January 25, 2006 6:38 AM
Curtis kids filling in for Dr. Dobson
I was browsing through some old pictures last night and found these. I still can't believe I have them!
Here's the story: we were traveling from California to Virginia in August 2002 (one mom, 2 vehicles, 9 days, 10 kids and 3000 miles) when we made a detour from our northern route (San Francisco to Cheyenne, Wyoming) down to Denver to see Daniel's birth grandmother, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Then further south to Colorado Springs to visit Focus on the Family.
Because I've been a guest on the show and have written for the publications, I rated a private tour. But since Daniel and Jesse and Justin - disrupted from all their routines - were not in the most managable shape, and since I'd visited before and my kids hadn't, I stayed in the visitors center to let the little guys play while my kids got the special tour. Just before they left with their guide, I handed Matt the camera.
Boy, was I glad I did! It seems they got the works. Dr. Dobson was away, but they got to see his office - and even took pictures at Dr. Dobson's desk. That's his name plate, though it's hard to make out:
And in the beautiful board room.:
The kids are all 3 1/2 years older now. I couldn't have even imagined then that by this time all four boys would have flown the coop (just wasn't thinking, I guess). But Josh is 22, owns his own house (fixer-upper) and business, Matt (who isn't in the pictures because he was taking them) is wandering, Ben and Zach at college. Now it's the 2 girls - 16 and 12 - and the 4 younger boys with Down syndrome - 13, 10, 9, and 5.
Time hurries by. If you're a young mother who's feeling pressured or overwhelmed, please just take a deep breath, relax, let some housework go and sit down and play with your kids. Then get them involved in helping you with the housework. Sing and dance with them. Make merry while you can!
Comments
What great pictures! You are blessed to have received a behind-the-scene tour. We live about 1.5 hours north of the campus and have visited once. We were quite impressed.
I'd like to know who is responsible for polishing the board room table. I keep picturing someone crawling around on it, polishing. LOL. My mirrors don't look that clear.
Posted by: mopsy | January 25, 2006 3:18 PM
