Wonderful Weekends!

Hello All!
We had a very busy but wonderful weekend this week. Friday and Saturday we went camping with a family from church that we are just getting to know. We had such a wonderful time, its so awesome to find a family that is like-minded who encourages us in every area of our lives. Friday night we had LOTS of rain, I thought our tent was going to float away! It held up great though and it only leaked a bit. Saturday was wonderfully sunny! It was so nice and warm. We cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner over an open camp fire. It was the best meal I have had in a while! We also went swimming and the husbands took all the kids on a boat ride!! We stayed until about 7ish saturday night and then it was time to say goodbye.. I know we had such a wonderful time that I didn't want it to end. But we made one more stop before calling it quits, we drove to this little ice cream stand and had some great treats! Great finish to a great day!

Sunday morning came like it does every week and for the first time in a long time I was excited to go to church. Don't get me wrong I love church but sometimes it seems so repetitive, almost like its a chore for me to go. But today was different. I went to church with a different attitude and it was awesome! I learned so much about forgiveness and sacrifice! Plus the worship was awesome! Its always great but today it was awesome, I closed my eyes and imagined that I was in front of Gods throne singing to him! I am so excited for when that time comes, the time that I can worship God forever!

Monday we took a trip to knobels with friends of ours. Well actually just me and the boys went. Unfortunately Russ had to work but we had fun. Jacob just loves going to parks and having fun with his friends. I love to watch him interact. Although there was many times throughout the day I was wondering if Satan was trying to ruin our day and our fellowship we managed to have a great time. By the end of the trip all 5 kids were pooped and asleep in the car!

One more quick thing before I end this long post. I just want to say that we have come across a great marriage tool called "marriage on the Rock". We have been doing this video series with church for a few weeks and it is the best thing. It has taught us how a marriage should be. Its hard to know what to do when you are not surrounded by strong godly marriages. Russ and I have been having such a great time together since this started. I know that its only going to get better. The book talks about having frequent date nights and "overnight" trips alone. At first I thought that was selfish when you have children but if your marriage isn't good that is worse for the kids. I only pray that God continues to mold us to be examples for our kids and maybe even some others in our lives who think marriage isn't for them!

I have another specialist appt today so I will post results here when I get home!
Thanks for reading!