ins and outs

so much has happened the past three weeks...or has it been four? we are home from all of the summer travels and it feels good to be back to a little normalcy (if that's a word). next is FINALLY getting our house in some sort of working order. yes, we've lived here almost 4 months and it still needs some major organization. unfortunately that is not one of my strengths and i often times find myself bogged down from the chaos of my mind. thankfully the Lord gave me a wonderfully organized husband. here are a few ins and outs of the past weeks:



the beach was awesome as usual with the whole Cavin family. i love getting to spend time together when there are no pressures of the world weighing any of us down. Grey LOVED the beach for which i was thankful. he's still a bit skeptical of the water but once he stares it down long enough, he's good to go. we just dug big holes for him so he could have his personal pool. man did he love "playing" with jacob, maddie, and hannah! my favorite was when the three big kids pretended like Grey was a monster and when he touched them they would shrivel up and die. (i don't know the real story but that's what it seemed like to me) i did get in a little reading on the beach. that's a personal favorite of mine. to sum it up we ate SO well, relaxed, played major bocce, and walked on the beach. it was good.



we were home for a week in which we celebrated our 3rd anniversary. sometimes it doesn't seem like we could possibly have been married that long and then i think about all that has happened in the past 3 years and i realize it definitely should be longer than that. we did get to go out to dinner in charlotte and that was really fun! matthew gave me a foot massage and pedicure at this fun spa in fort mill so i am looking forward to doing that soon. can i just give a horray for marriage?! sometimes i just get used to it but really, it's a gift that i cannot begin to describe. God in His sovereignty has written out the rest of our years TOGETHER in order that we bring Him more glory. how awesome.



Matthew and I had the privelege of taking 10 of our leadership students to Mt. Bethel, PA for a week. we went to help staff a StudentLIFE camp and it was so great. the weather for one was awesome. it was about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than it is here. it was so good to be with that particular group of students and have some intentional time. there are lots of fun stories and memories i will forever hold dear to my heart. what a great opportunity!!



So as we get back into the swing of things, I will hopefully be updating more often. (and that also depends on the availability of the ol' internet connection) i cannot seem to successfully upload pictures at this time. i will have some soon.