A couple weeks ago, we went to our friend's 4th birthday party at Build-A-Bear, and though we told ourselves we would save money by keeping the bear plain, we got suckered by the Obi Won outfit.(The birthday boy's and his cousin's bears were Darth Vader and a storm trooper, respectively, and Jason just couldn't deal with the thought of there not being any Jedi bears around to fight the dark side of the Force.)
Jason's parents visited us. Jamie had fun playing on the inflatable mattress they slept on...
...and going for a swim in the pool with Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa. (I'm just terrible at actually getting pictures of everyone. I promise, we were all there!)
This is the beginning of the laundry-basket-on-the-head series from this past Sunday. I call this one "In Motion."
On his little superstar microphone.I couldn't help it, they're all too cute to leave any out!
I finally bought a canner (marked down from $18 to $12 at Wal-Mart--WOO!), a Ball Blue Book, and some jars, and I've been having (hot, sweaty, tiring) fun with them ever since!
This is the batch I did today, just plain strawberry jam. Last week I also made strawberry lemon marmalade, and a batch of salsa.
On Saturday, Jason took Jamie to our friends' house to play for a good few hours after I told him I could really use some craft time. So sweet! And I finally got the ornament made for Jamie's first Christmas...only six months later. After I got this trim glued on, it occurred to me that it will sparkle next to the tree lights. That made me happy.
It's two-sided, obviously. And the cactus is to signify that he spent his first Christmas in the desert--literally.
I think it took so long to make it because that's the first time in that long that I had that many undisturbed hours at home alone, without having to worry about Jamie grabbing a hot glue gun or a project with still-wet paint.
Anyway, so that's what we've been up to, more or less. This weekend we're planning on driving to Jason's parents' house in So Cal for the Fourth of July--and keeping our Arizona-plated car in their garage, on the advice of a friend who actually watches the news, so it won't get vandalized.
Oh, and Jason lost his job, two weeks ago today.
I haven't wanted to say anything, for obvious reasons, and I apologize, but I don't plan on talking about any of the reasons it happened. I'm trying to just let go of things I can't control, and talking about it won't change anything, but might get me angry at his former boss yet again, which I'm trying to avoid.
It's hard, obviously, but we've both had impressions that the Lord had a hand in it and has something better in store for us.
Hopefully He sends it our way soon.
Prayers appreciated. XOXO
