Tonight, I introduced the older three boys to one of Nathan & my favorite past times as kids on nighttime car rides – moon chasing!

To my great delight, they loved it! The gist is quite simple: you observe the moon through the car windows and pretend like you are chasing, racing or running from it (depending on which direction you are driving). Tonight was a full (or nearly-full) moon, which made it fun, plus there was a planet (Venus or Jupiter? We weren’t sure.) off to the side of the moon, for added viewing pleasure.

We started out facing it head-on, then it was beside us for a little while, then it was behind us. It’s especially cool when there is a harvest moon — you know, the gigantic orange one just on the horizon that looks SO huge, you could almost drive straight into it?

Sharing this childhood fun with the boys and talking about Nathan made me smile, which is something I’ve needed all day. It’s been a rough couple of days, emotionally speaking. The boys are boys; nothing really newsworthy to report there. School has started, and we’re getting used to a new routine, but things are trucking along ok. Prayers, in general, are always appreciated.