Kissing Stuff

The kids stayed with Jeff's parents while we went on our little weekend get-away. Apparently while we were gone, Conner told Gram that he was glad he was not with us on our trip. He said,

"All they are going to want to do is take naps and do a bunch of kissing stuff."

Celebrating fourteen years of marriage!

Jeff and I travelled to Nisswa, MN to Grand View Lodge for our 14th Anniversary. I LOVE spending time with my husband and love seeing new places with him.

Grand View Lodge has been around for a very long time and I believe is more well know for being a meeting place for families. There are multitudes of lakeside cabins, with all kinds of planned lake activities. We enjoyed playing shuffleboard, tennis and going for bike rides.

We ate outside by the lake one evening and enjoyed some foo-fooey pizza along with live music.

The Lodge was gorgeous, especially at night. You can see the chairs in this picture as they had just finished a wedding.

They upgraded us for free to a three bedroom cabin, which actually downgraded us from a King-size bed to a double and just made us wish our kids were with us since we had all those extra beds. We had a great kitchen to have our own private, lazy breakfasts.

This was Jeff's secret, deep inner frustration showing when his wife took a non-droswy Dramamine for the flight and then was pretty much unconscious for the first afternoon and evening. Actually he was so understanding but I sure felt like a pathetic bum. I mean, really! Who get's knocked out on non-droswy Dramamine for 12 hours??

Sadly, the closest thing Jeff got to golfing was taking a picture with me near one of the fairways. He's a sport!

Thanks Jeff, for a wonderful weekend away and for walking with me on this Journey for fourteen years. I feel treasured by you!

Sunday's Coming

My lovely New Zealand friend sent me this link and it is made me laugh and it made me cry as I have attended several churches just like this one in the past year. I laughed because it magnifies just how ridiculous many have made church services and call them worship and I cry because it must incredibly grieve our Lord.

Click on this link below and see what you think.

Sunday Morning Church

Special Moments

After chasing this little guy through the nursing home, stopping him from opening oxygen tanks, running away with the wheelchair then the walker, then the wheelchair again, pushing someone's IV stand over and pushing all the buttons at the door, we finally got to have a nice little chat with mom the day before she was discharged from the nursing home.

She is walking now, in less pain and moving like I have not seen her move in a long time! She is still very weak and has no appetite, so my feeling is that the cancer continues to steal her energy and health. But for now, she can go out and smell the flowers and feel the sun on her back and enjoy the coming of fall....

...these are special moments...

School Days!

Can it be that school has started for another year? The kids were both sad, excited, nervous and happy. They all popped out of bed this morning and were ready to go at about 7:30.

I stand AMAZED at my kids, at how they are growing and changing before my very eyes. I treasure the summer I had with them and all that we were able to experience together and I am excited to see what the Lord is going to do in their lives this school year.

I pray that they will encounter their Lord Jesus in new ways and continue to grow in their understanding of His Word, His Love, His Mercy and Grace and Life in Him!

Mom's last art sale

Saturday was my mom's last entry into an art show. We sold pictures and prints and even the tent and display boards on her behalf. There are still 5 framed pictures left (you can see them a little in this picture) as well as some prints of the town square in Washington.

If you were not able to make the sale and would be interested in seeing the remaining water colors, let me know and we can provide you a private showing :).

Well done, mom. The sale went well and many came by to share wonderful memories of their time with you!

Mom should come home from the rehab nursing home this week!

Enjoying the weather!

We were trying to take advantage of the warm weather for a cookout - dinner on the patio, some games and ice cream and peaches.

Here is a very brief clip of our evening.