As Mackenzie explains it..”Tomorrow is my real birthday, but today is my school birthday and I get to take cupcakes.”  She was pretty excited to share them with her classmates and she even got to share them with the principal and assistant principal. :)  Her cousin Isabella is coming from Houston to help us celebrate.  I think she is going to have a pretty good weekend.

…jenn:)

*pictures of Mackenzie making her “school birthday” cupcakes.

…from our weekend in Houston visting my brother and his family.  We took the kids to a place called 7 Acre Woods…mini golf, petting zoo, zipline…they had a blast.

…jenn:)

1. Celebration brunch for our Women’s bible study on Wednesday.  Wrapping up an awesome Fall…studying God’s word together
2. Speaking at a local MOPS group (Fri).  My topic…Hospitality. :)
3. Mackenzie’s 6th birthday on Saturday.  Small party…time with family.
4. Baby shower on Sunday.
5. Possibility of some new flooring for our living room going in this week. (Sooooo excited!)
6. And because I have nothing else to do…I decided to start cleaning out/organizing every room in my house this week.  What’s one more thing right??

…so if this blog is a little quiet, you’ll know why. :)

…jenn

and three others to Houston this weekend.  We are going to celebrate my niece’s birthday.  The kids are so excited!  Galen is headed to Nebraska today for a work event and then to see Nebraska play Oklahoma…to say he is excited is the understatement of the year. :) Have a great weekend…

jenn:)

*this is face we get to see when we tell Luke to “be goofy.” :)

the newly elected…

Mayor

of

Mrs. Jacob’s 2nd Grade Class

Pretty proud of him…:)

jenn

a ballerina…

Obi Wan Kenobi…

Snake Eyes…

and little Superman…

a fight broke out between Obi Wan and Snake Eyes :)…

But they decided to put their differences aside so they could go trick or treating. :)

Didn’t get any pictures of the actual trick or treating.  Our small group from church hosted a Halloween outreach.  We set up games and handed out candy, cupcakes, and nachos in front of our friends Layne and Kristin’s house.  I ran one of the games while Galen took the kids to get their candy loot. :)  Fun night…great memories for the kids.

…jenn:)

a cute red head doing his “Evil Villian” laugh…

Muahahahaha…

Wish this picture had audio…it makes me laugh EVERYTIME!

…jenn:)

…jenn:)

Powerful things happen inside when you spend time with God.

When you are in His presence for extended periods,

the molecular composition of your soul gets restructured.

Bob Sorge

This book has challenged me in more ways then I could begin to describe.  Honestly, it is a love -hate relationship :)…such deep conviction of my flesh…such comforting truth to my soul.

When we place ourselves in the sun of His countenance,

the radiation of His glory does violence to the cancerous iniquities

that we often feel helpless to overcome.  Time in His presence is

perhaps the most potent procedure to deal with the

chronic sin issues the plague us.

Sorge

To say that I recommend this book would be an understatement.  It is not just like reading another book…it’s like going on a journey.

…jenn:)

…so we decided to “spruce it up.”

He’s a die hard…I tell ya!

…jenn:)