Sunday was our daughter's birthday celebration, and we enjoyed having both sides of our family over in the afternoon for appetizers, cake, & ice cream. We were blessed to have so many of our family members with us. My sweet sister-in-laws family of six was here from Pennsylvania to share in the celebrating, and my parents made it safely home from their January retreat. We are so thankful for that, considering the weather that parts of the south were experiencing last week.
Earlier last week, we were alerted to another thing that would fill our weekend. Our high school pastor stepped down, and his last Sunday was... yesterday.
Needless to say, in the midst of all of our celebrating, there was an entire Sunday morning at church in tears. Oh how we will miss him and his wife. They have sacrificially given their time, greatly impacting the lives of our children and countless others. In the midst of the sadness, they selflessly led a time of extraordinary worship and sharing that truly made an impact on everyone who attended. It was the first step on a path of healing from the loss.
Do you love the way my pictures laugh in the face of sadness? Yeah. I kinda planned it that way.
Moving right along. If you were wondering what our cousin-crew of TEN did at the art studio, here are some pictures documenting the process. And lest you think this was a random splatter project, it was not. It was done in the style of Jackson Pollock, and the kids were led by an amazing studio employee who had their undivided attention. Take a look!
We don't have the finished project at home yet. Of course it needed time to fully dry, and also -- the studio people will seal it for us. Needless to say, the kids were all pretty excited with the results -- and it was great "cousin-time!"
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