Follow Through...

I've always said that Jim and I have wonderful ideas and great intentions, but unfortunately, we don't have a lot of follow through. However, this Spring Break has been a week of following through with SOME of those great intentions.

1. We have always said that we wanted to have a block party in order to get to know the people living around us, and hopefully, enable us to reach out to our neighbors in some way. Unfortunately, we have always put this off due to the obvious awkwardness of inviting complete strangers to eat food in your driveway. Lately, however, we found that this neighborhood meet and greet was a necessity due to our social butterfly, Presley, who has befriended half the street. It's a good idea to make an effort to get to know the people who your kids are hanging out with right? So, the whole Archer clan went door to door down to all the houses on our street and the adjacent alleyway and gave out invitations to our neighbors to come join us for a hotdog tonight. We were pretty sure that it would just be us and my parents (because, of course, I begged them to come share in the awkwardness, and they obliged as they didn't want us to be weird alone.) However, it was a HUGE success! Eight families came and ate in our driveway and visited until it got too dark. Two families who couldn't come even came and introduced themselves and left us with amazing Italian sausage and some incredible desserts! Overall, I think we made connections with great people and brought our neighborhood together!

2. We started potty training Grayson on Monday morning and we are still sticking with it. I must admit, that I doubted myself in this one. I half expected myself to INTEND to potty train him, but with all the fun options of Spring Break, I figured my follow-through would amount to giving up and waiting until Summer. However, I am proud to say that, again, follow through has prevailed for the Archers. Has it been easy? NO WAY! Has it been better than I thought? Yes! We didn't have any accidents today, but we weren't exactly successful...does that make sense? How can a child go that long without using the restroom? I have completely new worries now.

3. I have also started a new Bible Study...one that I have been intending to start for quite some time. So I've started, now I just need to pray that I can actually keep it up and finish it rather than stopping on the 6th week. The outlook is great!

My list of good intentions is still very long...I intend to clean out the kids closet, clean out my closet, take Presley on a mommy-daughter movie/lunch date, make a drop off to Goodwill, clean my car, have lunch with some friends...BUT I'm off to a great start!

One last note, please keep Presley in your prayers on Thursday. She is having dental surgery at the SurgiCenter. Pray that she will be brave and not scared (right now, I am way more freaked out about it than her...I want it to stay that way), also pray that we wouldn't have to wait a terribly long time for it to begin as she can't eat after midnight on Wednesday. I am also praying that she feels okay after the procedure and can enjoy the rest of her Spring Break. While you're at it, please pray that the insurance company will pay for more than we were first told! I will keep everyone updated on these prayer requests!

I like this follow through stuff...I'm off to bed so I will be rested to start on that list tomorrow! :)