Picture and Story

My mom made a comment about not seeing Hannah and Jacob in the last post so I thought I would send a little photo of them. Here are the smiling duo sporting their brother's new wellies. We have yet to find a pair for Hannah and Jacob so they were trying on their brother's instead. Alexander and Benjamin are getting quite used to the lingo here. They correct me when I say "Put on your rubber boots" by saying "Mom, they're wellies here". I asked a lady from church and she informed me that they are named after the Duke of Wellington who made them famous.



And also an interesting story...
One of the first days here in Edinburgh, I took the children to a local playground. There we met a man and his daughter. I noticed the man did not have a Scottish accent and so asked if he was visiting. He informed me that they had just moved here a few weeks prior. Here is the rest of our conversation:
Bev - So are you working here or studying?
Man-Studying, I am doing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
B- Oh, so is my husband.
M-What did your husband do before coming to study?
B-He was a minister.
M- Oh, so was I. What denomation do you belong to?
B- Baptist.
M- Oh, so am I. My daughter is starting nursery school tomorrow so we came here because my wife is at work today, she is a nurse.
B- No way, so am I!

We did talk a little more than that, I just filled in the uncanny similarities.
Anyhow, it turns out that their little girl goes to the same nursery as the boys do and we all attend the same church! A little weird huh??
So we had them over for supper tonight and had a great time getting to know each other a little better. It is good to have friends with whom we can share these experiences.
Their visit just reinforced that neat story of our meeting so I thought I would share it.

Sorry for the long post but one more piece of exciting news.....
Shawn has purchased the first book of his PhD endeavours. One of the professors was selling a copy and Shawn snatched it up. It is 2111 pages long, about 3 inches thick, and must weigh at least 10 pounds (Shawn says at least as much as one of our children!). He is VERY excited... just had to show it to our dinner guests. Please pray for financial help for us as this is only the first book and it will require it's own suitcase on our way home.