"Labor" Day Weekend

Whew!! This weekend is over! It was full of excitement and lots of work. On Saturday we had a wonderful pary for Elizabeth. I am so grateful to friends who let us use their house for the party, my parents who were so flexible with my crazy brain that wasn't working, in-laws who made punch and veggie tray, and most of all my fabulous husband who helped me more than words can say.

The part I enjoyed the most was when Elizabeth dug into her birthday cake.

As she was doing this, I looked around and saw so many people who love my daughter so much. It made me so happy to know that she was surrounded by such strong Christian men and women. I pray that they will be the role models and people Elizabeth looks up to as she grows in her faith. But then I realized that there were several in that room that I was unsure of their faith....Why is it that I do not know??? These are close people, why haven't I done anything? Am I scared of what they will say or am I scared that they will tell me that they just don't believe?? These are questions that have haunted me since Saturday.

After a restless sleep Saturday night (because of these questions and Elizabeth getting up throughout the night), I woke up to a daughter with a fever. We enjoyed the morning playing and watching church on TV. As much as I enjoy watching church on TV, there is something to be said about actually being there and being around that cloud of witnesses.

Matt and I finally did what I have been wanting to do for a long time...clean out our attics!!! You see, I have wanted our bonus room to be a play room for Elizabeth. It wasn't until she got sooooo many toys for her birthday that this became necessary. After she went down for her nap, we cleaned 2 of our attics. We got rid of so many things and were able to organize them. I now have  play room for Elizabeth and she LOVES it. My husband was amazing during the entire process. I shut down when I realized that I had to part with a lot of my things. I felt like I was on the show, Hoarders, and couldn't part with all of it. Matt and I completed this whole process in 4 hours!!

After all that organizing we went to celebrate our niece's birthday. Elizabeth spent the night with my parents and Matt and I enjoyed a night together without responsibilities!! Actually...he was still feeling pretty bad from a cold he got and then I got sick around 10pm. A long night filled with tossing and turning and throat on fire. At finally 3am I took an ambien.

So my weekend was filled and lots on my mind. I finished reading the book "Same Kind of Different As Me" and still tear up when I think about it. I have a few thoughts on that book as well that will probably come this week.

Time to get some sleep before taking Elizabeth to her 1 year checkup tomorrow. Lots to think about and pray about.

Thought to think on: who are the people that are in your life that you do question their faith?? If they died tomorrow, would you have the peace that you would see them again? If you don't know...what's stopping you from changing that?