If it WERE a competition...

Which it is not.  But if it were a competition for cramming the most goodness into your life (and specifically one weekend) i think i had a good shot at finishing front of the pack this past couple of days.

We left my place at 6:30 a.m. to head to Bemidji to support my b.f.f.'s first year as a captain of a Relay for Life team.  We were Team B Awesome and she had the brilliant idea of a Dr. Seuss theme! It was wonderful to experience the day and share it with her and her mom and her moms friend Doreen! We were recognized for our creativity in booth decorations and fun costumes... pictures to follow.

Spent the night at my brothers and a brief period of time with him before heading to my parents about an hour away.  Went to church with them and the sermon was about "GO"ing  which of course warmed my heart... as the best advice I was ever given was recently by Bill Verebly when he told me that the first 2 letters of GOd are GO for a reason!!! ;)  Thanks Bill and Thank you Lord for your perfect timing and placement of Anne and Bill in my life. :)  All your ways are good.

My parents, Grace and I got home from church and picked some fresh raspberries and had an amazing home grown meal of fresh green beans, fresh cucumbers and fresh peas, of course the raspberries too!

From there we soldiered on to the Polk County Fair where I was able to ride on and represent our 1999 float in the parade :)  It was quite the ordeal really with flying and falling building boxes, one of which we ran over and dragged for a portion of the trail.  After the parade I found Grace having a BALL with Gramma and Grandpa spoiling her and putting her on every ride that met her height!
We were gifted a unlimited band and gramma proceeded to take Grace around AGAIN, while Grandpa and I went to get an oof-da taco.... soooo good.  AND, by the Grace of God Deb Mjelde sat down right beside me and we talked and smiled and hugged and it was good.

Thank you Lord for a family and friends filled weekend and for our safe travels.  Thank you for blessing Grace with an abundance of family who showers her with Love. Thank you for returning her safely from her 3 week adventure with her dad.  All of your ways are good, Oh Lord My God.