Finishing yesterday's post, too much, too awesome:
*Shopping with D - Went to her favorite store, but got smoothies before that, then shopped, took pictures, followed her around.
*Surprise sunflower - We passed a flower stand and noticed the flowers on the way to the Store. I excused myself while she shopped, snuck over and bought a sunflower for her she commented on. (told the guy I would be back)
*Done shopping - D agreed to grab a bite next door but I detoured her across the street, pretended to go ask the guy the price for the sunflower and reached behind the buckets of flowers to pull out her wrapped flower. SHE LOVED IT
*Lunch/Dinner - We ordered, talked and ate ouside while people walking. The area is 6 blocks from the beach so people were out and about, walking their dogs, enjoying the day.
*Taxi to the movies - we finshed and I took her home to change and then took her to meet her friends at the movies, gave her money and watched her jump out of the car wearing some of the things she just bought - she was quite the happy teen ager.
*Evening with son - we hung out, ate, tossed the football some and relaxed.
*Transcribing my journal - I started the gift for my D, transcribing from my journal the entry from the day of her birth. I LOVED reading all about it again.
*Taxi for D - later I picked up my daughter, tucked her into bed, prayed with her and gave her butterfly kisses as I did when she was a tiny tot.
My kids slept in my house and I rested content that they were in my house for another night but knowing that I was in their heart forever
Sunday
*Taxi son - he went to church at his old school so he could go to the beach with that group.
*Card for friend - I was moved to make a special card for a friend who is going to serve in Mexico for a month and maybe longer. We served on a missions trip for 10 days about 20 months ago. Gave her the card, a CD, a special picture of her from that trip, plus panditas (gummy pandas found only in Mexico) which were part of an inside joke I knew she would appreciate.
*D to church with me - just D and I, time to talk and listen
*Card to my church friend - we sometimes sit near each other because we serve at the same service. So, she had her purse open, while some announcements were going on and I got the care and stuck it in her purse. She motioned if it was for her and if she should open it and I nodded. She was very touched and almost laughed out loud when she saw the panditas, she got the joke!
*The marine - I wrote about a guy I met the day of the men's conference who recently dedicated his life to God. I had been praying for him as he went back for training, in preparation for Iraq this January. We connected this morning and said we would meet after service. We did, we talked, I saw his mom again and I encouraged him to join us Monday night so I could introduce him to more men who would pray for him while he serves our country.
*Post church shopping - I needed to go to a bookstore so D and I went shopping, we bought books at two different stores on the way to the gathering with my family.
*Bday celebration - we celebrated her birthday, ate, watched video from when she 6 to 9 months, played board games and just enjoyed family (minus son who was at the beach)
*Homeward bound - ultimately we headed out to drop off D. We talked about the weekend all the way home LOVED IT! LOVED IT!
*Taxi for son - After dropping off D, it was time to go get son who was due back at his old school from the beach trip. Fed him on the way to his mom's and talked about our basketball game and other guy stuff.
Finally home - I did some laundry and then fell asleep, only to wake up to spend time with God, pray for certain needs and create this post (since I am awake). It was a great weekend indeed!
Committed2Him- "C2H" All Things (Back from Spain!)...18
