Monday, May 26, 2008

happy weekend!

I have been having such a great weekend! The weather has been beautiful, we've been accomplishing a lot, working outdoors and having tons of fun!


Last night, SURVIVOR officially started. That is what I call our backyard! I made TWO smores and ate them guilt-free! The summer is here! (almost)



And then this morning we went out to breakfast with our neighbors. Silas ate SO MUCH food! He ate 1 1/2 pancakes AND some of my ham and cheese omlette! He is a chow-horse!
Such a great weekend just hanging out with the family and working outdoors!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

scenery

I have been going stir crazy at work today! Everyone's in meetings or keeping to themselves. Not a whole lot of activity going on....for me either. It's one of those days where I have everything done and I'm cleaning my desk, organizing things, stuff like that. The hours have felt like days. You'd think I was still a schoolgirl anticipating summer vacation! About three hours ago, I flipped and just HAD to get out. I had to change the scenery.

I walked to the post office to get some fresh air and exercise. I was surprised at how warm it was compared to the last few cold, rainy days we've had. I enjoyed the sights and sounds amusing my senses. I dropped my mail off and headed back down the block when I started thinking about the scenery in our lives. I was thinking about how the change of scenery does so much good for us. Helps us gain new perspective, helps us re-focus, re-group, helps distract us from other non-essential things. And I couldn't help but wonder if we truly value the times when God changes the scenery in our lives. Sometimes things hit us and we can't figure out why "life threw us a curve ball" or how something "dropped out of mid-air." I think God changes the scenery on us. I am challenged to have a new perspective on life. When changes come, they are not the changes themselves to be looked at, but rather the scenery that God is changing for us. He has suddenly turned our head to look at something new, maybe for the first time. Maybe he cares enough about us to not let us go stir crazy in our old habits! Maybe half the time he saves us from ourselves! Maybe he has a new lesson for us to learn that can only be learned through this change of scenery. That's something I don't want to miss out on!

Enjoy the view!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

turn down the radio

After being gone to a conference in Atlanta with our staff leadership team, I was RELIEVED to see MY BABES! I really missed Silas. It was the first time I was away from him for more than one night. I was away three nights! When I went to pick him up I was just so thrilled! He seemed to react similarly to any other day I pick him up from my mom's: happy at first and then preoccupied a few minutes later. That was ok. I was just happy to hold him. As we drove, Silas' coos and "words" were so sweet to my ears. We usually blast the music, but I turned it down because I had missed his babbling sooo much. It was the sweetest thing to my ears!