WHAT A WEEKEND!

First of all, this weekend was so much FUN! The kids and I spent it involved in all sorts of activities. It was a bit on the cold side~ a definite change from last weekend. The cold snap was sort of unexpected. Well not exactly unexpected, the level of cold that we experienced was the unexpected thing. It is without a doubt Autumn.

This weekend marks the end of most of our outdoor activities until it actually snows. I am sad. As much as I dislike heat, we have had SO much fun all summer going all over the place just enjoying the great outdoors. It will be sort of a let down to have to take our activities indoors. I know there are tons of things that we will be doing that will be fun too...

As I sat here thinking about it, I realized something about myself. A little something that I have known for a long time but really hit home while I was thinking about this season change...

I am not fond of change. Even when the change is wanted and looked forward to, I resist, hold on to the old, all to try and stop the change. It is something that I know I need to work on...

Back to this weekend~ we really did have a wonderful weekend. We started with waking up Saturday morning~ I was reluctant to wake up. I wanted to sleep in. But my little bear was insistent that it was time to wake up and get the day going~ we had plans!

Although my little bears birthday is actually on Monday October 5th, the year she was born, she was born on Saturday October 5th. The first Saturday of October in our little community is the Rails to Trails Festival. I remember this because that Saturday, when my little bear was born, our doctor left the hospital for a bit to go participate in the Hand Cart Race at the Festival.

So for the anniversary of this wonderful Saturday in our life, the kids and I headed off to the Festival. What FUN! My little bear was able to ride a hand cart as a sort of memorial for the day she was born. Other than it was a bit on the cold side, it really really was so much fun! There was the chili cook off, shredded meat sammich's from the Deli that my baby boy's Sissy works at, lots of vendors with all sorts of fun wares~ we ate, shopped, and spent the day having fun.

After the Festival we were off to the house to warm up! Snuggles and cuddles and we were ready to head back out for an evening of fun!

And so with a spring in our step we were off...

Off to dinner with a good friend~ good food, good company, good conversation and one would think the day was wrapped up... but we still had fun ahead of us!

Back home again and I was babysitting. Having the other kids in the house was a lot of fun. They played hard, watched Harry Potter on tv and were awake still at 11pm! Not a big deal~ although it was starting to be since they were getting a little whiny. But just as I was thinking it might get out of hand, other mother came and picked up her little ones and my babies were sleeping soundly in a matter of minutes after they left.

When my alarm went off at 7 this morning... I grumbled. I really could have used another hour or so of sleep. But my little bear~ she wanted to go to church and there was no way she was going to let me sleep in. So we were up and showers and baths and dressed and ready to go to church.

I must say I am so very blessed to have this child in my life~ this child who ensures that I am doing the things I need to be doing even when I am reluctant to do it. She is an amazing little girl and I am ever so grateful to GOD for giving her to me.

We went to church and then after church it was home~ we did a little housekeeping and then it was off again~ Today was LifeChain (http://www.lifechain.net/) and my babies and I went out to participate. My heart grieves at the number of children who never get to live because they are the victim of abortion. I know in my heart, that if abortion laws were different... well GOD would be blessing more people.

While I believe that every person must come to terms with the choice they make to kill one of GOD's unborn children, I also believe that GOD provides so many alternatives to women for the child to be born...

Anyway... we participated until my little ones were feeling the cold and I had to take them indoors to warm up. My little bear was very insightful when we went inside to warm up~ she told me that she liked standing with the signs. I asked her why, and her reply was "Well Mommy, maybe someone saw it and will have their baby and let someone adopt it" I told her that that is what we were hoping. She then said "What happens to someone who kills a baby?" I told her it depended on when they killed it.

I told her that the law lets people kill babies if they are still in their Mommy's tummy and couldn't live if they born then. But that once a baby is born then it is illegal and the person would go to jail. She says "That's a stupid law. Babies are special even when they are in their Mommy's tummy."

My little bear really gets it. I am so proud of her.

After this we were off again~ my little bear, for her birthday wanted her ears pierced. So we were off to WalMart to get them done. She picked her earrings and got her ears pierced for her birthday. My baby girl is growing up...

After our excursion, we went and got some dinner and then finally at 7pm we were back home... our weekend was over. What a wonderful weekend we had.