Sheesh...
I have been putting off blogging because I keep thinking "that's great! I need to blog that later..." And then I get busy and three different things stack up....and then I forget. Haha.
No excuse. :)
Anyway... I had the opportunity to come home this week! My family planned a memorial service to celebrate my grandpa's life, and because of some miscommunication, it was three weeks out and I still hadn't purchased a plane ticket! I started looking online, and they were ridiculously more than I was looking to spend. But I felt a strange peace about not buying one then. A week before I was supposed to be going home, I was coleading an outreach in Chicago, and realized my neighbors from MI were driving to Chicago at the very end of our outreach. They were more than happy to bring me back with them! So I looked again for plane tickets and miraculously found a reasonable one-way ticket into a small city near where I'm at in TX, which was abnormally cheaper than flying into the larger airport that's farther away! God is so good to me! :)
Coming home was super cheap, and it's been so refreshing and wonderful!
Because of the holiday weekend and the memorial service, I have been blessed with exquisite company this past week... Most of my dad's side of the family came, and some of my mom's cousins were up to visit, too!
Here are some picture snippets:
Because I went straight home from outreach in Chicago, I only had outreach clothes with me! You know what that means.... Shopping!! :)
I spent a lot of time admiring and enjoying how beautiful our house is! My mom does a wonderful job of making this space beautiful...
I also enjoyed the significantly cooler weather and small town culture by taking walks and eating lots of ice cream :)
Tiny superman, complete with cape :)
Hanging out with my crazy family, of course!
My awesome "little" bro was center snare for the marching band in the parade!
And I was reminded again of God's promises. He always gives really good perspective. :)
I am quite thankful for this little visit home. :)
Stine
