L. O. V. E

This last week has been so hectic for me. Let me just make a list for you so you can get the feel of it. 

Monday- work then my wifely/motherly duties
Tuesday- day off...worked outside in flower beds all day. I even managed to completely kill an azaela bush.LOL. 
Wednesday- work/sick/sore throat all day (I dislike allergies)
Thursday- work/parent teacher conference/cook supper/give kids bath/got them to bed/took husband supper/ cooked 2 french loaves and a cake. 
Friday- work, husbands surprise bday party
saturday- work, football game at my house with friends/cooked  vegetable beef soup
sunday- church, wedding, reception, then to jackson to see baby Elisabeth Ditto. (and i was not just attending this wedding, I had to take the pictures)Did not even get home until 10:30
Monday- work/then up to midnight editing photos....
Tuesday- slept until 10 thanks to my loving husband. Then up to clean a very very very dirty house! cooked soup, had parents over for supper, submitted recipes, now blogging.

Now if your not tired from just reading that then you must be super mom! I know my feet hurt every night and I think I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow!! I dont even think I came home at all until bed time sunday....

But let me just say this, I loved every minute of it. I have recieved so much blessings this week its unreal.

So let me share my story of blessings.

My week started off slow with normal day to day duties and crazy kids who mean the world to me but take every ounce of energy I have out of me. Tuesday was so refreshing being outside in the beautiful sunshine and cool breeze. There is absolutely something therapuetic about fall coming and being able to be outside without sweating! Thank you God for changing of the seasons!But along with changing of the seasons comes aweful allergies. My throat was so sore wednesday from either the refreshing time outside the day before or the cold ive been fighting for 2 weeks...I worked through it though. I hate missing church on wednesday nights but I couldnt stand the thought of giving any potentially contagious cough to those precious kiddos. Thursday, oh dreadful Thursday! Usually Thursday is a great day. Im usually so refreshed from church the night before. But as you read, I didnt go. And, yes, I felt it. I was so stressed all day thursday! I had a million things to get done before dannys surprise bday party and nothing was going right. The worst part about thursday was parent teacher conference. Any of you who know my daughter know that she struggles with school. Bless her heart. Im not going to get into detail but all I ask is that you pray for her. Friday comes along and im now sleepy, stressed, and excited. My husband turns 30!!! All in all his bday party turned out a success. Friday became a great day. Saturday as I was at work thinking about what I was going to feed everyone that was going to be at my house when I got off work for the football game, I prayed. We needed groceries in the house...which I neglected to get the week before. No time to go grocery shopping....and to be honest the bday party kind of put a damper on the grocery fund. I called dannys grandmother to see if she had a few of the ingredients that I needed for supper. She said "Sure come on over". I got off work and drove to her house expecting to get the few cans of vegetalbes that I needed. I walked in the door to a table completely covered in groceries!!!! I couldnt have thanked her enough. Only if she knew how much we needed that. But God did. He knew what our need was. He chose to bless me with a giving grandmother. Wow. Praise him. After that experience my night just went wonderful. One of these days I will learn to stop stressing and know and believe that God makes all things Good. Sunday was amazing at church! Wedding was stressfull for some but I didnt let that damper my happiness. I picked up my friend to go see our friends baby that was born in Jackson. Its an hour drive so we had plenty of time to chit chat. She began to tell me about her husband who is struggling with religion. I told her not to worry that God was working on him. I began to talk to her about how I became to know christ. How I actually had to put it through my head that hes not some story book character. How he holds this whole world in his hands and nothing is too big for him. He is God and wants to be recognized as the one and only God. He is merciful, giving, forgiving, amazing, trustworthy, and true. He is Love. He invented Love. He gives love without recieving love. He is the perfect definition of Love. He loves unconditionally. I told her to pray for him. I believe I had about a hour serman with her!! But she is a great listner. God put those words in my mouth because for some reason that im not aware of...she needed to hear them. That was a blessing!

Im sorry it took so long to get to my blessings story but I just had to set the mood. I hope you enjoy!