan like a momma goose. He was not pleased. Did not find it remotely good in anyway and chose to remain in the car and eat his burger in peace.
And this is where Nick decided would be the perfect home for Scotch...I have my very own "Turtle Man."
Have you ever watched an episode of "Turtle Man"? I'm afraid my boys love the show.
GRISWOLD STORY
Yesterday the Colonel and I had "camper class." We walked in and around this thing for TWO hours taking notes and learning what every spout, hose, knob, light, button, flip, flap, and flop did or did not do. I have four pages of notes! And thus, part one of yet another Griswold Dew tale. After two hours of class, we head inside Camping World to purchase a few things that we feel we must have. Since both vehicles were there (the Colonel dropped his off earlier in the day to have the trailer hitch and brake installed on his truck), I left to go get the Roosters while he pulled the trailer to meet us so we could drive it to Floyd Dale to his mother's house to park it. (She lives 45 minutes from the beach.) As I was driving down the road, I didn't recall the keys being given to the Colonel for the trailer. I decided to call and "remind" him to get the keys. Sure enough, they didn't give him the keys. Fact is THEY HAD LOST THE KEYS!! GGGgggrrrr! The Colonel had to stay and WAIT on them to change all the locks on the trailer. UGH! Are you kidding me? Oh, but that is not the end of this tale. Oh, no! A Griswold story has to have at least two parts. Once we got the trailer pulled into its temporary home at the Colonel's mother's house, WE COULD NOT UNHITCH THE TRUCK FROM THE TRAILER! I kid you not!! The more the Colonel jacket the trailer to clear the ball on the truck, the more the TRUCK went up WITH the trailer. As you can tell from the picture, it was getting late, it had rained and the skeeters were out in sheer droves. Finally, I suggested that he unpin part of the hitch and see if he could pull it from his truck and just let the ball fall from the trailer. Luckily, that worked. We were both worried that the trailer would just slide of the wood block and we would have a mess then. So, I guess this Griswold story could have had a part three, so we are thankful for only two parts.
And this is a picture of Main Street after 6:00 in the big town of Latta, SC, where I had the privilege of living when I was a child. It was and is a small town, but it truly was a privilege to grow up there. I wouldn't trade it for anything. (However, I do love Columbia!)
This is part of the farm Mrs. Dew rents out now. They used to always plant tobacco in this field, but right now there is wheat. I wish we would have gotten there earlier so I could have taken more pictures.
And this would be "Toad" in the hand of my Nick. While the rest of us were slapping skeeters and doing the hop of the Sugar Plum Fairy to try to keep the skeeters from causing us to have to have a blood transfusion, Nick was running around the yard chasing frogs/toads. They were all over the place. He would catch one and run up to us to show us his treasure. I did learn that the Colonel's mother has a dislike for toads just as I do.
And today was Bible time with Noah and learning that God keeps His promises to us. Here are the boys gluing cotton balls to their clouds.
Nick with his rainbow. (And, yes, you know the teacher in me took the time to teach the order of the colors in a rainbow ~ ROY G BIV)
John Ryan and his art work. I love to watch the different ways they work. Notice how John Ryan's color strips are perfectly spaced while Nick's are doing good to just get stuck on in order.
And this was our HUGE surprise of the day...This is "Nana"...She kept the boys for four wonderful years and then stayed with us an extra year to take care of me! (Nick is not in the picture b/c he was crying b/c Nana had to leave.) The boys with her are her grandchildren Devin (next to John Ryan) and Jaylen (the tallest in blue). When Devin and Jaylen didn't have school, they would come with Nana to keep the twins. Nick and John Ryan loved the days when these precious boys showed up with her. If you look closely at Nana, you can see wings and a halo because she was an angel sent from God to bless us. Nana was with me when the twins were two years old and Blake was twelve and the Colonel was in Iraq for a year. I would not have made it without her. God has blessed Nana also. When the boys started kindergarten, a friend of the Colonel was looking for someone to keep his twin girls. The Colonel got Nana together with that family and she is now taking care of a set of twin girls. Nana says she loves her new family, but we will always be her favorite. Smile! Nana will always be part of our family no matter where she goes. We love her dearly.
And if you are still with me after all that, I appreciate your interest. I hope you'll come back again soon. Oh, and take time to watch the sunset soon. You won't find art work like God's hanging in a gallery. (Wink!)
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