Disappointments...

Bags are packed.
Basketball shoes - check!
Swimsuits - check.
Snacks for the 3.5 hour drive - check.

Pancakes were made. Car was packed. Kids are loaded.

ICE STORM

Road block!

Try as we might, we were not going to Kansas City today to celebrate Kobe's birthday and New Yea'rs Eve.

Disappointment.

Believe me, as parents it took everything in us to have to call this off. We drove about five miles and just couldn't go any further. It just was not worth the risk. It was a tough decision to make with four boys in the back begging for us to try to go a little further. They were willing to risk it all. To give up the time at the basketball experience and just make it to the hotel. They did not want to stall. They didn't want to turn around. Home was the last place they wanted to be on this day!

Road block. Ice Storm. Cancelling of plans.

Disappointment.

Have you been there?
You are plugging along.
Plans are made.
Hopes are high.
Everything seems to be on track when the storm hits.
The road block comes.

And then there is a choice....we always have a choice.

The boys decided we would go get party supplies. Hats. Horns. Chicken wings. Sparkling wine.

We will stay inside and celebrate the New Year here, as friends.
Stay up late.
Hang together.
Roll with it.

They chose to make the best of it.
They chose to be happy.
They chose to find something else to do given the current circumstances.

How about you?

What choice do you make when life takes an unexpected turn? 

Roll into bed?
or
Roll with it?

I think these words tell us what God expects:

 "give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus"

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Hope you all have a blessed 2011!
Decide to choose Christ this year!

Love, Jen