winner...winner...winner!

but before i tell you who is my winner....

i want to share with you about my amazing weekend at the created for care retreat.

so refreshing. so exhausting.

i roomed with a couple of close friends, my baby sister and a new friend.

i feel like i haven't slept in several days...minus the after school nap i had today.

i am still processing everything i heard. but the Lord, Himself showed up and ministered to a whole bunch of moms that are busy raising kids from hard places. we worshiped, ate, snacked, ate some more, listened to some amazing speakers, went to break out sessions, shopped, snapped photos, ate, stayed up super late....

i am so thankful that i was able to go. thanks to my dad who covered my plane ticket.

so thankful that my little sis brought it up and then paid the cost of the retreat for me.

if these two had not helped, i would not have been there.

i was supposed to be there. plain and simple.

i left here bright and early on friday morning desperately in need of refreshment.

most of the time, through speakers and worship, i cried. why? what was said and what was sung touched the depths of my heart.

i adored the late night visits in our room, meeting new friends in the hallways. finding people who share your passion, your vision, your dreams. even meeting someone who is doing exactly what we are doing...we even share the whole mother of multiples thing.

balm to my weary soul.

i believe that i will begin saving up now to go next year. yep, that important to me.

chillin' with my peeps

table centerpieces

He makes all things beautiful in it's time.

sessions

sunrise outside our window on sunday morning

believe it or not...i was the only person there who has ever adopted from peru. not surprised...me neither. during some of the meals we sat with people from our agency or country. i sat at the table of "misfit toys". someone from brazil, another from somewhere in the caribbean, 2 from india, one undecided, one from the usa. funny how our original bond was our kids and the miracle they all are.

ok, so i've blabbered on long enough....

time for the big reveal....

originally i planned on little bit drawing the name...but she was having a few issues about getting ready for bed...so my son helped out.

doesn't he look excited?

well he should be and so should you NANCY.

'cuz you're my winner!

contact me and we will work out the details.

now off to change out a load of laundry and go to bed.

goodnight!