Catching Up Post Tornado 2013

Just when I think that I'm about to turn a corner and be able to "make time" for all of those thoughts and ideas that are swimming around in my brain just waiting to get put down on paper-- BAM!-- a tornado hits.

In this case, yes, literally.

See our garage:

It got walloped. 

And while we're talking tornado damage, our kiddos' school and the neighboring middle school were damaged severely enough that there was no school last week. Starting today through the remainder of the school year, the kids are meeting at another location. A HUGE thank you to First Assembly in Lafayette for loving our Mintonye and Southwestern families and opening your hearts and your doors to us! 

I have SO MUCH MORE that is still hanging on the edge of my heart. I want to spill all the details about the Share Hope conference that I attended in DC-- my heart is still overflowing. I want to show you some photos of Peyton as Judge 2 in our local Civic Theatre's performance of Charlotte's Web. I want to talk about the holidays. I want to pull out my sewing machine {just for fun} and maybe even post a couple of fun projects. I want to blog-- because I miss it. 

But this morning I have to play catch-up from an unprecedentedly busy past 2.5 weeks. Despite it all, I'm so thankful to be sitting here even sharing this little snippet with you. I hope that your week is BLESSED and that you enjoy the time with your families and friends. Who knows, maybe I'll get so much done today that you'll hear from me again this week?

Maybe. 

Love you all! For real.