Love

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business.
What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.

Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Tennis Tournament on Vacation! Part 2

Todd's follow-up tennis match was the afternoon after the first.  The mountains seemed to be covered in a perpetual haze.



Peekaboo!

I see an Owen!

While Todd was hitting tennis balls in his second match, Owen was busy picking dandelions.

Look at my sweet boy.  He's thinking about what to wish for when he blows on this dandelion.

Made the wish, but this is a tough dandelion.

It's not going anywhere.  He blows and he blows.

Success.  Some of the whispies are blowing away.

After Owen blew so hard that his cheeks hurt, he resorted to pulling the parts of the dandelion out and tossing them to the wind.

After the tennis match ended (Todd didn't win this one), we went back to the playground.  Owen climbed a tree.

While Chloe climbed the rock.

Owen thought the rock looked cooler than the trees and climbed up fast.  He looks proud standing so tall?

Our two monkeys hung out together while they watched over other kids trying to climb the rock.

Before we left, Chloe stood motionless for quite awhile watching another little girl play in the sand.  The other girl had siblings and her Dad covering her legs in sand, then she would lift her legs up and squeal with laughter.  Chloe just stood their quietly, with her arms crossed and a little smile on her face.

One last shot at the park before we left to go home.  The kids just love being with their grandparents and getting spoiled.  BIG THANKS to Papa Wenzel and Grandma Sharon for letting us stay with them for our week in Arizona.  We ALL had SOOOOOO much fun!

The week went entirely too quickly and there were still things on our list that we didn't get to do.  Perhaps next year, but just relaxing every day and not having to deal with work issues was wonderful.  Spending time with our family was wonderful.  Hearing our kids giggle and seeing them swim every day was priceless.

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