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...