a lovely evening...

I love my husband so.  His birthday is 5 days after H's, and although I had plans to make it special,  S didn't mind that I couldn't find a gift for him this year, the house didn't get cleaned, G had to leave approximately 30 minutes after he got home from work, my attempt at making steak and potatoes for supper was awful (read non-edible!!!), and the birthday pie was not homemade.

So life is made of a lot of planned days like H's and S's birthdays that don't turn out like we hoped, but it is also made up of a lot of wonderful surprises like last week Wednesday.  S was off for the day, and we didn't have much planned, but on a spur of the moment he asked if we wanted to have a campfire for supper.  And so we did, and what a great evening we had together - pizza sandwich picnic, smores, and playing in the dark on a chilly fall night...

(3 kids swinging in the dark, can you see them? =)

Thankful, so thankful, for wonderful evenings like these, and yes, also for evenings like H's and S's birthdays.  While none of them turned out like I thought they would, at the end of each night I was overwhelmed by the incredible blessings that God has given us.