Happy Sunday, Guys & Gals!
Hey listen, first things first: if you didn't make it to church this morning, or even if you did and just want a small, extra boost for today, here's
THIS from our Pastor Jeff's message this morning. This is fantastic, so naturally I wanted to share it with you!
Thank you, Pastor Jeff & the worship team at SonRise! What an awesome morning!
With some sort of weird, collective sense of enthusiasm, we set out after church to do some more
Christmas shopping. I know, I know - the Christmas spirit has me doing some things this year that are
far outside my norms. Accept it and move on, mmkay? ;)
Just kidding. We had a blast. We found ourselves for the bulk of our mini outing right back at Meijer, where we originally found our little Christmas lights. We were short a few strands yesterday, so today we snagged some more, and a few stockings for the mantle to go along with.
And, because it's mandatory whenever we find ourselves near mechanically-activated anythings [horses, rocket ships, teacups... whatever...], there's this:
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| love my little cowgirl ♥ |
We made a stop by GameStop in search of BioShock [
FOUND IT!!], and ended up heading home with a Wii system as well, for one heck of a steal. [
It's Christmas, c'mon!]
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| gamestop .. ohhhh, the fun ;) |
We were home in no time and spent the next hour or so battling each other on MarioKart. I hate to admit it, but Syd's not half bad at this, and while she was up jumping all over the room to play, she somehow managed to hang in there and have a blast!
.... Don't worry, Mom, we didn't spend all night in front of the TV [or in this case, thanks to Rob the resident enginner, the projector on the wall....]; after about an hour of Wii play, we dug out the ponies and played the old fashioned way:
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I am one seriously lucky mama in this house. This has been another incredible day with loved ones, awesome message this morning at church and a day to enjoy each other.♥ Not a bad way to start the week!
Goooood night!
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