Having fun!

Caleb enjoying his thumb! Abbey with her backpack!



Casey and Michael having a
rare moment! I am so proud
of myself for catching this on
film!

I am at a crazy time in my life with the 4 kids and my husband working 2 full time jobs right now. But I am having the time of my life!!! I look at the children that God has truly blessed me with and I am very grateful! I am enjoying the stages that each of my children are in right now because I know that when this stage is over I can never go back to it weather it was good or bad it will be history. I want my children to see God in my life just like I saw in my mother (and still do). That is the history I want to pass down to my children so they can pass it down to their children on so on!!!! I am having fun living life with my family!

God showed up!

Wow! What a day! I am so exhausted. There are 4 more people going to heaven because a lot of people obeyed God today!!!!!!!!!!! When I have more brain sells awake I will have to write more but for today I am calling it a full day and going to get some much needed sleep. Once again God showed up and did incredible things at Elk Creek Church! You go God!!!

Elk Creek Church Launch!

What an exciting time in our lives! Just a year and a half ago my husband and I along with our children moved down here to plant a new Church for God! I can't believe that tomorrow is launch Sunday!!!!!! I am filled with all kinds of emotions......excited, nervous, happy, sad(no more Sunday mornings in our home). I am sure we will not be getting a great night sleep because of our excitement. I can't wait to see who God brings through the school/Church doors in the morning! I know a lot of people have been praying for us and for the people joining us at Elk Creek Church and I want to say thank you! God is so amazing....I love Him with all of my heart! We just finished having some time in prayer with Mike's family. I could feel my mother-in-law's love for her son (me and her grandchildren) as she prayed. As a mother of 4 I could only imagine how proud of her son she must be. I know as his wife I am. I am so thankful to have a husband who obeys God and His calling on his life.

9/11

Today I am reminded of 9/11/01 and how the world was forever changed. It makes me so sad and mad.....As I was reminded this morning I felt a flow of emotions that brought things back into perspective for me. I looked back over the last 24 hours in my own life and I was pleased with the choices I made with God's help. Yesterday I had a relaxing afternoon getting my hair done along with my mother-in-law. The first time we have ever done this together. I came home to a wonderful dinner my husband had prepared for us. Then I packed up the 4 children and took them over to visit with thier grandparents that they were missing (it had been a few days since they saw eachother)! I had put the leftovers in the frig and left a sink full of dirty dishes.....looking back if I had stopped and cleaned up we would not have had time to go to mem-mem's and poppies. I am so glad we went to visit!!! When we came home I cleaned up and tucked everyone in bed! If I had to do yesterday over my only regret is that I didn't spend enough time with God. So today as I am working around the house I am going to be spending my thoughts with my Savior who I love with all my heart! I am glad to have another day of life to shair with my family who I also love with all my heart!

Starbucks!

Today I had a brainy idea that it would be nice for me to spend some quality time with my husband. So I decided to join him for a cup of coffee at starbucks. It was a disaster! I took our 2 younger children with me (our older 2 are back in school). It was time consumming keeping Abbey occupied while we tried to enjoy our coffee and talk a little (all this while I was feeding our baby Caleb). In between all this Abbey was feeding me some of her goldfish. They go great with coffee (kidding)! Next thing I know there are goldfish spilled all over the floor and a puddle of throw-up from Caleb! So....me and Abbey begin to clean the floor with napkins. Whew! This was not at all what I had in mind. Now it is time for a bathroom break. Don't ask me how but, Abbey got peepee all over the floor.....now time to clean up the bathroom floor! I did get to look into Mike's eyes a few times but, we did not get to talk much except about the moment. Don't get me wrong...I did get a good white chocolate mocha and some good memories and I love the children that God has blessed us with! I always wanted to be married and have children and God has blessed me with both! In the middle of the night when Caleb wakes me up to remind me that he is hungry I walk through the childrens bedrooms to check up on them and I say a silent thank you to God for eachone of them. As life passes us by so quickly....I don't take the time I should to remind my children how much I REALLY love them and love shairing my life with them!
I am honored to be their mother and I am always asking God for guidence in this big role in their lives. A rough day with my children is so much better than a great day without them!!!! They are my life-line....they keep me going! Without them I was empty...now I am fullfilled. God is so Awesome! Here is a picture of Abbey and me with Caleb!

New at this!

This is my very first blog! My husband will be proud of me (that I figured this out on my own)! I am a stay at home mom of 4 beautiful children. Casey is 10 and she is going into 5th grade. Michael is 7 and he is going into 2nd grade. Abbey is 2 and is very busy. Caleb is 10 weeks and is growing like a weed. My husband Mike and I just cellebrated our 16th wedding anniversary.
We both love the Lord, eachother and our children. I will not even try (well maybe a little) to keep up with my husband in doing blogs. He is great with words and this kind of thing. For me it will just help me feel like I am still young at heart and can keep up with the times a little! This should be fun! Ok....I just found out that I can't do spell check.....this is no longer fun! I just had the air lost out of my balloon......