Weekend at the ranch

We had a nice weekend in Mathis at the ranch with Lena Kate's Mimi and Papa. The sure enjoyed getting to love on her. She was a good girl and all smiles...except when Mimi didn't get her out of the car seat fast enough after we arrived. It wasn't Mimi's fault, LK was just hungry and tired of being in her seat. She was a good little traveler both going down and coming home. YEA Lena Kate! Lane helped Dad install a new pump on the pool and worked on some other ranch projects. I'm glad Lane was able to be there to help Dad. It was alot of work. Mom and I also made a birthday cake...who's birthday, you ask. I guess you can say we were celebrating in honor of Sarah Allen - my bff turned 29 Sunday. Happy Birthday "Aunt Sarah" We had yummy white cake with lemon cream cheese frosting in honor of you. It was fantastic. Aunt Lynne and Uncle Cassie came over for grilled shrimp dinner on Saturday night. It was really tasty.

Then on Sunday the girls went to church. It was my first time to get to hear the new preacher. Patti was wonderful. I really enjoyed the service. Her message was about prayer and really explaining how to pray. She spoke about praying to God to help us glorify his name and his will rather than just ask for blessings for those we know and love. All my life my nightly prayers have included requests for blessings on my family members. I will now be focusing my prayers more on God's purpose for me and to live in a way that would be pleasing to him in addition to my traditional prayers. She didn't use this line, but "Thy will be done" has new meaning to me in prayer. I was taught how to pray as an adult specifically at the age of 30. I hope to carry the message with me always and to teach this to my children as they grow and can comprehend the capacity of the message. It is a much more selfless Godly way to pray, if you will. Patti also sang "Sinking Sand" as part of her message. She has a beautiful soothing voice and the congregation gradually joined in on the chorus, "On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand..." This is so true. On a lighter note Lena Kate managed to make a really LOUD stinky poop during a quiet moment in church. Everybody within 3 rows heard her and giggled. Not 30 seconds before that I was wondering if she would grace us with one of those. Other than that she was pretty quiet with the exception of a few squeaks to let Patti know she was listening. She also really liked watching the choir sing. She paid close attention. Everybody just loved on and gushed over her. I feel blessed!

Aunt Lorain also came over to see Katie as she calls her :) I like Katie too...so fine by me.

Lena Kate wore her camo outfit since she was in the country. The girl just looks cute in camo, especially camo with ruffles. Thanks Barbie!! She is destined to be a country girl.

Quite the acrobat!