The family reunion on Saturday was awesome! It was so great to see so many of my family members that I haven't seen in forever. My family is so big! (& so old) One of my favorite parts was that my grandma had several photo albums that all had really old pictures in them. She told us to go through them and that we could take any pictures that we wanted. So I took three. One has my great grandfather, Gramps in it. He looked spiffy. Another had my grandfather when he was younger, and another had him and my uncle Chap and my uncle Jack. They're awesome pictures.
After that we went to Matt's parents house and hung out there. After we took Kira to work, we played Ticket to Ride with his dad and his youngest sister Annika. I had never played before, but it was fun! Then we picked up Leah from work and then just went home and crashed.
Sunday we got up and went to church and then went back and his dad cooked us some delicious steaks! We got to meet Leah's new boyfriend Zach, too! It was fun. All in all, it was a great weekend.
Monday was relatively uneventful.
Yesterday was a great day though! I had Panera twice (once for lunch and then again for dinner). But I wasn't even mad. It's SO good. For lunch, I saw my cousin Jordan and her wonderful mother. It was a great lunch. Jordan will be coming down to Springfield for college in the fall and I cannot wait for her to be down here! It's going to be so fun. We also talked about faith, which is always amazing. My dinner date was my Soar Mama, Abi. It's always a pleasure to meet with her. (& she was so understanding when I was ten minutes late). We talked for forever and didn't leave Panera until about 9. We had lots of amazing conversation. We also had a lot of catching up to do. I don't know why we always wait a loooong time before we finally get together. But hey, we're adults and these things happen.
And that, my friends, gets you all caught up. So yay!
I have started a new book though. It's called Humility by C.J. Mahaney. I'm only a few chapters in, but I really like it so far. You know, I don't think I've read a book about Christianity yet that I haven't liked. I believe this one is super important. Humility and humbleness are so important and can really grab the attention of God. This book discusses that and discusses ways that one can work towards being more humble.
I've also been reading my Bible more. I've realized that I've really let life get in the way of things with God. I've also been having dreams pointing me towards the Bible and certain passages have been making an appearance in my life recently. For example, the story of Moses. It keeps popping up. It started with Sarah as a way to help me feel less lost and it happened again the other night. I was randomly fanning pages in my Bible while talking to Matthew and I let it fall open. It landed on the exact verses that Sarah had told me to look at a few days prior. Try and tell me that's not a sign. So I'm working my way through the story of Moses.
One thing I did NOT know was that Moses was a murderer. He killed a man and God still had a big plan for him and talked to Moses personally. This really just stuck out to me. So many people will say they are too far gone for Christianity. But THAT'S NOT TRUE. God loves everybody. Which is such great news.
Also, history was made today! DOMA was shot down by the Supreme Court. This makes it to where all same-sex married couples get all the same benefits as straight married couples. Talk about a step in the right direction! I'm glad that I'll be on the right side of history.
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