I have fallen off the blog bandwagon. (Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!) The last week has been a busy blur of events and, just so you know, blogging isn’t the only thing I haven’t been doing. The laundry has been piled high, the dishes in my kitchen still haven’t figured out how to wash themselves, and the dust bunnies were swept up just moments before carrying out a revolt. What can I say? Such is life.

I’m grateful for the activities God has tossed in my lap in recent weeks. Some time ago I prayed that the Lord would open doors for me to use my gifts—and boy has He done so! I’ve been doing a little writing for upcoming church newsletters regarding our capital campaign. These articles have really challenged me simply because I haven’t written formally in some time. I also was blessed, and again challenged, by taking photos for the capital campaign video. Zion is preparing to build a Children’s Wing, the campaign is called “Let the Children Come,” thus my picture-taking was especially enjoyable as it involved lots of adorable chilluns.

“Kids” might just be the new general theme in my life. Right now I’m finding great comraderie with other mothers. In fact, the support I’ve found with other moms has been crucial to understanding my new self in the past several months. I assisted a friend in throwing an Easter party for our mom’s group last Friday—and it was a blast. Lots of work, but fun nonetheless. Within two hours our kids (from six weeks old to four years old) painted paper eggs, conducted a rapid-fire Easter egg hunt, hopped like mad bunnies in the living room to Veggie Tales tunes, and ate lunch from adorable brown bunny sacks. The funniest incident of the morning was a toss-up between the mosh pit bunny-hopping (you should’ve seen the little ones jumping and giggling like crazy) and the moment the older girls tattled that Luke, the only boy, had his pants off. It was a riot.

So I’m back in Blogland once again. Reading up on Megan’s move to our old stomping grounds, praying like crazy with my whole heart for the Rice family, trying to keep track of who is where this weekend in the Charity/Andy long-distance romance, and enjoying the thoughts and considerations of other soon-to-be-married friends.

It’s good to be back.