Last Week's Events

We had a busy week last week. Isn't that how I'm starting out most posts these days? At the beginning of February our calendar looked fairly empty. Amazing how it fills up isn't it?

This past Monday we drove to Salem to spend some time with our good friends Pastor Matt Fagan, his wife Amy and their three children. Matt is the pastor of Heritage Baptist Church, a church he started in June of 2001. They took us to see their church. It is amazing to see what all they have done (really, what God has done!) on the inside of their building. They have transformed a house into a beautiful sanctuary and lots of classroom space! Spending time with them was so encouraging. We all had a great time and the kids didn't want to come home.

Another thing that happened last week was that Shaylen got her hair cut for the first time since September! It had been getting very long and the struggles with tangles each morning brought tears to the corners of Shaylen's eyes. Poor thing. The lady that cut it took off about two inches. It was fun to listen to them discuss Charlotte's Web. Marshall was content to sit in the lobby and look at his airplane book.

On Thursday, Taigen and I finally got to enjoy our Christmas present to each other: tickets to hear Yo-Yo Ma at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, ME. For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Ma, he is a cellist (the greatest there is), and not a rapper, as our neighbor thought. (Seriously, do we look like the rapping type? Taigen even had a suit on. Tee Hee!) The stage was empty except for a vase of flowers and a single chair. Yo-Yo sat and played three Bach pieces for us. It was a most relaxing evening, especially after a chaotic day for Taigen.

On Saturday, I packed up the kids and drove down to Massachusetts to surprise my friend Joni for her 30th birthday. Unfortunately, Taigen was unable to go with us.We definitely surprised her! One of the first things Enzo said was, "Marshall and Shaylen are here!" We're so thankful that the kids are good friends. They had fun playing together outside, getting all wet and muddy in the process. It was a wonderful party. It was a two hour drive, but soooo worth it!

Last night we had a huge storm blow through New England and dump about 10 inches on us. We went out and played for over an hour. Being the diligent mom and blogger that I am, I took the camera and took about 35 pictures. There were some great ones of each of the kids, ones of the kids together, ones of the kids with Taigen and some with the kids and me too. However, I am not necessarily the best multi-tasker and I accidentally deleted them while attempting to download them to the computer AND talk on the phone at the same time! I wanted to kick myself to the moon! Oh well. Lamenting won't bring them back. I'll just have to get outside and take some more in the near future.

Many of you have asked how my hand is doing. I am back at the piano and it's feeling fine. It's not as flexible yet, but that will come with time. I can tell when I've done a lot (especially on Sundays) because it aches ever-so-slightly. Thank you so much for all of your prayers.

I think that is all of our Joosey news. I hope you all are doing well. Feel free to leave a comment. I've detailed out how to do that here. It's free and we love hearing from you.