Sunday, Monday!

Last night we had a Night of Praise at our church. It was awesome and we really enjoyed worshipping to all different types of music and in different ways. There was one point, when everyone in our church was on their knees! Loved it! I told Matt that I would've like to have spent the entire hour or so of worship on my knees.
Have y'all seen a sign like this before?

I've always liked that saying, and that is how I've felt lately in some areas of my life.

Here we are after A Night of Praise. We were out and about in our fun little town.



We didn't do much else yesterday. We got in a good, long nap. We also went to Cherokee Lake...where Blakely proceeded to jump in the lake after the ducks that Matt was pointing at for her to get. I was in shock. I know she probably thought it was just like St. George, where she gets right in, but it will definitely teach us to keep her on a leash out there. :) At least she got a bath out of it! She is so fluffy and soft right now :) Look at that cute pup!


I also organized our pictures into photoboxes...childhood, college, and pictures since we've been married. I plan on maybe starting SIMPLE scrapbooks this summer. We'll see!


Today has been good. I started out the day with surprising my friend Robin with a little gift in her classroom. It is her birthday!

We started making our mother's day gifts. I started preparing for conferences, we practiced for graduation, and I placed all of my kids in 1st grade classrooms for next year. I came home promptly at 3:30 today, because I'll be staying until 7 tomorrow, and 5 the rest of the week doing conferences after school. I still have some paperwork to complete at home tonight, but something lately changed my perspective on my obsessive ways with work. Or my workaholic tendancies.

I've been reading Patsy Clairmont's Kaleidoscope, as a fun, easy read each night before I go to bed.

It focuses on Proverbs and I ususally read a chapter a night....sometimes I squeeze in two! I was reading a chapter on Heavy Lifting...Proverbs 10:29a. It talked a lot about having a calendar that was jam packed and a purse that is so full, you can't find anything. It basically relates those things to being very busy, stressed, un-focused, off-track, facing things that are hard, overworked, forgetful, and weary . (It really is funny to read.) She ended the chapter with this thought. "A woman at any age who is weighed down by her overstuffed bags has trouble walking upright...and remains exhausted." HELLO...that can be me. Especially these days! I am trying really hard to not let the stress of things tax my strength this week!

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. -Psalm 90:12

The LORD is the strength of my life. -Psalm 27:1b