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june reflections...

this has been such a crazy month of storms - both weather and life. it seems like every other day we were getting the lantern out and hunkering down to weather another tornado warning. the wind has been insane but sycamore hill remains strong. whizboy captured a brewing storm on camera a few weeks ago.
as far as life storms...well, i feel a bit waist high in stuff. and realizing how much of it is just that - stuff. but seriously, i feel like i have way more on my plate than i should. hubby and i dreamed up a new approach to VBS and i'm having a blast pulling it off, but it is basically pulling it all out of my head - with the help of a great team:) add to that, i'm writing some curriculum for july and august, and totally changing up the children's ministry beginning in september. what i find frustrating isn't the changes or even the work - it is the fact that i feel so stretched right now that nothing on the homefront is getting done well. i will say though that i'm learning a lot and honestly, find it all very FUN.


then there is this small thing called our garden!! it is crazy wild and full of corn, green beans, giant zucchini, potatoes, watermelons that are a wee bit out of control, and a few other things. we ate some spinach and butttercrunch lettuce this week. it was YUMMY!!


oh...how could i forget the first sleepover hosted by princess. she is quite social and after having several melt-downs over her club that could never get together we had a sleep over this week. two of her dearest friends came over for chicken nuggets, popcorn, a movie, sleeping, and pancakes. i think they forgot the sleeping part. actually they were great, even when i reminded them at 3:30 AM that it was sleeping time not play time:)
the best part was when i heard princess say something about having a cup of water in her room. thinking they were having a tea party i let the comment go. it wasn't until one came down covered with white powder all over her face and the other bringing me the item in the above picture that i learned the cup of water was mixed with baby powder to make a glue. hmm..
oh wait, there was the frog they put under my pillow, and yes it was alive!
and here's the aftermath.....




and then there is this.....


you see, i have a college roomie that i love dearly. if i remember i'll tell you all about our love/hate relationship sometime. anyways - she went crazy insane after the birth of her 4th child and headed to her local Y. now she is a triathlete that challenged me to join her next june. so, i hauled out the bike and shipped it off to get tuned up. pulled out my running shoes and training schedule and have been hitting the road. this week so far i have put in 17 miles. while my legs and bottom are killing me, it feels amazing.
tonight, after tucking the kiddos in to bed i pulled out the bike and headed off. i'm finding that i really enjoy getting on the bike and watching the sunset. it is peaceful and calming. the running is going. a year ago i was struggling, but i'm determined. blueberry here i come:)
so there is where i've been all of june...what's coming in july???
...whizboy turns 10
...creator camp
...princess bday trip to the american girl doll store
...middle school camp, maybe
...grandma's tea party
...a few dates with my hubby
...a trip to the beach
...garden produce
AND
...hopefully a few more blog posts:)




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