This week was a wild leap right
back into life, post-vacation. Both of us had a lot of catching up to do. (Why
is it that coming back from vacation requires twice as much work??) Anyway, in
between all the home and work chores, we had a few fun moments! Want to see??
I jumped
right back into work last Sunday – teaching Sunday School and sharing the
message. And then we began our round of graduation open house visits for 2026!
Ryan was super excited that the first one had a dirty soda bar. He couldn’t
choose between flavors, so he got both. HA!
Monday was Ryan’s reentry to work day, and he had a super busy day! I had several meetings, and most involved coffee, so I counted that a good day. We were exhausted by bedtime, but we had a fine start to the week/month!
Tuesday was
our 162nd monthiversary! We had to work, but after work, we went for
an extra long walk and then tried out a new ice cream shop in Berne. They had
sold out of almost everything, but Ryan tried their homemade strawberry, and I
stuck with tried and true milk chocolate. So delicious!
We trekked
back to Greentown on Wednesday evening to watch our nephew play t-ball. Oh my
goodness. I have never been to a t-ball game, and it is THE most precious
thing. His sister told us it was more hilarious than anything, and she was
right. Kids sprawled out in the outfield, bouncing on bases because they had to
potty, helping out the other team by NOT throwing the ball to base…it was the best.
What a fun way to spend the evening!
I worked
from home on Thursday and got so much accomplished. I also discovered partway
through the afternoon that we had no water. Normally if water goes out of
commission because of a water main break or hydrant work, the town sends a
message via email and text, but I didn’t have anything. And of course, the
offices were closed early that day. Sigh. It really rattled me that something
big might be wrong, so I ended up on the patio with Lexi, trying to calm my
heart, enjoy the lake, read my books (work and pleasure), and trust the Lord
for resolution.
We tried
something new on Friday: making homemade ice cream! We purchased an ice cream
freezer a couple of years ago (thrifted it!) and tried making healthy ice
cream. It was awful. We never got back to trying that or any other kind
of ice cream, but we were down to host an ice cream sundae bar for our small
group, so we decided to give it a shot. (Also trying not to think about the ice
cream shop that just went up for sale…)
Well…the thrifted
freezer quit halfway through the freezing. We were able to borrow a freezer
from some friends and finished freezing the mix we made. We had friends over
Saturday night and presented our ice cream offering. They brought fun toppings
and we supplied the ice cream. It was like we had our own mini ice cream shop
for the night, and it was so much fun!
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