Fall Break Kick Off

We are officially on fall break which meant grocery shopping with 5 kiddos this morning.  I need a nap 🙂  I kid.  Kind of.  They are actually usually totally fine at stores…Amon just tends to get a little crazy with his small cart.  I yell things like “Watch your heels people.”  I don’t really, but should.  They are home for the next 7 days straight…they have off next Monday as well.  Last night right before bed I got super anxious and stressed and could have cried thinking about all “the things” for this week.  I kept thinking how His mercies are new every morning and this morning I felt much better.  I did decide to do major food prep today because not worrying about dinner takes my stress level down like 7 notches.  I precooked ground turkey for tacos and chili.  I’m thawing 2 things of chicken which I’ll precook tonight for White Chicken Chili (I use almond milk for milk and plain greek yogurt for sour cream) and marinate in THIS served with cooked cauliflower.  I will be responsible for feeding them lunches this week too…God save the queen.  They get free breakfast and lunch at school.  I went ahead and attempted another batch of cornbread and am soaking pinto beans tonight for Crockpot Pintos again…perfect, easy lunches.  And I made up a batch of Tuna Cakes too.  And now I need another nap.  Honestly, this absolutely helps my anxiety!!!

Our littlest has a pretty big meeting this week.  I keep praying and praying for us to simply love and support and show the love of Christ.  Reunification feels close at hand, which is amazing, but this is also very new for us.  Praying God makes us worthy of His calling and we make Him proud in the way we love.  This verse from 1 Timothy 1:5 the Message is where it’s at!

“…Simply love – love uncontaminated by self interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God.”

Hudson’s surprise party was too fun.  He was adorable.  More on that later, but Sunday rolled around and 2 kids were nursing colds, we all had a birthday party hangover, Josh Kelley had his d-group with his high schoolers and so the kids and I skipped church and stayed home for 2 movies and a popcornfest.  It’s what we do.  I also attempted to give myself a few dreadlocks.  Which one I ended up wrapping in brown string.  When Josh came home I told him what I had been doing he smiled and said, “Good to know you’ve been using your time wisely.”  Hahahahahahahha.  He loves me.

Apparently October is the month for 31 day challenges.  I’ve seen a bunch of different ones…writing, blogging, exercising, etc but when Lesley Zellers posted her sketch a day challenge I decided to make the commitment.  I have loved this so much.  The prompts are great, it is challenging and new and makes me think outside the box.  It’s not too late to join up.  You can see my posts on my Instagram along with the hashtag.  Find me @pitterpatterart.

And Josh and I are extremely out of touch with any kind of pop culture…like clueless.  We had some movie theater gift cards tucked away and the boys went to a sleepover Friday night, so Josh took Amon and Harper to the movies.  When he got home he told me how out of touch we really are…bahahahaha.  If you have not picked up on Josh’s dry sense of humor by now, well, you’re missing out.  Dude keeps me laughing all the time.  Anyways, he told me about all the fun previews for upcoming movies.  I laid in bed Sunday morning with Solomon and watched every single preview we could find for Pan.  I really want to see this.  It just looks amazing.  We hardly ever go to the theaters, but I am considering not waiting for this one to come out in Redbox.

 That’s it!  That’s all I have for today.  Here’s to a good fall break and a great start to another week.

Happy Monday.

2 Comments

  1. I cannot WAIT to see Pan!!! Give me all the Peter Pan movies of the world!!

  2. i love the message translation of that verse!!!! and i am beside myself looking at your drawings! they are so amazing! i’m trying to find my inner artist. 🙂 great work!

    i’ve been working on my journaling bible for about a month now. i love it!

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