Rainbow Blog

I guess you could say the boys have been pooting around lately. Not long ago, Jay Allen busted out laughing at a commercial that advertised, "Your own private tutor!" Then, we realized, he thought that was somebody who would deliver personal flatulence.
Last week, James looked at me and said, "if you get diarrhea, you will die." I am not sure if he read the Health Care Bill or had heard of the toilet paper shortage in Cuba. I later learned that in 1909, that indeed, diarrhea was a leading killer.
Carlie and I had a World Vision Event at Sterling First Baptist Church Saturday! It was a community day and I really didn't know what that meant, but it was a good time for the kids. There were not many people who showed up looking for World Vision information, but there were a few who did stop and talk with me and take some brochures. I gave a passionate pitch about what World Vision means to our family, so the rest is between them and God. Carlie was fully prepared to share her (pretty impressive) knowledge of World Vision, but since there was almost no traffic at our World Vision display, she carried the message to the cotton candy machine, the super bounce, and the caricature artist. None of them came back by to get a brochure, but I am sure Carlie planted a seed.
Carlie and the boys played and ate cotton candy and had a big time until it rained and then we called it quits so we could take a family bowling trip. Last week, the Benefields and Roseberrys were all impressed with how well Jay Allen could bowl on the WI. This week, Jay Allen bowled a 124 with real pins and was mad that he didn't beat his dad. His dad had to bowl his best game in years to win, but Jay Allen did not care if I bowled a once in a lifetime 299, he wanted to win! James, too, was angry at each pin that didn't fall for him. It was a good family outing!
When we got home, I washed our nasty cars quickly as soon as the rain stopped. While washing, I saw the most beautiful rainbow I have seen in a while. The rainbow was double barreled and very bold and impossible to fully appreciate from a photo. God's creation is beautiful and our greatest human creations always pale in comparison. We did get a photo, but it did not do justice.