This Week's Goals & Recap

Happy Monday friends!  I hope you all had such a fantastic week last week.  I made it safely home with both kids from our road trip to Arkansas!  Hooray.  I'll have lots more to share about it later in the week.  It was such a good trip.  Don't you just love that sweet photo above that I snapped the minute we returned home?  

When I first sat down last night to think about my goals I had all sorts of lofty ambitions.  Then the Holy Spirit worked on my heart.  This isn't the week to deep clean my basement.  Of all the weeks of the year this is the week to celebrate and remember.  Christ has Risen from the grave!  This week I hope to take extra time to walk slowly through the days leading up to the Crucifixion and Resurrection both with my children and on my own.  I hope you take some time out to do the same.  

Goals from Two Weeks Ago:
Marriage, Mothering, & Family:
1.  Go on a real (out of the house) date with Brandon.  He won't be traveling with us this trip so I want to make sure that we spend some good time together before I head out.  I'll be gone a total of 6 days.  I'm super thankful we were able to squeeze in a date night before I headed out of town.  Our date didn't turn out quite as I had planned but we ended up having a blast.  Let's just say Groupons and Putt Putt golf sometimes don't mix.  
2.  Road Trip to Arkansas!  This will be my first time traveling this far alone with two children so I will also be spending a lot of time prepping for this trip.  I've made the trip to Arkansas about three times a year for the past 8 years but I'm still a teensy bit anxious about making the long drive alone.    It was awesome!  
3.  Finish reading God's Promises by Sally Michael.  (Have I mentioned how much I simply adore this series?  It's so good.)  We will be starting another book from this series after Easter.  

Homemaking:
4.  Spend at least an hour working on organizing the basement.  I realized that I really have a long way to go.  There are still quite a few boxes which aren't unpacked.  
5.  Sew a birthday gift which also includes a trip to the fabric store.  (I gave away the large majority of my fabric stash before we moved.)  I ended up making a hard shell sunglasses case.  It was a little tricky but I"m pretty happy with how it turned out.  I would like to make one for myself sometime before the end of summer.  
6.  Leave for our trip with a clean house.  This is an area that I usually struggle with but I simply DO NOT want to come home to a messy home.  It's super awesome coming home to a clean house.  Kudos to my super awesome husband who picked up after himself and washed all the dishes before I came home!  
7.  Vacuum out the inside of our van and wash the outside.  It's amazing just how much fun a seven year old boy can have at the car wash! 

Personal:
8.  Continue working through Priscilla Shirer's Discerning the Voice of God.  (I also need to do a little catch up work this week.)  I worked  on it but I had a hard time staying caught up while on my trip.  I'm hoping to really grow in the area of making devotions a priority while away from home.  

Ministry & Friendships:
9.  Catch up with a friend on the telephone.
10.  Spend time visiting with my friend Laura who lives in Nashville.  We'll be spending two nights at her house on our way to Arkansas.  It was fantastic.  My friend Laura and her husband are just the best hosts!  I felt right at home and my kids had so much fun!  

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This Week's Goals

Marriage, Mothering, & Family:
1)  Celebrate the Risen Savior with my immediate and extended family!
2)  Carve out extra time to spend discussing the glorious wonders of the Gospel with the children each day.  We are using the "Resurrection Eggs" this week alongside reading selected passages from the Gospels.
3)  Take both children to the dentist.
4)  Attend gymnastics and soccer practice.  Eli had an absolute BLAST at his first soccer game last week!

Homemaking:
5)  Intentionally involve my children more in cooking.

Personal:
6)  Finish reading one book this week.
7)  Spend extra time in prayer and catching up on my Bible Study.
8)  Workout three times.  I walked a ton on our trip but I'm ready to get back to a regular workout routine.

Ministry & Friendships:
9)  Attend a dinner party at a friend's house.
10)  Continue to intentionally invite others to our Easter Eggstravaganza outreach at our church.  We will of course also be attending and I just can't wait!

What plans do you have for this week?  Happy Easter!