Madness

So tonight I was sitting at the kitchen island with my boss, Stephanie talking about the schedule for May and June. It was like a mad scramble of dates, times, people and utter madness. I couldn't believe how fast the weeks were going to fill up and fly by. This summer is going to fly by as fast as the past 4 months have since January. Unbelievable. The most exciting and scary thing right now? James and I are going to go to Kansas for my nephews confirmation in two weeks. Im thrilled he gets to meet my family yet you never know what they could have up their sleeves :). I gotta break the poor boy in easy..So I am choosing to introduce him to two of the three craziest... Gabe and Sarah. Haha. I love it. :D Its gonna be so wonderful! I had a wonderful Easter weekend. I love the Sunday service. "He has risen. He has risen indeed, Alleluia!" is my FAVORITE part. Instantly a picture of my Grandpa Dahlke pops into my head. He was so joyous and exuberant when he said it, you could hear him no matter where you sat in the church. I miss him. He was the greatest, crouchety, old man ever. :) As stubborn as my grandma is sassy. I love that I have such great memories of him, but especially on one of the greatest days of the year. :) ;

Serenity

Life is balanced. For the first time since I can remember, things are all balanced out. After the first 9 months of this job and all the hoops I jumped through, to have the last 3 end in such serenity... I am in awe. The peace in my heart tells me God had a smile on His face through my hardest times because He knew I would reach this point and be okay. Easter week is one of my favorite. It allows me to appreciate not only what Christ did for me, but what opportunities He gives for Christians to share something so special. These next few months of my life are going to be some of the best thus far. There are so many exciting things to look forward to. :D Just when I think my smile couldn't possibly get any bigger..it does. Someone pinch me.. I really REALLY hope Im not dreaming. :D

My Cup Runneth Over

After looking at the two previous blogs I started, I decided to just start from scratch. One was written on a really bad day and the other after a long, tiring one. Best let those emotions stay where they are.  This one however, is one written with a big ole smile on my face. That seems to be the emotion of choice lately. Even if I don't want to, its hard to hold back. I just got back from an really awesome weekend in Florida with my big sister and her family. I got to see my nieces compete in gymnastics and realize how grown up and hilarious my nephew is. I got a world famous strawberry shortcake at Parksdale AND we got to go to the happiest place in the world on Monday. It was just a wonderful weekend. :) I came back and the girls are finally feeling better, hopefully longer than 3 days this time! I just wish the weather would decide to stay warm and not do this whole back and forth thing. My clothes are beginning to get confused. God has truly opened a door and let a landslide of blessings come my way lately. One being a wonderful guy who instantly brings a smile to my face and butterflies to my stomach. In a previous blog, I wrote about the doing the hard thing and how that is what I have become used to. Its comfortable for me. Doing something the easy way almost scares me because for some reason I have it in my head that it will fail or be doomed to something bad. With James, its just so easy. There is no effort to like him or be around him. And it doesnt worry me that its so easy either. I am just really enjoying the simplicity of it all. :) Ok, so maybe that is a major factor in the inability to control my smiles lately, but hey, I'm not complaining. :D