Sunday, August 16, 2009

contentment...

Too many stories and not enough hours in the day!  The first pic is from the geysers in Yellowstone, and the second is by St. Mary's Falls in Glacier.

Tom's & my drive through Yellowstone & Glacier - awesome and marvelous!
My sister's wedding - beautiful and blessed!
My trip a week ago to pick peaches - grounding and gorgeous!
My weekend here - a first in a while!

Friday I enjoyed talking with friends about Now You Know and sipping on special lemonade.  I made nectarine cobbler from some I picked last weekend.  Saturday I had to work in the afternoon, but it was still a productive day on all accounts.  It was fun to get back to church, but the pinnacle was a date night with Jennifer to see Julie & Julia and nibble on raw fish.  It was fun to hang out with her last night, but I also got to hang out this morning with Jennifer, Claire, Ahna, Ezra, Shawn, Andrea, and (drumroll) Baby Mackenzie.  It was our first meeting, and after everybody else left, I got to hold her for a very long time.  It was great.  I also loved getting to play with Ezra while Ahna and Claire cleaned up in the kitchen.  I would have helped, but keeping him into mischief with me was my contribution.  We tumbled around and read books and disappeared under a tapestry fron the coffee table.  It was a morning and afternoon of falling in love with babies again.  It has been so long since I have gotten to hold a baby and rock her and cuddle a little one in my arms.  And with the near-30 days between visits with Ezra, I could rough and tumble for hours and not tire - or so I think.  What a wonderful way to start my day, only made better by Tom's return from a visit with his family.  Ahhhh....how Sundays are meant to be spent...

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