August 12, 2025 - Tuesday


Our second day of school went really well! I should make the kids get dressed and take some dang pictures of them. I skipped Wild & Free this morning, because nobody except Ruby wanted to go. I had plans to get together with Jenny to read in the afternoon and everyone just thought it would be too hard to get our school stuff done with all of the interruptions. I agreed, so we chilled at home and got a couple of hours of focus time. 

My time with Jenny in the afternoon was good. The book we're reading is pretty convicting and this chapter pushed a lot on relying on friends to hold you accountable about different things. It would be very awkward to ask some of the questions Gary suggests, but it would be really good to help one another think along those lines! I cannot wait for the day when I don't feel like such a disaster of a person. Will that day come or does learning more about God just make you realize how very far you are from being like Him??

We made mini pizzas for dinner on pre-made crusts and I accidentally dropped Ruby's upside down onto the bottom of the oven. Our house smells terrible and was full of smoke for an hour. Disaster. Thankfully, we had an extra crust so she wasn't too sad, but it was very messy and frustrating! I took Jonas and Clem to middle school group this evening and hung out for an hour, waiting for Drew to get there. I'm a little worried about him right now. He seems to be burning out. I know I'm likely not the top person for him to go to when he's struggling, but I can tell something's wrong and I wish I could know what it was so I could be praying for him!

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