It all works out

For weeks, we had been planning to get up Saturday and head to the lake to spend the weekend with my dad. Then on Wednesday, we learned that there were going to be make up ball games Saturday morning. We could still go, but it was going to move everything back a few hours. Everything works out though...just as it's supposed to. We received so much rain last week, especially overnight Friday, that even though it was a beautiful Saturday, there could be no games. We were back to our original plan! We arrived shortly after lunch, and just had an absolutely wonderful day there. My dad had found a garage sale where they were selling (among other things) bikes and scooters for very low prices. He already had a bike at the house for us to put together for JR and came home with two more very nice used bikes and a scooter...hours and hours of entertainment. I think the best moment was when HT saw the bike for him...the way his face lit up made my dad's whole weekend. Dad had also bought the kids a wagon to play with and they loved pulling each other around in that when they weren't riding bikes. Dad took JR fishing, and they loved having those moments together. We had a little cook out in the evening, and then Dad headed home so that we could have the place to ourselves. We'd have loved for him to stay, but he kept telling us there were things at home to be doing. I got very emotional after he left. It just seems to hard to imagine that one day he isn't going to be around for us to share these things with him. I know that's technically true of everyone and no one really knows what the next day brings, but knowing that time is limited with Dad makes it so, so special, and I'm so very grateful for the wonderful memories we make with him during our times up there!