This weekend was CRAZY! Friday we witnessed the miracle of 4 live births. One I told about in the last post and then as I was preparing to go watch B play basketball her goat had 2 healthy kids. A boy Elliot and a girl all brown we named Coco. B was a little sad she missed the birth and she didn't miss it by much. I had just returned from dropping her off at the school when I was greeted by Britches is pushing! Didn't put down my stuff just ran to the barn. I wasn't able to get in the pen and help her but thankfully our neighbor was here helping hubs build a well house and he was able to hold her still while hubs pulled the first baby out. He came out a little weird and she was a first time mom so he aided her a little. Second baby was born with no problems. There's truly never a dull moment around this house. So after seeing both babies born, I load up K and off to the game we go after picking up B's boyfriend. The girl's coach had made a bet with them. He has a very long goatee and he told them if they won Friday he'd trim it to his chin and if they won Saturday he would shave it off. He hasn't seen his chin in about 7 years! This was the spark the girls needed! They were feeling bummed about a losing record in basketball and weren't playing as a team. Well, it was an intense game Friday night and the girls ended up WINNING by 2 points in the last seconds of the game. It was AMAZING! So Saturday they played in the sub-state championship game with the winner advancing on to state tournaments. The boys also played Saturday night after the girls game. Well, as a reward for winning, Friday night I took B, K and B's boyfriend to a movie. We went to see "The Vow" and let me tell you, it's a heart wrenching story. The kids didn't seem to "get it" as much as I did but they've never been in love (even though they will be to differ but come on they are 15 and 11!) and I cried through many points in the movie and one part in particular got me REALLY GOOD because of a situation that occurred in my life that kind of takes place in the movie. But that's another post!
Saturday was championship day! I've been fighting a cold all week that robbed me of my voice and I'm a former cheerleader so no voice at a game is cruel punishment for me! I was trying to rest up so I could yell and support not only my +1 but our little school. Now, the girls team has never qualified for state tournaments and I believe if they were anything like B they were nervous. They scored the first points of the game and never looked back and won the game by 22 points to a team they had previously beaten by 1 and 2 points in the two times they'd met them. It was so exciting! Then the boys won their game as well so for the first time in school history, BOTH teams are heading to state!!! It's an exciting time and I'm a proud Lancer momma! Now trying to work out a plan since state is 4 hours away and in the past when we've gone to support the team before I had a kid playing we'd stayed in a hotel but that's not going to work very well since we have newborn animals and bottle babies to take care of. Looks like my minivan is going to get some miles on her this week.
So, on top of all that excitement, my favorite NASCAR drivers did really well too!! Elliot Sadler won the race Saturday and Kevin Harvick finished 2nd on Sunday, plus the Kansas Jayhawks won their last regular season game on Saturday as well. It was a great weekend.
Church Sunday was pretty amazing. We sang all my favorite hymns and we are starting this new series about God's whispers. It has gotten me thinking about the whispers God has given me in life. Now, I'm not sure I have ever heard God actually speak to me but I do know He has communicated with me. I've felt led by His presence and sometimes during times when I have really needed Him, scriptures will pop in my head. Other times, I've prayed about a situation and I've felt led by His word and still other times when making important decisions in my life, I've felt peace when I chose the right path. Our challenge this week is to just be still and listen. So this morning, that's what I've done. Now I just have to have the guts to follow His leadings. It's going to be a hard week I'm afraid with lots of decisions to make and new steps to take but I know He will lead me and my family and He will give us strength to face the obstacles ahead.
Until next time, have a GREAT week and take a little time to be still and listen for God's whispers in your life!
PS: The line that got me the most in "The Vow" goes something like this........"I looked at all the good things we had, the good family we had, the good life we could have and I forgave him for the 1 wrong thing he did" POWERFUL statement that rings sooooo true in my life and one in which I was led by God when I had to make a choice.
2 Cor 12:8-9 "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness"
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