A Few Little Things

Remember when I shared this tiny, paused photo from a video of Abe in a jiu-jitsu tournament?

Shortly thereafter a friend sent it back to me like this:

Hahha! So great. Abe could not possibly have been more delighted!

Speaking of Abe, he's back at the MTC for a third time! Once as a training missionary, once as an MTC teacher, and now doing machine learning ... programming (I don't even know what I'm saying anymore) sorts of things with their language app. On his first day back on the grounds he ran right into his cousin Reed! That was a happy picture to suddenly see texted to me and my sister Megan (Reed's mom).

And speaking of missionaries, our little Goldie girl is halfway through her mission! 

Here we are on one of her p-day calls. Just Goldie, a few family members, and ... Abe's small sunflower garden he was busy watering as we talked. Hahaha. (He and his roommate planted it in an empty spot outside their apartment window.)

Also, one of my favorite things are the non-punctuated, hopping-from-one-topic-to-the-next messages Summer sends Goldie:

Mike has talked about creating "goat henge" since ... well, since long before we ever had goats. Here we see its humble beginnings (and perhaps endings) from two old rocks that had been sitting near the front gate of the farm for years.

Penny does not think of herself as (nor particularly want to be) a farmy sort. But she cannot deny that she can grab an escaping goat as naturally as if she'd been born to it. (Grover is always trying to make a run for it.)

And:

A little girl out having a picnic for one.

A little girl helping with twice-baked potatoes.

A little girl accepting dolls (against my wishes 😅) from a woman in our ward who I brought dinner to. (If you only knew how many dolls and stuffed animals my children have. I tried to limit them to only three or four of their favorites coming to the rental, but somehow, we are back to having about nine thousand here.)

Little friends wearing nightgowns from Aunt Sarah.

Me trying to take my phone from Hans during sacrament meeting. 

Another lovely morning at the bus stop.

Hansie in a box.

Princess in roller skates (Mette and Starling spend a good portion of every day with these skates on their feet.)

That's all.