I just had a wonderful whirl-wind weekend (I hope you did as well).

I got to spend time with so many - how blessed am I!

Cupcake decorating and eating,

Fort Vancouver volunteering,

Josh lead his first lantern tour Saturday night

and
"formal" dinner dining (with a superb cake eating - thanks, Kaytch!).

I am so blessed by the people God has placed around me. People to encourage and sharpen me. People who have the goal of knowing God more and more. People who are contagious in their desire to follow His will.

Ladies' Bible Study

This blog post is about a week later than I wanted it to be. I thought about it last Monday and then I was "busy" so I didn't take time to write it out.

Ladies' Bible Study started last Monday; Kaytra opened with reading part of the introduction to Women of the Word and healthy conviction hit. (I realized that conviction doesn't have to bring tears - just a turn around.) It spoke on how we tend to approach Bible study with a focus on "me" instead of a, "What does this show me of God?" focus. It made me smile as I realized how easily we fall into this means I am... mindset. I was making a list of things God could do and we couldn't; however, I wrote what we couldn't do and not what God can do.

We had fun figuring out the meaning of words and what roots they possibly came from in English. Words like "revive" and "remorse". If they were both taken from French, their roots would be similar to vivre meaning "life" and mourir meaning "death". (Just so you know, "revive" and "remorse" are from Latin roots - at least we were in Romantic Languages...)

It's going to be a great year of learning. I'm enjoying finding out new things - Ruth almost seems small and a little insignificant (with the exception of her being in the lineage of Christ). But that could not be so as it is the Word of God.

Savor the Moment

Lynnae and I got together today and were able to go to a new tea shop in town - "Savor the Moment" in fact. We arrived an hour before they opened (accidentally), but the owner came to the door, let us in, and made us feel at home. This was super nice because we had to be leaving by 11:30. Having arrived at 10:00, we were able to have scones and tea and have a great time talking and still be able to leave on time.

Not the best picture, but you get a super fast overview of the place

We had a beautiful waitress
who did a splendid job serving. 

The beautiful table arrangement

The Little Girl Dress-Up stage

Pictures are fun, but you can't really capture everything. I guess you'll have to go there for yourself to get the whole picture.

Hair Today on Tuesday

I think Megan took this picture...

Madeline is the baby in our family - it's weird to say that about a 10-year-old. Anyway, Madeline was messing around with Sarah's hair and found a pair of scissors, and, just like I did to one of my friends about 15 years ago, chopped off part of it.



Ok, Madeline asked Sarah and was given permission by the authorities (unlike I was) and she even had me come down and watch to make sure nothing catastrophic happened. :)


School has started back up again for Sarah, Josh, Grace, and James, and possibly the Littles, but I'm not certain. James and I will start orchestra tonight - love playing music - so thankful for that gift. Hope you all are doing well and getting back into a routine from Christmas. I'm hoping we'll fall into one soon.