And I think to myself.. what a wonderful world

It has been a wonderful weekend, and this is why:
*The weather has been beautiful.
*We took Gabe and Sofia swimming yesterday.. Gabe's first time. He didn't seem to love or hate it, I think that he was just soaking it all in.
*We walked to church today (almost 2 miles each way), and it is so nice to walk as a family and spend time together. We must have confused people as they drove by with Chris in a tie and me in a skirt and sneakers walking on the walking trail.
*Yesterday we hung out at Avery park forever playing and eating American Dream Pizza, sipping Jamba Juice. Does life get any better?
*Saturday, I left the kiddos with Chris for a few hours and went to a Women's conference at the church. It was so uplifting, and I needed that rejuvenation. I went to workshops on "budgeting" and "The Power of Prayer." The prayer workshop was given by someone that I worked with at Lincoln who has been battling cancer on and off for the last 7 year. She read something from the Bible dictionary that really struck me:"As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father and we are his children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part. Many of the so called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other.The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them." Vicki's talk was so inspiring and good for me to hear. The conference was topped off with Chieko Okazaki speaking to everyone (she is 81 years old!!). What a great conference!!