Tubby's

We just got home from Maine Saturday morning, 3:00 AM. Thank you all for your prayers for us while we were away. We missed you. We really did. But we did have a wonderful time. It was a time that was very complete.

Between camp ministry and spending time with my family our days were full but Tim and I sacredly guarded 3 days to ourselves to roam the mountains and coastline of Maine.

Now I am home and aware that I need to whip my body back into submission. Our van made a few too many stops at ice cream shops. Mainers have a love for ice cream. They have ice cream stands like we have WAWA.

Maybe it's because I was born in Maine that I enjoy ice cream so much. I'm not referring to store bought cartons of ice cream. I mean real homemade ice cream stand ice cream. Thankfully I have a husband who was only too eager to satisfy my craving.

One ice cream stand we discovered, stands above the rest. It is called, Tubby's. It was clean, attractive, creative and provided seating by a lake. Their ice cream was incredibly good, with both typical and unique flavors. And..... they offered free samples for as many flavors as one wanted!!! These samples were served in cute little 1" wafer cones (I got very excited about those).

Our first day there, after sampling some flavors and settling on my choice of Java Moreo I debated on whether to have a baby bear cone, or a Mama bear cone. Thankfully God gave me enough sense to know a Papa bear or a Tubby bear cone was out of the question. At first I chose a Mama bear, but then thought I'd downsize to a baby bear. Before my last bite I was regretting that decision. So the next day (that's right - the very next day), I went straight for the Mama bear size only this time I had Holy Moly (a combination of peanut butter and molasses - sounds weird but it is a sweet smooth peanut butter flavor).

Isn't God good to give us days of rest and days of feasting? And though I'm aware there were times when I ate more ice cream than I should have (next year I am determined to stick with the baby bear size), I'm thankful for daily grace to eat and drink with a thankful heart.