Late For Church

It's not very often that we get to church late. It's almost never. However today the stars aligned just so that we were so late that we even got to sit on the hard chairs in the back. (Our kids do so much better in the pews rather than on the chairs so we really try hard to be on time. And we were reminded of that yet again today.) So, why were we late & so many people in the ward that saw us going back home wonder if my water had broken or just what had gone wrong? A wasp.

We were well on our way & then Joseph started screaming that there was a wasp & it had stung him. He calmed down pretty quickly so we could understand what was happening. Of course the wasp was still alive & Lexie was terrified to try & hit it to kill it for us. We had almost  made it back home but it landed on Joseph's leg & he was nervous so we stopped & Rick quickly got out & killed it. (He didn't kill it completely though & then Joseph began stomping on it to make sure it was really dead.) Then we hurried home & I took Joseph in to patch him up & Rick took the other kids to church. 

Joseph got stung 4 times: twice on his chin & twice on his finger.

Since Lexie was stung not too long ago I knew what to quickly do to help Joseph feel better fast. And surprisingly, he did. After about 5 minutes he said everything felt like normal & we decided we could pack up an ice pack & head off to church. He is one tough boy. And we are seriously done with wasps around here. It's been a long time (since Lexie got stung) since I've seen any around. I thought we got all of them. But they must be hiding most of the time or something. But I'm ready for them to leave us all alone.