Ballerina and SNOW!

Last week was awful. Tuesday was the Clackamas mall shooting. It was heartbreaking to hear the news.

Wednesday was our trip to the ER with Ben. That night at 11pm Brooklyn woke up vomiting, and continued to do so for every hour thereafter. Thursday was a tired blurr, then Friday. What can I even say about Friday. I was out shopping by myself for the kids when Matt and Bethany simultaneously texted me asking if I had heard about the shooting. The day was filled with anguish and tears from that moment on.

So...to say I've been clinging to my children and saying praises for their lives and health is to not say much at all.

Today was a very precious day (sorry, I wrote this on Tuesday).

We woke up to snow! It was just a little dusting, but we were happy to have it's presence. The kids set out to play in it for a bit before we headed to ballet class.

I got to go watch Brooklyn during the parent viewing day in her ballet class. It was such a treat. She loves ballet so much and she was SO into it the entire time. I smiled the.whole.time. Seriously, I've never been able to watch her because it's a drop off class, and when we ask her what she did most of the time she can't tell us much :) So to see with my own eyes the joy it brings her made my heart leap out of my chest.

 

 

I have so much from the past week or two I want to share, so another Christmas post is coming soon. In the mean time, I hope your hearts are warm and cozy, filled with the Holy Spirit as we are only two days out from celebrating Jesus birth. This world needs a savior, it's been a dark month. I hope the video above puts a smile on your face.

All my love,
Lauren