Patience

Patience is a virtue! Well, Stephen did not end up leaving for Iraq on Saturday… apparently there were a few things to be cleared with DOS (Department of State) before he could catch his flight. As of right now we still do not know when he will leave… I have been told it could be tomorrow, or it could be next week. This is sounding more and more like the military, I had to quiz him to be sure it wasn’t. This time is a little bittersweet for me. As I am so joyous that I get more time with my sweet husband, I am feeling the need to know when I will have to say goodbye. I am a planner and when things don’t go as planned I feel the need to readjust, but it makes it hard to readjust when you don’t know what you are readjusting to. I mean let’s hurry and get this year over with!


















Fortunately for me, I was able to take some time off of work so that we could hang out. We enjoyed the extra sleep and all the extra fun. We got to take Reed and Ellis to lunch, met John Austin at school for lunch, and met Nicci at her work for lunch… I am not sure if you got the trend here… but we like lunch! And dinner, we did some of those too.


Friday we invaded the waiting room at the hospital. My mother went in for her hip replacement surgery and had a successful one! Apparently she had worn down an inch already, so this was much needed. We are just so excited for her and hope that she will have a speedy recovery and finally be out of pain!

You will see my sweet nieces here Eden and Faris.

My Uncle Troy and some of his band also stayed with us this weekend. Check them out at http://www.crosscountryministries.org/. They won Entertainer of the Year at the CCMAs!


Praise the Lord for lunches and dinners! Praise the Lord for new hips! And Praise the Lord for Patience!