Happy Independence Day!
What a beautiful day spent with friends:) We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people to share our lives with here in the valley. I am so thankful to call each of them "friend".
We spent the morning getting caught up on the dreaded yard work. After having my mom, sister and nieces here last week, there were a lot of weeds to get caught up on! Between the hot weather and watering each day, the weeds were taking over! Anyway, the job is finally complete and I can rest for a few days before they start creeping in again!
Awesome visit w/the fam, BTW. We had some low-key outings around town, including a historical tour of a local gristmill circa 1872. "But w
hoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea." -Matthew 18:6 My sister and I were anxious to have a visual picture to refer to, so cameras ready, we looked and looked only to discover that its no visible from where we had access to:( Oh well, just getting an idea of the massive size of the stone was enough to bring the Lord's word to life for me! Definitely food for thought!
What a beautiful day spent with friends:) We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people to share our lives with here in the valley. I am so thankful to call each of them "friend".
We spent the morning getting caught up on the dreaded yard work. After having my mom, sister and nieces here last week, there were a lot of weeds to get caught up on! Between the hot weather and watering each day, the weeds were taking over! Anyway, the job is finally complete and I can rest for a few days before they start creeping in again!
Awesome visit w/the fam, BTW. We had some low-key outings around town, including a historical tour of a local gristmill circa 1872. "But w
hoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea." -Matthew 18:6 My sister and I were anxious to have a visual picture to refer to, so cameras ready, we looked and looked only to discover that its no visible from where we had access to:( Oh well, just getting an idea of the massive size of the stone was enough to bring the Lord's word to life for me! Definitely food for thought! We had a great afternoon bbq-ing w/ friends, the kids swimming and then a great show of fireworks at dusk. We didn't get home until late and we were all exhausted. Thankfully the boys fell asleep quickly, but for some reason, I couldn't....
Ever feel like the Lord will open the flood gates of creative ideas at the least opportune time? That was me last night! It's strange though that I felt calm and ready for sleep and then...ta-da! My brain goes into overdrive! I have volunteered to decorate the classroom area/hallway areas of our church for next month's VBS and we are doing a "Adventures on the High Sea" theme. I had a few ideas I was working with, but hadn't really thought about the "details". God's funny....apparently 4am on a sleepless night is a great time for brainstorming ideas! Either way, He gave me some awesome (inexpensive) ideas for creating a underwater passage as well as recreating a shipdeck out of our hallway area. I was going to say I hope it all works out and comes together, but since I really feel this all came from God himself, how can I not expect success? Can't wait to get started!
