Treats

 One of the best things about not living in this country all of the time is that "normal" events feel like treats to our family.  After living overseas, I think we more readily recognize them as gifts from God's hand instead of taking them for granted.  For three days in a row, we have basked in some big treats!

Thursday night, we took the whole family out to eat (thanks to some gifts cards from Oma and Opa!)





 
 
 

 

and then drove into Dallas to attend an all Mozart concert.  The kids are still pretending to conduct and play different instruments!

 

Friday night, Sarah attended her first "lock-out", an all night event sponsored by our church youth group.  The theme of the evening was the 1950s, and a sweet lady from church loaned Sarah a vintage circle skirt for the evening.

The skirt twirled beautifully!

 



Then, this morning, the three big kids bowled to raise money for their trip to Canada with the Southwest Children's Chorus in June.

 



 

Aaron and I had fun watching them try out different techniques, and all the way home the kids kept talking about how much fun they had learning to bowl.  Just feels like God keeps giving us more and more gifts, and we're so thankful!