This has been yet another busy, but fun week. On Monday we had a family that we met when we first moved to Manila stop by. They are one of those rare couples where Daniel gets along with the husband just as well as I get along with the wife. We spent a lot of time with them our first few years in the Philippines and they have an amazing family. They have four kids and they are probably some of the best behaved kids I have ever met. Kate (the mom) is one of the big reasons why I wanted to take the bible study Growing Kids God's Way. Just about every time I would mention something about how well behaved her kids were she would credit God using that bible study to help them. After they left the house I told Daniel I felt like in just the few hours that they were in town I learned a lot about how to implement some of the things I had been struggling with after taking the course. So all that to say, I had such a great time seeing them and their kids and felt so refreshed after they left. I wish I was able to be around them more, but was very grateful for the time I did have with them. It was also fun to see JoAnn play with their kids. They left the Philippines when I was pregnant with JoAnn and other than when Tom came out to Manila for a missions trip a couple summers ago we haven't seen them since, so he was the only one that had met JoAnn. Here are JoAnn, Alli and Simon while they were playing outside.
Then on Wednesday, JoAnn had been playing outside with grandma for a while and saw Aunt Katy in the pool. So, they joined her and when I saw they had joined her I decided that it was time to take Isaiah swimming for the first time. It took a while for him to really get an idea of what was going on, but once he figured out he could splash in the water he really enjoyed it. He got to the point where I had to put him in the raft because he was kicking and moving his arms so much that he was hard to hold on to. This is him with his makeshift hat. I couldn't find a hat for him to wear that wasn't bright pink, so Daniel's mom got out a handkerchief and made our own.
Then tonight we had Daniel's cousin and his wife over with three of the people they work with. They live in Canada and work with a kind of group home for mentally handicapped adults . I hadn't met his wife yet, so it was fun to meet her and to meet a few of the people they work with.At times I feel like this is more of a bed and breakfast than my in-laws house. I don't think I have ever seen this many people come and go from the Bucher house since I met Daniel 8 years ago. It's really kind of crazy when I sit down and think about it. It makes me appreciate how hospitable my in-laws are. I have said it many times before, but I don't think I have ever said it on here...I am beyond thankful that God has blessed me not only with a family that I love so much, but also with in-laws that I love just as much. He really has given me such a wonderful family.
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