Thankful Thursday: Mostly Micah edition

Happy middle of June! This week's Thankful Thursday is brought to you mostly by Micah...

1. Spartan Race. Micah ran another Spartan Race on Sunday. Last year, he and two friends did the 5K race and this year the three of them tackled the 10K race (10K running and 25 obstacles). Again, one of the friend's dads drove them down and managed a few pictures for us...

Notice how light and pink Micah's shorts were at the start and how brown they were by the end, lol. Fortunately this year I didn't just trust Micah when he said he'd rinsed everything before throwing stuff in the washing machine. We set everything out in the downpour we had that evening and it rinsed much of the mud away. Then Nathan and I both rinsed everything a couple times before finally washing things. My washer survived much better this year. ;) (Micah's shoes, though, ended up in the trash, lol. He needed new ones anyhow.)

So now the boys have done the 5K and the 10K. Their goal is to actually do some training and do the 25K next year. Thankful he has these friends to do things like this with...that he enjoys pushing himself...that the plan to train for next year will keep these three in touch even when they're at different schools. Thankful mostly, though, that Micah's been feeling well enough to have done this at all. If you'd asked us in March, there's no way we'd have thought he'd be able to run 10K, let alone run it with obstacles. 

2. Peonies. Okay, this isn't about Micah but just look at how crazy big my peonies are...

Once we finally had a minute where it wasn't raining, they exploded! And, for whatever reason, one of my plants had a single pink peony this year. No idea how that happened, as I know it's a white peony plant (and has been for like nine years). 

3. College shopping. The dorm shopping has begun. :) On Monday, Micah and I did some clothes and shoe shopping. On Tuesday, Micah, Asher and I went down to IKEA to beat the back to school rush. Asher didn't end up finding the things he was looking for (he has most everything he needs still packed away from when he lived in Omaha) but was a good sport and a good driver of our cart. Micah found a good number of things...which are now in piles in our front room, lol. Along the way, he took a break to chill in the children's area...

Thankful for the time together with my guys!

4. Little things. And finally...just thankful for the little things today. Micah and Asher helped a friend of a friend of mine with unloading a U-Haul this morning. Thankful they were able and willing to help, as I remember what a pain it is to move. :)

After that, Micah had another infusion. He was particularly thankful to order a bagel with cream cheese and a strawberry milkshake. (He'd recently eaten but was "willing" to eat again, lol.) 

He'd been planning to eat the last bagel earlier this week and had even hidden it away to save it for himself. But Nathan ate it. And Micah was sad (and a little salty, lol). So he was delighted to see it on the menu today. And he enjoyed the bendy straw. He's easily amused. :) 

And after we got home, Micah got the chance to feed one of our resident squirrels. This one, though, has no fear and has let Nathan feed him individual walnuts from his fingers. Micah, today, was a little apprehensive at this squirrel who didn't run away. But he held out a handful of walnuts and the squirrel picked one up right out of his hand and stayed right there to eat it. Micah was pretty excited. 

Okay. That's my list for this week. :)