Highlight of the weekend.

Our weekend was a busy one! Jacob had several rehearsals for a concert and the kids and I stayed busy cleaning and playing outside - the weather was nice! The Saturday night concert was super special because Jacob (the concertmaster of the orchestra) played a solo - "Lark Ascending." It was such a great opportunity for him, but it took a lot of work! 

My sister in law kindly agreed to come and stay with Ava and Ezra so I could attend the concert with my big kids.

My nephew also sat with us! The kids did such a great job through the whole concert - my three were asleep by the end :)

It was so fun that a lot of family and friends were able to attend to support Jacob! In the picture are my mom, Jacob's mom, Lily, and Jacob's sister. 

Jacob did a phenomenal job! He had fun, but he's glad it's done!

I was holding a sleeping child at the end of the concert when everyone was getting pictures, so I had to snag one once we got home. I'm so proud of this guy! I love seeing him using his talent for the Lord!

xoxo,

To Love Their Husbands Tuesday

I'm linking up with Lauren for To Love Their Husbands Tuesday.

I just wanted to share one thing that my Mom instilled in me growing up. Whenever someone would want to make plans with our family, Mom always said she would need to check with Dad before making plans. 

That is something I have tried hard to carry into our marriage - to always check with Jacob before making plans. I think this one small thing has helped our communication to be so much better. 

To Love Their Husbands Tuesday

I'm linking up again this week for To Love Their Husbands Tuesday at Living By Faith. It's a really neat meme designed to help us married girls get ideas on how to show our hubbys how much we love them!

This week I'm going to share a little challenge I'm working on. Our bathroom only has one outlet in it, so it's often challenging when we have a hairdryer, curlers, a straightener, and Jacob's shaver all to be plugged in at different times.

Because Jacob doesn't use his shaver everyday, I often unplug it when I need to use the outlet but then I  forget to plug it back in when I'm finished. Several times in the last few weeks he has gone to use the shaver and it's been completely out of juice because I didn't plug it back in.

So I challenged myself to do my very best to be considerate and remember to plug his shaver in when I'm finished getting ready so it will be charged up when he's ready to use it. So far this week I've done really well. Hopefully I can keep it up and continue blessing my hubby in this small way.

Head over to Lauren's to get more great ideas on loving your husband!

To Love Their Husbands Tuesday

This week I could really post about all the ways my husband has made me feel loved. Like how he gave me an amazing back massage when I was stressed . . . how he washed the dishes one night while I fed Lily . . . how he went to Lowe's and bought special stovetop cleaner for me . . . and while I was out running errands, he scrubbed the stovetop clean! Yes, he has done an amazing job this week!

So what did I do for him? Well, I have done a lot of things, but sadly I can't remember many of them. I really need to write them down so I can remember them when it's time to post. I know that's terrible of me, but I think we can blame it on Mommy Brain!

Last night Jacob left to go conduct his youth orchestra. A little while later he texted me and said he'd forgotten his bottle of water. I told him I would bring it to him. Well, I decided to stop by McDonald's and get him a chocolate shake {I know, I know, not the healthiest thing treat in the world}. Anyway, I took it to him and I could tell it made him feel super special! He told me later that it had really made his day. I just love when he says that!

Ya'll head over to Living By Faith to get some great ideas on how to show our Husbands love!

To Love Their Husbands Tuesday

Lauren over at Living By Faith is starting up this great meme today! We're supposed to share things that we do to show our husband how much we love him. I think it's a great idea to help us consciously do special things for our husbands.

Jacob loves to have cold drinks in the refrigerator so he can grab a quick drink when he comes in from working outside or while he is teaching. Since we don't buy canned cokes, I try to keep sweet tea or lemonade {his two favorites} made up in the fridge at all times. I hadn't made lemonade in several months because lemons have been so expensive, but when we were at the grocery store on Friday night, the bags of lemons were $1.99. You can't beat that!

So yesterday I made him homemade lemonade! It made him so happy.

It was a big reminder to me that the little things matter! I don't have to do huge extravagant things to show my husband that I love him. It's the little, thoughtful things that matter most to him!