"The clouds are being crazy!"

We only have a few short weeks left until deployment. I've tried to not count down, but now that it's this close it just seems to automatically happen when I look at the calendar. Not to mention trying to figure out how much time we have to get all the things done that we need to before Josh leaves. I'm really looking forward to block leave, which is the 2nd two weeks of July. But in a way I'm also dreading block leave, because he will leave so shortly afterwards. Sometimes it's difficult not to mope. When I find myself moping I try to remember to pray for the Lord to grant me peace, and to remind me that this is his will for our lives right now. I also need to remember Romans 8:28, "and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Henry has been taken off walking. His first steps were just a couple weeks ago and now he just all over the place. He doesn't even bother with toys now most of the time; he just walks around the house. He is a stubborn little fella though. If he doesn't want to be put down and I try, he lifts his legs up to his chest and makes them like spaghetti. If I set him down anyway he crumples in a little ball and cries. It's really quite pitiful and would make me feel bad if he didn't look so silly doing it! I thought it would be more fun to play outside now that he can walk, but the grass isn't always so greener. The other night he got grease all over his hands from playing the door jams of Josh's car, then was eating a large chunk of potting soil, some grass, and ended his spree with getting covered in cob webs. Wow.

Last night Becca was so funny too. We (finally!) had a big thunderstorm in the middle of the night. She was really scared of the thunder so we let her climb in bed with us (though we are usually not approving of this). I tried explaining what the thunder was by saying that the clouds in the sky are moving around and not watching where they're going and they run into each other and crash! I tried making it sound funny, so she wouldn't be scared. She laughed and after another big thunder said, "Wow Mama! Are the clouds being crazy up in the sky?!"

Tonight we're going to a birthday party at the pool at the O Club for one of our friends from church. Henry and Becca simply adore Brooke, the birthday girl, and her two sisters. All the kids they love from church will be there, so it will be a good time.