Weekend Recap

We had 7 straight days of sunshine this past week. It was wonderful.

We've been house sitting for going on 10 days now. It has helped us come to 2 conclusions: 1. We are not ready to have kids. 2. We don't ever want to share our bed with an animal.

Anyways, we got to go away for a night, and two of my cheerleaders covered our house sitting duties. Adam lovingly arranged for us to go to Passion Vancouver on Friday. We left pretty much right after work to make it there by 7:30. We knew we'd hit traffic, but we didn't know that border control would add 40 minutes to our commute. Lame.

We ran into Passion 30 minutes late (because of the border delays) and very hungry and missing the UK game.

But there's something about walking into a packed arena, filled with people lifting high the name of Jesus. I can't do anything but pause and take in the beauty of the it all. I remember how overwhelmed I was at my first Passion experience back in 2006; I was instantly excited for heaven.

I wanted my seniors to experience this, too. I consider myself a product of the Passion movement, a part of the 268 generation. It was at that Passion in Nashville in January of 2006 that I first felt compelled to make Jesus' name famous. I remember Piper's message on God being passionate about His glory, and this was mind blowing for me. I remember Louie's message about whether you're making designer jeans or serving in a 3rd world country, your life should point to Jesus.

Passion isn't even known out here. It makes me sad, and if Passion returns to Vancouver next year, I'd love to take my high school seniors! It took stepping into that environment Friday night to remember again how foreign that environment is out here.

Anyways, we stayed in a hotel Friday night, so we could enjoy Vancouver on Saturday. Which- Vancouver is beautiful! It kind of seems futuristic, yet it's right in the middle of these gorgeous and huge mountains. Our room faced the water, and it was so beautiful. We went to breakfast, walked around, and drove through downtown. It was so fun.

The drive back was so pretty, too! Picturesque. Border control took a long time, yet again! It was refreshing to be gone even for 1 night. There's something about going away, and I'm not sure what it is. But I'm so thankful we got to do this.

And Sunday we watched UK play fantastic and beat Baylor for a spot in the Final Four. March Madness has been so fun! I will be sad next week when it's all over.

AND we purchased tickets to go to Haiti in June. We're committed to being globally minded, so we're going! My friend and her husband are leading the trip, and we kept joking about going on a trip together. And we realized the dates worked. We had no reason (except money) not to go. So, we're going! I'm pumped!!!

It was such a great weekend. I love spending time with Adam, and it makes Monday mornings NOT my favorite. Rolling out of bed and getting ready for work just makes me long for the weekend all over again. But I'm determined to not live weekend to weekend.

Remind me of that on Wednesday!

Kids Say The..

darndest things.

During sharing time, a little girl showed us a present that Santa gave her. To which one of my little girls boldly and proudly proclaimed, "Santa isn't real!!" I gave her the look, since she and I have gone over this multiple times. Her bestest buddy in class, whom she swears she will marry, responded, "If you don't believe in Santa or magic, I cannot marry you!" He was completely serious.

A little girl talking to a boy...

"My daddy says when I want to get married, you have to come be really nice to him first or else I can't marry you."

During prayer request time, I mentioned it was Adam's birthday:

"Can we pray for Mr. Adam? That he has a good birthday and gets the cake he wants? Is his mom making him a cake? Who is going to be on it?"

And finally, a girl in one of the other preschool classes was whispering to me during our chapel.

"I love your sparkly ring so much. It's so beautiful! Can I wear it today and bring it back tomorrow?"

ABSOLUTELY. NOT.

March Madness

It's March.

I can hardly believe it.

In devotions on Tuesday, the person leading said, "I'm pretty sure we only have 66 school days left to influence these kids for Jesus."

There was a moment of shock for all of us. 66 days. That's like 12ish more school weeks. I'm not sure where time has escaped to, but it's time to put the pedal to the metal in preschool.

Adam and I started our newlywed small group on Wednesday. We really like our small group leaders; they did our premarital class at church. We're up to share our story(ies?) this Wednesday. Leaving group on Wednesday, we pondered how it is "our story," but it just seems like a short story. Because our one-ness is still really new. Much of our story right now, is the journey we both took prior to us becoming "us." Anyways, we're both excited to connect with these other couples and do life with them.

But it's had me realizing how much Adam has changed me. My sister said it well at our wedding reception that I went from a super independent- I can do this myself-don't mess with me- girl to accepting the covering, protection, and companionship Adam offered. Now, I still think I can do a lot of things by myself, and I get frustrated with Adam when he offers assistance on silly tasks that I'm CLEARLY capable of. To which he has to continually remind me that he's not offering help because I can't do it but simply because he loves to help. I'm still a work in progress.

March is also my only month off from coaching. But I confess, I've started designing camp clothes, looking at team shoes, and mapping out the 2012-2013 season. Our award's night is March 12, and then my dream team will officially cease to exist.

And TRUE March Madness will be in full swing in my house. Adam and I have been able to watch most of the UK games online, and I have been fully sucked into their season. I got up at 9 this morning to watch their final game in regular season, only to realize the game is tomorrow. I do love watching UK play, and it's nice that I get to jump on board with my husband's team who just happens to be #1 in the country! Go Cats!

Adam is at a clinic this weekend, so last night one of the preschool teachers invited me to hang out with her and her kids since her husband was going to be gone too. They came into my room at 3:45, and her little boy, whom I taught last year in the 3s class, was insisting we leave. I told him that I needed to go home and change first. He said, "No! You don't need to change. You look beautiful right now. Let's go!" Sweet boy. It kind of made my day.

That's it for now. Excited for March!