Happy Halloween !

This year's Halloween has been memorable. Horrible weather caused mass confusion and debate among towns and cities over celebrating early vs. holding out vs. celebrating over the weekend. It's been a week-long production here coz hard-headed Cajuns can't agree on anything.

We were going to have a big event at the church, but it got postponed until this weekend. So what did we do? Had our own indoor celebration, of course!

Auds had picked out everyone's costumes earlier in the month. She was a kitty cat complete with rhinestone ears, Tony was a dragon, and Drum was a precious lion.

The kids all dressed up and we played indoor ToT -which is kinda like hide-and-seek, except you get candy. Beau and I hid behind doors and opened them to give the kids candy. Once they found us they had to go back to their rooms and find us again. They had a blast! They then got to pick two pieces of candy and we had family night all cuddled up inside and watched a movie.

I'm so glad that we were able to make the best of it and still create memories for our babies. I held them extra tight knowing that a mom I know was battling hell because her daughter ran away.

The family are new Christians and have had a long road to Jesus. Both parents have many kids from many different relationships as one together. The mom was strung out on drugs and the dad was doing a long stint in jail and their daughter together was almost 13 and pregnant when they came to Him. Through His grace they have turned their lives around and are offering stability for their daughter and grandson.

The girl, now 15, was feeling pressure because she saw her friends without kids living a seemingly carefree life and her half-siblings weren't living for God. So she ran away with a boy she wasn't even in a serious relationship with. Thankfully, Beau overheard her sharing her plans with a girl in our Sunday School class and on of her friends got the number of the license plate of the car she left school in. I spent all day yesterday helping to lead the effort to find her, putting together pieces of information, praying, answering questions, etc.

But thank God she came to her senses and came home last night! Please cover this family in prayer as they try to mend these wounds and move forward. I can't imagine going through that. I pray I never do.

I thank God my kids don't know the heartache I grew up with and can be reared in a home of love and faith. And a good but of fun, too.