my sabbath

My Bible Study Teacher.....encouraged us last week to take time to rest...to observe the sabbath. I have several friends that really took that to heart. Me? I was kinda busy...but doing for my daughter today...not for myself. And I really enjoyed it. I enjoy my time with my kids. Lily's birthday is Tuesday, but we are celebrating on Monday night due to a very very busy Tuesday. So today, I baked her a cake...I made it extra special by making it a four layer cake and my special homemade fudgy frosting that the kids die for! While doing that, my sweet kids washed my car. It was dirty......so they took awhile.

Then, I did something I thought I wouldn't do for a bit, but I did it.....I bought a box of color and highlighted Lily's hair. For her birthday. She has friends that have iPhone, mac laptops, highlights, and the top of everything. Lily knows that we will NOT be indulging her with the latest technology....she is just now 11! But, I don't have a problem treating her to her highlights (just real light ones too) and I did let her get her ears double pierced too this weekend...all in the name of her birthday. I just feel like we need to choose our battles and I am standing firm on the technology, but I can give a little on the other. She likes being a girl, and I can relate to that. So we spent 2 plus hours with me pulling her hair thru a cap and then putting on all the solution and then waiting.....you know the drill. To be honest, I was really nervous about how it would turn out...I had NEVER done it before, much less my own daughter! But I wasn't about to spend over 100 dollars letting her do this at the salon. So I prayed for the best....and she loves it. It does look good.

Now tomorrow I am gonna have to make 48 muffins for her Team NCM mentoring meeting. I signed up to be snack mom for Tuesday...her actually birthday. Ambitious, I know. Birthday's come once a year, and they are special.

So my sabbath was busy, but I loved it. I didn't work out. So that was relaxing. I spent it with my family, doing things I love. I hope your day was restful and relaxing.

Love,

Shelli