Usually, on a day we’re travelling to the lake, we leave pretty early. We gather the last minute stuff before getting the kids up and dressed and out the door. We pick up Tims along the way, and drive the 2.5 ish hours to the lake, all the while listening to music we all like.
This time around, we actually started the day off at the Firefighters Breakfast event here in town! We were welcomed so warmly! Our fire department is loaded with some of the nicest people, one of them living just across the street from us! Remember that time we actually had to call them to help us? They were SO wonderful, taking our situation seriously, but trying to stay quiet for the sake of our sleeping kids, apologizing for wearing their boots in our house, etc. (For those who don’t know and aren’t clicking the link to the past post, we did NOT have a fire. It was a CO scare. And it sucked.) But we owe them a lot of love and support. Rae was at the event, waiting for us by the door. She grabbed hands with a couple of our kids, and we all made our way inside. Rae really helped us get settled, cutting food and serving kids with Brady while I juggled Wavy and did what I could one handed. The kids colored, ate, talked, and high fived Sparky, the fire departments mascot. We all had a blast, and a delicious breakfast. On the way out, the kids toured a couple of fire trucks, which they thoroughly enjoyed. We missed the car seat check, but we had places to go!!
I admit, it felt a bit strange to be waited on by a group of such hard working people, already. To have these men serve us food, clear our dishes, etc. was humbling. To have them take time to visit with our kids individually meant so much to them, and to me, as their mom.
Thank you to our local fire department for keeping SO MANY PEOPLE safe! And thank you, Rae, for making it SO much easier for us to attend!
To very quickly branch off of yesterday’s post, I’ll say that Saturday morning was another one of those times when people loved on my family, and I could loosen the reins a little and just let them. I’m so thankful to have so much love poured out on our kids, specifically. It is a HUGE privilege to have such a beautiful situation to navigate and learn from. How to let so many people love my children. Praise the Lord!
Ok guys, tomorrow will be a Waskesiu post! Promise!