Busyness of Life...

We always say that we are busy, busy, and we don’t have enough time in the day. The thing is that I am grateful for my busyness, because it makes me really appreciate the time that I have a moment to just be spontaneous. To take an extra minute to really dance with my girls or just have that extra long hug from my husband. But some of my busyness has to do with my girls and husband, so I shouldn’t complain, Uh??

This past week seemed to busy as ever, but as the week went on it seemed to slow down. Grace had her first Slumber Party at a friend’s house and although she said she wasn’t scared of spending the night, I was scared for her. After dropping her off the rest of us went to Loogootee to get gas, supper, and went by my sister’s for a bit. Then we made a surprise stop at Greta and Rob’s house to visit them and B. The more I was there the more I thought…we haven’t been there since B’s birthday party back in August. Are you kidding me??? Man, we really need to get out more and visit the people we love.
I guess Gracie did fine at her slumber party because I didn’t get a phone call asking me to come and get her. She seemed so much more grown up when I saw her after Ladies’ Day the next day.
Speaking of Ladies’ Day, I had the opportunity to go to the Ladies’ Day at Providence. Let me tell you, I really enjoyed my time. The Ladies that put this on did a great job on putting this together. The guest speaker was Lauren Biggs and she was AMAZING…I hung on to every word she spoke. I have known her for several years and she truly a wonderful blessing. After she spoke, we were able to choose two sessions to attend and I was in Awe of the sessions I attended. Just hearing these women speak was great. After the events were over, I felt so rejuvenated and blessed to be part of this. I just wished I would of got my mom and sister involved because I believe they would have liked it as much as I did.
The rest of the day we just hung around the house, what else could we do, since it was rainy and cold? So, the girls and I went downstairs and did some finger painting. They played, while I worked on one of my dances (the Senior Vikettes are dancing to “I can Only Imagine”). Grace and daddy went to Fat Boy’s for some ice cream, while Izabelle took a late, late afternoon nap. We just enjoyed the time together. We started to watch Wizard of Oz (until it got to late), a tradition that I have had since I was a little girl. It seemed like each year at this time, the Wizard of Oz would come on and I remember watching it with my sister and brother and I wanted to keep that tradition going with our family.
Sunday, we went to church, had an early Thanksgiving meal with Matt’s grandparents and family. And just spent the day with them…headed home for a nap. I had my Christian Life class (more to come on this subject) that afternoon and Small Groups that evening and was able to take a break for our topic and just have the opportunity to just talk and relax. We did our shoe boxes for Operation Child…although we (the Gingerich’s didn’t have all of our items we enjoyed watching everyone getting in the spirit of giving). So, you see if I wasn’t busy I would miss some these opportunities that have presented itself.