Full-on weekend
Gosh, we like to pack it all in when we can! On Friday we drove up to Nottingham to visit Dave, Rhiannon (& bump) and Sam. Due to multimap's diabolical directions it took us about an hour longer than planned to get there but everyone perked up as soon as we'd each had a giant hug from Dave. Since Sam was unwell when his Mummy and Daddy came for a visit in the summer he got to meet Elodie for the first time, and he's clearly going to be a great big brother. Their new place is lovely, and the local indian takeaway is very yummy! Sadly, we didn't manage to kick-start labour (Rhiannon was due on Thursday) but it means we'll have an excuse to go and see them again as soon as possible once the baby's born.
Yesterday Mark and I had the first of a series of leadership training days in Oxford. It was great, really encouraging and helpful, just a bit of a rush to get the kids ready and dropped off with Nana-Lorraine, and us there in the right frame of mind, for 9am! At the moment I measure these sorts of things on whether I can stay awake, and yesterday I didn't struggle to keep my eyes open at all so it must have been just what we needed. It was lovely to chill with Mark's family for a bit, and have a scrummy lunch all together. Then it was off to Mum and Dad's to beg shoes and a pashmina for Mim's wedding next week. Unfortunately, I don't have feet as dainty as my Mum's...
This afternoon, we're finally having Elodie's dedication service- can't wait to get her good and prayed over!
Yesterday Mark and I had the first of a series of leadership training days in Oxford. It was great, really encouraging and helpful, just a bit of a rush to get the kids ready and dropped off with Nana-Lorraine, and us there in the right frame of mind, for 9am! At the moment I measure these sorts of things on whether I can stay awake, and yesterday I didn't struggle to keep my eyes open at all so it must have been just what we needed. It was lovely to chill with Mark's family for a bit, and have a scrummy lunch all together. Then it was off to Mum and Dad's to beg shoes and a pashmina for Mim's wedding next week. Unfortunately, I don't have feet as dainty as my Mum's...
This afternoon, we're finally having Elodie's dedication service- can't wait to get her good and prayed over!
posted by The inimitable Mrs T. @ 1:12 pm
5 Comments:
At 5:50 pm ,
praynlady said...
Sounds like you've been busy. I will pray for her from here as well. I hope the service went well. Praise God for our children! Hugs, C
At 10:21 pm ,
wend said...
how did the service go??
At 11:36 pm ,
Mr Thomas said...
It was really great to have loads of family & friends all in one place, and to have so much encouragement from God too. Lots of people brought words, and I certainly felt like God was there. In fact, singing 'Blessed be Your name' and thinking about the words (about praising God in hard and good times) while also preparing to talk about Elodie & what she means to us after our miscarriage really got me tender. And Caleb announcing that he wanted some cake over the microphone was also a high point.
At 9:09 pm ,
Nikki Mayfield said...
It was great to be there, and share in the commitment you made and the blessing that Elodie is.
Next time you do a dedication though - hide the cakes until afterwards eh? Elias also spent most of the service eyeing up the cakes!(and trying to sneak close to get some!)
At 9:52 pm ,
Mr Thomas said...
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