I've been neglecting my blog for nearly three months now. In the beginnning, I felt that there just wasn't anything going on in my life that was interesting enough to write about. Then everything seemed to come at the same time and now it was a matter of finding time to sit down and actually get a post ready. At this point, I hardly know where to start.
I might as well begin at the beginning. In March, John and I facilitated an eight week marriage class, Dynamic Marriage.
For anyone that hasn't heard of it before, let me tell you that, in my opinion, this class is God's gift to marriages!!! I feel that everyone should attend one of these classes at least once in their life, because not one person can claim they have the perfect marriage and we should be aware of all the tools that can get us just a little bit closer to that unreachable goal.(For more info on this course, send me a message or just google "Family Dynamics Institute").
Anyway, facilitating this class made our life busy, but I didn't mind. I felt that I needed something to do. But things seemed to get crazy after that! Easter holidays, family gatherings, etc. We made a trip to Kansas for a worship gig John had at one of the local churches at the end of March. Besides all of that, John's truck decided that it was his time to go. After already spending thousands of dollars into that thing, just this year alone, we decided it was time to get something else. This resulted in us flying to San Antonio to get another truck for my hubby.
It doesn't end there, though. For each of our Dynamic Marriage classes, we put together a banquet for our graduates. I love planning and decorating for them, but it is a lot of work and stress. Especially when we can't find a date that works for each of our couples and when we do find a date, the building we want to rent for the event is already taken!!! I did finally narrow it down to one day out of the entire summer that works for everyone and we just had to make do with another location for the banquet. I've been shopping and getting things together for this banquet for several weeks, if not months, now. I've got some great ideas for the decorating and can't wait to see it when it's finished. I just hope all the work I put into it will be appreciated by at least one person.
The scariest thing I've taken on this summer is VBS! I've never been in charge of it and to be perfectly honest, I have no idea what I'm doing!!! This project keeps me up at night and I have moments where I nearly have a panic attack when I think about it! But I am blessed with many friends who have volunteered to help me where ever and when ever I need them!! Thank God for that. With everything else that was going on in my life, I started planning this a little later than I should have, so I am having to get my butt in gear to get this all figured out and situated in time. To make that a little easier, I planned the entire event for the last week of July. Most churches offer it in the beginning of June, but I felt that I needed as much time as I could get away with! I finally bought the curriculm, so that's another load off my back!
As scary as this all is for me, I've faced bigger challenges in my life, that I was able to overcome, and I know with God's help, I'll get through this one as well.
And like our life isn't busy enough, John decided we needed to get out of town, so we're heading to Salt Lake City this week for a Monavie convention!!!
I'm excited, but at the same time I feel like there is so much we need to get done at home. The hardest part of leaving is not taking the boys with us. I'm going to miss my little boogers soooo much!
Really, who wouldn't miss these adorable faces? But I know they're going to have a blast staying with their cousins! I fear for my sister, though! I hope she'll still be sane when we get back!
They look innocent enough.... but these four can create chaos like no other!!!!
With the chaotic life I'm living at the moment, I, unfortunately have not had any time to work on the furniture I wanted to refinish. My little workshop is slowly collecting more and more furniture that I just can't leave on craigslist. But when I really think about it, the weather hasn't exactly allowed me to work on it anyway. It's been windy nearly every day for the past three months!!! Blowing dirt + wet primer = 1 big disaster!
While I'm doing a little math, here's another one: drought + wind + spark = tons of grass fires!!! Our little town hasn't received any rain for about 9 or 10 months now!!! And with the wind never letting up, any little spark is creating massive grass fires!!! We don't have paid fire fighters, just volunteers, and let me tell you, they have had to work their tail off!!! The get called out on a daily basis. They deserve a huge thank you!!! There have been so many homes saved because of them.
This was a fire near my sisters house! It looks really freaky!
I did actually have a day of fun this past week! I joined a bunch of ladies on a shopping trip! We spent the entire day looking for outfits for our upcoming banquet! I hadn't had that much fun in such a long time! We had some deep conversations, lots of laughs and a great time getting each other to step out of our comfort zones when choosing an outfit. I know I certainly did, but now I absolutely love my outfit. I'll post pics of it on a later post.
Anyway, that is what has been going on in my life for the past three months. I see a light at the end of the tunnel, but it still seems a ways off.
Today was another prime example. My boys have swimming lessons every day. Everyday I see the same women. Everyday these women are laughing and talking about trivial things. I yearn to be a part of the conversations. But instead, I sit back. I utter a small "Hi" and smile. That's it. I have not mastered the art of casually squeezing myself in.
