Monday, January 31, 2011

Sunday with Friends.....

Stevie-G spoke in church this morning about love. Chris and I have known Stevie for 15 years, and watched him sort of grow up at Qwanoes. I remember one time kidnapping his little bunny "punch" {get it? punch the bunny?, he thought it was funny}because punch wasn't getting his cage cleaned as often as i thought--i gave him back in the end, not sure who i thought i was taking his bunny, but i was young too then!.....Anyways, i digress.

I don't enjoy church these days....but we knew that Steve was speaking this morning, so of course we were there!!  Being in church is good for me {sometimes!!}....it reminds me of things that get buried under the 'busyness' of life.  It helps me to re-focus and get ready for the days ahead with my family and remember what is important.  He spoke on the 3 different types of love and what really re-leveled me when i listened to him was my outlook on my friends and also people I don't call my friends.  He reminded me that if you are a believer, you have an obligation to give grace when no grace is deserved and to love others without expecting anything in return.  Its a struggle, but there is no growth without struggle, right?

This afternoon Steve and Nicole came over to play.  We are thankful for this family as we continue to get to know them......  We ate, we played, we laughed, we cleaned up....same thing we always seem to do.

Here is Isaac and Danika playing Kinect....she sorta kicked his butt in the driving game! He kept trying to push her with his arm as they played...poor guy trying to get an advantage!
 Buddies.....
Fellow dessert-eating beast!
 Presenting the one-legged baby!!
 Proof that Nic is as bad as me, or as good {depending how you look at it}!!