Family~

• Amanda’s passport came yesterday! I always say everything works for a reason… if we had been in dallas, no one would have been here to sign for it… (it was sent overnight). She is relieved.
• Everyone was packed including us… and no trip to Dallas. It has been a busy weekend anyway, and we really enjoyed church last night. The lesson was about Storms in life and I always relate storms to Izzy’s neurostorms. But, God has been faithful to bring us through a lot of ’storms’ and I trust Him completely right now.
• Bailey went to camp. I watched him get on the van for the trip. I will miss my little guy but pray he has a wonderful week at camp.
• Emelia was supposed to be on that same van… yesterday at the park she was riding her scooter and it went out from under her. She fell flat on her back and it knocked the breath completely out of her. She was hysterical for a while and then it was better after lots of ice and heat. Well, this morning she woke up with a very sore stiff neck and shoulder. I couldn’t send her to camp like that, so I’m keeping her home to watch her and when it is better we’ll take her to camp (3 hours away).
• Matt is 40 today!
• Izzy went #2 on the real pottie last night. Matt so didn’t want me to blog about that so I’m tucking it here in this list, but in my opinion it is a big deal and I am excited about it.
• Amanda leaves tomorrow for Canada. She is so excited! I’m excited for her!

Kitchen~

• I love my new little freezer! I bought a bunch of meat on sale the other day and made several bags of hamburger patties, made up a meatloaf and froze it that way, made gyros, I can’t remember what else… but it is really nice to have all that room.
• Letting everyone choose their meals worked great and someone (I think Gail) mentioned that she even let them help on their night so I did! That made it even better.
• I’m trying to watch it in the calorie department… I bought a neat little book yesterday at Mardels that is called daily devotional for dieters. I thought about posting the devotionals on here each day… we’ll see, but here is day one:

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? I Corinthians 6:19

As Christians, we believe that God dwells within us. Our bodies become His home, and it makes sense that we should try to make His surroundings as nice as possible. The temple of God in Israel was kept immaculately clean and pure. Only the most clean and holy of men were allowed to enter it. It was revered by all. The temple was the most holy and special place of all. When we are told that our bodies are the temple of God, it is not an option whether or not we will take care of it; it is a duty. When we care for our physical being, we are making God’s temple a holy and special place.

Todays thought: We diet not only for ourselves, but for God!

Bloggville~

• Well, there have been tons of contests going on including those pretty aprons over at Nan’s. I didn’t win one of them, can’t believe that!
• Got more good mail from Christi & Jenny! Love goodmail!
• Sent out goodmail and bought stuff at Mardels to send out this week.

I’m thankful for~

• God’s faithfulness. There’s no room for doubt when in faith. Think about when the storm came and Jesus was sleeping on the boat. HE wasn’t stressed or doubting His safety… He simply took a rest. This reminds me to chill out and relax, God’s got it covered.
• My family. The kids are all scattering out this week and I will miss them. Mom had her 65 th birthday and I love her.
• My friends. Let me tell you, I have some of the best!
• You. Because you read my silliness and write the sweetest and most encouraging comments and never tell me you are bored. I have the best blog friends too!

One of my favorite blog friend’s, Judi, is hosting the weekend reflections. You can sign up to participate over at her blog, Mommy of Two.