Just a few thoughts....

~ I hate that this is the last week of summer vacation!  I'm just not looking forward to homework and getting everyone up early in the mornings.

~Ella's first grade teacher is going to have her hands full.

~I would appreciate prayers for Hannah.  That her 5th grade year will be wonderful.  That she will feel confident with herself and have daily courage to speak up for herself.  That she will be confident in who she is, and that she is who God says she is, and that she will let herself out of her "shell" long enough to make new friends.

~Pray for me, for Chris and I.  That we are giving our girls what they need at home, that we let them know who God says they are, so that they can make responsible decisions when we're not around. 

~Hannah did a great job baking last night (until midnight) for the fair....hopefully she'll do well.

~New Christmas cookie favorite-Snickerdoodle Cookies with a cream cheese filling....doesn't sound like something you're interested in....OH.....please let me know....I will hand deliver them to you.  UHH-MAZE-ING! :)

~Still working on my 5K training....doing better than I ever thought I would.  However....I've now done something to my knee.  I'm pretty sure it's just my body rejecting exercise. Or, it could be from my excursion at the Walmart....or it could be the 1500 times I fell going UP and DOWN the camper stairs this weekend when we were camping?????

~I enjoy biking.  And when I say biking, I really mean drifting....not a fan of pedaling the whole time.

~It is hard to trust GOD when you really want something and it just doesn't seem to be happening. I have been saying this prayer repeatedly, "God I thank You for protecting me from everything I don't know of.  I cast on You all of my anxiety and worry.  Thank You for taking it from me.  I am putting all of my trust in You, God, to do what You do.  And I pray, no matter what the outcome, that I remain thankful and faithful to You and Your work."

~I am really trying hard to not be the kind of person that when I don't like someone, they know and everyone else knows. (by facial expressions, lack of talking, evil glares, etc.,because, that is TOTALLY who I am, and I am SO wrong for this!)  I am trying to be more kind, even in the worse situations.