I’m Blessed

Whew!  We made it!  What a crazy weekend.  VBS program, family in town, Father’s Day and Knut’s 32nd birthday, our first Sunday at the lake, and playing with new toys kept us pretty busy.

I’m blessed that because of all of our work over the weekend, my house is now about 2/3rds clean, as opposed to crazy-messy, and I have leftovers that will last our family for about 2 days.  That’s a great way to start a Monday.

I was so blessed that Knut had his first non-Sunday day off in ages last Saturday.  He weeded the whole vegetable garden for me, and was so helpful in getting me caught up inside too.  I’m looking forward to the prospect of having him home for supper more often in the next few weeks, as the farm is over yet another seasonal hump.

Knut and I are both blessed by the new Ipad he got for his birthday.  We needed a new laptop, as our old one was getting to the point where it needed to be rebooted about every 15 minutes, along with a host of other problems.  We’re becoming more painfully aware of how behind we are in technology, or maybe we’re just foreign to having an Apple.  We’re trying hard to learn new ways, and trying even harder to remember our passwords for different programs as we set up all our stuff on the new computer.  I haven’t figured out how to put my pictures on the blog from there, but I’m sure I can figure it out.  I just need a bit more time.  So today I write to you from the desktop in our basement. 

I’m blessed Elias has now been keeping his underwear dry for a few days.  That’s big cause for celebration, especially through the busy-ness!

Sunday was crazy as we said goodbye to my cousin and her family before church, brought some treats to church because it was our turn, then rushed home to get our lake things and the cheesecakes I made to share for Knut’s birthday.  Out at the lake we grilled hamburgers for Father’s Day, and the kids played in the water for literally hours.  Elias had no nap, and Solveig napped for about 30 minutes for the day.

She was happy pretty much all day, though.  She just loved being with all the grandmas and grandpas out at the lake.

We learned that she loves charging into the lake with no fear.  Fortunately, she didn’t mind holding Silje’s hand while she charged.  Then she was re-directed to making sand castles.  O, the kids were so tired!

Most of all, I’m blessed to have God prepared this work for me to do long ago.  We were able to do everything that we did because God arranged it and prepared it.  He prepared our kids for it, and prepared our bodies.  This week for the first time, I come into a Monday without a paralyzing amount of things to get done, and can move forward at a nice pace.  My house is vacuumed, and all the sheets and bathrooms are clean.  Today I need to make some more laundry detergent so I can wash all my maternity clothes coming out of storage, and maybe figure out the whole picture thing on the Ipad, and knit. 

I’m so blessed.

I’ve decided to open up comments as suggested to this “I’m Blessed” post instead of the linky.  If you would like to leave a link to your I’m Blessed post in the comment section, you are welcome to.  If you just want to type in how God has blessed you this last week to share with all who read, then please join us that way!  Thank you so much for joining in!