Swimming in the pool

It is so amazing that is almost the middle of August. Where did the summer go? It seemed like it was just a week or two ago, that Konnie finished her first year of preschool (for 3 yr olds). Now in less than a month, she will be going back to preschool (for 4 yr olds). She just misses the age cut off for starting kindergarten, as she will turn 5 in early October. So we are off to another wonderful year at St. James School.

We are trying to fit in as much as we can before September arrives. We should be able to do a lot more fun activities after this week is over. Kraig has his final for school on Thursday evening, and then 4-5 weeks off before his next term starts...YAHOO!!

So...without further delay...our summer fun!

Konnie took two series of swimming lessons this summer and wow - what a difference. She has had several lessons over the years, but is really taking off with her swimming skills. We are so proud of her!!!








Konnie - our swimmer girl -





Kory having fun splashing in the water. He does very well with the water and rarely minds being splashed in the face.



Kory's funny face after he splashed a lot of water in his own face.






Kaden also loves playing in the water.

Feeling blessed again...

Kraig was doing some work for my Mom's business yesterday and came so close to losing his life. It feels so sickening to even say or type the words. But, by the grace of God, both Kraig and my Mom's employee are fine. They were replacing a 8" backflow device that was in an old vault. Fortunately, Mom decided to insist that the customer remove the lid off of the vault, as a precaution. Without this insistance, Kraig and Tyrone surely would have drowned. While they were taking the old backflow device off of the water line, the old valve blew off and within 5 seconds the vault was full of water. Normally, work is done with the vault top on the vault and the vault door open. Since the lid was off of the vault, they were able to quickly climb out and escape the raging water.

The City employees came out to try to find a valve in their system to shut off the water, but were unable to find one to close off the water flow. Over the course of the 18 hours, the water raged...they estimate that approximately 3 million gallons of water flowed out. The part of town that they were working in is very old and is not up to the current codes. We know that without a doubt that God was leading Mom to insist that the lid be removed to keep Kraig and Tyrone safe. In fact, she couldn't sleep the whole night before the job, worrying about things...and now we know why.

Oh how our lives could have changed forever...thank you Jesus!!!