Summer Has Begun

I know my last post was about two week ago. Summer has gotten the best of me to say the least. I never realized how much I enjoyed those two hours three days a week when Carter was in school and Natalie was napping. Natalie still naps, but Carter does not. We do have "Quiet Time" every day, but Carter comes out of his room every 5 minutes to ask a question, so I gave up.

We have been loving summer so far! We have only been to the pool once, but plan to come more here in a couple of weeks. We have spent every waking minute outside, riding bikes, playing in the water, etc. Carter does love to help me water! Of course, that means it takes twice the amount of time and he ends up all wet, but oh well.

I do wish the Panhandle wind would die down. I am tired of 30 to 40 mph winds every day and so are my dry eyes. I should not complain, because I know people have been hit by flooding and tornadoes, but Amarillo is in desperate need of water in the worst way possible. We had another outbreak of fires this past weekend and a few people lost homes. What is going on with Mother Nature these days?

I do have a prayer request...There has been a small cluster of e coli cases in Amarillo in children under 3 years of age, mostly girls. They are not sure where it came from, but 6 of the 7 cases have had paths crossed and some of the kids are related. Five of the cases are good friends of ours and several of the kids have been put on dialysis. One of our best friend's little girl is one who was put on dialysis. She actually flew to Children's in Dallas this past weekend and I talked to my friend a few minutes ago and Jesse, the little girl is doing much better. Her kidneys are responding to the dialysis. However, Jesse's cousin is sick and not doing very good and may have to be put on dialysis as well. Please pray for all these little kids and their families as they fight this.