Random musings

It It's been a great week around here, sure hope it has been for you! Sunday is my favorite always, getting to be with the church fam and worship! I can hardly wait to get there every Sunday. This Sunday was filled with good worship and good news as we celebrate our new campus launching soon. My family humored me and agreed to some family pics. It was actually planned for inside, because it is February, but we found the greatest spot outside. Yes, it was frigid but the winds from the morn had died down in perfect timing. It was unique and fun and everyone from the oldest to the youngest cooperated and hung in there. Usually when I say let's take pics, groans begin and murmurings (there's a scripture that speaks against that btw) but all went swell! Didn't hurt that we took them next to everyone's (most everyone's) fave coffee spot so it was well with our soul! 

Monday the ice began to fall, snow would've been better, but it brought everyone under one roof for a few days so I'll take it. It was family and a few sweet girlfriends hunkered down together with no work, LOTS of comfort food, coffee, TV, card games, lots of loud laughter, and a little one that was endless entertainment. All 10 scattered around the house for the morn quiet time which was a necessity or we may not have lived in such close quarters quite so sweetly lol! Oh and the endless sound of the dishwasher running. I think we all kinda hated to see it end. To me the only purpose for winter and cold weather is to have snow, or ice, that just brings everyone and everything to a screeching halt. Super thankful we didn't lose power. I'll take one more good snow then I'll be praying hard for spring/summer temps so we can shed these coats n gloves! I'm a summer girl except for the enjoyment of snow. 

Now everything goes back to the norm. The hubby and kids back to work or class and practice. Back to getting down in sleeping bags to watch baseball games that should be played in those summer temps. Hoping we get at least one more snowed in mini vaca. But an ever present reminder, whether we are iced in or life is running at the normal pace, is that God is good. His kindness is unmatched and I'm pretty sure He enjoys seeing us relaxed rather than running at that break neck pace we call the norm filled with many things that we call "in His name" or "for Him" but really more about us. Sometimes it's just good to "be still and know"...

Pics if you care to see...