"please don't pee in our pool, we don't swim in your toilet"

Have you ever gone to a pool and saw a sign hanging up that says, "Please don't pee in our pool, we don't swim in your toilet." And even though you KNOW people do, you are usually to hot to care and jump in anyway.

So there is what looks like boogers on our wall.  Now, considering our kids are WAY to old or WAY to young to fling boogers, Chris had a "come to Jesus" meeting with our boys about who was flinging boogers on the wall.  Well, after "mom's probably doing it"  (ummmm...ya, right!)  - Jonathan, being the ever jokester he is, says: "I didn't fling the boogers, I've only peed in your shower."  Chris was about to come up off the couch! JZ is laughing, we are trying to figure out if he's serious...Chris tells him he is going to bury him and pee on his grave!  But I promise you, we will not be taking a shower until I bleach and scrub that shower clean at least 3x.  And then I'm not even sure.  I may spend some of JZ's inheritance and put in one of those "rebath" things they have on display at Sam's over our shower. We keep asking if he really did it, and all he does is laugh.. so just in case, Jonathan will be showering outdoors with the hose from now on. 

Chris is only expected to deal with potty in the showers one time a year - at Children's camp.  And thats just really gross cause all the showers go to one drain.  He has learned not to stand under that particular shower head with the drain and wear some thick flip-flops. What youth ministers endure for the sake of the gospel.  I think all youth ministers out there should wear matching t-shirts with this verse printed on it: "That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, injuries, necessities, in persecution for Christ's sake."  But really, if all we have to deal with furthering the cause of Christ is unpleasant showers, forks in our yard, vaseline under our car door handles, sleepless nights, spilled drinks on our just cleaned carpet, chasing kids in "1,000 degree heat,", (no matter what camp Chris has ever been to, the temperature is ALWAYS 1,000 degrees according to him.) - then we are so lucky.  Millions before us have truly suffered for the sake of the gospel.

We are blessed.  Our kids make us laugh and what a gift that is.  Both our jobs put us in the midst of kids who make us laugh (and occasionally pull our hair out).  I will go now and clean the mysterious globs of goop off the wall, and I know Jonathan did not go potty in the shower.  He just loves getting his dad riled up! (But if you ever see  what looks like a shallow grave in our back yard.....)

These are my two favorite jokesters who constantly keep us rolling!!

Actually, this is a picture from Jonathan's big acting debut.  He was SO hilarious in the play "Stranded." We are lucky we get to see his humor on a daily basis.  Glad he got to show it off that night. 

This is the only child in our family who would get excused from having a boogie outside a tissue or even a potty accident in the pool :)