Tonight we enjoyed an excellent Unos meal in honor of Stephen's last solid food meal for a while. Yep the wisdom teeth come out tomorrow. So we enjoyed pizza, mozzarella sticks, and good pasta. Stephen was even able to sell some tires/wheels from the Unos parking lot, putting him one step closer to his goal of starting his own business.

Tomorrow we both have the day off, but obviously not for good reasons. So I'm glad we get little moments like this to slow down and enjoy the moment.

Today we finally got to meet our newest niece Alathea. She's just as beautiful as her photos, and honestly such a happy baby to be around.

We celebrated all the January and February birthdays. We got to revel in the chaos of our family, enjoying conversations, kids running everywhere, and chickens squawking in the background.

Prahl Family 2017, plus friends!

Love getting to see how much these little nieces of ours love their Uncle Stephen, and makes it so heartwarming to imagine him one day with our own kids. They are going to love him so much.

I woke up early this morning to get ready for our Mother's Day basket meeting at the Haven. I convinced, that's a strong word, Joanna to come with and give her motherly input into the baskets, and then us both head out to a local marketplace event for a reused/reclaimed store.

We made it to the Haven pretty early, and grabbed ourselves some coffee and hot chocolate. Sat down with the gang, and once everyone arrived began going through last year's baskets to find out what worked and what didn't. I think we had some good ideas, as well as being able to have some time and distance between what we did last year to realize how some things didn't quite make sense. So we will see what we finally end up with, but it definitely felt productive.

After some good fellowship with these awesome ladies, Joanna and I headed down the road to Rustic Chic's Saturday Marketplace. They had some really nice stuff, but all just a little too pricey. So we decided to take Makayla's advice and go to the Craftsman show down at the fair grounds. We managed to find so many cool booths and pieces of art. Joanna and I especially fell in love with this one artist's work, and we spent way too much money and time there.

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After a long day, and tired feet, we headed back to my house and chilled for a little bit before Joanna headed home.

Finally saw Logan tonight for Jason's birthday. I had really been excited to see this movie, and it was really good, but that is a see once movie because the gore was just too much! Glad I saw it, but glad it's over too.

After Stephen got home from work, we headed over to Zen's house for Deva's (his sister) graduation celebration from firefighter training. She's actually training to be a cop, which I didn't realize they have to go through the same training a firefighter does as well. She was so pumped to rewatch some clips from her 8 weeks in training.

She held her own in those clips for sure!

We enjoyed an awesome meal, and got to enjoy Zen's family's company who are some really sweet people--especially his mom! We watched a few minutes of John Wick, and finally grew tired enough to head home a little early.

Even on nights where I don't think I want company, its nice when I can still enjoy being in the moment and realizing how many people we have that we love and love us back.

A couple weeks ago I found out Jacklyn, my reading buddy at HB Rhame, moved to a new school. I am really saddened by this, she was such a sweet girl. I also found out she was shocked by the move and found out she was moving the last day at school when her mom picked her up early. Although I have been reassured this was a good move for her, a much better school who can hopefully really assist her in some of her reading disabilities. So for that I am happy for her! Just hate I never got to say goodbye. 

In a bought of restlessness, Stephen took me out to grab a milkshake and take a drive.

We got to Cookout, stole a table outside, and while the weather was beautiful, eventually the milkshake and the wind sent my body into shivers. So we hopped in the car and drove around Lexington eventually ending up at the lake.

We glanced at giant homes, saw tidbits of people's lives as we drove by, and enjoyed exploring new roads, which is sometimes hard to come by for us.

I so appreciate these quiet moments with Stephen. It was desperately needed today.

Playing catch up is getting tough. These weeks have been busy. So I'm going to be brief.

Tonight we had our first IF: Table, what I'm calling Table Gathering. A small group of women gathering around a meal together, and discussing 4 questions. Tonight's theme was Italian, so we had spaghetti, bread, salad, and all sorts of goodies. We discussed things based around Acts 2:42 and the importance of fellowship and community with believers.

Honestly it felt very timely. I know a few of us felt deeply challenged to make sure we continue to stay connected with other believers. Over the past few years I have seen how important this is in my own life, because the times where I don't want to be around people and choose to excuse myself from social situations, the worse that feeling gets. Honestly the farther I separate myself from others, the farther I begin to separate myself from God too.

We have also been discussing on Thursdays the idea of how our relationship with God, others, and ourselves forms this triangle, and when one side is broken the triangle is broken. When our relationships with others are broken, that directly effects our relationship with God.

Really hoping this will continue to be a good way to create that community with our girls in a drama free zone where we are uplifting one another and challenging one another spiritually.