My birthday was July 30th and we had thought we would go visit our kids that moved to the shelter in Nebraska however my mom called me a few days before the weekend and said her and my aunt Sharon wanted to spend the weekend with me for my birthday!! It turned out to be one of my most favorite birthdays ever! It started off with Thursday night my husband grilled for the three of us girls and we sat and had dinner and just laughed our butts off! I am sure Nick was thinking he married into a family full of crazy women.
The past two summers Nick and I started a summer program in a government housing facility. We do a bible study, games and snacks with the kids. We usually have 20 to 40 kids a week that show up with 90% of them being kids of refugees from Sudan, Kenya, Somalia and other places in Africa. Well this year my friend Rianne helped out and her mom who owns a christian book store invited us to a christian concert for kids in Pella, Iowa. So since my mom and aunt were in town, the two of them, Nick and I, Rianne, Ryan, and a few of the kids that were chosen based on their attendance and participation in the program headed to Pella for a awesome kids christian concert!
Late Friday night around midnight the Gautlaks (the family that moved to Nebraska) came to Iowa. They called and asked if the kids could stay with me all weekend and of course I was super excited and said yes! So in our home we had mom and Aunt Sharon, and six of the seven kids staying with us all weekend! Saturday morning we met my good friends and old roommates Justin and Allison Meyer at the Downtown Farmers Market! My Mom and Aunt loved it, its always something I like to take people from out of town to. Allison gave me an old suitcase full of stuff for my house! She could be the next Martha Stuart, she has such an eye for decoration. She can help a sista out when it comes to making a house "homey". Thank you Allison!!! We came back home and got ready for dinner at our house with my in laws. Then we took my mom, Aunt and the kids to the hot air balloon races in Indianola. This was so pretty to see over fifty hot air balloons in the sky at once! The kids loved this!
Here is another story, Sunday we had my friend Heather Guck over for brunch! I just love Heather so much because she is a woman after my own heart. Heather had two orphaned girls from Columbia in South America come stay with her for a month, Derly who is 14 and Angelica who is 12. She did this in hopes they would be pursued to be adopted. Their month here they met many families interested and thank the Lord they are being pursued. We had them over because that Tuesday they were headed back to Columbia and I really wanted to see them before they headed back! So Sunday we had my Mom, Aunt, Heather, Derly, Angelica, Carla,(one of our sweet friends who translated for the girls) the six kids, Rianne, and Nick and I which made for a full house! I loved every minute of it!! Oh and I forgot to mention, Derly and Angelica were baptized Saturday, such a sweet moment for Heather and awesome to see many prayers answered!
I had cute toenails to go with the fun weekend thanks to my birthday date with Jenni Van Wyk who had a wedding the weekend of my birthday! We went the Monday before to get our toes done! Thanks Jenni!
Also the week before, my awesome friend Jill Trost decided I needed to have a phone that has style and bought me the cutest Juicy Couture cover! You Rock Jill!!
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