On Monday we went to the annual Qualtrics summer party. We thought these parties have always been incredible, but this year to top everything all off, there were elephants on the lawn. Qualtrics is really big on cancer research, and I guess there is an elephant gene that cancer researchers are interested in. So the elephants were actually relevant.
For dinner we ate some food truck farm-to-table burgers. The kids, including Ammon, were so perfectly behaved. In fact, Ammon was so well-behaved that he warmed my heart. He just sat there quietly eating his food all up, and he didn’t act crazy at all.
After we ate, I took Lydia to get her face painted like a unicorn. My phone was out of memory so I couldn’t get a picture, but she looked amazing. While Clarissa, Lydia and I were in the face painting section, Abe, Mary, and Ammon were waiting to ride the ferris wheel. By the time it was their turn, the rain had turned to thunder and lightning.
I have to admit, I was highly annoyed that Abe was going to ride the metal ferris wheel while there was lightning going on. I couldn’t watch so I stormed off to the car while Lydia screamed and cried. Lydia saw a movie recently where the dad gets hit by lightning, so she was terrified Abe, Mary and Ammon were going to die. When we got the prayer, she sobbed out that she wanted to say a prayer. She actually said several prayers and then calmed down. She then verbalized my exact thoughts, which were, “Why is dad putting Mary and Ammon in danger? He can choose to ride the ferris wheel himself, but why is he putting Mary and Ammon in danger?” My thoughts exactly.
Thankfully, they were all safe and no one was hit by lightning. We got home, got cozy, and had a great night’s sleep.