Celebrations!
This weekend is jam packed with ‘em.
Tonight, my wonderful hubby is standing in the wedding of our beautiful friends Jeff and Flea. He is wearing a tux and is going to ROAST so I hope he remembers to bring an extra shirt with him for the reception. Our boys are all excited to dress up. Jeremiah asked if he could wear “one of those fluffy tuxedo shirts.” No, but you are too cute. Gabe has some new clothes to wear from our recent Old Navy spree, so he is excited to look all spiffy. I had a mini melt down last night when what I was planning to wear did not impress the hubby person at all. He helped me find a much better outfit, and I agree that it is much more flattering. I love having a fashion conscious hubby. 
Anywho, enough with the clothes. The WEDDING!!!! YAY!!!! Kaleb is reading scripture, but could not find a verse that seemed to fit that was not cliche’, so I did some searching. The passage that really spoke to my heart, and his, was Colossians 3:12-17
“12Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
We love weddings. We were told by some friends once that we must have a really good marriage for how excited we get about other people getting married. I guess it’s true! I love this man that God has blessed me with. I am so glad that God let me have him early on in life. We have a lot of fun and joy together, and the bad times never last long enough to be remembered as significant. He is my friend, my lover, and is sooOOO darn sexy. (Sorry Tiruba, got a little mushy there, didn’t I?) When I look back at the last 8 years, it’s hard to see the time that has passed. It’s gone so quickly. What a whirlwind. WowZA! Anywho, we will wear our wedding rings, which we can rarely wear otherwise, tonight as a reminder of our promises to each other and in celebration of Jeff and Flea’s covenant.
Sunday I am hosting a baby shower for a very dear friend of mine. Melinda has been there for me in a way that no many other women have, or would have been able too. She went through a period of not knowing if she was going to be able to carry a child either, so her empathy for me is huge. I am so excited to celebrate this precious life in her. It’s going to be a great gathering of women, and hopefully without too much drama. YAY BABY!!! I can’t express how excited I am to actually SEE this little one. I get to be Auntie again, and that makes me dance a very happy dance. Melinda is due on the 18th of July, so baby girl could come any day now. WHOO HOO!!!!
So this is going to be quite the weekend, but we will enjoy celebrating!
Prayer request: We are heading up to Dad’s in MN for the 4th of July weekend and are hoping to take BOTH of the boys. Jeremiah’s caseworker is way down state and has very little contact with him directly, and his supervising caseworker up here will not sign the paper to allow us to take him with us. Please pray that when I call his caseworker on Monday that she is AVAILABLE and that there is favor in this situation so that Jeremiah can meet Grandma and Grandpa and have a wonderful 4th of July with his family.Thank you!
Blessings!
Hannah
