Love this Family of Mine...

 We pulled into Lee's Market Place by the wale to feed the ducks some old bread that we had sitting at the house.  There was a man sitting at a bench reading a book, there were people coming and going filling jugs from the wale.  There was also an elderly couple with 30+ jugs to fill.  We noticed them, but our attention was on the kids enjoying the ducks huddling around them for food.  Connor even got them to follow him across the bridge which he thought was pretty cool. By the time we were ready to leave we noticed the elderly woman carrying the jugs they had filled to her van.  With out hesitation Nic grabbed 4 jugs and took them down to the van offering to help.  After seeing how slow the elderly woman was walking they would have been there forever loading up the water.  The elderly gentleman was in a wheelchair with a leg amputee and the biggest grin on his face for Nic's offering to help.  With out us even asking, Payton and Connor started to help.  I have asked Payton to help me with groceries by grabbing a gallon of milk but find it much easier doing it myself, without her whining and complaining that it's "Too Heavy."  They were lifting and carrying the jugs to the van sometimes even two at a time.  I couldn't believe it.  They did this all while having a smile on their face and saying how strong they were. We were done in minutes time and felt very good for our little bit of service.  The lady kept telling us how blessed she was and that she knew the Lord was looking out for her.  She rewarded the kids by giving them "elevator rides" with the wheelchair lift, they thought that was so fun.  When walking back to our car Payton suggested that we had to have one of those. All of a sudden we hear a man saying, "You know what, Y'all suck." We turned around to the man on the bench reading his book.  He went a very round about way to say that he is grateful for people like us who are teaching by good example to our kids.  We got into the car and were just kind of puzzled at the way he worded things.  But we couldn't help but grin and laugh at what had just happened.  I sure do love my sweet family and there willingness to serve others.  And like the elderly lady I too am so blessed.  I was able to keep that mind set as we went on a hike and saw so many beautiful things.  Spider not included.  I loved listening to Payton tell me that we were now entering the jungle.  When she saw acorns all on the ground she renamed it the acorn jungle. We traveled to many different places in her imagination including the rock forest, stick forest and as the night crept up the spooky forest.   I sure love this family of mine and am so grateful for all of the lessons they are teaching me.