July 5, 2010
Good Reminders
The past few weeks, I have received some great, timely reminders about money and worry from 'Pastor Dabid' (as E-man fondly calls him) at Renovation. If you ever find yourself thinking about money issues or you ever have felt anxious, I highly recommend clicking on the link and listening to 6/20/2010 and 6/27/2010. Both sermons will be well worth your time and hopefully encourage you to think about your life a little differently ... I have been encouraged again to remember how applicable God's Word is for our every day life! I'm thankful for Jesus' words to us from the Sermon on the Mount!
July 4, 2010
Weekend of Fun!
We've just continued to have a super fun weekend. In order for the fun to continue to happen, I had to let go of my cleaning the house and errand running agenda. Thankfully, I successfully let go of those agendas and fun was the name of the game!
Here are some [grateful] highlights from the weekend ...
Farmer's Market/Children's Museum/Cosetta's
Tacos for dinner and for dessert - fruit salsa *YUM*
A family walk to help me with my goal of 70 miles this month
A great morning at Park Free leading worship and enjoying the community within that church (I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoyed playing Patriotic "God of Country" Hymns for prelude.)
A few wonderful afternoon naps over this weekend and reading great books (finished Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah - HIGHLY RECOMMEND!)
Hanging out with Josh at the Ridder house ... eating yummy food and playing with fireworks
I am thankful for the many freedoms we daily take for granted in the U.S.A. I could reflect on that statement for paragraphs, but instead I'll say I'm also thankful for the men and women who daily give of their time in service of our country. I'm also thankful I grew up in an area of the country that is so rich in 'beginnings of our country' history. Hope my readers had a fun celebration of the 234th birthday of our country!
Here are some [grateful] highlights from the weekend ...
Farmer's Market/Children's Museum/Cosetta's
Tacos for dinner and for dessert - fruit salsa *YUM*
A family walk to help me with my goal of 70 miles this month
A great morning at Park Free leading worship and enjoying the community within that church (I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoyed playing Patriotic "God of Country" Hymns for prelude.)
A few wonderful afternoon naps over this weekend and reading great books (finished Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah - HIGHLY RECOMMEND!)
Hanging out with Josh at the Ridder house ... eating yummy food and playing with fireworks
I am thankful for the many freedoms we daily take for granted in the U.S.A. I could reflect on that statement for paragraphs, but instead I'll say I'm also thankful for the men and women who daily give of their time in service of our country. I'm also thankful I grew up in an area of the country that is so rich in 'beginnings of our country' history. Hope my readers had a fun celebration of the 234th birthday of our country!
July 3, 2010
Fun Friday
Ross had today off because although most Bethel employees have off for the 4th of July on Monday, Ross starts speaking at Bethel's Basketball Camp starting Monday, so he took of Friday to be with us instead of Monday.
The morning started off bright and early at 6:30 with Ross heading out for some guy time and me and E-man had breakfast and took an early morning walk. It's a pretty time of day to be outside walking - we both enjoyed it! Then we moved on to time with the girls. Ross took E-man, Nora and Maizy up to E-man's room to play so we could have some space to chat. It was good to get caught up a little bit on each other's lives. I was able to snuggle Eliza for a good amount of time and I forgot what an arm work out little one's are - she's precious and it was good 'baby' time. :)
After the girls went home, we organized our meal planning for July and did a Target run for under 50 bucks for the next 2 weeks (minus bread milk and produce that might have to be restocked). We then made a yummy lunch and everyone took a nap.
When E-man woke up, we went to Como Zoo for about an hour (right before it closed for the night). It was deserted so it was very easy to see all of the animals and most of the animals were nice enough to be somewhat active for us. After our trip to the Zoo we went to Chad and Pam's to help celebrate Ade and Mali's birthdays. It's always fun to be with the fam and to watch the cousins. I'm thankful we live near enough to each other to be able to celebrate the birthdays!
We had a really nice family day and for that I am grateful!
The morning started off bright and early at 6:30 with Ross heading out for some guy time and me and E-man had breakfast and took an early morning walk. It's a pretty time of day to be outside walking - we both enjoyed it! Then we moved on to time with the girls. Ross took E-man, Nora and Maizy up to E-man's room to play so we could have some space to chat. It was good to get caught up a little bit on each other's lives. I was able to snuggle Eliza for a good amount of time and I forgot what an arm work out little one's are - she's precious and it was good 'baby' time. :)
After the girls went home, we organized our meal planning for July and did a Target run for under 50 bucks for the next 2 weeks (minus bread milk and produce that might have to be restocked). We then made a yummy lunch and everyone took a nap.
When E-man woke up, we went to Como Zoo for about an hour (right before it closed for the night). It was deserted so it was very easy to see all of the animals and most of the animals were nice enough to be somewhat active for us. After our trip to the Zoo we went to Chad and Pam's to help celebrate Ade and Mali's birthdays. It's always fun to be with the fam and to watch the cousins. I'm thankful we live near enough to each other to be able to celebrate the birthdays!
We had a really nice family day and for that I am grateful!
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