Pictures!!

So I’ve been a little busy lately and only been home long enough to get laundry done, pack, and repack it seems. I’ve wondered how I ever survived last year at this time with a full time job on top of this usual travel schedule. I’ve just added our Portland pictures to the site so be sure to check out all the fishing pictures from Portland and our Columbia River Gorge excursion. I’m not sure I even mentioned that we went fishing and Daniel caught an 8 foot, 300 lb sturgeon. Seriously!!! It was awesome.

I have so much to say and have not made the time to say it. Here is the a quick run down of my life and thoughts:

*Portland was awesome
*My older brother & sister-in-law welcomed their 2nd son
*I shopped at Opryland for 2 days while Daniel worked and barely found anything
*I have close friends that are hurting, anxious, overwhelmed, and on huge faith journeys and I have been working through my own responses to each of these scenarios and how God wants to use me or not use me. It is hard to sit and watch people you love go through stuff and feel so inept but I know God calls me to pray which is the best thing I can do.
*Daniel rode 106 miles in the Smokey Mountains on his bike with some buddies and I got to visit Emily in Alabama!
*My car died and came back to life
*We went to camp with our high school students and loved it as usual. It was hard at first for me not to be on the team running it but I am so thankful for the quality time I got to spend with my girls. I also wore superman underwear on stage and now the picture is all over facebook. Lovely.
*I cried on Veteran’s Day for the first time. And I kept crying. The military has been a little removed from my life but this year, three different scenarios forced me to a strong realization and thankfulness for their service.
*I’m the most thankful that I can ever remember. I’m very excited to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends.
*I just turned on Christmas music for the first time.

The LBD Dual Significance: I don’t have time to thoroughly explain how this relates but simply the fact the God is able to do anything we ask, but if He chooses not to, He is still worthy of all our praise, faith, and trust.

Daniel 3:17-18 “If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”