A Beautiful Madness

It's been a week of purchases, unpacking, to-do list creations, and more, but what I think I'll remember are the visits from friends and family and the initiation of the house into what I want it to be--a place where people feel welcomed, warm, comfortable, and joyful. Where people feel the presence, grace, and love of God and can genuinely fellowship with others. Where God is glorified above all. Where the body of Christ can be experienced and where He is worshipped as our Saviour.

Last night, Reese woke up around 10, and I could tell she wasn't feeling too well. Those silly teeth again! Anyways, instead of just giving her a little medicine and rocking her for a bit, we brought her out to watch the Olympics on our new TV, and she plopped on both of us like this for a good while. I think she enjoyed the men's pommel horse finals and a few good track races. She went to bed a little after 11 without a single tear shed. 

This morning, a beautiful madness entered my home. Beautiful because it was my besties from college and our kiddos. Madness because that includes four toddlers around the age of 2 and two sweet little infants. Oh, and we were all in our completely unfinished house as you can see from these pictures. Okay, but back to the beauty. It's crazy to think about where our friendships started and what our lives look like today. Three of us live here, but the other six live across the south. Whenever one comes into town, we try to get together even if it's crazy and conversations last about 5 seconds. Here is a peek into our beautiful madness that was this morning...

Some of Reese's super awesome cousins came over at the end of the party for lunch, and you can always see the love she has for Molly, Morgan, and Ty. It's pretty sweet. They love her, too.

Alrighty, I'm going to help Reese with an alphabet puzzle and then fix dinner. 

I promise house pictures soon. Well, maybe I shouldn't promise. It's going to be a WHILE before everything is done, so I may do a before post and then an after for each room as it is finished. We shall see, but I will make an effort to get some pictures posted soon.