Day 2 of having an adult child

Things are going well. Drew has called a few times and seems a bit nervous. But that is to be expected, though he won't admit it.
It actually makes me a bit sad to think about what he is going through, more so that us having him gone.
When Drew hugged me good-bye he was shaking a bit, more like a quiver than shaking. When he turned around and got in that car he stopped being under the umbrella of protection of his parents and became his own umbrella. The buck now falls on his shoulders. If he messes up, he is accountable to God directly rather than to us and us being accountable to God. I am sure that is a bit terrifying to anyone! I never really went through that. I was married before I graduated high school, so I went from my dad to my husband.


Here are some pics from the last week.
This is Sam and his cousin, Austin. They are 6 weeks apart in age. I love that the boys are accidentally doing the same thing. Yes, that is Sam, picking his nose.
And Austin picking his nose.
Here are some apple picking pictures. Sam cried and cried and cried, something hurt his eyes at the McD's playland that day.

This is a pic of our neighbors and my kids and Cindy's kids picking apples at Cindy's.

Here is Donnie blowing out the candles on his birthday apple pie. He loved the pie! Here is a sweet picture of our kitten. Her paws were folded under her so cutely that I had to get a picture.