Weekend Report

We've had quite a week! I have jokingly referred to our lives right now as being like the "Fortunately" book. For those of you who are not familiar with it, it goes something like,

FORTUNATELY he got to ride in a plane

UNFORTUNATELY he fell out of the plane

FORTUNATELY he had a parachute

UNFORTUNATELY there was a hole in the parachute

FORTUNATELY there was haystack below him

UNFORTUNATELY there was a pitchfork in the haystack

FORTUNATELY he missed the pitchfork

UNFORTUNATELY he missed the haystack....

and on and on....

We've had a lot of those moments. But one thing has been glaring at me lately. Those FORTUNATELY moments outshine the unfortunately moments by a long shot! God has intervened in so many circumstances in our lives lately---showering His blessings on us and reminding us that no matter what the situation, no matter how impossible things seem, He can handle it.


Here are a few of this week's blessings:


We finally got some snow so we can stop envying everyone around us!



My husband was safe and warm in this building the night the storm hit while thousands of others were stuck on the Beltway-some up to 13 hours!



Joshua has a good friend who lives next door and LOVES to play outside



Boys enjoying the crisp outdoors

 

a fun baking day indoors-we had power, unlike many others in MD



yummy orange-blueberry bread, recipe courtesy of my friend Sheri

house of cards

 

Great sledding snow. See those branches on the ground? That's all we got--unlike the huge half of a tree that fell on a neighbor's house.



This cute kid got to spend the weekend with us. The boys had a blast together!

 

my new toy, courtesy of my generous husband



today's deliciousness: peanut butter cup ice cream. The full-fat version, of course!

  

Two good friends at Chick-fil-a, having "second breakfast" after Joshua's basketball game. Our new tradition!



Sweet friends who make us laugh