Sunday, July 20, 2008

Fun Stuff

Here are some fun things that are happening in my life:
*My twin sister is about 20 weeks pregnant with twin boys and I am getting to go with her to her ultrasound this week. I also got to keep her precious 15 month old, Sarah Lynn, on Friday. We had so much fun. Especially when we had a play date with baby Nate! A good time was had by all, but unfortunately, no afternoon naps were had, but she was still a perfect angel of course.
Here are a couple of pictures of the babies playing



*My friend, Jessie, is about 36 weeks pregnant and I am going with her to her ultrasound tomorrow! I also get to take her and her husband to the beach and take a few prego pics. I am going to pretend like I am a professional photographer!!! How much fun is that?
*Richard and I ate dinner one night on our fine china and drank from our beautiful crystal goblets, and used our silver flatware! It was like a tea party...I was way more excited than Richard (imagine that!) Here's a picture of our table.
*I finished reading the book Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury. It was a great book. I couldn't put it down. Loved the ending. All is well with the world. I kept talking about the characters and my husband kept reminding me that they "are not real people." Yeah, yeah.
*My little brother-in-law spent the night with us on Friday night. We had a blast. He is so grown up it makes me sad. He so darn cute and he's a great kid. Every time he comes Richard shaves his head. It's sort of a ritual.
*I saw the Dark Knight in the movie theater on Saturday. It was AWESOME. I was not disappointed. It was everything I hope it would be. The only thing that disappointed me was not seeing the new and improved Wayne Manor. I was looking forward to seeing that rebuilt.
*I have fallen more in love with my sweet husband. I find myself wondering just how much you can love another human being. Anyone who doesn't believe in marriage or the power of love has obviously not really experienced it. I appreciate him so much and I know that it is partly because of some of my former relationships and heartaches. The Lord was just preparing me to be Richard's love.
*I have really been getting into the Word a lot more in the recent weeks. I love Jesus. We over use those words so much, but I mean them from the bottom of my heart. "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross." (Philippians 2:5-8) How could we not love someone like that. He gave it all...all to Him we owe. All the little things that I have been holding back from Him I am praying that He will help me to surrender. It may take my whole life, but I'm going to learn to love the Lord the way He wants me to. I hope that you are close to a place where you feel the same way.
*You guys should check out my article in the Richmond Hill magazine which will come out next month. I'm just a math teacher who thinks that she can be a writer. God help us all.
*Haven't solved a rubix cube yet or cleaned out my closets, but that is in the plan for this week...Lord, give me strength!
*School starts soon. I'm trying not to think about it just yet! For now, I am enjoying my summer. God Bless you this week. Do something amazing. Stop and smell the roses. If you are feeling down, count your blessings. If you don't have any blessings, at least you have me thinking about you.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The End and The Beginning

I'm coming to terms with the fact that summer is rapidly coming to a close. We only have about 2 weeks before we go back for preplanning. I'm excited to see the beginning of a new school year, but I'm also a little sad for my self. I had big plans for this summer. I wanted to do a lot of things that I did not accomplish.
*work out at least 3 times per week
*try a new recipe every week
*blog at least 3 times a week
*clean out my closets and drawers
*scrapbook
*read a few good books
*learn how to solve a rubik's cube
I realize that my summer is not over yet and that several of these things can still be accomplished. But a couple of these things are water under the bridge. So, this blog is a commitment. I WILL do several of the things on this list in my last two weeks. I got all the ingredients to make my new recipe for this week. I am scheduling my time to clean out closets and drawers. I'm reading "Like Dandelion Dust" by Karen Kingsbury. I am on you tube watching some rubik's cube stuff and I have been to the gym every day this week. I'm on a roll.
What things do you want to accomplish and what is keeping you from doing them?

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Vacation Bible School

Here are some things that the Lord taught me this week:
*I am so blessed for having parents that loved me enough to teach me about Jesus
*Prayer is very powerful
*Kindergarteners scream when the power goes out
*The gospel is simple enough for a child to accept and deep enough to keep us studying and learning our whole life
*Pie goes through fake sand onto carpet with relative ease
*Children love having goals. They love getting behind a cause and are very generous
*Adults need to feel needed. Every adult wants to have ownership over something, no matter how big or small
*Smoking doesn't send you to hell ( I already knew this one)
*If we started making a list right now of how God's Word can be applied to our lives, the list wouldn't be complete until the day Jesus comes back
*Missionaries get it
What has the Lord taught you lately??? Please respond.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

My bloggin' role model

If anyone is interested in checking out a new and interesting blog, you should check out my friend, Mandy Thompson's blog, just a girl. I met Mandy through the Wesley Foundation at GSU. She knows how to write a blog and get her readers involved. When I grow up...I want to be a good blogger like Mandy. Follow the blue link or go to http://mandythompson.com/ She also has a beautiful voice and an even sweeter heart for the Lord. Feel free to comment and share other good blogs!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Birds

I blogged recently and posted a cute little picture of the baby birds in the nest in our back yard. Did you get warm fuzzies when you looked at it?? Don't. I have had a change of heart. I recently discovered that those birds are terrorizing my sweet, innocent Brin. She is scared to go in our back yard now because the mockingbirds are attacking her every time she steps foot on in the yard. Consequently, she has had a couple of "accidents" in the house which are entirely out of character for her. I researched online and learned several interesting things. #1: Mockingbirds are on the list of federally protected birds....#2: They should be gone by late June. This information foiled my plans and gave me hope (respectively). Here's a picture of one of the little devil birds.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Father's Day 2008

Thankfully, the Lord has helped me and brought me to a place where Father's Day doesn't hurt so badly. I actually sang on Sunday, which was a big deal. Richard and I went later that day to see dads grave in Richmond Hill before we went back to church for the Bible school meeting. He took this picture of me. I wasn't going to post it because I know how weird some people are about death and all things related, but Aunt Becky talked me into it at lunch today. I am so thankful that I had my dad for 16 years. He taught me so many things, that death can't take away. I couldn't help but think of him when I was singing "I love the Word of God" in church. He did love the Word of God. He taught me to love it and love to sing. Ironically, I was more sad for Richard on Sunday than I was for myself. I can't help but think about how amazing their relationship could have been and what an encouragement Daddy could have been to him (and Jonathan). Anyways, sorry if my picture bothers you, but it was kind of healing sitting down there and being able to smile. I miss my Daddy...but I am so thankful to have a loving Heavenly Father.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

The Birds

I have to admit that I was traumatized as a child by the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds". It was terrifying. But, thankfully, I have gotten through it. So, when a family of birds nested in our backyard, I was very happy for them. We've seen them flying in and out and building their nest. Birds are such amazing creatures. Recently, we realized that the momma bird laid 4 eggs. Richard peeked in last night and figured out that two of them had hatched and 2 new baby birds are born!! We took pictures, but the picture you would really like to see is the picture of me with the broom trying to protect Richard from the mad momma bird!