More summer

I haven't blogged and yet so much has gone on! This is an amazingly fun summer. I have met new and fun people and have had so much activity through the house! I met a few ladies at the pool that were so fun to talk to and Christians and homeschoolers. I also have come to know a mother of one of Gabriel's classmates much better and have enjoyed her conversation. Tonight my friend Kristin is coming over with her son and that will be fun.

Yesterday 2 of Gabriel's school friends came over. I was so happy to see how he interacted with them and the role he played. When one was crying he went over and cracked a joke and got him laughing and the sadness was gone. Then we were all sitting around eating push ups and the one boy said that he had gone and played with his friends last night. I asked him his friends names but he didn't know. Gabriel spoke up and said "maybe their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail" and EVERYONE started laughing!!  I have also been thrilled to see a new aspect of Annalina's personality. She seems to take the odd kid out and spend time with them. The other day a girl came over whose mother had died when she was young and her dad put her with her grandparents to raise and now that he got married took her back and she has MAJOR issues to say the least. I don't know if I ever saw her smile and almost everything that comes out of her mouth is not polite. Her new step mom was not made aware of issues and was finding out about them in other ways the dad is getting ready to take off to Iraq. Annalina had NO problems that I saw with her and just befriended her! Annalina has a unique personality it will be exciting to see how God uses her.

A mother from Gabriel's class told me today that her daughter came to her and wanted to tell her something. She was quite serious about it. She said "You know Gabriel? I think he is husband material". The mother was appalled that her kindergartener was speaking of marriage but as she talked with her daughter she found out she wasn't talking about now AND that really she was annalizing Gabriel with the criteria that she had given her daughter. The girl said "Gabriel is kind, responsible, and takes care of me." She had told her daughter things to look for including loving God when the time comes. The mother said the reason I tell you this is because she saw these things in your son. Praise the Lord. May Gabriel continue to grow in his walk with his Saviour.