yeah baby
chilling on uncle jon's lap
we met up with jon and jess for some long over due talking and breaky. nate loves uncle jon and aunt jess, he was a total wild man when we got back to their place. i have renamed uncle jon to uncle fun. jess asked me to hide her wedding dress at my place until the big day (no date yet, still trying to figure out where and when) i said of course only if you let me peek at it first.....not only did i look at it, i tried it on and swirled and swirled. jess is one cool chick. how many other brides to be will humor their soon-to-be- sis and let her try the dress on! ha. i love her dress and it's exactly what i thought she would get!
my v-day heart felt lesson:
so, last week we got this phone call from our wonderful pastor gerry. he wanted to know if i would sport a huge, red heart with white lace in church on sunday, to advertise for the up and coming v-day banquet.
to which i promptly and firmly said NO FRICKING WAY. a few seconds later, i felt that quite annoying tug at my heart. you know the one that tried to talk to your heart but you pretend you have no clue what it is....so you can keep on living the way you want....kinda feeling...yeah, that's what happened. so i did what any other girl would try to do to get out of it. i tried to make a deal with the big guy upstairs...
working with kids, i have no problem looking,acting and feeling silly. working with kids takes you wayyyyy out of your comfy zone. that is one thing. but to look like a total and complete idiot in front of the church...on purpose is another.
i just said...why god, why??? my heart heard the following words. i ask other people to get involved with children's ministry and when i do, i am asking them to get out of their comfort zone. how can i ask it of others if i am not willing to do it myself.
fine and dandy. i went and wore that big red, stupid looking frilly heart on sunday. i even wore a smile, i even jumped around and waved my arms around. i had many comments. most of them were "man, you look silly" "couldn't pay me to do that" "good sport" "ha sucka" all the while i was simply smiling and thinking.....just wait until i ask you to come on board with JUMP. ha. you sow what you reap right? ha.
which leads me to another point. i am so beyond stoked for the next year with JUMP. i found the most amazing books to use with the kids for our mid-week service. i am so excited about it and i know it will work...so excited that i am dragging nate (there is no nursery yet on wed nights) out with me just so i can teach. working with kids is so much fun. so much work but again, so much fun! stay tuned for more details.
*there will be no pictures of me wearing the stupid heart, i have my limits people
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