A Huge Blessing and Some Time Away

So I haven't had a blog post in FOREVER! Last month, I decided that I would start blogging more regularly, but I guess life has just happened so much lately and it's been really, really hard to find the time to devote to sitting down and writing. So...I would like to say that starting today, I'm going to blog everyday and be really consistent with....but I can't....because I won't. But, I will say that'll I'll do my best to post more often. I really do think about it A LOT, it's the sitting down and actually doing it part that I never get to. I really do want to make it more of a regular thing though, and I want to post about life and everyday things so that one day, I can look back and smile at all the happenings surrounding our crazy busy life! :)

This month has been crazy amazing! At the end of December, our church family totally surprised us with a check for $1000 for Steven and I to take a trip to a Youth Pastor's Retreat at Generation Church with Judah Smith and Elijah Waters. We were totally surprised and very obviously excited beyond words. Steven had been wanting to get up there to the retreat for a few months but we were unable to come up with the money to go. He really didn't mention it to anyone other than me (and our babysitter) and he actually made the statement that if we went, it would be God providing the way for us. And guess what, He did! He always does, doesn't he?!?!?! He makes the way where there seems to be no way! Long story short, our awesome sitter rallied together all of our closest friends and family to raise the money to send us to Seattle, Washington!

On January 20th, Steven and I boarded our plane at the Orlando Airport and headed to the Pacific Northwest. My amazing Mother-In-Law did a fantastic job of keeping our kids happy and entertained for the next four days while we were off enjoying some much, much, needed time away! We arrived in Seattle at about 4:30 that Thursday afternoon. When we finally got on the road, it was already dark and rainy but that didn't stop us. We were so excited to be away that no rain could stop us. We arrived at the Renaissance Marriott Seattle at 5:30 and had to be downstairs for the first service by 7:00 pm. Throughout the weekend we attended 4 more services to attend and seriously enjoyed every single one of them! We toured downtown Seattle during our down time and ate lots of yummy, yummy foods. It was the most refreshing time we've had in a very long time. I feel so blessed to have such great friends that care about us so much to have done this for us and also blessed to be able to spend this weekend ALONE with my husband in this beautiful city.

I took lots of photos while in Seattle and hope to get them uploaded soon and posted here to document our stops and fun times! Be on the look out!