Dancing in the Rain

Life has been crazy. Busy. Slightly out of control. And I love it. :) It's hard to believe it's already the end of May! This year is nearly half over...unbelieveable! I've already dubbed this "the year outside my comfort zone." :) The first couple of months were spent actually looking for a job, which I've actually never done before. It's never really mattered, but this year is different because in October I'm going to Bolivia with Amber (another thing outside my comfort zone...) and that takes money. Which means I needed to work. :) Just when I was starting to get really frustrated and really struggling with trusting God to work everything out...He worked everything out better than I could have dreamed! :) I "nannied" for 5 weeks...which, despite my extensive babysitting experience, was still slightly different from anything I've done before--babysitting Monday through Friday, 8-5--I loved it! And I totally miss those kiddos (they were ...

Here we go with today's tidbit. Me being the "word-aholic" that I am, I loved this little interesting bit: The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. We had a great trip to San Angelo!! Lots of fun and laughter and way too much sugar...which might have played in to some of the laughter. :D We played "Who, Sir? Me, Sir?" yesterday afternoon; always a riot with our family! Papa was the "caller", and he is SO good at that. The faster it goes, the more flustered everybody gets, and the more fun it is!! The ones who were really cute, though, were the little kids that came in to play with us later...watching them trying to a) remember what they were supposed to say when and b) spit it out before being sent to the back of the line was as much fun as anything! Then we played "In a Far Off Land"...that one you have to see to understand just how hilarious it was. I think Micah got...