I haven't blogged in while, I've been enjoying some calm family time (as calm as things can be w/Marley)!

Our Sabatical was wonderful, but at the end of the third week we were ready to get back into the swing of things. Marley is still her little amazing self. To her, life is a song right now. Literally. She makes everything into a song, and will sing to the top of her lungs everywhere we go:).  Brent has been refreshed and is loving being back at church. I have been nesting like a momma bird and driving everyone crazy! We have all of our Christmas decorations out. You can drive by my house at night and see the multi-colored lights. There was an issue with our brand new Christmas tree we bought at the end of the season last year and had to return it. We couldn't afford the new trees so we were in a pickle. My grandmother died this year so we decided to go get her tree. Turns out it is WHITE! Not my taste, but it is free and it was my mamow's so it's all good. 

It is so great to be back and hanging out with our High School and Middle School friends. Brad gave an awesome talk the other day about Community and asked us to assess if we are a healthy community. He used Jesus and His relationship with the disciples are our examples. I asked my girls if they would go out to eat one on one with the person they liked the least in our youth group. Jesus ate with the disciples and had fellowship with them, even Judas.  He loved them despite their different personalities and quirks. So I challenged my girls to mend any relationships that have been broken. Guess What?  THEY DID! I've had a call from one of my girls who got the nerve up to confront someone and mend that relationship! God is amazing!