Weekend Recap

The leaves are starting to change. The night air is crisp and refreshing.
This past Friday I made pumpkin butterscotch cookies (link here), I forgot just how addicting they are and may have ate enough to feed a small village.
I also made my favorite fall/winter soup, zuppa toscana!
That night we hosted a bonfire and my heart is still so full.
Sometimes you just need to hang out with like-minded souls and converse & laugh your cares away.
I stared into the starlit sky and just marveled at what a delightful day it turned out to be.

Saturday morning consisted of family errands.
In the afternoon Zach headed to the church, as he was playing drums all weekend.
Penny and I picked up my friend, Lauren, and we headed downtown.
We went to a local coffee shop where a friend has his amazing artwork displayed.
Then we walked to a new vintage store to take a peek.
It was so warm outside, I felt completely unprepared to go back to summer temperatures. 
I decided to attend church that night.
Usually when Zach plays I'll sit up front so we can sit together during the message.
But that night I showed up just as worship was starting and got squeezed into the middle of a row close to the back.
For those of you who don't know, I get really anxious around large groups of people. I (usually) don't go into full blown panic attacks, but just feel extremely claustrophobic. And when I'm pregnant these feelings are heightened.
I fought really hard to zone everyone and everything out and just focus on worship and then taking my notes during the sermon.
It ended up being my favorite message in this new series, ARROWS.
ARROWS is all about the family.
Maybe in the future I'll delve into my personal story about family, and why this series has been hitting me so hard.
If you have a family of your own, or plan on having a family in the future, I encourage you to check this series out...it is seriously blowing my mind!

Penny and I had a lazy start to our Sunday morning, which I thoroughly enjoy lazy starts to days!
Then came nap time, which has been a bit of a struggle.
Penny had been doing a one hour nap around 11am, and another around 3pm.
Then she quit altogether, or would do her famous "Penny 10-minute power snoozes."
Then she started going down around 12:30-1pm for about an hour and a half.
So, with this constantly changing I never know what to expect.
Well, I put her down at 12:30pm, and that girl didn't wake up until 3:30pm!!
When Zach got home around 1pm I decided to take a quick nap as well, but it ended up being a two hour nap!!
WOWZA! The crazy thing is I actually woke up feeling great and refreshed. That does not happen for me after naps. I always end up feeling more groggy.
The rest of the day continued to be mellow and relaxing, just what this family needed!

I feel like we had been go, go, go for the past few months. Trying to pack our schedule full with hikes and any outdoor activity to soak up the last bits of summer.
I'm so, so thankful for this past weekend.