All on one Weekend!

Got home from that delightful holiday with the kids and had a marvelous Thanksgiving weekend with great people, a big turkey and the presence of God saturating this place! Seriously, it was so wonderful to have both sides of the family here again, at least the parts that were in town and could make it. We spread the table as long as it could go, set up the TV tables in the living room and there was plenty of joy and food for all. Each person got a Bible Verse as well and it was so fun having different ones read them out loud.

OH THE WONDERFUL POWERFUL LIVING WORD OF GOD!!!!

And I loved the one that randomly fell to my Dad. "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you...." Oh yes Daddy - just go head finally and do it for once!! Praying this will be the year that will happen. We are all waiting and praying and waiting and praying and.... SOON!!

The oldest ones seemed especially happy to be together celebrating life and the goodness of God. Despite age and deafness and blindness and the other stresses of life, there was laughter and sharing. They sat for ever so long around the table enjoying tea and coffee and a glorious assortment of desserts following a table that was so loaded that all the dishes couldn't even fit on at once! Now that is an extravagant God!

And the younger ones in the living room, visiting and catching up. The cousin from out of town enjoying the in towners and showing off his girlfriend and her puffy dog. Speaking of dogs, her dog got a little shaving in the backyard.

This past weekend there was plenty of that going on. My dear housemate took hours to groom the poopies and they now look slick and so much cleaner and cooler with their very short cuts.

The weekend also held a wedding ceremony in the backyard with the glorious sun peeking out right in time to highlight the bride as she came towards her beaming groom.

Another wedding ceremony ALMOST happened the day before but due to strange weather patterns they relocated. The rehearsal was a blast though the night before with the grandfather of the groom playing the bag pipes as the bride and groom walked down the grassy aisle. Such fun - the excitement was palpable.

Then my sister and I took off for a night in Vancouver to take in some brain therapy (long story) and we had an interesting time. Unfortunately when I felt good she didn't feel good and vice versa. In fact, when she found this picture on the cover of a magazine in the doctor's office she was so happy because it portrayed just how she was feeling. All the anxiety of getting to Vancouver, driving in the big city traffic and finding parking ($2 for every twenty minutes and we were there a few hours) made her feel.... well the picture obviously expresses it well.

I ended up with a migraine the evening that she was eager to go out for supper so I sat there feeling nauseated and drank ginger ale while she enjoyed her stir fry. Sometimes life is just like that. We are hoping and praying for calm brains and good results after those four sessions with the therapists and biofeedback sessions. The whole thing is a little surreal somehow. Anyhoodle.

Just tellin' the story as it happens. And there's lots happening!