Angels and Insurance

Another hot one. Once again, we spent a lot of the day either inside or out in the water. My mom came by to pick up Micah and Evan and head to Target. Lucy, their beagle puppy, got a hold of Micah's umbrella and Mom was taking them to get new ones. It was a nice break after being cooped up for a couple days. Meme got worked though. They came home with more than just an umbrella. Micah had a Transformer and Evan got a Nerf gun.

 

The gun was a hit....as you can see Micah looks on jealously. 

While playing outside on the swings and with the gun, I noticed a large spider web on the swing set. The spider had on her web a rather large beetle of some sort. I called the boys over and explained what was happening. It was fascinating! (with 3 boys, I've learned to accept the joy found in such things as wrestling moves, video games, sound effects, bugs, etc.) Anyway, the spider seemed to be trying to secure the beetle to the web a little better. Then I noticed, the beetle was still alive! Compassion welled up inside of me. I announced to the boys that we were going to be super heros and save the day for this poor innocent bug. He could have had a mommy beetle looking for him or maybe baby beetles that he could be leaving behind. Suddenly, this beetle had a story. Thanks to us, we have one more bug in our yard. And one disappointed spider. Success (in a weird way).  Could this be a school day??? 

Here is our spider and bug before the rescue mission.

After naps, Daniel took the boys to my parent's to swim in the neighborhood pool. He wasn't going to but then both the boys started laying hands on him and praying for his headache. That was it. If he didn't actually feel completely well, he was sure going to act like it. So, off they went to the pool. Jonas and I took off for the mall. It was nice to get out of the house and Jonas was a great little shopper. At about 9:30, after closing down Marshall's, we headed home. Jonas was sleepy and hungry. Suddenly, a car pulled out and slammed into the driver's side of my SUV. Knocked us pretty good. I pulled off the road and they did too. Everyone was alright, just a little shaken, Jonas was screaming. I drive a beast of a car so mine isn't too bad. Unfortunately, the other driver really messed up her car. Anyway, after a long ordeal with the cops, Jonas still screaming (remember he was sleepy and hungry before the wreck even happened), we finally headed home. I drove off very thankful....thankful for angels and insurance. 

 

And this is just a cute face that I had to post.