Back from Arizona, family, and high school reunion recap

Where to begin....

First, Sarah did great on the plane. She napped very little because she doesn't generally sleep on us anyway. She is a strict car seat or crib sleeper so that frustrated her. She kept throwing herself backwards hoping she would land in a crib I guess. Its what she does when she is tired and I am standing next to the crib. "Lay me down already lady! Can't you see I'm tired?"

My SIL, Julie made the quilt in these pictures for Sarah. Different squares have a single word with a corresponding Bible Verse with it. How cool is that?! Dan is going to make a hope chest to put all the incredibly special things Sarah has recieved. I absolutely love this quilt.

It was great seeing my family and friend, Theresa. I didn't get to see everyone I hoped to, but the time I had with the ones I did was just so wonderful and precious. At one point I stood between my brother's Brandon and Scott. All I could do was just thank God for the them. I had taken a bunch of fall leaves for my friend Megan who used to live on the East coast but she and her hubby got the flu so that didn't happen. My nieces and nephew loved the leaves though having never scene fall leaves, they got a kick out of red, yellow, purple and black leaves. I have the best nieces and nephews God ever created. Oh how I wish I lived closer to them so that I could love on them more. Hopefully some day I can give each of them a tour around DC, Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown and then of course the beach, can't forget the beach.

My dad's knee is recovering nicely. He and Dan spent a lot of time talking. Good thing they agree on all things political and religious and football because thats all they talked about. That and Dad took Dan through a cartoon process of how his knee replacement went. Dan opted out of seeing the real thing on video. Smart move. Of course with us their my dad's love language of serving could not be quelled so he was up working in the kitchen a lot. I don't think he sat down almost all of Sunday...well, he did take a nap at one point so that was good.

The reunion was great. I can't believe it but the second I walked through the doors I became shy. Obviously I'm not a shy person but I was for a few minutes there. I did see some people I knew in high school and that was cool. I got dissed by an ex boyfriend which was just too funny. We said hello, I asked what he had been up to (lived in LA for a while, super succesful etc. etc.) then Malibu Barbie and Ken (sorry don't know their names but that is what they looked like in a good way, not a mean way I promise) walked up and we were forgotten. Dan laughed at me and said I probably deserved that. I wasn't the nicest person back then. I saw some friends and they looked great too and appeared to be doing good. The thing is and this may sound a little cynical but maybe you wouldn't go to a reunion and say how bad off you are. That and how do you express genuine interest in someone's life when you haven't seen them in ten years and didn't care enought to keep up and won't keep up over the next ten years. I did care whether they were doing good or not and whether they had good lives but how lame is that caring when you didn't care enough to keep up? Is that lame? Probably I guess. Anyway, I did recognize a few faces and I have to say I graudated with a lot of good looking people. I did see a girl I sort of knew in high school, Heather. We had a great time just talking at our table. She is a Christian as well and is married. We seemed to have simliar experiences. Everyone liked us and we had lots of surfacy friendships but not to many deep meaningful ones in high school. For me personally, I think that was because I was a bit disconnected, I didn't get teenagers when I was a teenager. Funny since I've been working with youth groups for the last ten years. Anyway, it was fun to go with my brother Scott and SIL Laura and Dan. That was the coolest part.

Sarah did good with the family as long as they didn't hold her. Crazy girl. She interacted and loved looking at everyone and mimicing clapping but pretty much only wanted Dan and I to hold her. We will have to work on that. Of all of her cousins she liked Jordan the most. Jordan seemed to put her at ease. Of course she loved Gavin but my girl always loves little boys. She likes her friend Braydon as well. I think they intrigue her because they are small like her but different. I theorize anyway.

I had a good time with my mom. We had some good quality time together. One of our favorite things to do is watch What Not to Wear together. I like that 'cause it combines her love of TV and my love of discussing. We love talking about the crazy wardrobes and coveting the awesome new ones together. :) My mom gave me an awesome red shirt she had ordered and couldn't return. Its quite pretty.

On our flight home, Dan and I met two missionries who were previously in China but now live in Texas. That was way cool. Dan and Jason had a long talk which was great.

Non trip related, Dan and I are really praising God right now. A deer ran out in front of Dan this morning on his way to work. He doesn't quite know how he avoided the deer, or the embankment on the side of the road or the trees but he walked away with out so much as a bruise. He said it just happened and the seat belt didn't so much as lock on him. The car however didn't fair so well. We may be buying a new vehicle now. I for one don't care about the car. We are just praising God Dan is ok.

That is that, Oh yeah. My throat hurts and last night I felt like the earth was moving under my feet I was so tired, still not feeling so stable now. There is a lot going on this week and I need to be healthy for it. I have the St. Mary's Marketplace this Thursday to sell jewelry and the Sunday School get together to make jewelry Friday for charity. Ahhh! Please pray I'm ok.