Sharpening the saw...

At Addison's school, they have a wonderful program called "The Leader In Me", the program is based on the book "The Seven Habits of Happy Kids" by Sean Covey.  The seventh habit is to "Sharpen the Saw", which basically means to make time for yourself so that you can become stronger--to renew yourself.

On Saturday, our family needed to "Sharpen our Saw", our family has been through some trials since December and we were thankful to have been given the opportunity to step away from our home for a day.  We drove a couple hours southward (where it was about 20 degrees warmer) to support our Clemson Tigers!  We were all so excited to haven been graciously gifted these basketball tickets from our Uncle Riggs.

 

 

 

 

 

Addison has been to several sporting events and always does well, but I wasn't sure how Finn would behave since this was his first collegiate sporting event.  He did really well, even falling asleep on my lap during the middle of the game.  I was so happy to hold him while he slept (those sweet days of him falling asleep on me are getting fewer and fewer since he will be 4 in May).  He woke up shortly after Clemson won the ball game!

 

When we got back home later that evening we all felt refreshed and renewed.  Spunky and I stayed up late on Saturday night talking and laughing and ready to face the trials that have come before us.  Since stepping away our home feels more peaceful and we just feel that God is holding us in his hands, preparing us for our next steps.