i can't decide if i will dedicate this entire post to amie or if i will add everything else in that's happened the last couple of weeks along with it.
i don't think i've ever dedicated an entire post to any one person, so already that is making me nervous : )
i'm sitting out in the school room - hello saturday & here i am out here. it's a bit hot. ancient egypt & multiplication posters are blowing slightly in the breeze from the fan. every so often you can't see the first row of trees out the back window - hello harvest dust in the valley.
i'm trying to be ok with going to church with the suburban looking like it does. like. a clean car somehow earns you more points .... not.
i hear the kids outside. they've collected this massive amount of colored twine from hay that's fed to the cows. the girls have braided it & turned it into hair like rapunzel, the boys have tied up swords, hatchets & sticks and then tied those around themselves.
i helped jack earlier untangle himself .... he already had red marks around his neck. 'dude, lets not choke ourselves, ok!'
ok mom.
alright then : )
well i was just going to tell you something .... but it had nothing to do with anything .....
i know, like that has ever stopped me.
maybe another time.
so it's looking like this is not going to be all about amie. i did go through and find all the pictures of her from while she was here, except these -
oh wait ..... we are posting these, too. ben took them, she was eating i guess .... and maybe didn't want to be photographed right at that second.
but she's a good sport.
so here's my tribute .... to amie ~
six years ago she came home from a youth conference .... (as a leader, not a youth. she still gets asked what she's going to 'do after she graduates' - we laugh every time)
anyway she came home and said she was leaving. there was this great ministry opportunity back east & she thought it'd be a good idea.
it was.
for her .... and we were just left to miss her.
the 12 week short term program turned into her being asked to stay on for the next 12 weeks, which turned into her meeting people, which turned into her moving to another state ...., to her actually packing up her everything here & driving her car all the way to there.
for good.
she's got an ohio drivers license & says cook out instead of bbq now.
but we still love her. in fact i think she's nearly reached legend status among the kids & she does an amazing job of living up to it.
she first left right after benny was born & from him on all the kids have know auntie amie to be one of the greatest.
she comes back for christmeses, maybe a birthday here or there & parts of the summer usually.
we texts & send pictures of outfit options from bathroom mirrors to iphones, she reminds me when i haven't posted in awhile & she sends links to ohio real estate for sale with offers of free babysitting if we'd move.
she's been to places like cambodia & israel, canada & haiti .... plus the beaches of california and she still likes ohio.
besides missing her like crazy at times ... and maybe wishing she was around for ridiculous let's-rearrange-and-paint-the-living-room projects ....
we're really glad she's there.
it's always good to be where God wants you to be.
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so you're going to have to excuse the sudden shift in emotions .....
i'm not out alone in the school room - i'm inside - it's after dinner, it's loud, i have weeks old colored polish on my nails that is chipping and frankly looks trampy.
sailor & jack are cleaning the kitchen. the little girls are in the tub. rex is being a hero. and chad just pulled the top rack of the dishwasher out & off, it was full of clean dishes. (he was in his little jumper, in case you're trying to figure out how he did that : )
so, the nostalgic amie feelings are being swept away like the popcorn jacks sweeping up on the floor.
: )
but! we still have pictures so, here we go ....
this was that nail painting party we had -
at the beach -
it was a small slice of old birthday beach times .... minus a whole 'lotta people.
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and now all the non-amie beach pictures -
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i know that was a lot of pictures.
welcome to the end.
it's saturday night .... the day has been saved.
bed time for the rodgers' under age 10.
and there's a wet baby that just got out of the tub needing some love & lotion.
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and you, i love you ~
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