Adventures in La La Land

I have entered "busy season." I told the girls yesterday that the next few weeks are going to be crazy, then I got out my calendar and said, "Actually, the next few months are going to be crazy." Haha. So here's a glimpse at some of the crazy . . . 1. Justin wrapped up his soccer season with a three day tournament in Ohio. Levi has been really involved with this year's team. He tags along to a lot of the practices, and serves as the ball-boy during home games. So when he started begging to go to the tournament, we decided he's finally old enough to go. They left Tuesday after school and didn't get home until 12:30 this morning! The girls and I had a very quiet week! Levi lived his best life, constantly surrounded by people to entertain him (Justin's dad went as well, and he's just a big kid), eating tons of candy and chips and fast food, and getting to skip three days of school! The girls and I were responsible and went to school, but we also...

1. I did it. I made it to 40. I'm always excited to make it to the next decade, because I'm pretty sure I'm going to die young. Well I don't have to worry about that anymore, since I'm officially old! My sweet sister got up very early in the morning on my birthday to decorate my front yard/van. So now the whole neighborhood knows I'm officially old!  I really tried to get Lucy to drive to school that morning. Can you believe she refused?? I stopped at the bakery on the way home from dropping the kids off at school, and a guy who saw me get out of my van paid for my donuts! That made the embarrassment worth it. 😂 2. Our upcoming Mexico vacation is our gift to ourselves since Justin and I both turned 40 this year, plus celebrated our 20th anniversary. Thus he didn't buy me a gift. But Lena crocheted me a bookmark, and Lucy gave Lena and Levi money to ride their bikes to the gas station and buy me candy. 💗 I also got to eat a lot of good restaurant food all w...

I wrote the first two points of this entry last Saturday, then stared at my screen for half an hour and couldn't think of a single thing to add. So I'm reusing the original two and adding on for this week . . . 1. I read three more books this week: The True Vine  by Andrew Murray, Mothering Boys: 8 Things Your Son Needs From You Before He Turns 10 by Molly DeFrank, and The Hiding Place  by Corrie ten Boom. They were all extremely convicting, and I'm feeling a little battered. This is why I just stick to my happy-ending fiction! Seriously, though, I need it. I need to be stripped of my idols of comfort and leisure. This was my second reading of The Hiding Place , but it wrecked me this time - in all the best ways. God was so real to Corrie and Betsie, they relied so completely on him, and he showed up time and again. That doesn't mean he delivered them from the concentration camp immediately or cushioned their lives with comfort and ease. But he worked through them and w...