Weekend wonders

Happiest of Monday's folks! The weather here is kinda eh, but it's a new and glorious day. Have you ever walked away from a weekend feeling like it was a successful one? Whether it be in house chores, spending time with family, or even sleeping, it always feels good when you walk away feeling accomplished.

 

We dabbled a bit this weekend in house chores. There's a list about a mile long of to-do's for our house that we're trying to knock out with each free weekend and paycheck. This weekend we tackled the area under our stairs.

 

Our pups are out during the day with fans, shade, water, beds... Ya'll they're spoiled. But they've found this little nook under the stairs that lead out into our backyard and have decided to make a mud pit out of it. You can imagine how gross our house can get with 2 muddy dogs. So we decided to nip that and laid pavers underneath. We still have to go back and fill in the cracks between pavers but it's finished for the most part. It'll be interesting to see how they respond to them...
 

 

 

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before but I truly believe in a good small group that you can fellowship with, challenge each other, stretch one another to study God's word deeper... We all need accountability and responsibility in our lives. We have a great small group/bible study/whatever you want to call it. Yesterday we were focusing on a particular part in 1 Samuel and the topic was friendship. We asked each other some really hard questions, discussed more how we can be a light to our friends (both those that know Jesus and those who don't), etc.

 

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My MIL is a fighter ya'll. She started chemo on Friday last week and her "second birthday" is today!! A "second birthday" in our world is this: She's getting some of her stem cells returned back to her body today with hopes that all cancer stuff has been cleaned out from her 2 rounds of chemo. Think of it like this - they removed all her stem cells (the "furniture" if you will), chemo went in and cleaned house (we're hoping it got everything), and then stem cells (furniture) went back into the clean house. Make sense?

 

How have ya'll been? I feel like we don't take enough time to stop and ask each other how we're doing. So tell me - how are you doing?

Knee deep in the water somewhere...

Happy Friday friends! I've got the beach on my mind (we'll be headed there Sunday for the day) and I'm in some dire need of UV rays (with sunscreen, I'm not that stupid) and phones-free for hours. That's right, I plan on NOT having my phone with me. Well, it'll be with me in case of emergency but I don't plan on using that bad boy. I want to escape from life for a few hours and just enjoy God's beauty with my husband and family.

 

 

We've got a lovely wedding to go to tomorrow evening and we're so excited! I love weddings - you get to celebrate love and eat good food all at the same time. What's better than that?! Congrats to Ryan and Erin, and may God bless your marriage with many years of happiness, laughter, and love.

 

 

What are ya'll up to this weekend?!