A Package.

Almost 3 weeks ago I spent the morning with one of my favorite families. A family that embraced me about 6 years ago when I married Ian. They are truly a gift & when they asked me to take their pictures, I jumped at the chance. Just getting to spend the morning with them was worth every ounce of nervousness I had about doing a decent job at {capturing} them.

Today, after another long work day, a very, very long wait at the Safeway pharmacy, dinner at the park, a wonderful MOPS meeting/gathering, a great visit with my friend Jodi & my new friend Andrea, and a 12 minute drive home, I pulled in my dark driveway at 8:40 totally and completely exhausted.

*side note*
{Ian has been and is continuing to gather our cows & calves in the mountains all week and there just doesn't seem to be enough of "me" to go around. }

Anyway, enough of my "pity party" ... I unloaded the car, carried my sleeping boys into the house, put them in bed {with their clothes on}, checked the message machine, and went back out to the car to get my camera. And then, I saw it. A package in a John Deere box addressed to me. Hmmm. Did I order some parts and forget?

This box was completely full of {treasure}. Treasure that had been hand packed with love and appreciation. A perfect, and very fitting box that held Peanut M&M's, John Deere tractors, frosting, sugar cookie mix, sprinkles, cookie cutters, windsocks, stickers, pumpkin sippy cups, a fire engine, a beautiful note & a stack of pictures of me with my boys taking pictures as I was taking pictures.
The {treasure} had arrived from this beautiful family I was blessed enough to take pictures of 3 weeks ago. How did they know I needed the box today? Well, somehow, someway, they did & man, oh man - what a gift it was & is!!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

I'm freckled.

I'm loved.

I'm blessed.

God is so very, very good!!

... and I praise Him that in my weakness, in my lowest points, in my frustrations, in my tears, in my humanness ... HE IS STRONG!