One Great Way To Spend The Day

This Saturday morning started out like many other weekend mornings.  But this one felt different...there was an excitement to it.  

Before you get too excited...we aren't welcoming our daughter just yet.

Before my feet hit the floor, I checked the results of the Extraordinary Give; a Lancaster County, PA event that brings the entire community together for one full day to raise funds for non-profit organizations within the county.  It is a remarkable event.  This year broke records once again by having over $7 million raised for over 400 local organizations.

ExtraGive.org

This event always makes me feel recharged and helps me refocus on all of the good things that are possible in this world. 

The day continued, Annie woke up and we tried to figure out the plan for the day.  We decided to go to my school's field hockey game - the head coach is one of our friends and I teach many of the girls, so it seemed like a really cool thing to do on this 70 degree, November day.  I don't understand all of the rules to the game, but I do know that the other team's coach was ejected, our coach's dad should write a book called, One Liners From the Stands, and our team won 6-2 to win the state championship and cap off an undefeated season - Truly AMAZING.

Our final stop of the day was to meet one of Annie's friends who offered to take some maternity photos for us.  She is one of those people who is genuinely caring and sincerely kind; we're blessed to have her in our lives.  We met at Long's Park in Lancaster and raced to beat an incoming storm.  

Maternity Photo Poses

Sheena & Annie

The maple leaves made for an incredible backdrop and we can't wait to see how the photos turn out.

Maple Leaves

The excitement that this morning promised certainly lived up to its billing.  We had an amazing day living in the moment while watching our friends succeed at doing the things they love.