Things I don't understand.....

Well, I had a rather lengthy sarcastic list of things that I just don't understand but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it would be a very BORING blog for everyone else to read. So here is the Readers Digest version....

1. People
2. People
3. People
4. See numbers 1-3

Ok, now that is out of my system. I got to see my brother this weekend. Unfortunately he was not feeling well but it is always a nice treat to get to spend some time with him. I miss him a great deal.

My little guys continue to surprise and amaze me. I cannot believe how fast they are growing. Too fast if you ask me.

Well, apparently I do not have anything interesting to blog about.....so I will say good night.

Something New

Well today has been a good day. I have just been floored by how many wonderful things can happen in a day. There are many things that I could expound on tonight but I will save them for a later post. Let's just say that this Easter weekend is one that I will NOT be forgetting any time soon.

One thing I do want to talk about is my new website. I have decided to work from home. Who doesn't need extra money right? And I didn't want to leave the boys every day so I have found a company that will allow me to work at home and set my own hours. And it involves travel. What could be better? Money & travel.......

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Happy Easter

The hubby and I just finished watching "The Passion of the Christ". It has become a tradition at our house to watch this movie the week before Easter. It helps remind us of all that Jesus went through to offer salvation and reconcilitation to us. It never fails to break through that outer shell that I try to keep erected so I won't get emotional. When I see with my own eyes a representation of how much Christ loved all of us, I can't help but cry. And the part that gets me the most is that he continued to pray for those that were hating him so much that they killed him. Oh, how hard that must have been. I know how hard it would be for me.

The hubby and I were discussing if Jesus saw all of our faces on that long walk up to Calvary. I think he must have to keep walking. I know that he was 100% God on earth but he was also 100% man as well. That surrender to Gods will must have been the hardest thing ever. I can only hope to be transformed by his example.

But the thing that gives me the greatest hope is that he rose again to defeat Satan and to redeem us to Himself. Hallelujah!!! I will live with him in heaven someday and enjoy relationship with him now because of his sacrifice, his love for me and my faith and belief that He is who he says he is and that he did what he did. Some say it is too simple. Yes and no.......yes, to choose to believe it is simple, to walk your life out in a way that tells everyone else you believe it is a daily struggle. But I praise the Lord for his love, his mercy, his grace, and his forgiveness. Without him and his sacrifice I would be lost. But thank the Lord that I am found in His loving arms. The love he has for all of us is so great that it cannot be measured but we can stop and remember and thank him for it.

So THANK YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!! Oh, how I love you!

Happy Easter to all of you. May your day be blessed.

Just some observations.....

Today I took my two precious little boys to an easter Eggg hunt. They had alot of fun and found quite a few eggs full of candy. So of course I let them eat some of the candy. Now normally I am a no candy for the little ones kind of mom. But not today. So, they charged their sugar batteries quickly and then proceeded to bounce off of the walls for the rest of the afternoon. Lots of fun!!

I feel surrounded lately by pregnant people. And I am talking cyber space too. So many people are expecting or have just had babies. It is so exciting. I am ssssssssssoooooooo thankful for my two little guys but I must say that I am also glad to not be expecting again. I choose to live vicariously through my sister and others around me. That way I get to be the cool aunt or lady that spoils the kids, gets them riled up and then sends them home. I can't wait!!

But since I am reminicing about my own pregancys I though I would share some quirks from mine and then ask you to comment on yours.

