Summer slumber party

The plan wasn't to sleep outside. After 3 hours of the air-conditioner running, I realized that it
had to be broken. Even on the hottest days, our whole apartment cools down in 15 minutes. It felt like a sauna. We had three fans running, but we were all still sweating. So when the girls asked if they could take the air mattress to the deck to sleep and sleep on the grass down stairs, I felt like I couldn't argue. It was a decent idea. As miserable as the heat was, it makes for a funny story to look back on and laugh at. We still had a good time. :)

Girl Time

So I've been wanting to go to The Melting Pot for awhile. I've never gone for the whole 4 course meal thing. But for my birthday Eddie gave me money to go there and said I could take a friend with me. This was actually better than him taking me because he knew I could find a friend that would appreciate fondue much more than he does. The friend was an easy choice- Vanessa. We love cheese and chocolate and think the whole fondue thing is pretty cool. I really enjoyed everything about it. It took close to three hours to finish all the courses. So if there is a friend you need to catch up with and you can talk for hours this is a great place to go to spend some quality time. Yay for The Melting Pot and quality time with good friends! :)

A very important ring...

After losing our baby I was trying to think of what I needed when it came to healing. My friends Helen and Vanessa gave me a beautiful scrap book and I filled it up fast with journal entries, cards and pictures. I'm really happy with it. More than anything it tells the story of a spiritual journey in my life and God's goodness in the midst of pain. So anyway I was looking up ideas on-line about healing. Came across one than appealed to me: Buy a ring with what would have been your baby's birth stone. Perfect.
So I'm laying in bed that night talking to God and a sweet thought occurred to me: My baby will never experience pain or evil. So I thanked God for that. The thought amazed me- that my baby was made purely for His glory and would only know the goodness of God. Next day I had a great and healing chat with Justin Pardee and later that day he had Lindy (his wife) text me a verse that he had been trying to remember while we were talking. It's Ecc 4:3. It says, "And most fortunate of all are those who were never born. For they have never seen all the evil that is done in our world." (NLT) See how crazy good God is? He even had a verse that went along with what I had talked with Him about the night before. So, the ring: My baby's birthstone and the reference for the verse engraved on the inside. I love it. It's special to me and makes me smile. Random facts: I had it custom made and I wear a size 4. :)