people i love no matter where i go {or don't go!}

our weekend changed from what we *thought* it was going to look like...but we changed along with it and it's much better if you do it that way :-) trust me.

friday night was shepherd group. it's a group of people that i seriously feel like i could show up in my pj's with a tear streaked face and not be worried/embarrassed. their love for our family is deep and real and we are so thankful! after a great attitude throughout my week last week, it crashed on me friday afternoon and i was a bit, ok... a lot, of a mess. i fed the kids dinner, set the Cosby show up on the tv, and walked to the study to sit and cry for a few minutes. knowing i had about 10 minutes before i had to get my shoes on and walk out the door to shepherd group. it was all i needed. i cried. pat listened (he was lucky enough to get home about 2 minutes into my sobfest.) and i moved on. it was just a lot on my shoulders.

had a hard long run saturday morning. but i was thankful to have done it anyways.
got home to what i thought was going to be a rushed morning before pat and i left for a wedding at noon.
but then our sitters (his parents) cancelled. his dad was sick. we felt so badly for him. and switched gears. we were SAD to not watch our friends get married...and to miss the many friends that were there...but we were given a gift of a day we didn't think we were going to have!
pat started working on taxes, i bounced from one kid to another...watching what they were doing, joining them, listening to them.

pat and i spent time dreaming about our next house project ???? :-) he isn't one to be in the mood to dream. ever. so it was SUPER fun for me!

SUPER fun news was shared with us saturday afternoon that i don't think i can mention outright...yet...but i will once i can! 

we had leftover pizza from the night before for dinner in front of some football game saturday night. and even turned the fire on (how we WISH it was a REAL fire!)

 late saturday afternoon, rebekah told pat and i she had a scavenger hunt for us. it started in the kitchen...went all around the house...and ended by the tv with this coupon in an envelope. she was SERIOUSLY offering to watch the other kids so we could go out to dinner AND a movie!? isn't she the BEST? we didn't do it. but it meant so much to us!

it ended up being a sweet weekend. we are surrounded by people we love so very much any direction we turn. what a blessing!

{sadly...i spent a LOT of the weekend with horrible stomach pain. not sure if it's diet related (possible) or stress related (more likely). ugh. by the end of the day both fri and sat nights, i was curled in a ball in pretty excruciating pain. boo. going to be better about my diet and try to not stress - ha!}