1. I converted from a Dr. Pepper hater to a Dr. Pepper addict. Truly!
2. I think I could have lived on Mickey D's hot, greasy, salty french fries. Yummy!
3. I should have bought stock in Tums. Enough said.
4. I absolutley loved the taste of chocolate and Sunny Delight in my mouth at the same time.
5. I decided overnight that I never wanted to see a Papa Johns pizza or anything from Moe's ever again. I didn't even want to see the sign or commercials.
6. I fell in love with a nighttime must have - a body pillow.
7. When I got too big to have the body pillow in the bed I downsized to a Sqush pillow. I still have a love affair with that little guy. My hubby makes fun of me.
8. My firstborn had hiccups ALL the time.
9. My firstborn also sucked his thumb in utero so vigorously that when he pulled his thumb out you could hear a popping sound outside. Very weird!!
10. I fell while pregnant with both of them and they are still smart beautiful boys. Praise the Lord!
11. The fetal specialist told us that the oldest was Down Syndrome and offered abortion as an option. I told them NO and not only is he not Down Syndrome but he is absolutely perfect physically and mentally. Hallelujah! Makes you wonder how many perfectly healthy babies are aborted because some doctor freaks the parents out with innacurate assumptions.
12. Epidurals are the best thing ever !!! And nothing to feel guilty about. I mean if you can go all natural and want to, more power to you. But I LOVED the epidural.
13. Despite fears and misgivings, having a C-section does not make you any less of a mother or a failure at childbirth. Sometimes the little bugers just won't come out. Especially if they are over 9 pounds.
14. I loved watching the belly move! It was my favorite. Especially when it was just me and the belly and no one else around. Truly priceless.
15. I still wish I had a dollar for everytime I started crying for no reason whatsoever. I would be a rich lady.

Ok, your turn. I am sure you all probably share some of these but I want to hear more.

Good Night and Happy Easter!!!

Love Extravagantly

In my quest for some answers God took me to the following scripture last night. It reminded me that I have a long way to go in my walk with Him and that if I am focusing on the faults of others it distracts me from allowing God to work in my life. No matter what my feelings about any given thing if I do not respond in the love of Christ I am doing absolutely nothing to further his kingdom.

I Corinthians 13 (The Message)

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstacy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
If I speak God's Word with power, reavealing all his myeteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have that says to the mountain "Jump" and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing.
if I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burnedas a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm
bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't wan't what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut.
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first",
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day, praying in tongues will end; understanding will rach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be cancelled.
When I was an infant at my mothers breast, I gurgled and cooed like an infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.
We don't seet hings clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the bst of the three is LOVE.

Estrogen fix

What does non-stop talking, chips & dip, cheesecake, chick flicks and silly games have in common? They are all things you do at a Girls Nite!!! Several friends came over Friday night for a long anticipated night without hubbies & kids. It was so nice to just be with friends and talk and catch up with them. One of the chicks was my sister and we hadn't gotten to spend that amount of time together in quite a while so it was great! Another friend lives in another town a good distance away so it was wonderful to spend time with her too. I hadn't realized that living in a house with one big man and two little men was leaving me a little outnumbered and surrounded until this weekend. So it was a fabulous change. Now if only my sister will have a little girl I can steal her away and have a girl in my house whenever I need some girl time. I am so hoping that she will have a little girl. I would love to buy dresses and put bows in her hair. I have two awnry boys and dresses and bows are totally off limits.

I have probably bored you to tears by now. But I want to give a shout out to my buddies!!! Thanks for coming and lets do it again soon. Love you guys!!

WE ARE UNITED!

The musical was a success. Everything went very well. Most of the students showed up. The kids sang their little hearts out. The acting students had everything memorized and did a wonderful job. And at the end of the evening I knew that every person in that gym had heard about the love of Jesus from the mouths of children. It was a bit overwhelming. I am so thankful to my God and Savior for blessing the children, the evening and myself. I could not have asked for more. Some of you have asked for pictures so here they are. I did not remember to take pictures while the program was going on. I don't know what I was doing? ;)

Thank you to all of you that prayed for me, the kids and the musical. I know they made all the difference.

Getting close to freedom

Only 3 more days to the big night. Rehearsals have actually been going well. That is if you can overlook the students poking their neighbor, or hitting each other. Or the fact that several teachers decided to start a coup and schedule field trips for Friday......uh, the day of the Final Dress Rehearsal. Still a little peeved about that. But I am learning to roll with it. At the end of the week the program still happened, parents got to see their little darlings sing and perform, and I am finished. Yippee!

Oh! And I am a bit surprised at how the background turned out. It actually looks pretty good, for a novice. Not going to start painting murals around town or anything but I am proud of myself nonetheless.

So as a whole I am feeling pretty darn good this evening. Praying the same for all of my cyber buddies out there.