Colorado

Colorado has been beautiful. We are staying in a family's home and they are all on vacation, so the CFH board has the house all to ourselves.

I am currently trying to eat no dairy, grain or sugar....this weekend has been the first in a long long time that I have not had any juice. I am hoping that by the time I get home I will have cucumbers growing so I will be producing 50% of all I need to juice.....Tim, have you watered the garden on our side?

Up to last night I did okay, not excellent, but ok. I am noticing that with the consumption of certain foods my nose gets stuffy...praise God I am narrowing down the observable reactions...

I read this yesterday and I think we could all benefit from putting our Heavenly Father into proper perspective: Is. 55:8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts....(so what I am thinking makes sense to me is not necessarily from God), Neither are your ways My ways declares the Lord...For as HIGH as the HEAVENS are above the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways".....from the earth into the heavens is a pretty long way....who am I trusting in? Me or HIM?

Decisions, decisions, decisions....

As we are winding down our weekend together with the ladies from CFH, I find myself faced with a question I have had to ask myself several times this last year.....is finishing school should finishing school be a goal in my life right now?

As Hannah moved closer, and another baby was coming, I asked the question. As Abby got a new job and needed a new wardrobe (NOW), I asked myself the question. Now, as I consider the opportunity to invest my time into this ministry, and into the lives of other women/families I am asking myself the question again.

It has been an anchor I have clung to while raising a family...someday I would go back....someday I would prove to myself and to the watching world (whoever they may be) that I had a brain between my ears and would have the paper to prove it.

As I have pursued this goal many things have been affected...I was not able to get totally behind the birth of Aviva (in order to be the Sovta I longed to be in my grandchildren's lives I could only see school as an impediment). I find I am not as available to make care packages for those of you who travel far far away... or even write notes of encouragement, and I am not as available to enjoy the many changes in our family. I am truly conflicted....to surrender this dream is HUGE. But the God I serve is huge as well.

So, unselfishly I would covet your prayers on this matter

Wedding reception set up:) (Hannah)

Many of you are not here for this special day. So many of us are missing that mom randomly found some Mormons to help serve today:) LOL They all go by sister...sister Lee, sister???? and sister???? It's weird but I'm grateful that I'm not the one that had to cut up cucumbers:)

Quote of the day "this is a hard working Tiara and if you work hard enough you can get one too"

















Here are some pictures of the set up I'm sure we will take some more pictures of the day but this is the part that all of mom's hard work comes together.

Ya know I just realized I know our mother doesn't think she is all that creative but this house really looks amazing and she did that...just wanted to point that out:)

So mom here that you are creative and those that are going to miss the AMAZING food you have CREATIVELY made!!

`Hannah

More pictures to come:)

West Town, PA (Abby)

I am in Philly... well outside of Philly at a boarding school, making posters for students who will be arriving tomorrow. This is definitely a GORGEOUS part of the country, let me tell you! I LOVE it out here, and I am currently trying to convince my husband to find a PhD program out here. :) My bangs are not fully grown out yet, but they will get there. I am working out everyday and I am trying to eat healthy... but I am going to try a philly cheese steak tonight for dinner, don't tell my husband.

-Abby

(West town Lake)

                                                                   

(Sunset in West Town, PA)

  

  (I am making tons and tons of posters)

 

(My husband and I seeing who can make the weirder face)

(I got to see Phillip in Maryland!!)