I was talking to Amber today, telling her what we had been doing the past few days and couldn't believe how busy we had been. But it's a good busy. Maybe busy isn't the best word. Maybe I should say how much fun we had been having, instead.
I have a standing Friday morning "date" with Nyla. We had let "busyness" take over and had not been making it a priority to see each other and catch up and decided to do something about it. We don't get to do it every week, but we do make it a priority. This Friday we spent almost the whole day together - unheard of! It was really because we both had to make a Walmart run before getting together and kept seeing each other in almost every aisle. I obviously spend way too much time in that store cause I was able to point some things out to her as if I got paid to be there :) She brought pumpkin muffies over to share - yum. And then we talked so much that we forgot to eat lunch. I made up for it later that night.
We hosted a youth team meeting for church at our house that night. We had soups, sandwiches, salads, breads, desserts. I sampled it all. Told you I made up for missing lunch :) It was a great meeting. I love all the people that were there and their heart for the teens and preteens. I also love that our kids love playing together. My prayer is that they continue to grow to be great friends and will be great influences and Christian havens for each other if that makes sense. I also love that some of them have older children and are willing to share their parenting experiences with us. Great night!
Then Saturday morning was soccer time for Ethan. We decided to eat breakfast at McDonald's on the way (I had already had a bowl of cereal, but an egg and cheese biscuit was suddenly calling out to me). He scored a goal at the game, but I missed it cause I left at half time to go to a fun baby shower for a new friend, our new worship minister's wife. It was a brunch, so I ate my 3rd breakfast there. It's okay cause I won't eat anything at all next week. Fun to see all the precious (that's for you, Molly) baby things. Miss having a little one at home.
After the baby shower, we started getting things ready for Ethan's birthday party. There were about 15 kids here. I was a little nervous about being able to keep them all occupied in case some of them really weren't into playing baseball. It all went great though, and the all were pretty content to play baseball. And eat snacks :)
I really don't remember much of the evening. I was exhausted. I know I fell asleep around 7, much to Brian's amazement since Georgia was playing. I tried to stay awake. Just needed a little catnap to get me through to the normal bedtime. And Georgia won, so all was good at our house for the rest of the night!
Made it to early service at church the next morning. I got to help in the younger 2 year olds class during second service. It had been a long time since I had been in the nursery classes. It was so much fun to hang out with them!
Then a friend asked the boys over for lunch and swimming for the afternoon. Yes, it was warm enough to swim....outside! The boys had a blast! And Brian and I got a quiet lunch on the lake, followed by a long afternoon nap. It was awesome. Thank you Lori for giving us some time to reconnect.
Picked up the kids, made a quick trip to Dierbergs for our food contribution to small group, then off to small group. I've loved each small group we've been involved with. I like changing things up periodically. I love the friends that we've met in group and the ones that we're getting to know better. And their adorable kids! And the discussion that happens every Sunday evening. And that Lisa made peanut buster parfait ice cream cake to celebrate fall birthdays and my last week of treatment. Love how she is always celebrating with us. Good stuff.
Monday was back to school and work and running errands for me. One of the errands was retrieving Brian's Bible and Sunday School binder and Elliott's piano books from church. This has been my favorite errand the past two weeks cause it gives me an excuse to get up there and see everyone. I chatted with Sandy and Victoria for a while and then made it on to ATA. Unexpectedly sat with Kim and Nyla and their new friend Shelley while they ate lunch. Good to catch up with them. They always make me laugh.
Today was full of baking. Cookies. At dinner I was wishing I had made apple crisp or pumpkin pie instead of the cookies. That's the plan in a couple of weeks. Can't let fall get away with out making both of these.
Tomorrow is chemo day. That's a whole post of its own. I'm pretty sure the fun will not start dwindling until Friday night. Grateful for the fun!
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