He got here last night around 7 and hunt out at the picnic at the Breaks Interstate Park for a while. I was soo excited I told all of the volunteers like 6 times he was coming and they really don't care, but it feels so good to be able to share this with someone and have someone fully understand what I'm doing! So we walked around the park last night and I took him to some overlooks and we took some really awesome pictures, I'm really pumped to get them printed.
This morning I took him to hardware so he could get the full experience, he met the lumber boys Sarge, Anthony and John, along with Bertha and Gerald inside who help out with fasteners and such. It was a greeeaaaaat morning, and I took him on runs with me after that! We visited one project where we're doing a knee-wall and building trusses for the roof. I loved bringing him there because that's my contact home for the week and my vision is finally coming to life, it's so cool seeing my own plans being completed on the home and it transforming. He was pretty shocked at the condition of the inside--the ceiling is literally halfway to the floor it's falling off so badly. Needless to say that once we make further progress on the roof we'll be removing the ceiling and subfloor and replacing both.
Next I brought him to a hollow (pronounced holler) where we're working on 3 out of the 4 trailers located there. At 2 of them there are little kids running around and my dad taught a boy Elijah how to play baseball- he was so in his element. His face was beaming as Elijah got better and better at hitting the balls-- I'm almost positive this was his first time ever playing. We gave Elijah a frisbee, bat, some bubbles, silly bands and other things to share with his brothers and sisters who weren't there. Afterwards we walked up the hill to visit Trenton (3) and Ryan (2) along with their mom Alisha. They came outside, and first of all, these boys are straight up cartoons. They're mini sumo wrestlers in Hulk tighty whities, best thing I've ever seen. As soon as we brought them over toy cars and bubbles they had a party by themselves on the deck and just their little chubber manerisms were the funniest things in the world.
After runs I took him to Bellacinos-- a reaaaaally good grinder place, and afterwards we walked across the street to Thangs (thrift store) to pick up a couple of awesome thrifty hats. I'm so pumped, I struck gold in there today.
Anyhooo I'll upload some pics from his camera on here later. Time to do work and then nap quick before dinna, then EG and a dodgeball tourney/Dairy Queen trip. Cheaaaa
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