It sounds like Summer came to most of us pretty early this year.
Last weekend was chilly, but we had a great weekend anyway. We hosted our third Marriage Enrichment Date Night! It was well attended and the people that came seemed to really enjoy themselves. I think that the team is really getting into their roles and we didn't have to have a bunch of meetings to get everything done. This is going to get easier and easier.
Our Theme was "God's Dream for Your Marriage".
I made a gluten free/dairy free fruit tart because I knew that Rachel and Matt Watkins would be there and I wanted Rachel to have something for dessert.
Laura says that Texas is baking and praying for rain. We are looking at a very warm weekend. The Preakness will be run tomorrow and the heat index will be around 105. Poor ponies! That's one to watch on TV for sure.
It's been really nice out the last few days. Cora and I have been out walking and yesterday we went up the Joe K loop with Lisa and Chipper. We saw (and smelled) lots of dead stuff. Either there was a fish kill event upstream or the Osprey are getting very clumsy. I always have Cora on a leash because I don't trust her to come back when I call, but Chipper was free to seek and find some lovely "cologne" to roll in.
Lisa will be getting back to work soon and I will go up to the farm to walk ponies as much as I can this summer.
Nina and Lilly are showing Ivy to some prospective buyers this afternoon. They are going to sell her and look for another horse. Ivy is a great mover and she jumps pretty well, so they should be able to sell her pretty quickly.
I have been going through stuff and taking things to Goodwill this week. I don't know when, or even if we will move, that's up to the Holy Spirit, but I still want to lighten our load. We have piles of things that we are not going to need again.
While I was digging through there I found quite a bit of yarn. I am now making shawls for the shawl ministry at St Patrick's and I hope to use a lot of it up. It's really neat. They bless them and give them to the sick or the elderly and while we are making them we pray for the person who will receive them. What a nice way to make this neat hobby mean something.
Another wonderful development is that St Patrick's is now going to be helping the Gabriel Network in it's work with moms in need. Not just gathering supplies, but really walking with them and providing care. Helping them learn about parenting and finding a job and setting up a home. Staying involved with them as they go through this difficult time, into becoming a family. I have wanted to do this work for so long, Now things are finally falling into place and it is going to happen. Our parish is full of great people who are always so happy to help. They are generous and loving. We are becoming a closer parish family all the time. Helping moms with their families is a natural step forward!
Tim is off today, and I think that Brendan will be by later so I need to figure out what to do for dinner. Paul will be working at Ripkin.
Sunday is the church picnic, and that will be fun! I am going to work on it with some of the ladies and I am looking forward to it. It's also the last weekend for the Professional Bull Riders world championship. So that's also something.
I need to take more pictures, that's for sure.
