He is here for 3 weeks. The lady with him is my cousin Verna. She lives less than an hour away, so at least we have family nearby. She’s a hoot! Anyway, the first full day dad was here I took him on a walk around Lake Padden. It was cold and misting before it was all said and done. We walked 2.44 miles that day. About four or five years ago dad walked in a mile fun run/walk with Noah. It took them 24 minutes to complete the mile, and I couldn’t figure out why. I mean, let’s face it, that is slow. Well, I found out the hard way. It took me and hour and three minutes to complete two miles at Lake Padden. I say me because I finally started to walk ahead of him, not far ahead, and Noah and Ryan stayed with him. When we got done I asked him how far he had been walking back home. He told me he didn’t go by distance, but walked fifteen minutes at a time. So, he went from about a quarter mile walk to 2.44. Go Dad! Today we took him to Whistle Lake. We went kind of late and it got dark before we could get back to the truck. We had to use our phones to see since we forgot our lights. We walked 2.08 miles today and the trail was mostly uphill. Chad and Jess ran it while we walked. I think he now appreciates how flat Oklahoma is.
Okay, so I have to tell you the story of him coming. The only child that knew was Jessica. Ry did find out that morning. Anyway, Cody and Jess were dog sitting for a friend the day dad flew in. Jess kept telling Cody, “Today is going to be a good day Cody. I can feel it. It’s going to be a good day.” We planned to meet Chad and Dad at a restaurant that evening. We got there first and my poker face started to fail the closer we got to the time that Chad and dad were supposed to meet us there. My face started to turn bright red and I just started laughing. The kids wanted to know what was so funny so I had to make up a story. I told them that one of Chad’s coworkers had a wreck and he was dropping him off at the hotel. Jess who knew what was going on decided to have a little fun at my expense. She kept asking me to tell them about the wreck and why was I laughing about him wrecking his car. I told her, through the laughter and tears, that it was a funny story and that I would leave it up to Chad to tell them, since he could tell it better. Anyway, Chad finally walked in, alone. After the kids did their “Daddy!” bit Papa walked in. They were so excited and totally surprised.
It has been nice to see a familiar face. I wish all of you back home could be here to experience this new adventure with us. Writing about it just isn’t the same as you experiencing it with us. You don’t get to hear the laughter of the kids as they slide down the snow, or see them covered in mud because they ran out onto the ocean floor as the tide was out, or the screams of excitement of them seeing a starfish in the water (it was a big starfish), or watching them watching the eagles soar right over our heads. I just have to rest in the knowledge that God is a sovereign God and He has a plan for us. Right now that plan is for us to be in Washington. Hopefully, one day, that plan will bring us back home.
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