I’m blaming this one all on Daddy.
St. Lawrence – August 10
August 29th, 2016 by Aubri
St. Lawrence is one of the saints I really enjoy remembering for this reason:
“After the death of Sixtus, the prefect of Rome demanded that St Lawrence turn over the riches of the Church. Saint Ambrose is the earliest source for the tale that St Lawrence asked for three days to gather together the wealth. He worked swiftly to distribute as much Church property to the poor as possible, so as to prevent its being seized by the prefect.On the third day, at the head of a small delegation, he presented himself to the prefect, and when ordered to give up the treasures of the Church he presented the poor, the crippled, the blind and the suffering, and said these were the true treasures of the Church.” wikipedia
That would have taken great faith. For doing this he was martyred, grilled alive.
For no reason in particular Phil chose this day to clean our grill. Maybe this is a good day to yearly keep that practice.
First Day of School – 2016
August 21st, 2016 by Aubri
Wednesday the babies were back to school and this year our Gerhardt joins them. All ready for Kindergarten! Per our tradition, a schultüte for his first year. The girls were bummed they didn’t get one, but I’ve decided this is only going to be for Kindergarten kids, not for all the babies every year. Instead of a cone I gave the girls their school supplies and a few goodies in a basket on the table.
A Great Day for a Barn Wedding
August 21st, 2016 by Aubri
I think it’s funny that though we lived in rural Nebraska for eight years we never once experienced a tornado or a wedding in a barn. Then we moved to big city Nebraska and have checked both off our list within a year. Saturday we went to one of the most beautiful weddings I’ve ever been to. In a barn.
I was pretty nervous to receive an invitation to an outdoor wedding in the Summer. My experience with most things outdoors in the Summer is less than elegant and more like big bag of sweaty hot mess. But no one could stop talking about how amazing the weather was yesterday. Sunny and seventies. Perfect.
