What a week

A week ago at this time I was so excited for this week.  We had a lot of fun in store.  We began with a lovely dinner with our friends Mark and Amy.  They invited us over and cooked us a wonderful meal.  Amy, who is 33 weeks pregnant with her 9th, and her daughters cooked everything and we just got to enjoy their hospitality.  Such a fun evening.  We hadn't stayed out that late for a long time.  Then Monday night we had dinner with my family and got to celebrate my moms birthday.  It was pizza, salad, chocolate cake with Mocha frosting, and ice cream.  Then we enjoyed a game of scum.  Tuesday night was a kitchen party.  Wednesday I enjoyed birthday lunch and shopping with my mom and sister and later it was church and girls ministry/ jubilee night.  Then early Thursday morning, around 2:00 am things went crazy.  It had actually started the night before where Cassandra wasn't feeling well.  She said her tummy was hurting and would go spit in the toilet.  I thought it was funny but best not to take her to church.  So David stayed home with the two little ones.  When we came home he said he had chosen bad and things had not gone well.  Cassie indeed was sick and the rest of us girls soon followed.  By morning the only ones who could walk upright were David and Isabella, who being a 1 year old couldn't sit still although she was throwing up too.    My wonderful husband took the day off to take care of us.  By evening we were all just sore and tired.  The sad part was it was our Bright Lights day.  I so enjoy our Bright Lights meetings and was sad to cancel but we had to.  We also missed our date night.  What makes me laugh the most is I don't think my son even knows what happened.  He got home late from band practice at church Wednesday night, woke up a bit late, grabbed his books and ran to college, and then had to work so didn't get home till after we were all in bed.   Of course the house was in disarray but I doubt he noticed that. :)  Today is a new day.  The sun is shining so beautiful and I feel good but thirsty.  The girls are doing school work and off we go again.  I have a lovely lunch planned with a good friend for her birthday and then a stamping party tonight.  So that will finish off a fun week with a little glitch.  

I was thinking today about how hard it is to take care of sick people when we are sick.  It is like you can hear them crying and you want to help but are unable.  Then there comes a point when you can no longer take it and have to get up and do something.  As I was getting everyone dinner last night my daughter asked me how I could do it.  I told her it wasn't an option.  I had to get up and get everyone some food.  Of course food was hardly picked at but the toast and cheese and pop helped a little.  This is true in other areas of our ministry as well.  If we are spiritually sick it is hard to help those others who are spiritually sick.  As a matter of fact we can do a lot of damage.  It is so important to keep yourself spiritually healthy so that we can be a blessing to others.  I look back on times when I have given advise based on the flesh and have had to go back and apologize.  I pray that the words I speak will line up with the Word of God.  May I be spiritually healthy so that my ministry will help those in need around me.   May God richly bless you this day and stay in His Word and fellowship daily with the Lord so that we may be spiritually healthy.  

Alex finally learning to tie his own tie.  

not to bad.  Here he is for Northwesterns, the traveling singing group he is in at college

Gage (my nephew) and Alex both made it

The grandkids present

helping Grandma blow out the candles

Isabella enjoying her cake, notice the frosting is gone

Once again Lauren and Cassie eating the frosting first