Day 340: Dancing Fools

(For Friday August 1)

What a beautiful, amazing day we just had. My heart is full to overflowing with gratefulness, it's hard to pinpoint one thing! Today my brother married his love. And we knew it was going to be special but it turned out to be so much more special than I think any of us anticipated. It was just...well, glorious! The whole day was full of moments and people and reasons to be grateful. But the one I pick will be a fun one to talk about. :) At the reception the dance floor was PACKED, the band absolutely amazing. Now, our little Peninger 4 are some of the whitest people around - both in skin color and dance ability. You know what I mean! The youngest could care less, she tore it up on that dance floor - people loved it! But it took some convincing to get the other 3 of us on it but it worked and all four Peninger's danced at this amazing celebration - even the hub! It was awesome and I felt grateful in that moment that we looked like complete dancing fools, that we let go of ourselves for just a few minutes and danced with everyone else.

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