wrong i tell you!

it is april and my kids are outside playing in the snow! didn't i just blog that i am not a winter girl no matter how you spin it? let me add-- I AM NOT A SPRING GIRL EITHER IF IT IS SNOWING! wrong, just wrong.

celebrating

resilience- my kids have adapted fine going from shorts to snow boots in the same week. they have done fine going from florida, to texas and now nc in their 6 or less short years. i am watching and trying to learn from them to just be where you are and celebrate what it is. snow or surf, money or not, new house or old, fat or skinny just celebrate.

spring break

we are knee deep. i am loving having a spring break for the first time since college (that was a LONG time ago). every day i wake up and ask "what are we doing today?". i never dreamed my spring break would entail playing in the snow but hey--celebrate where you are and what it is right?!

easter

we are making a point to spend time with the kids on this easter weekend to make sure they know why easter is a celebration. we began with a passover/seder dinner on thursday night and we had harrison sit in with us as we went through the story of how god led his people out of slavery both from egypt and ultimately from sin with christ. he read the part of the youngest child and really seemed to enjoy participating. we took time out yesterday (good friday) to make sure the younger kids understood how bad it was for jesus on that friday and why he was willing to pay that price. sasha even piped in that she remembered jesus had prayed in the garden. we are looking forward to tomorrow. we have a special service at the tavern and then will go with the kids up to my parents for lunch.

the whole thing reminds me of christmas. we stuff their head with an intellectual understanding of the story and they can recite all the "truths " of why we have the holiday but really they just want the bunny, basket and load of candy. what can you do?

good struggles

we are really praying about work for michael. he desires to be in a paying position and we are struggling with how to balance that with the current ministry. things are going well with missio dei but it may be years before they are ready financially for a full-time associate/discipleship pastor. please pray that we will find wisdom, discernment and balance with regards to family, work, finances and ministry.

travel fever

we are so excited to have three upcoming trips. michael and i will go back to dallas together in may to celebrate danny's graduation from seminary. it will be awesome to be back with our great friends and my family. this summer we have been blessed with john and jennifer's condo at the beach while they vacation up north. we will take the kids for a beach vacation back to ponte vedra. it will be a great chance to get away and see many good friends and play in the ocean. finally, michael and i will celebrate our ten year anniversary and his 50th with a trip to california in july. we are going to la, carmel/monterrey and ending up in san francisco. we are super excited to get away, refresh our love and commitment and just relax! it is a good trip for us since we have been to all these places before so we won't feel like we have to rush around but can revisit things we enjoy and explore some new things--and sleep in.

think warm sunshiny thoughts....think warm sunshiny thoughts...think warm sunshiny thoughts.