November

by Sarah

Although there has been much rattling around in our hearts this month, we have also been pretty busy trying to keep up with what has been going on.  Here are a few things that little Luke has joined us in doing:

The opening of our new church home in Olathe, Kansas- (we celebrated with the first Sunday service on November 1 and then celebrated the awesomeness of God's work on November 4th.), enjoyed the extra hour of sleep thanks to the end of Daylight Savings, had a few doctor's appointments, presented with co-worker at the Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse held in Topeka, Kansas, shared meals, laughs and tears with many dear friends, traveled to Colorado to celebrate my beautiful cousin's wedding, Luke experienced his first snow storm of the season while in the mountains, rested and relaxed in Estes Park for a few days, attended a fundraiser breakfast benefiting Sunflower House's Circle of Safety, attended a cookbook signing of one of my favorite bloggers, the Pioneer Woman when she came to Kansas City (actually got to meet her and could only say, "thanks for coming to Kansas City"- I know, embarrassing!), hosted a dinner party for great friends with the theme 'breakfast for dinner'- it was AWESOME (potluck, so I'm not complimenting myself or my cooking!), went on several great dates with my husband, baked banana bread, baked a pie from scratch, made several sides for Thanksgiving, puppy sat for a friend's 9 week old puppy over Thanksgiving (the house was very quiet when little Jozey left!), watched the Plaza Lights turn on from the Oak Bar at the Intercontinental Hotel-(a lot of fun, great view, warm room, hot cider in hand and fireworks being shot off right outside the window-absolutely stunning), traveled to my aunt and uncle's farm for an annual family gathering including games, hayrack rides, delicious food, creek exploration, skeet shooting, smores- the works, attended my Beth Moore Bible study each Tuesday night at Heartland-(ever inspiring and encouraging- exactly what was needed), was prayed over by the group at this Bible study (beautiful women lending their strength- cannot thank you enough), Christmas decorations up, scouted out and purchased the most beautiful live Christmas tree and decorated it together as a little family (I seriously think this is the most beautiful our little house has ever looked), put up Christmas lights on the outside of the house, joined a couple's small group with some fantastic couples, celebrated the birth of my dear friend, Amy's new baby boy, Max (difficult for me because of obvious reasons, but very thankful that mom and little guy are both doing great), loved seeing the movie The Blind Side, finished watching all 4 seasons of Prison Break (started in August), shared Thanksgiving with cherished family, had long phone conversations with friends and loved ones who live far away, and of course began Christmas shopping and enjoying Christmas music and movies!

Whew! So much going on and so much yet to come....