Weekend Glimpse

I don’t know about you, but this past weekend seemed to fly by. I cannot believe it’s already Monday again!

Thankfully, my two busy weekends and all of the events I was planning are over, so now my life can return to normal for a little while.

From now until the end of August, it’s “all Disney ‘till Disney”!

Friday, I had a conference our local college (and my Alma Mater) on Oncology Nursing. I especially enjoyed learning about innovations in Oncology care – we had several great speakers! Being back at my old “home” (cause I practically lived in the nursing building) and seeing old friends was really nice. Friday night, I was able to visit with family from Missouri and really enjoyed seeing them, too!

On Saturday, I ran the hottest and most miserable 12 miles I’ve run in a looooong time. I wasn’t the only one who complained, several others felt the same way.

I do believe that delirium started to set by the end of it all.

After our run, we had breakfast at our local favorite diner, and a cold glass of chocolate milk make up for everything!

Yum!

When I arrived home after eating breakfast, I was so tired I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Once my head hit the pillow, I was OUT for several hours.

Saturday night was exciting as I was able to meet my niece, Leigha Belle for the first time! Leigha is my husband’s sister’s little girl.

So sweet and such a good baby, too!

We have a joke with Jason’s name…he LOVES Monster’s Inc. Well, you know how Boo calls Sully “Kitty” in the movie? Jason thought that was hilarious….now, EVERYTHING is “KITTY” to him! Therefore, his name is “Uncle Kitty”. :0)

Sunday morning was Leigha’s baby dedication. Here’s most of Leigha’s immediate family. So glad we were all able to attend!

I’m having a hard time putting last night into words. I am the coordinator of a girls program at my church. Over the years, we’ve graduated a lot of girls through this program, but there was just something special about this year.

Before the ceremony – we had 8 girls in all!

The program is called Mpact (or National Girls Ministries) and really focuses on Bible reading, scripture memorization, relationships, life lessons, and so much more. Think of it like Girl Scouts with a Scripture based focus. It’s hard to put it all into words.

The girls you see pictured above have been in the program since they were 4 years old (they are now 18 years old) and earned the highest level of honor in the program, the Gold Medal of Honor. I taught these girls specifically since they were in the 4th grade so needless to say, last night wasn’t easy for me…lets just say there were a lot of tears shed.

Since I teach Middle School and High School, the girls pictured above were mine. :0)

This is the gift I received from the church in appreciation for my service over the past year. It’s an Origami Owl necklace and inside, they included all kinds of  personal beads – a running shoe, a camera…..gee, sounds like they know me all too well! They also included a symbol for each class we graduated last night. Wasn’t that sweet? I love it!

SO, that was my weekend…now it’s Monday again and I’m already looking forward to the next one! How was your weekend? Anything exciting? Have a fabulous Monday!