what a weekend!!  I spent all of Friday afternoon/evening making and decorating the wedding cake. One of our neices spent the night, so it was great to have an extra set of hands when getting ready Saturday morning.  While getting the diaper bags together i headed out to the van to get something and realized our new van had a flat tire!!  knowing we didnt have much time, we decided we’d drive the old van to the wedding.  the kids were all loaded up and we were ready to go, but the van wouldnt start!!  so Dean jumped it and we were finally on our way. So we went to the wedding, came home and all took a nap.   we then went to dinner and took our other neice shopping for clothes to leave at our house for when she comes to stay at the last minute, as usually is the case on weekends.

on Sunday we went to church, the service was awesome.   I felt like we were definitely brought back here for a reason, and it is beginning to reveal itself, and it’s so cool to be able to feel at home as we discover our vision for this season of our lives.   Dean spent Sunday afternoon getting the tire on the van fixed and taking our neice home.  Last night we went to dinner at a couple from church’s house.   I met her at the moms group, and find out her hubby runs a coffee roasting business.   ironically he started out with a popcorn popper, just like Dean has been doing.  so I knew we had to connect with them.  Zeke and their littlest, Julianna, share a birthday, and both were born early, I think their original due dates may have even been days apart but both were born early.   so they’ll both be turning one soon.  they also have a 2 year old, a few months older than Bo and a four year old, all girls. So our 3 boys all have someone to play with.  it’s cool to see how God can connect people.  the bad part of that visit was Zeke pulling up to stand and holding on to the glass on their pellet stove.  he’s got a nasty burn on his hand, I’m taking him to the dr this afternoon to get it checked. it’s nasty looking and he keeps hitting it on everything, making crawling hard for him too.  other than that it was a great visit.
we’re excited to keep meeting people that we know were strategically placed by God in our lives.   I’m excited about new opportunities and new friendships.   Life is still missed in Baltimore….more for me than anyone I believe but I’m hopeful now which helps.

another cool thing that happened this weekend was during church, we go to a megachurch, 5000 or so folks.  there’s a saturday evening service and 3 on Sunday morning.  due to our busy saturday we missed that one, and that’s when we like to go.   so instead we went to the 10 am one on Sunday.   during the service they ask you to greet someone you dont know..easy to do right? well I turned around and saw a familiar face.  we both stopped and were trying to figure out the connection, she’s Zeke’s physical therapist!! she looked different, her hair and make up were different, guessing done better than after spending all day w/ disabled kids!   looking forward to meeting with her every week now more than before…it’s a cool connection and so amazing in a megachurch.  it’s that kind of thing that happens that affirms to me that we are here now for this season of time at this place and I’m trying to embrace that.  it’s tough to be away from what were the comforts of home, but amazingly it’s getting easier and easier to adjust when it seems we are surrounded by lots of family and new friends.

this week’s schedule seems to be not too busy. I called to get more info about how to get Bo the speech and occupational therapy he needs through the county since our insurance wont pay for it.   thankfully they do pay for the custom orthotics Zeke is going to be getting soon.  he’s starting to go to physical therapy every wednesday for a month or two to help with his leg/feet problems.   we are waiting to see what Bo’s therapy is going to look like and how often.

well that’s about all I can think of right now…I should have been working on chores this morning but just cant get into it this morning….I just want to veg out, it was a busy busy weekend, and that drains me so much.  we’ll be visiting Baltimore for the week of spring break, just a month away…I’m so excited about it!!