Laid Back Summer...

My work hours are different in the summer than during the school year. I go in earlier, and get off earlier. This also means that the kids in our program have more time on their hands once our program lets out at 2:30 every day. One of the benefits of living in the neighborhood where I work is the kids I see all the time also have access to my home; they can pop by for a visit. They definitely take full advantage of this during the summer. Almost every day there's a group of girls asking, "Can we come over today?" I tend to limit them to 1-2 days per week because: A. I'm pretty busy and am sometimes not even home until late in the evening, and B. For my own sanity :)
Three girls have been asking all week to come over, and today was their day! We talked, played a game, baked cookies, and watched a movie. As we were baking the cookies, I made a comment about something (I don't even remember now what it was about), and one of the girls replied, "You really like Jesus, don't you?" I looked at her and said, "Yeah...I do. I think He's worth liking."
That was it. End of that part of the conversation. Yet as I sit here now, a little later, I can't help but think what a blessing it is to be able to live close by, allowing my life to be accessible.

I got a dog!

My new puppy's name is Dexter. (I know, kind of nerdy, huh? :) Besides not getting any sleep the first night I had him, things have been going pretty well. He tries to eat everything (except his food), chews on any shoe he can find, and whines his head off when I leave the house. Taking care of a puppy is a lot of work! I feel like I just had a child...