So life around the Speights' household has been rocking and rolling lately...this week has been pretty much just as busy as last week, but not nearly as stressful, so I'll take that! At RENEW last Sunday, this Bible study type thing for working women at my church, the woman speaking started with this quote about finding balance in an unbalanced world, that I just thought was so appropriate for our life right now.
"Balance is about embracing the good, managing the bad, and keeping it from getting ugly."--Natural Health Magazine, January 2011
While we were having dinner last night, I read this quote to Landon and we both had a laugh, because I think life is just like that sometimes. Last week we felt like we were just trying to keep it from getting ugly ha!, but this week things are evening out.
And, since I'm at home sick today and still trying to convince myself to get up off the couch and do something productive (other than looking at baby stuff online :)), here's a little snapshot of our lives lately.
Last week, my 6th grade photography class put on a Valentine's Day photo booth fundraiser during the lunch periods. It was almost chaos and kinda crazy, but my kids had a good time and learned a lot and the rest of the kids really enjoyed their pictures, so I'd say it was a success. Yesterday the kids started asking if we could do another one for Valentine's Day or St. Patrick's Day, but I told them let me think about it....I'm not sure if I'm ready to do it again quite yet! :)
Last Sunday after church, Ashely, one of my college roommates, and I met up at Ruggles Green for lunch and to catch up. Every time we run in to each other at West Houston or chat online or something we always say that we need to hang out, but since our wedding almost 5 years ago, we've never actually done it! So, I was so thankful when she texted me a couple of weeks ago and made us get a date on the calendar to actually hang out. :) Lunch was delicious and it was so good just to sit and talk. It's nice sometimes to hang out with people that knew you way back when.
I brought my camera and meant to get a picture of us while we were there, but totally forgot! So, I was looking through my old pictures from college to try and find one to post on here, and this one made me laugh! I remember we were at the mall of Abilene, but for the life of me can't remember what we were doing or what was with the outfits, ha! I also can't believe this picture was taken almost 10 years ago...
This week we (ok, really just Landon) started moving some furniture around to clear out the nursery. So basically we have everything piled into what will be our guest room/office (we have just left the door shut this week so we don't have to see it--we'll get to it soon!).
And this is the room that will be the nursery. We've ordered the bedding (yay!!) and are going to paint the walls (maybe over spring break). This dresser/mirror was Landon's dad's when he was growing up, and then it was Landon's and now it will be his son's. I love that. We're going to paint it white and we bought some cute little blue and white knobs at World Market's going out of business sale for the dresser, so that'll probably be another spring break project. We've got a lot of ideas planned out, and now I think we're both getting in the mode of wanting to get things done! It's almost spring break and every year the school year absolutely FLIES by after spring break, which means I know it'll almost seem like no time at all before the baby's here.
And speaking of baby things, Landon's grandma surprised us and brought us down a high chair she had at our house. We had to laugh when we saw that it matched our dining room table almost perfectly! :)
In non baby related news (I promise we do have other things going on in our lives still), Landon and I are organizing a softball day for Four Corners, a lower income area near to us that our church works with, for the end of March. I love it and I really feel like God was telling us to do it (because let me tell you, when we were first approached about doing it, both of us really wanted to say no, but God just wouldn't let that happen!). However, this week, it has been a lot of work! We've pretty much got it all figured out at this point though and are just needing volunteers to come and love on the kids (kinder-8th grade) and some to teach them about softball. If you go to church with us and want to check it out (or just live in the Houston area and want to!) feel free to click on the link below. We're excited--it should be a fun day!
And, before I go and get up to do some laundry and (maybe) run to the grocery store, I just want to give a huge shout out to my sweet mother in law! Last Sunday she had lunch with Landon and told him that she was bringing us dinner one night this week. And let me tell you, God must have planned that, because she brought it last night when I was feeling awful and it was such a gift not to think about what to cook for dinner. I felt bad when she brought it over and I found out she was sick too!
Thanks again for taking care of us Pam--dinner was delicious! And, the banana pudding was gone before the night was over! :)
And, last but not least, this weekend is the Cowtown Half Marathon! I'm excited--I'm just hoping I can kick whatever I've got by Sunday! We're running (and walking) it with Raleigh and Kaleena, two friends from church, my parents and Landon's sister in law! We can't wait--for everyone but my dad and us, this will be their first half ever, which is so exciting! Our Mercy Project shirts came in the mail yesterday, the plans are being formulated for the weekend as we speak and we're just praying for cooler temps and no rain!
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