Halloween came very quickly this year. The costumes were decided very early but did not reach completion until only a few days before. You both chose something very original this year without any help from Mommy. Adelynn, you were so set on being Minnie Mouse and there was nothing stopping you. I wish I could have videoed your face the day we came across your Minnie Mouse pettiskirt. Your costume was complete already and we were just going to wear your plain red pettiskirt and Mommy was going to put a red dot skirt over the top. But, we happened across this very affordable skirt and you were beside yourself. You waited all day to tell Sissy about it when we picked her up from school and the very first second she opened the door you said, "I have a red pok-ka-dot minnie skirt! It's perffff-fet!" You all looked adorable and Mommy had so much fun this year with all our friends and family around. It was very different not being at the beach like our normal Halloween weekend is spent while GA and Fla. battle it out in Jacksonville and we hang on the beach with Team Sills. We had a Trick or Treat pre-party at our house and then spent the evening on a hayride with everyone. It was super fun and you all loved running from house to house. We also made our annual trip to the CCC for the Halloween festival. And, Daddy, surprised us with a pumpkin after work one evening that he wanted to carve. Adelynn, you were not so sure about it. You all wanted to put a Super G on it to support the BullDawgs even though we wouldn't be in Fla for the Big Game. The festivities flew by but I will cherish each memory!
And, this year, we were so blessed to have two of our favorite people in the world join us for trick or treating fun! Mimi wore her witch's hat as usual but she is the farthest thing from a "dark" lady! Recently, there has been a lot of anxiety, stress and unanswered questions concerning Mimi's health. I tried to convince myself that by redecorating, party planning, sewing, organizing, and on and on and on, that it would just disappear. However, that was not the case. I did fall to my knees and turn it over to my Lord very early in the game. The above strategies were just to keep me distracted and from taking it back from Him each morning to carry alone. And, we made it to the big day last week. The day it would be revealed and the answers no matter what they were would be evident. Well, that was not exactly the case. So, here I am again...with my planner out and packing it full with chores. Things to keep these hands so busy that the mind doesn't take a break at all to lapse back into "worry." I know it doesn't seem to be the most logic way to go about it but it seems during those times of constant "doing" that my Savior and I seem to
really chat. He becomes my ever present source of comfort. He soothes my soul as I work with my hands and He whispers deep in my spirit that He is with me. A full list of "to do's" allows me to hide behind the walls of this house and shut myself off a little. Then, I am free to only have "real" conversations with Him. It just seems best that way. I don't have to show the real emotions to anyone but the One who already knows it anyway. That way, there is less of a tendency to confuse what this "world" advises with what He commands of me. At this time it is, "be still and know that I am God." So, this amazing week of Thanksgiving, that is exactly what I plan to do! Wrap myself in the love of my dear family. I think I should definitely steal Mimi's lap away from the "little" monkeys for a few minutes and curl up there myself for a couple little bounces! (for the record, 33 is NOT too old for being bounced off to sleep my one's Mommy and that might be one of the top 3 on my Thankful list this year!)
Halloween came very quickly this year. The costumes were decided very early but did not reach completion until only a few days before. You both chose something very original this year without any help from Mommy. Adelynn, you were so set on being Minnie Mouse and there was nothing stopping you. I wish I could have videoed your face the day we came across your Minnie Mouse pettiskirt. Your costume was complete already and we were just going to wear your plain red pettiskirt and Mommy was going to put a red dot skirt over the top. But, we happened across this very affordable skirt and you were beside yourself. You waited all day to tell Sissy about it when we picked her up from school and the very first second she opened the door you said, "I have a red pok-ka-dot minnie skirt! It's perffff-fet!" You all looked adorable and Mommy had so much fun this year with all our friends and family around. It was very different not being at the beach like our normal Halloween weekend is spent while GA and Fla. battle it out in Jacksonville and we hang on the beach with Team Sills. We had a Trick or Treat pre-party at our house and then spent the evening on a hayride with everyone. It was super fun and you all loved running from house to house. We also made our annual trip to the CCC for the Halloween festival. And, Daddy, surprised us with a pumpkin after work one evening that he wanted to carve. Adelynn, you were not so sure about it. You all wanted to put a Super G on it to support the BullDawgs even though we wouldn't be in Fla for the Big Game. The festivities flew by but I will cherish each memory!
And, this year, we were so blessed to have two of our favorite people in the world join us for trick or treating fun! Mimi wore her witch's hat as usual but she is the farthest thing from a "dark" lady! Recently, there has been a lot of anxiety, stress and unanswered questions concerning Mimi's health. I tried to convince myself that by redecorating, party planning, sewing, organizing, and on and on and on, that it would just disappear. However, that was not the case. I did fall to my knees and turn it over to my Lord very early in the game. The above strategies were just to keep me distracted and from taking it back from Him each morning to carry alone. And, we made it to the big day last week. The day it would be revealed and the answers no matter what they were would be evident. Well, that was not exactly the case. So, here I am again...with my planner out and packing it full with chores. Things to keep these hands so busy that the mind doesn't take a break at all to lapse back into "worry." I know it doesn't seem to be the most logic way to go about it but it seems during those times of constant "doing" that my Savior and I seem to really chat. He becomes my ever present source of comfort. He soothes my soul as I work with my hands and He whispers deep in my spirit that He is with me. A full list of "to do's" allows me to hide behind the walls of this house and shut myself off a little. Then, I am free to only have "real" conversations with Him. It just seems best that way. I don't have to show the real emotions to anyone but the One who already knows it anyway. That way, there is less of a tendency to confuse what this "world" advises with what He commands of me. At this time it is, "be still and know that I am God." So, this amazing week of Thanksgiving, that is exactly what I plan to do! Wrap myself in the love of my dear family. I think I should definitely steal Mimi's lap away from the "little" monkeys for a few minutes and curl up there myself for a couple little bounces! (for the record, 33 is NOT too old for being bounced off to sleep my one's Mommy and that might be one of the top 3 on my Thankful list this year!)
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