A Quick Update

I have lots of pictures from our Oregon trip but haven't had a chance to post them. I'll try to do that later today. I just wanted to post a quick update to say I haven't forgotten about my blog and I am trying to find the time to post. Things have been busy since we got back from Oregon.
I'm at The Woods trying to put a dent in my six inches of "stuff" but I am returning emails and blogging instead. I need to get some stuff done so I'm making it short.
It has been a strange week for me for some reason. Things seem to be changing all around me and I'm realizing a lot of things too. It's a weird transition time of sorts that I can't really explain. Church service yesterday was really interesting and timely for me too. http://cornwallchurch.com/Media/SermonArchives/TheOrdinaryLifeofElijah.aspx
I guess they haven't put the most current sermon on the website, this is actually last week but I was already there so I posted anyway.
Birthday party plans are done and were completely last minute. I sat down to think about a birthday party and plan a place and date and the next thing I know I booked a group camping site and sent an evite. I happen to think this is great idea. I would love to be invited to a camping birthday party BUT I think I planned it without enough notice and I'm also realizing how I struggle with guest lists. This is one of those strange transition things I was talking about. We have our "old" friends, the ones Madison grew up with in her playgroup but everyone is at different schools and we don't get together with most of them anymore. Then we have friends Madison has made on her own at preschool. These are kids I don't really know and whose parents I don't know at all. It would be awkward for me to call these parents up and invite them out camping. I never facilitated many playdates with preschool kids for Madison. She never really asked but I also knew she wouldn't be going to school with most of them. I think she'll start to make some true friendships of her own choosing when she starts Kindergarten in the fall. She'll be with these kids for years mostly and they will likely live relatively close. Maybe I'm reading too much into things lately but life just feels "weird" right now.
Off to make a dent...