Our day of rest

Indeed, today we needed to have a Sunday. The girls woke early as is their current REM cycle. I could hear them giggling and laughing in their room, and I laid in bed trying to figure out whether I should risk trying for a cup of coffee before or after I said good morning to them. I opted for the before and tiptoed into the kitchen. To my horror, I was out of coffee. Reeling from the shock, I staggered back into our room and found bobby pins, mu'u and Crocs. I shook Tanner awake. Hurry! We have to leave for church early. I ran out of the room after I saw him prop his eyes open with a couple of toothpicks.

I told Kate to get dressed, and got Reagan's teeth brushed, made breakfast, changed diapers, served breakfast. got Reagan dressed. Tanner fed Georgie a bottle and as I was in the midst of these gyrations, Tanner said, "why don't we go to Sunday School first, then we won't be late for the service." I heaved a huge sigh of relief and slowed down my pace. We managed a Starbucks run and a three kid drop off and were only 3 minutes late to Sunday School. The only down side to church today was the freezing temperature. Both Tanner and I were shivering by the time the service was over. It must have been lower than 76 in the sanctuary.

So, we had lunch. The girls opened the mail. Kate wrote thank you notes. Reagan pranced around with her letter from her Very Godmother and, so far, we've spent the rest of the afternoon just lolling about doing pretty much nothing. Except that Jonathan and Tanner went to the B.C.S. Oriental Market and brought back a small selection of Japanese delicacies. Jonny was disappointed in the market, but he'll adjust to small town inadequacies. After all, we don't have anything like a WinCo or a Food4Less, yet, so he can't expect Uwajimaya's. At least the market sells 6 different types of soy sauce, 8 types of rice and 1 type of mochi ice cream.

The town is beginning to wake up from its summer nap. I went to the store the other day and saw that all of the steam cleaners had been rented. The food aisles are beginning to get jammed again, and traffic is getting snarled. Of course, traffic here is if you have to sit through a light. I'm hoping that once school time hits, Jonathan will be able to make friends and find some buddies to hang out with. As always, we appreciate your prayers as Tanner's finals come due this week, and then he has to hit the ground running to finish up this house before he starts the fall semester.