We spent last weekend with Jody’s side of the family for a “Goodbye, see you later-Autumn-Thanksgiving-Christmas” celebration before our move to Haiti. My highlights of the weekend were:
~Seeing Sarah & Jerod’s new house. We love it and feel blessed that they invited all of us over when they only moved in the weekend before. There wasn’t a box in the house. They had pictures on the wall. Just nuts. =)
~Fantastic autumn weather. Perfect for walks around the adorable downtown square of Van Alstyne.
~Noise of six cousins having a blast. They didn’t stop moving all day and spent hour upon hour jumping and wrestling on the trampoline. No naps. Chaos. It was pure joy for them. I loved watching it. My heart longs for my boys to grow up near cousins and family…never mind we are moving to another country.
~Eating Mexican food for Thanksgiving while listening to Christmas music…the weekend before Halloween. In this family, just about anything goes!
~Hearing Jody & his dad discuss Baylor football with the game blaring on the radio in the background. Static and all. (They were TRYING to hear it over all the noise of the kids…anyways, there probably hasn’t been a quiet Cash family gathering in all history!)
~Dressing up the boys as Mario and Luigi and Little Batman (really, REALLY homemade, no sew costumes using things we already had around the house…they are little. I can still get away with that!)
~Walking around the square with the whole gang collecting treats from the shops and vendors set up. It was small town goodness.
~Having the whole family gather around us before we headed home and cover us in blessings and prayers. I felt loved.
It really couldn’t have been a much better day. Thankful.
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