Saturday!

What an incredible day to continue to look in and make sure that our hearts are truly and fully devoted to God!! It is always so sweet to watch our boys want to be just like their daddy! Today for church we wore cream colored clothes and while Otie was standing reciting the Ten Commandments with the men 20 and older, Aric stood right up and stood right beside Otie and said it right along side. For a moment, I almost told him to sit down that he was not a grown-up and then to see the joy and happiness on Otie's face as Aric stood proud and strong and very honored to be standing and reciting these amazing guidelines that God has set out for us, I just shut my mouth and teared up. I looked over at Abbi and Alex and they had smiles from ear to ear watching the "men" in their life!! Aric and Adam were dressed just like their Daddy, but more than that, they wanted to have hearts just like their daddy! What more could you ask for! Thank you God!

Tonight we went to a party for some doctors that have been on staff at Mayo for 20 years. It was crazy to think that we have lived in Minnesota for over 10 years. I seriously thought that we would live here for 3 years and then be back on our way south somewhere. But, here we are doing exactly what God had called! It is always such a sweet night to hear Otie's colleagues compliment him and say "how do you keep him so "normal" when he is such an amazing doctor?"! All the while, I knew that it was God and the humility that Otie has and the love that he has for God that keeps him "normal"!

I was also blessed with the sweetest text message and phone call from Brooke in TN! We miss her soooo much in Minnesota but are so very excited to get to see her in a few days. I love that God can give you friends from 14 to 90 and if you love God that is all you need to have like hearts and conversation! I love you Brookee and all of the MN saints gathered together tonight! Kisses from the Rickman's!!