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Today is our 116th monthiversary, and I want to pause to honor that! Ryan, thank you for this life you have crafted with me. I thoroughly, fully, and truly enjoy every single day lived by your side. Even when life itself is maddening, it is a joy to be maddened alongside you. :) When life is delightful, it is a joy to be delighted alongside you. You are fun, you are thoughtful, you are a man of God and a man of your word, and you teach me so much every single day. 

Thank you for choosing me. Every monthiversary is a chance to marvel at what God has done, and I'm glad I have my 116th chance to do that today. I love you!

And speaking of Ryan...we had a fun weekend together!

Friday night, my parents came to visit! This is the second time they've been able to come see us at our new home, and we had a lot of fun with them! When they came to our house the first time (Mother's Day), we were able to show them around the house itself. This time we showed them our community! We did a driving tour to take them to Love INC and let them see where we work...past our church, so they could see the outside of the building...past the place where Abby the RV lives, so they could see her home...and past a few friends' houses too, so they could learn more about where we spend our days. And then we went out for dinner! 

I thought you might like to see a few pictures from that night. Lexi went with us on the driving tour, so she's in the picture at Love INC. You'll noticed she's snuggled up to her favorite Grandpa. Those two are crazy about each other. I'm not sure which one loves the other more. It's adorable. Anyway, we did not take Lexi along for dinner - ha!

Saturday morning was chores-around-the-house time, and then that afternoon, we went to Lynnette's parents' 50th anniversary open house. Congratulations, Bob and Janice, on your 600th monthiversary! That is such a blessing. :)

And thennnnnnn, since we were right down the road, we finally got our Ivanhoe's date! You may or may not remember how dearly I love their strawberry shortcake, and I had not had one (to my recollection) in four years. We tried to go earlier this summer, but our date was scheduled for the day the carbon monoxide detector malfunctioned in our house, and the FIRE DEPARTMENT showed up. We were too afraid to leave town after that (until the detector was replaced) because if it happened again and they had to come while we were gone...we just couldn't do it. 

So I finally got it, and I savored every single bite. It was pretty much my main meal for the day, and that isn't something I'd recommend on the regular, but for a splurge - oh yes, please!!!

Ryan got a German chocolate cake sundae, and he said it was delicious. He also ate a full meal AND his sundae AND started digesting while I was still savoring my shortcake. LOL!!!

After we left Ivanhoe's, we stopped by our friends' house (Hi, Michele!!!!) to see some of the renovation work they've been doing. It's BEAUITUFL. I am so happy for them! And it was really fun to just sit and catch up with them for a while.

Sunday, we were the Scripture readers at church. I was so grateful there were no 38 letter names to pronounce in our assigned passage. LOL! It was our first time to do that at this church, and we really enjoyed it.

And then Sunday night, we helped the beginning of the setup for the Back to School Bash at church this weekend. We were able to meet some new people as we served, and that was a lot of fun. (Hi Becky! I met your daughter!) 

It was a full, fun, and faith-boosting weekend. I was grateful for all of it.

And also. I might need a nap.