Random thoughts

I should not title blog posts as such, but here it goes. We went on a camping trip to Birch Bay at the first part of August. It rained but we made the best out of the trip. Here is my story....showing compassion and giving when God nudges you.

Sat of the campout there was a camper next to our campsite, well during the rain they packed up and headed out. By the evening two guys were parked next to us. When I say parked it does not mean a car, they parked their bicycles. During our potluck dinner with family I noticed that they were setting up their camp for the night. I felt a sudden urge, (a God thing) totally out of my comfort zone to tell Jon to go ask these guys to come and eat with us. We had a spread of food and all of us at our campsite had already eaten dinner for the most part. The guys were very accepting and came over and ate with us. The guys told us (Alex and Todd) how they had been riding their bikes all day and when they got to Birch Bay all they wanted to do was set up camp and eat their Top Roman noodles, which they had been eating for the last few days on their bike adventure. They were not greeted by other bikers in a bike group very well, hostile people. I knew my family would probably mock me or criticize me for this but I did not care. We learned about their bike adventure starting from Portland Oregon and continuing on to a conference they were headed to in Canada. Grad Students from Oregon. They ate a lot of food, which in the morning we still had to throw out some food. We had an abundance of food. We even played one of our favorite games Settlers of Catan with these guys. Alex had played before but Todd was a rookie. I have shared this story with many. It reminds me of Jesus asking complete strangers to come and eat with him. When you give whole heartedly everything to anyone God blesses that and it is a feeling that is unexplainable.

Here is my random thought that does not pertain to this story at all. I have been looking at Amy Butler fabric online for awhile. There are not many places here in WA that carry her fabric, which surprised me! I thought I was so close when a girl I met at a softball game had the perfect fabric made into a purse, exactly what I was looking for. The problem has been she told me it was Amy Butler, well I did not realize Amy Butler makes a purse pattern, but the actual fabric could have been anything. If you are looking online or in a fabric store let me know if you find Amy Butler fabric or some kind of fabric that has the colors yellow, black, gray, and white. Yes, those exact colors!!! It is driving me bananas that I cannot find this material for curtains in my kitchen. I want to make my own. Enjoy the little rest of Summer that is left. My daughter starts Pre-K at our church preschool Kids at the Creek very soon, where did Summer go?

Kla-hye-ya- days, something like that. Watched the hot air balloons. One of Bailey's most favorite thing is hot air balloons.

Hudson getting his haircut for the second time. Loves the lollipops.

1st AquaSox game. The boy loves baseball, taking after his Uncle Donnie. He has to wear the hat he picked out everywhere we go.

Bailey will end her first VBS this week. Bailey has had so much fun and has learned a ton. Honestly it has been a great break from each other that we both needed. We are camping this weekend at Birch Bay which is a childhood fav of mine. The beach will be within walking distance of our campsite. Wishing everyone a great weekend.