My Ebenezer

I make the weekly bank deposit for our church.  Each week, that's me in the bank's drive-thru line, two kids in the backseat rolling down their windows and shamelessly dangling out the window in hopes of scoring a lollipop ("We're here, do you see us? Aren't we cute? Don't we deserve a lollipop?"). Only, the last couple of months there have been no lollipops.  The bank ran out, and has made no effort to restock, despite my kids' disappointed faces.  Then I noticed a few weeks ago that they had closed down two of the three drive-thru lanes.  Thinking it strange, I mentioned it to the teller when I finally pulled up to the window after waiting 13 minutes in line (closing down two lanes has meant that the wait in the one remaining line can be absurdly long).  The teller informed me that they were in the process of closing down the drive-thru for good, and that by June 8, there would be no more drive thrus at any of their banking locations. My mouth dr

That's my life these days.  After confiding to a close friend that I feel guilty for how much I have not blogged, she asked why.  I suppose I feel that I'm doing my family a disservice by not making more time for this.  I know one day I will want to look back on yesteryear and many of our memories won't be documented.  But I'm thankful on the other hand that many of them are . We went to The Wilds of North Carolina last weekend for a lightning speed version of Family Camp.  There were only 75 campers at this weekend (as opposed to hundreds like we have at the summer week-long version), which made for a nice (no-lines!) relaxed weekend.  And of course you have all the spiritual sharpening that goes on at a retreat like that.  We heard some excellent messages from Colossians 3, which we are working to implement in our family STAT.  Here are some pictures from the weekend: during "God and I Time", a kid-free time with your spouse for spiritual reflection an