Girls Weekend Update!

Well, once a week is better than what I was doing…right? I actually started a post last week, but it never got done! So, I will start over this week!

Let’s see…..Scott surprised the socks off of me and sent me 2 dozen roses to work last Monday for our anniversary! When the girl brought them to me, there were 3 of us girls standing there talking and we were all wanting them to be for us, but I really didn’t think that Scott would do that! I was so surprised! They were absolutely beautiful! Our maintenance guy (who I LOVE…just a NICE guy who goes out of his way to help us) told me yesterday that they are almost as beautiful as me. He is good to have around for a couple of reasons! Anyways, that was a nice surprise! And then, one of the guys I work with delivered me a basket of flowers for Administrative Assistant’s Day! That was nice! They always do something for me, even though I am not technically their admin, I do a lot so support them. So, my office looked like a floral shop! It won’t last though, my thumbs are black. Although, Kelley….I still have that plant that Jean gave us last year at the Women’s Retreat. That has been a year! WOW! It doesn’t have to be watered often, thank goodness. Otherwise, it would be dead by now. Anyways, I LOVE having fresh flowers in my office. It just puts a smile on my face!

For my family update….Scott is fine….I am blessed to have a husband who does so much for me and the kids. He really does a lot – around the house, yard-work, etc. Isaac is doing fine….he had a soccer game on Saturday that I missed, but he was the Goalie. The ball didn’t make it down to him once. He thought it was funny because he thought they were scared of him. He got to help lead worship in big church yesterday! He was one of the kids on stage for Family Worship. He did a great job! When they first started singing, his hands were in his pockets. But then he got into it. I was so proud of him! My two boys were wearing matching shirts on stage…so cute! Faith Anne is her normal “diva” self! Mandy gave me a good tip about this “God’s Little Princess” stuff from Sheila Walsh. So, I bought a movie and doll and book and sweatshirt for her at WOF – she LOVES it! She calls it her “God’s Princess” movie. Maybe it will help with her attitude!?!? Anyways, she is so sweet. I think she really missed me when we were gone for WOF. And Gracie is fine! She didn’t sleep very much at all last week (which means that I didn’t either!!!). She was up screaming most every night. She did better over the weekend…..but then last night wasn’t very good either. It is like she knows I have to get up and go to work so she doesn’t sleep! 5:00 am comes very early when you are up nearly every hour with a screaming kid! So, hopefully that gets better soon! But she is just the cutest little thing! Yesterday at church, they had a live bunny for the nursery kids to have their picture taken with….she tried to eat his ear. It was very funny! Faith Anne wasn’t too sure about the bunny…but Gracie thought it was just another toy!

So, we are all doing fine. I am fighting some sort of crud – snotty nose, cough, etc. But I don’t feel really bad, so I can’t complain too much. It just stinks to be like this when it is so beautiful outside!

Okay…so Women of Faith! It was a WONDERFUL weekend with “the girls”! We all had a great time – we laughed a lot, cried a lot and then laughed and cried some more! It was really great – and I am so glad that we went to the Friday session. It is the first time we have ever done that and it really was wonderful! First of all, let me just say that we left pretty much on time! YEP! Everyone was on time and we got on the road and got there in time! We had good conversations on the way there….and that was just a great way to start the weekend. I think we all got something different out of the weekend – but we all needed it so much! It was just great! God was there…you could feel Him. And there are just no words to describe the joy of seeing 18,000 + women praising God!

The theme of the weekend was “Amazing Freedom”, however Sheila Walsh was one of the main speakers on Friday and she paralleled her talk to the Wizard of Oz. Well, she sang Somewhere over the Rainbow on Friday and Saturday. There was a girl that has Down’s Syndrome who did sign language for her…it was beautiful. On our way home on Saturday, right before we got home, we saw a gorgeous rainbow! We all sang Somewhere over the Rainbow together and it was like God sealed our weekend together with a beautiful ending too. It was just wonderful!!!!

I am so thankful for my family and the time that we had together. It really was a great time of spiritual renewal….as well as bonding with them! We made memories for a lifetime! And just like the song says….”God is Good, All the Time! All the Time, God is good!”

Let me just say that Sandy Patty was the musical guest and she was AWESOME! I have never been a big fan of hers…but she really blew me away this weekend. God has given that woman so much talent and it is so wonderful that she chooses to glorify His name with that voice! She rocked the house!

And the comedian was HILARIOUS! I haven’t laughed like that in a long time! One of my favorite one-liners from the weekend was: “Single women go and look at what is in the fridge in the evenings and then go to bed. Married women go and look at what is in bed and then go to the fridge!” That was funny…Jodi said so!

So, Women of Faith and the time with ‘the girls’ was very fun, very inspirational and I can’t wait to do it again!

Well, I have to get to work! Hopefully Mandy and Jodi will post their highlights of the weekend. They do a better job at that stuff than I do! I just gave a broad overview! Thanks for your prayers for us over the weekend. We got there and back in one piece, and with me driving, that was not a small feat!

Love to all!!!