Week 5

I feel like this week has gone by so fast, I can't believe that tomorrow is Monday already and I have to work again. This weekend I had the joy of babysitting Lincoln Frost all weekend :-) He is the most adorable 15 month old you will ever see. His mom and dad, Carl & Carolyn are both really involved in my life and I have been watching Lincoln almost once a week since he was born. Carl is on staff with my church at school and they came out to LT this summer to help run the program. They had to go to Michigan this weekend for a wedding, and to make things easier on them Lincoln stayed here with me. Probably the biggest thing I learned from this weekend is that I never want to be a single mom - it was hard work!! The first day went really smoothly, and Lincoln woke up at 7am instead of his usual 6:30am. We spent the day playing, going to the pool and hanging out with Aaron.

Friday night was a rough night, Lincoln was up most of the night because his teeth are still growing in, and he was up for the day by 5:45am...giving me about 3 or 4 hours of sleep :-/ Needless to say we both took naps that day! We also spent part of the day at the playground at the mall with one of my friends Jazz. It was fun to watch Lincoln get excited over everything to play with. Sunday morning I was reminded of how much Lincoln loves me..he slept in till 9am!!!! I couldn't believe it, I always said I wanted to train my kids to sleep in, well I guess I have the magic touch. The weekend was full of lots of cuddles, books, and interesting toys - I think the fly swatter and empty apple juice container were his favorites :-)

Project day last week (6/24) was a long day, but surprisingly not exhausting. We met at the grassy knoll at 8:30am for a time of service. My group went to the church whose building we are using this summer to help them prepare for VBS. I had the privilege of cutting 200 strips of fabric - it only took 2 hours...But I did get to hang out with Jenna during the project, and I enjoyed getting to know her a little better. After our project we went back to our houses for a quick lunch before we went back to Grace church for our workshop. This week we took a strength's test. It's not a christian book, but it is very helpful in figuring out what your individual strengths are. Mine were: Woo (winning others over), Communication, Positivity, Maximizer (focusing on strengths instead of weaknesses) and Achiever. I think these all line up pretty well with me...and it was funny to see how different Aaron and mine were. We answered the exact opposite on almost every question, but that just means we compliment each other well :-)

After the workshop we finished project day with 4 hours of quiet time. I went to my favorite Starbucks and enjoyed some time alone. Every time I have been to that Starbucks the same people have been working and we usually strike up small conversations. When I was working on memorizing Psalm 63 on the the guys working was teasing me for talking to myself, and I told him I was actually memorizing. As I said that an older woman walked by and told me that it was a great thing I was memorizing (my bible was on my lap). It was pretty excited to get encouraged like that!

More to come soon!

Beka