7.05.2006
Crazy Times and a God who Provides
What a crazy couple of weeks this has been! We went to Portland for the big Cascade reunion. They did a really great job putting that event together. If anyone missed it, next time, don't! Seriously-- it was great to see everybody and hear old groups sing together again and have chapel again. Then, my hubby had a crazy, CRAZY week at work. He worked almost 80 hours. Gross. Then on Friday, Rebecca came to visit us. We had a great time with our good friend! She got to stay all the way until Tuesday morning. It was so nice to get to spend some good quality time with her. We went to dinner, went shopping, took her to some of our favorite restraunts, read magazines, took naps in the shade, ate and hung out with the fam, went to the races, saw a fireworks show... it was great! (thanks for coming, friend!) I mean, we stayed with her when we went to Portland, but seriously-- she was so busy with the Cascade event that we didn't really get to see her much at all until we took her out to celebrate when it was all over. This week is going to be crazy again... Eric's sister is getting married on Saturday and Eric is in the wedding and I am doing the flowers. Tonight is the bachelor party, so Eric will be out late for that, and then he has to go do a job for work before he can come home. Then tomorrow is the rehearsal and dinner all the way out in Enumclaw. Then Friday I have a Dr. appointment, then I have to run into Seattle to pick up the flowers, then spend the rest of the day putting all of the arrangements together. Saturday is the wedding. It's hard for us to be so busy because we really are just so in love that we want to be together all the time, and a regular work day is quite enough apart-ness, thank you very much. But do you know what is great about God? He gives us just what we need. Yesterday for the 4th, Eric and I turned down all invitations and just stayed home together all day. We needed that so badly. I think the last time we did that was probably on our honeymoon. If it wasn't for that time together, I would have been crying when he left for the bachelor party tonight. But even though I would prefer to have him here, I was able to smile and sincerely say "have fun!" when he left. Having that time together yesterday will help us get through the rest of this week. God is so good to us. Hooray for God for meeting all of our needs and a lot of our wants!
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Hi, Dawnette!
We do a segment at church every week called "what's God doing in your life." I am not the type of person who shares regularly during that time, but it has helped me to be constantly reminded that God is always working, and it's my job to pay attention and to notice Him. Sometimes I'm successful at it and other times not so much, but it is a nice reminder every week to try again to see His hand.
It's killing me to not be able to spend more time with Andrea. We went from having lunch together every day and dinner most days to now we are lucky to squeeze in our weekly date at lunch time.
Thanks for the reminder that God is always working, even when it doesn't look like it.
It was fun to hang out. I hope you had fun making up for lost time! :)
Paula it was good to see you at the rehersal dinner and at the wedding! I hope things have calmed down for you. Oh and when I read "we needed that so badly." I accidently read "we need a baby." Please don't think that I'm heckling/harassing you (after last weekend of being harassed, I don't want to be one of those people.) That's just what I read!
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