March... April... May... and we're halfway through June. The kid's sports have been keeping us crazy busy but things are starting to wind down. One week of school left, ball hockey is done tomorrow and track next week. Big news in our house is my oldest daughter starts drivers ed training on the 29th! Hard to believe that she could have her learner's license a month from now.
Mom and Dad came here for Easter the first weekend in April. The visit went well and Dad was doing pretty good. It was especially nice to see him with Jeremy (who is 8 now). Grandpa taught him how to play quarter football and they spent a lot of time playing and making bets. After they left Jeremy changed his name on his iPod and called himself "the master of quarter football". Every time they come here I think it's going to be the last time he's able to travel here but praise God we've had 3 visits over the past few years! I am just so grateful the kids are getting to spend some time with him while he's still good. The older they get the more they will be able to remember their Grandpa.
Generally I find when Dad stops texting, things are not going good. He was really struggling in May and sending random texts about how much he loves us and to make sure we tell the kids how much he loves them. He was on and off Facebook and at one point had a disturbing post talking about suicide. We went to visit at the end of May and he was doing fantastic... even managing an almost 2 hour geocaching hike with the whole family on the Saturday. It's definitely an up and down journey and I know that we don't come close to experiencing what the downs are truly like cause we are so far away.
What to pray for... my mom, brother and sister-in-law. They deal with this on a daily basis and need to feel God's presence. Also please continue to pray for my Dad's depression.
