Evening of Remembrance

It was an evening of honoring our loved ones.  First we had free admission to the butterfly area, and then there was a ceremony of speakers, lighting candles, roses, a couple of songs, and some tears.  So thankful that Kyle and Hilary could go, otherwise it would have been to hard to go alone.  Although I did go to the hotel alone and that was kind of fun.

My first time ever going out to eat by myself.

Gravity Taphouse Grille

 

I randomly sang at the Pier

I was helping Ryan pick songs for church and he asked me to sing with him.  It was totally unexpected, but ended up being a delightful experience.  Also went out to eat with a couple of the guys from church after practice.

this was taken after church

a little Mexican place

first time this orchid has bloomed

 

A half a year has gone by...

Yesterday was Darryl's birthday.  AND it was 6 months since he's been gone.  I can't believe it's been a half a year! I knew it would be a tough day, so I made plans to spend it with my kids.  Ryan and I had brunch at the 76th Street Diner (so good!!) and then we went to his house to pick songs for church this week.  

Afterwards I hung out with Hilary and Winnie, and when Kyle got home we had a nice Mexican Lasagna dinner.  I'm so grateful to my kids.  They not only made the day bearable, but it ended up being really fun.

I wrote this song as a means of dealing with a lot of the pain.  

Songs from Resurrection Celebration

We had a fun little worship session.  Nothing practiced ahead of time...

Revelation Song   

 Jesus Messiah  

 Jesus Paid it All Resurrecting

Jerusalem

 

Resurrection Saturday and Sunday

The kids came over on Saturday to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ.  What a glorious promise we have that we will rise to new life too!  I'm still hoping for the rapture, but that's for another post.  On Sunday I went to Ryan's church and then we went to a Burmese church where Ryan helped with the worship, and we had a meal with them.  Fun times. 

Making the house a new home for me

the new fan to be installed

Kyle took down the old fan.

 

New paint, new carpet

I cleaned the living room carpet while I was waiting for new furniture.

Out with the old carpet

Along with babysitting, I've been making some changes in my home.  I'm redecorating the master bedroom; had it painted, and put in new carpeting.  I even got new furniture.  I'm trying to make the house more comfortable for me while I figure out where my life goes next.  I'm also having some landscape work done soon; things that Darryl would have done if he was here, but now I need to hire these things out.  All these projects should keep me busy for a long time!