A Blessed Weekend
Thank you all so much for all of your sweet comments and encouragements. For those of you who prayed, I really believe God used your prayers to touch my heart. I know that things will still be hard, but I am really feeling peaceful right now. Sigh. That’s good. 
I needed peace.
We had a GREAT weekend. I picked up Jeremiah on Friday, and after a FRUSTRATING incident with my debit card and Wally World, which he handled fantastically, we had a nice relaxed evening at home.
Saturday started with some gardening, up and down attitudes with both boys, and a VERY warm UP day. You southerners would soooo laugh at us. I decided to be a terrific friend and take our friends’ kiddos, Gideon (3) and Zanna (15 months), for the day so that the wifey could fulfill a promise to her husband and go golfing with him. Kaleb was a little shocked when I walked in with the little ones, and a little intimidated since the kid count had doubled. Zanna is VERY clingy to her mommy and usually sobs the whole time away, so Kaleb was not looking forward to that. Thankfully, we’ve been spending more time together lately so Zanna was actually a pretty happy girl all day, as long as I was in site. It helped that her mama got to stop by on her way home from gardening for a quick nurse.
Anywho, after a quick lunch of left-over tacos, (sorry, got distracted by my growing nails for a moment, trying to resist….) Okay, so after a quick lunch of left-over tacos we took all four kiddos to the beach. YAY for first beach trip of the season! I will post pictures later. We had a GREAT time. Jeremiah requested to be buried in the sand, and Gabe and Gideon gladly obliged. The water was still numbingly cold, but that didn’t matter. It was the nearness of the water that was so soothing. The boys ventured in, but once they realized that they couldn’t feel their feet they decided that sand play would be a better use of their time.
We did have a little trouble with Gabe acting 3 instead of 16, but after a quick time out, he bounced back and helped with the little ones. He is so good with the little ones. It makes my heart happy.
After a quick trip to DQ we ventured back to the house and grilled with some friends that are getting married next weekend. Kaleb’s standing in the wedding and hasn’t had much time to spend with the groom, so it was important we have them out. We had a great night of fellowship. It felt very grown-upish to have four kids sitting around the table with our “company”. Great dinner conversation. Great laughs. Oh, it was so good!
Anywho, this post is getting incredibly long, so I will sum it up by saying I am feeling blessed by a good weekend with family and friends and a feeling of wholeness. It was good.
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