This last saturday was a very full one. Not in the sense that it felt really busy, but in the fact that it put us in the mindset to appreciate what a full life we have.
The day started with getting to see kit's children's pastor's Debbie and Mike. They have known Kit since he was 5 years old, and were influential in encouraging him to go into children's ministry. (They seriously have not aged one bit... They look the same as the pictures of when they first met Kit. We are so thankful to have people that saw something in Kit's heart and encouraged him and gave him opportunities to lead.
Their oldest will be going to college down by us and we are hoping to get to see them all a little more frequently...
We love you Laflin family!
Next we did yard work... A butt load of yard work... there is no other description. It was that much, and it involved taming our creeping fig. So two large trash cans and 4 large trash bags later, we were done with the yard.
Every couple of weeks when we work on our yard, we always have these moments through out the process where we realize how much we love our house and what a blessing it is for our family. I really love our home and I love all the memories that we have already made here.
Then we ended the night with having smores with our neighbors, Maria and Lisa. I could not be more grateful to have them in our lives. Ryder LOVES them (and their dog Bailey) and we have so much fun being together. They truly have taught us about the gift of hospitality. They have an open door policy with their home, where anyone can come and be and stay. They have us over when Kit is traveling and are always there if we need anything. They mean so much to us.
(We are still learning ho to take the best pictures at night.
It looks like their back yard is on fire!)
Mr sticky gooey man loved the smores. He had them on our last camping trip but you could tell that he was really excited about the treat of some sugar.
(Graham crackers were the favorite component.)
We hope that you had a wonderful weekend being with people you love!
