Been a little while!

It has been a pretty long while since I have posted! Danny and I have been busy with work, football, planting flowers & grass, bachelor parties, teacher conferences, Cubbies, and much more. The Crusaders (DT's football team) are doing great! Danny scored their first touchdown of the season! Danny, Matt, and Scott are all playing together, it is really fun to watch! Sometimes I feel like a mother when those guys are chasing Danny or their is a dog pile of guys and I am searching the field to try to find him, hoping he's not under all of them!
I cant believe we are nearing the end of the year with our Awana group! We have been leading game time with 3 and 4 year olds. It has been such a blessing! It is an hour of laughing and connecting with these little ones, priceless! I love watching them enter the room and start running around in circles with Danny! It is absolutely hillarious, he is like a little kid! One little boy says "I love you, games," or "Hi, games!" Im not sure he knows our names. LoL!
After reading my sisters blog post and hearing a co-worker talk about the book Crazy Love, I just had to pick it up! They shared one part of the book that honestly made me nauseous, in a kind of good way: "Worry implies that we don't quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives. Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control." So after reading a great deal of the book, I am understanding now more than ever that my life is for him, and because of him. I am to follow his plan, and to help and lead others to follow his plan for them. No stress is justified, God is all knowing, all powerful, and he is fair and he is just. Crazy Love just helped me to see that I am not "the star of this movie/my life," HE is! I hope this book is life changing to many others also. I just know I do not want to be a "lukewarm person, someone that will serve God and others, but limits how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give." I want to break free from just "going to church," I want to feel him with me, in my heart and in my mind, every minute of every day!

Right now I'm sitting at the hospital with my mom. She had back surgery on Thursday. We are still here, in good spirits, and praise God she is doing okay!! Her bp is pretty low, but she says that is normal for her. Dr. says she needs to stay on fluids here. Dont know about her, but I know I am enjoying the family time. :)