Saturday, June 6, 2009
When The Men Are Away ... !!!! .... ?????
(Maggie is already asleep so she is absent from the picture ... Please pray she stays ASLEEP ...CANCEL THAT SHE JUST WOKE UP AT 10:49 ... HEE HEE ..JUST MY LIFE)OK, so what would normal women do when their hubby's are away ??? girl's night out ??? pedicures ??? massages ??? dinner and a chick flick ??? shopping ??? hang out at Starbucks ??
NOPE ... Not us ... We got up, met up at the YMCA (ran while we solved the world's orphan crisis), came back to my house to swim with 12 kids, fed 12 kids, sunscreened 12 kids, and keep them all safe (for the most part), taught one how to swim, sat around the pool while we again talked about how to raise money for adoptions and Amazima, laughed ALOT, and then just decided what the HAY let's just make this whole thing a big old slumber party and have a spend the night ... So we fed 12 kids dinner, they played, we picked up 12 wet bathing suits and towels, had art table time (not my favorite ... remember I don't do CRAFTS) and then thought since the day had been such a huge success we would have ICE CREAM ... after cleaning up lots of messy ice cream, then we got 10 ready for bed (two went home because they were just hanging for the day) and put in a movie for the kids ... Suzanne and I finally sat down at 9:00 pm from a long day of blessings, fun, and friendship exhausted on the couch to watch BrideWars w/ Grace and Mallory ...
This may seem crazy to many, but this is how we choose to do our life ... We love hanging out and supporting each other .... We love how God has placed our children in each others lives in a special way and we pray that God uses them in each other's lives to help hold each other accountable, to be someone they can lean on and share the good and the bad, a friend who will always give Godly advice, and a friend to always laugh with ... Our kids love the orphans of the world and they see them as real ... They remind us daily of how to LOVE BETTER ....
BY THE WAY ... Our Hubby's and our eldest sons are in Memphis at a basketball tournament making memories of their own ... Jeremiah and Michael, we pray God knits you together in a way that keeps you like brothers !!!! Also, Suzanne and I are beyond thankful for our godly husbands, who love how CRAZY we are !!!!
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22 kind words.:
How fun
My kind of day!
Girlfriends are the best!
Wow! That sounds like an AMAZING day!! :o)
*fyi: I'm jodes. I've been following your blog for a while. Hope you don't mind. :o)
Sounds like a perfect evening..
you will love my post tomorrow..
I am sitting around looking at blogs now because I have two little two year old twins that are pure cuteness.... sleeping right next to me.. KyLee and her friend went to the movies..
Hugs..
have a great time..
I would love every second... that is why are are sisters..
Love ya..
I absolutly loved that post. Do you realize how many women out there crave to have a godly girlfriend to have. To share all the things that you all shared today. I think thats so great! I think every good woman should have that kind of relationship at some point in their life, and hopefully blessed to have one her whole life. I cant think of a better way to spend an evening. Especially the laughing til you pee yourself.(oh I guess you didnt say that, did you?) hee, hee. I have done that, and it just happens to be the best kind of laugh. smiles.
That is too fun!! Doesn't sound crazy to me..sounds like my life :) Well, except my hubby never goes out of town :) Go check out my post...I'm wearing your shirt...i sent you email about it, kj
Sounds like exactly what I would expect at your house. Fabulous Fun and Love.
oh how i long for the day in heaven where there are 28 kids at the sleep over (7 of Suz's, 6 of yours, 13 of mine, plus anna and mal of course!)
cant wait to lay around on your couch, run, lay by the pool, and eat chocolate cake with you... all while solving the world's orphan crisis :)
LOVE YOUU
Too Sweet! I am so glad that Dailen was able to hang out over there this weekend. She was so excited when I talked to her. Can you believe that blue baby...ugh...LOL!
love it, love it!
Looks like the perfect day, Gwen. Hugs!!
what a perfect day--- how fun! :)
You are truly BLESSED to have a girlfriend like that to hang out with. I have several long distance girlfriends that I do yearly mom/kid slumber parties with ... but no one close by. I've had a lonely year this year, and pray for friendships such as this.
blessings,
mama of 13
so.much.fun.
our small group girls and kids are doing this at my house on tuesday while the guys are away!!
though i am praying, praying for eyes to be opened and hearts to be broken for orphans around me. i'd love to sit and chat all night about solving the world's orphan crisis!! =)
I love sleepovers, but wish we could have joined the fun!!! I'm blessed to have wonderful adoptive moms close by that JUST GET IT!!
What a fun day for you & friends!!
xoxo
What a perfect day! Love it!
Totally understand. Still praying for people like that to hang with who are as crazy as we are....we kind of live in the boonies here at our camp. But sounds like a totally wonderful day to me!!!!!
How wonderful! It sounds like bliss.
Enjoy!
Shoot, I should have come over after all... instead I weeded my garden all day and got a sunburn! :(
That sounds like my kind of slumber party! It also sounds like my upcoming beach trip with friends...10 kiddos, sand & sea!
I'm glad yall had such fun times...those memories will last a lifetime!
Love the pictures Gwen, looks like so much fun!
I bid on a few items on Chloe's Closet...
also, got the shirts in for the girls... hoping you have received my money order.... shoot me an email tomorrow so I can put you in my contacts... I wanted to email you today and couldn't find your address!
Hey, I don't know if you'll ever see this message, but I can't get your email address to work. Have you anything else about lunch with Katie? Lindsay will only be here for lunch on Sunday. Is there any way to squeeze it in?
Did you get the stroller?
Hugs and kisses!
Crying like a baby as I read this...I love it...oh and the next time you need some art table support you call your girl! I got you!