It's been so H-O-T

Really brutal weather.  High 90s and humidity that rivals Guangzhou in August.

Saturday John wanted to do the weed-eating on our yard.  Which does not sound so bad, but it's a whole acre.  I begged him to not do it, since spending the afternoon in the E.R. with him suffering from heat stroke  is not on my bucket list.

John lived through it, though, with quite a few breaks and lots of water.  Afterwards he took Luci down to the creek and cooled off.  The picture above shows Luci on the way home, sopping wet and content.

Icy!

See? It truly was cold here. We did have snow. Just not much snow. We also had ice. This is a shot of Shoals Creek at Happy Hollow Bridge, on Sunday. The entire surface is covered with ice. Unreal!

Life, Lately

Today was soccer again--Luci's coach and her daughter could not make it due to a family emergency, so she asked the boys to coach the team today. They said the biggest part of their job was re-tying shoes and telling the kids to "kick the ball the other way!" Four-and-five-year-olds are pretty funny.
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I was in charge of making sure everyone got to play every position and take breaks. It looks easy when the coaches do it, but it was like solving a Sudoku puzzle, in pen, while riding a bike. Crystal, you have all my admiration! We missed you and Tressa this morning.
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Before the game.
JT has had so much fun riding his tractor all over the place. This is our very old riding lawnmower. The blades are removed, so it is truly a little tractor now. He spent Wednesday afternoon riding all over the yard. When JT goes next door to play with Clay, he takes it down the hill and across the creek all the way to the neighbors' front door.

Looking back on our house. The kids and I went to the creek today on a top-secret mission (details on June 2!).