Time with the Family

I got to spend some wonderful time with my hubby this weekend! He's been back home at his parent's working at a tree farm for the past couple of weeks...leaving me all lonely at home. Luckily Juliet is constantly attention deprived (or so she thinks) and doesn't leave my side, reminding me that I'm not alone.

While Kent was here we watched Duplicity, a rather confusing movie for my tired brain, but it had some interesting plot twists. A trip to Target was also on the agenda that had us leaving the store with a soccer ball in honor of the World Cup. I am determined to get Kent to kick the ball around with me some. It's taking some convincing! To complement the soccer ball was an soccer t-shirt that says "Italia, futbol campeones". We also went to eat at the Scheme, a pizza restaurant here in Salina. Our hamburger and canadian bacon pizza was dripping with chessy goodness, hot out of the oven. Anyone stopping by in Salina should definitely try out their pizza!

For Father's Day, I sadly parted ways with Kent to go to my parent's house while he went back to his. This is starting to feel like our dating days once again. I had some good reflection in the car for the one hour drive about family. What does it mean to be a family and to spend time with each other? I marveled at how God chose to put people together into families and how we can learn so much about not only one another through our family but also learn about God through it. God is referred to as a Father. But he's not just any father, He's the ultimate role model of what a father should be: provider, protector, care-giver, faithful, etc etc. So on this Father's Day, should we not only honor our earthly fathers, but also our heavenly one?

Deuteronomy 1:29-31
Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."