Fun weekend

we had a crazy busy weekend this weekend but all in all very fun. friday night it was still wretched hot at 5 pm (95 degrees), so we called ben and told him to meet us at the beach. so we stopped for food and headed out. the boys love playing with ben in the water. ben is an amazing dad. i sat back holding jade and watching the boys build a sandcastle with ben and it just brought me to tears. i don't think the boys understand just yet how lucky they are to have a dad who loves to play with them and adores them. we are so blessed.
saturday ben and i got to attend the musical WICKED with our small group (plus the another couple). it was absolutely amazing! i love it! i highly recommend seeing it if it comes anywhere near you! and a big freakin' thank you to my poor parents who for the first time watched all THREE of my darling children for four hours, in the wretched 100 degree heat. thank you thank you thank you! they also introduced zander and ronan to the green planet channel which is the coolest channel ever for my children! it's all science and nature and zander especially is absolutely amazed by it. its so cool to watch him absorb the information and process it. ronan just likes the octopus! : ) hahaha..
then today was church followed by a wonderful baptism at the beach. it was a great time with our church body and i love watching the families interact. however, my darling ronan had his tough moments tonight. at one point with me standing right beside him and ben two feet in front of him in the water, he took off running into the water, tripped, and fell face first into the water! and istead of struggling he just floated like a dead man. it was an image i never wanted to see but now it's forever etched in my mind. both ben and i lunged for him and ben got him up in a matter of seconds, but it felt like an eternity. he barely sputtered and cried for only a little bit, but it was still traumatizing to see. then later, well, casey, she umm...well....she chucked my son. hahahahahah.....oh casey i love you! i think it was more traumatizing for casey than me, but well, let's just say he launched over her shoulder ker-thump. again, he was fine. but casey did give him a whole bag of marshmallows which he carried for the rest of the night.
ahhh...a good weekend.