What a fast week it has been!

We had so many fun and different things going on this past week.

Monday started as usual with chores, school, and keeping our home.

The only difference was the time change – can I just say that no Mom anywhere was involved in the whole “let’s change the time twice a year” decision?

Everyday we review Bible verses that we have memorized, and learn new Bible verses each week.

What a valuable thing for us!

God’s Word hidden in our hearts!

This is what parenting young ones in your 50’s looks like – leftover birthday cake for morning snack, ha, ha!

Eliza’s birthday gifts were a welcome new blessing this past week.

They have LOVED these writing tablets – they are just for drawing on.

You hit the trash button on it to clear it so you can draw again!

Brilliant.

They have played with them endlessly.

Tuesday brought Blake’s sister and her daughter here for most of the day!

It was wonderful and we had such a nice visit.

I’m so thankful they make stops here on their way to other places!!

Wednesday and Thursday brought a last minute overnight visit from one of my dearest friends from our days we lived in Illinois!

Oh how I enjoyed having Melody here!

We did not stop talking the entire time she was here, and we also snuck in a visit to Kay’s place!!

Super early Friday morning I hit the ground running and headed to town to get grocery and run errands.

Good thing I did, because a snow storm started on my way home!

The snow came down hard and fast and we ended up with over 3 inches before it was all done.

Blake and I still managed a date night Friday night, as we had some birthday shopping to do!

It was a sweet time since my date picked me up by 5:30 and we got to ride back to town together.

We finished our time with a treat – which I paid for since it is loaded with sugar – and sugar and my body do not get along.

Not gonna say it was worth it, but I enjoyed having some bites of ice cream!

Of course our week was filled with FOOD.

Buying the food, storing the food, and making the food!

Food is a weird word, isn’t it??

I could not resist these watermelon at grocery on Friday, even though a snow storm was headed our way.

They were delicious and a hope for summer!!

Tate and I made our first loaf of Artisan bread – see my last two posts if you do not know what I am talking about!

I am thankful I did not buy the cookbook for this – I had just borrowed it from the library.

The bread was good, my crew said, but it is VERY dense.

That was our first and last loaf of bread from that cookbook.

Kayla is making sourdough right now, and I think I am going to try that next!

Some of the clothes I had ordered for my growing kiddos started arriving.

Everything fit – woohoo!!!

Friday we realized something was up with our water heater.

Because Blake installed a booster on it a few months ago, we were still getting a smidge of hot water – but the water heater was broken.

Thankful for my handy guys!

They diagnosed the problem Saturday morning, headed to town and found the parts they needed, and were able to have hot water running again buy late afternoon on Saturday.

While the water heater was getting fixed I had to boil some water to wash dishes from a big kitchen day on Saturday – this is just one of three piles that got washed that day!

Saturday evening was our monthly Hymn Sing at our friends place and it was a JOY as always!!

We get home wwaaaayyyy too late, and our faces hurt from smiling so much!!

Well, we had snow on Friday that melted on Saturday and then it was 60 degrees yesterday.

Today it is 69 degrees!!

Crazy weather keeping us on our toes!

These days are beautiful.

So beautiful!

Yesterday Addie and I sat on the deck in the sun (I was grading school work) and then we went for a brisk walk!

Sunday we had church and snack night with our favorites.

During church I glanced down one of the rows we fill (David, Kayla and Aspen were in front of us), and was just AWE STRUCK at all the Lord has allowed for us!

Just look.

We have something very, very exciting coming up – so Tate and Eliza made countdown calendars to mark off the days!!

Can you see what it is???

I’m not sure winter is completely over for sure, but I am washing and putting away all of the snow clothes and snow boots, so there’s that!

We sure would welcome more days like yesterday and today!!

Either way we are enjoying our days fully and looking forward to what’s ahead – Lord willing!

So should I say happy winter or happy spring to you all today?

Happy Monday, friends!!