slacker

i'm not typically a slacker. in anything. ok, maybe my blog loses out on some love every now and then and i could paint my toe nails more often, but we'll just forget about that for now. i have been a blog slacker, and i really don't like blog slackers. i quit looking at blogs that are written (or not) by slackers. they are boring. this blog has been boring. my apologies to the 3.7 devoted readers that check in on us.

last week was crazy and fabulous! i am blessed to be a part of a new women's ministry at church. we started getting things together last spring and we have been working like crazy to get everything ready for the launch of the ministry, which was tuesday and thursday of last week. our church has two campuses so we launched at each campus on a different day. most of the things that i had to do were things that could only be done last minute and i was running around last week like a chicken with my head cut off. let me just make it known that i don't like that analogy... i don't think that i ever resemble a decapitated chicken.

this new women's minsitry, stepping stones, is part of our girlfriends group. girlfriends is an amazing ministry for women and it was started by two amazing women in our church, lisa and patty! girlfriends is now an international ministry, changing the lives of women!

we had over 600 women (and lots of kiddos) at our launch events last week and i am amazed at the work that God has been doing. i'm not surprised, He always does things bigger than we could have imagined, but i am amazed. i am excited to see what else He has in store for the women that come to stepping stones.

my moms group started again last week as well, as part of stepping stones, and i am so excited! i am the creative activities leader for MOMs, or moms on a mission, formerly MOPS, and i'm really looking forward to the year... i love this group!

my dear friend karla became a mommy last week! she and christian, her husband, welcomed sweet jaden into the world on tuesday! he is a doll and i am looking forward to spending tuesday afternoons getting to know him and helping karla out a little bit. really though, i'm just going to hold the baby and take picture of his small sweetness, she can do whatever she wants :).

emily has blowing all of her tests out of the water, as well as us... she's pretty special! ethan has been telling us "that's so nineties" and nick has no more five day, five city crazy trips planned!

happy monday!
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