Tuesday, August 18, 2009

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

My blog...oh how I have missed thee. What have I been doing you ask? Well,let me see...I have been:
*teaching and reaching (Vacation Bible School)
*and swimming and socializing (Fourth of July at familyamericanstyle.blogspot.com)
*and wrapping and hiding and planning and celebrating(5th&6th b-days at Disney)
*and packing and unpacking
*and sunning and funning (Family Vacation in Fort Lauderdale)
*and snapping and scrapping
*and reading(www.paperbackswap.com)and studying(ladies summer bible study-Me, Myself and Lies by Jennifer Rothschild)
*and talking and laughing (girls weekend at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando!)
*and eating and trying not to eat
*and playing Scrabble and Sorry and Trivial Pursuit and Bananagrams and Rummicube
*and shopping and returning
*and cooking and cleaning
*and smiling and sighing
*and hugging and kissing
*and telling stories and tucking in
*and arguing and making up
*and praying and praising (sunday school and church)
*and picking and choosing (paint colors that is)
*and working and lounging
*and texting and typing (got a new iphone!)
*and dating (9th Anniversary)and babysitting(grandbaby came to visit!)
*and stressing and striving
*and thanking the Lord for each and every day!!

It has been a truly fun summer and I have enjoyed being "fully present" during all the times spent with my precious family....but alas SCHOOL IS STARTING!! and that just means one thing.."Hello blog..long time no see. Its great to be back! Let me tell you what I have been thinking.."

1 comment:

Cherry Tree said...

Hey, it's good to see your blog is back! After reading this post, I can understand why you've taken a break from it for a time. Sounds like your summer has been full and fulfilling. Great post! Now that school is beginning, hope to see you soon!