It's Been a Great Weekend

There is something about the sunshine. It really does just do me some serious good! Here's a glimpse of my awesome weekend:
- Dinner and Bluegrass Music from my dad's bluegrass band SonRoad at Carolina Barbeque with my family. (Kira and Nic also came - I LOVED THAT). The barbeque was amazing and I loved being with my family. Lots of extended family came and my two second cousins played me with their April Fools jokes. Funny for them.
- Movie afterwards with Kira and Nic. We watched The Killers after some serious debate at the redbox. It was really cute and funny.  I was worried that it would be a Mr and Mrs Smith knock-off but it wasn't too bad.  I'm getting Morning Glory next. The redbox has lots of good movies right now.
- Lazy Saturday - I cleaned the house and I mean, REALLY cleaned it. I even dusted. Which is my least favorite thing ever to do. I can truly say that I now enjoy washing the dishes. I love to take my computer (like some of you have previously read) and watch shows on hulu while I do the dishes. It's relaxing and now I enjoy the dishes. But I don't think I'll ever enjoy dusting. It takes so much time and you have to move around so many things. Saturday I tried to be patient and move all the little things around and I'm glad I did. The house is clean and fresh. I also vacuumed and washed the sheets and our couch covers. They needed it because Layla got way too excited when Nic and Kira arrived and she got a little pee on the couch cover.
- Saturday night we went to the coffee house and I realized that I was NOT in college anymore.  There were so many college kids and it was amazing to see the coffee house filled up like that. I'm so excited for them. I was there really early with Brandon cause he played with the band when this huge group of college kids walked in. They were all talking and knew each other and I just sat and thought about my days when it was like that for me. Such fun memories of the A-frame and cook outs and bonfires and all of it reminds me of sweet summertime which I'm so excited about. Anyways, this guy sat next to me and introduced himself and I said "Yeah, I'm married to him (and pointed to Brandon)" He was like "ok." As soon as it came out of my mouth, I thought, that was a lame thing to say. Why would he care? But really, a year ago, it would've been relevant because everyone in the coffeehouse knew Brandon. Now we are a little out of the loop. Not that we don't feel completely connected to Sonslight and their vision, but those college kids and all the people that go to coffee house are not the people we see all week long anymore.   But I have to say that I'm really thankful for where I am. I'm thankful for my friends that are in the same stage of life as me that I know I will always have. God knows what He is doing.
- Sunday morning was AMAZING. I am just completely amazed at how our church is growing. Not in numbers necessarily but in maturity.   We are doing exactly what we are supposed to be doing in planting seeds. The kind of seeds that grow to look exactly like the fruit that produced them. I just have to give a shout out to Michael Baylor and Blake Elder who really stepped it up on a Sunday when some of our leaders had the awesome opportunity of traveling to another place. Church was still awesome and the Holy Spirit still showed up, and people's lives are still being changed. That's the kind of church I'm so thankful to be a part of. It was GOOOD.
- Sunday afternoon I was LAZY and I loved that too. Went to 607 again and laid in the sunshine. Got a little burnt (and very unequally burnt) and then watched Waiting for Superman, which is an awesome documentary that kinda made me annoyed that we aren't changing things but I'm thankful for the people who are really trying. For now, trying for me just looks like me being the best teacher I can be and not getting slack on my kids.
- Sunday evening I came home to see my husband and we crashed. Brandon and I got to talk about our days (He went golfing - I'm glad he got to do something for himself and I'm glad he found John Mark and Joseph on the course) I'm a lucky lucky girl.  I woke up this morning with my contacts in and my clothes on. Obviously I fell asleep fast and hard and Brandon just left me there. But I'm glad I was up early to start the day right.
And another week begins!!!