We’ve spent the week in motel at Ada, Oklahoma. I really like it here. [In Ada, not the Quality Inn.]

Wintersmith Park is beautiful. We visited this week. Jer and I ran a mile around the lake while Joel and Sarah sat on a swing and watched us. Jeremiah decided that if we were racing, we needed sponsors. He was Taco Bell, I was Pizza Hut. As we ran around the seemingly endless track, Jeremiah also played the role of announcer.

“Taco Bell is in the lead! But Pizza Hut is catching up!” He gave minute by minute reports until finally he announced, “Taco Bell and Pizza Hut need a break… they found a bench!”

We’ve also been swimming a couple times this week. The kids tried out their water wings. Sarah was soon swimming laps… Jeremiah is not as brave. He’s terrified that we might let go of him in deep water. Sarah was literally swimming circles around him.

We did have a truly terrifying experience at the pool. Jeremiah stood on a chair waiting for Joel to dry off. He fell backward. Still in the pool, I helplessly watched as my boy tumbled over the back of the chair and head first toward the rock paved ground. Surely he would break his head or neck. How could he not? Somehow he twisted and flipped just right. His head didn’t even touch the ground, he just rolled right over. The fall didn’t hurt him at all. But it did hurt me a bit.