If my blog buddies have given up on me I understand!!! I would have given up on me too. I don't really know what is up with my slump. Let me give a quick (or long depends on how you look at it) recap of the last two weeks.

Tuesday February 5th Cameron and I took off with two other couples to Breckenridge, CO. It was a blast and I have never in my life seen that much snow in one place. It was incredibly cold and almost miserable. Just shy of miserable actually but cold none the less. I was just so dumbfounded when we talked to the locals (their term) about how cold it was. They kept telling us it was the coldest it has ever been in 6-7 years. WOW. How fortunate of us to experiance this with them. We did some sledding and ate at some wonderful places. I kept thinking how weird it was to be at a place with it's only goal is tourism. I mean how many stores can sustain life by selling the same shirt as the 7 other t-shirt shops down the street? I have minimal amount of pictures and don't really know if any of them turned out. Teresa took a few herself and they were pretty cute. I need to get them from her to share with you all.

While we were gone my sister was watching my 3 kids along with her 4 so her house was full. On Thursday Cannon came down iwth the flu and poor Renay had to handle a doctor's visit and a sick boy and I know my sister. The immediate thought of germs in her house was almost too much for her. But she is trooper and did an incredible job of keeping us updated and assuring us that we didn't need to come home.

Sat. night we finally returned to a healthy Cannon and a very sick Mason. Poor boy just couldn't keep anything down. He had the stomach version of the flu. YUCK. So off to the dr. on Monday morning and we then continued to battle the flu in our home. Gracelyn and I got away scott-free. Cameron felt bad for a few days but I think he just needed rest more than anything else.

Thursday night I left on my Walk to Emmaus. I have found that either there is a huge overwhelming amount of people who know this experiance OR there are people who look at me with a WHAA?? expression on their face. It is a spiritual retreat that was literally life changing for me.

Cameron and I are in a trial that has been set before us by God and this weekend revealed to me that Satan has been in our home doing his work. I am just so torn up over the destruction he tried to create. But this weekend brought clarity and truth to my heart of what God has in store for our family. Some people might look at the weekend as a neat little getaway from life. I often have that feeling on such retreats. The warm and fuzzy part of retreats that are fun but if I stayed home I could have accomplished so much more. Well let me tell you that this time away showed to me that I am in the midst of a trial that God is wanting me to grow from. He revealed to me so much about our family and our mission. I am just in awe of that! I mean true awe of his grace.

That brings me to today. I returned from my walk on Sunday and today is a day that I am seeing with clarity and love for the blessings that God has bestowed upon me. There are so many people in my life that love me and encouraged me this weekend. I am so blessed.

Thank you mom and dad for the opportunity to acheive this clarity. I have seen the transformation that God has done in both of your lives and it is amazing. Amazing in deed! Thanks for sharing that with me.

Love you all so much!
Keri

p.s. spell check is not working and you all know that my grammer skills aren't up to par and that goes for spelling as well. So please over look the mishaps. I am aware there are a few in there!! :)