Another great week of summer for Jonas and Elsa! We had a great week celebrating the 4th of July, playing, and learning lots of new things!
Last week we mentioned that a pastor from Minnesota was preparing a sermon about the blessing that Elsa gave her at Holden. We listened to the sermon tonight and there were many tears around the table! Check it out at July 8 Sermon All Saints (this will open a new window and take you to the church's website).
The 4th of July isn't complete without a boat parade on Lake Lawrence. This year there were lots of boats, flags, and spectators. Our boat was well stocked with pizza hand made by Grandma Jeanne, Elsa and Jonas. Several boat members engaged in cherry pit spitting. Jonas manned the horn and honked whenever someone on the shore was expected to wave at us. Elsa dutifully waved from her various posts on the starboard and port sides. It was a great day!
Elsa had a swallow study done this past week and everything looked good. She was able to bring her dvd of the Wiggles Christmas and was singing Christmas songs the rest of the week. She was a trooper at the swallow study...she has to drink a barium concoction in a short amount of time so they can take x-rays of the movement. The results were good and we are hopeful she doesn't have to do another test for a long while!
Jonas and Dan attended a puppet show at the library. Later in the week, Jonas was still recalling almost every detail of the show. We are so thankful for public libraries!!!
Speaking of the library, we were back as a whole family the next day at story time and Elsa was doing a great job of dancing and following the directions of several songs during the story time. It was great to be sitting outside at our local library hearing great songs and stories.
By the way, while I am typing about libraries, we were back the next day for the magician show! Jeff Evans is a local magician that was so wonderful with kids and he is an amazing magician! Wow! It was great! Jonas held a 20 dollar bill that the magician turned into a 100. (We didn't get to keep it).
God Bless,
Mari & Dan & Elsa & Jonas
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