this morning, we (rowan, adam, kenny, and i) walked outside while the fog still rose above our trees. the chickens were already out, grazing (we forgot to lock them up last night...i guess we got lucky as there are still 15 of them), waiting for some water.

we watered them, then passed through the garden, finding a few tomatoes not quite ripe enough to pick. perhaps tomorrow. next stop was the blueberry bush. rowan and i picked about 2 dozen berries for their oatmeal. rowan couldn't wait to show sawyer his four berries he picked. we then walked inside to see if sawyer had stirred awake. he was, in fact, walking down the stairs and his first question? "where's rowan?" he's not used to waking to an empty room. rowan walked into the kitchen, showed him his (crushed) berries, and they were instantly ready for breakfast.

we hadn't been to our home church in a while. last week we were actually there, but i was nursery duty, so the boys and i hung out in the warm nursery, growing tired really quickly of toys that are too young for the older two, waiting to see if other kids would show. i've been thinking about how to introduce "the pew" to the older boys...and perhaps to adam. this is a concept that frightens me: there are people who look at you when your child makes noise in every church, including ours. today, we opted for the nursery while kenny and i sat in church without them. they were happy - more kids and graham crackers this week!

a sunny drive home from church...the humidty was high. we decided it was beach day again. adam got a good afternoon nap while kenny made chick pea curry for our lunch. we left as soon as he woke up.

coincidentally, there were people from our old church there - it was CoA's family day at the beach area of the park - our new favorite Sunday afternoon hangout. it was nice chatting with old friends.

the boys love the water. adam can throw sand like the best of them, and enjoys just sitting and piling sand in and out of buckets. this week, he got up several times and walked around the sand, to the water. this made for a very relaxing sunday afternoon for kenny and i. we sat on the beach, took the occassional stroll through the lake with a boy or two, then snacked in the shade. the sun was perfect, the water warm enough, and the boys were so happy to be there. it made them so happy that we decided to build our own sand beach and dig our own lake, right off the deck.

i'm just kidding.

rain clouds gathered as we drove off nearing bedtime. it was the perfect way to keep a sabbath: resting, playing, no work whatsoever.

we're ready for a new day; a new week.