Sorry friends (all 3 that might read this blog!!), I don't have much to write today --I'll do a longer post another day to update you all on my 29th birthday (I survived, and amazingly don't even feel much older!!) and some exciting house news!
For today - here's a great post from a blog that I LOVE reading--http://www.incourage.me/2011/04/one-better.html What a great challenge.....here's to doing ONE BETTER in all you do today! :)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Total Opposites....
I love Tuesdays....it's my day off (along with Fridays) and I love having the day home with my kiddos. Tuesdays are always kind of busy though - it is also laundry day, often grocery shopping day, story time at the library and for most of the spring Makenzie had Kindermusik on Tuesday afternoons. Even though Tuesdays are busy, I love them! Today was no exception - with the 90+ degree weather we've had this week, we broke out the sprinkler today and spent most of the afternoon outside! Makenzie LOVES the sprinkler, the ice cold hose water doesn't even phase her and she stayed in her swimmingsuit until I made her come inside and get dressed for her Kindermusik program at 5:30 tonight.
She hardly had time for snacks today and when she needed a drink....here was her solution (no cup required!)
He was pretty entertained by his sister though....here iss the closest he got to smiling while he was sitting in the grass!
And, he was VERY content to lounge in the chair with a snack. He may have inherited that from his mother! :)
Micah LOVES the outdoors.....the sprinkler, not so much....and he's not real fond of grass on his bare feet either.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Have I Mentioned that I Love Her?
This morning Makenzie and I were snuggled on the couch reading our daily devotion book (I'd love to have you all think we do this every morning....but that's not really the case....we try but there are lots of days we miss. Makenzie LOVES our devotion book though and memorizing the bible verses in it, so that makes reading it together all the more fun!) We're about six weeks into this book - its called Step Into the Bible by Ruth Graham. There's a short reading for each day, some questions to make it easy for mom's and a bible verse to memorize (the bible verse changes each week....so you have a week to get it memorized!) I have been seriously AMAZED at how Makenzie has memorized the bible verses, and kept them in her little memory! She can recite all the verses we've gone through and we're working on our next one!
Anyway - this morning we were reading about the fact that God sent Jesus to earth to show us how much God loves us and that Jesus had to die so that we could be forgiven for our sins. This isn't a new concept for Makenzie, we have talked about it several times and Sunday she stayed in church with Tom (I was home with a crabby boy who I figured out sprouted a new molar...hence the crabbiness!). It was communion Sunday and Makenzie was very curious, she had lots of questions for her daddy about what communion is and whether or not she got to take communion which provided a great opportunity for Tom to talk with her about asking Jesus into her heart. Fast forward to today....we finish our devotion and were talking about forgiveness and Makenzie announced that she wanted to ask Jesus into her heart. I told her I thought that was a great idea and before i could say anymore she said "I need to pray" and proceeded to bow her head and fold her hands and say, "Dear Jesus please come live in my heart. I'm sorry for the naughty things I do, those are called sins. Amen." I just sat there, somewhat dumbfounded, totally amazed, crying at the miracle I had just watched firsthand, and totally in awe of how God can work in the heart of a precious three year old little girl.
Anyway - this morning we were reading about the fact that God sent Jesus to earth to show us how much God loves us and that Jesus had to die so that we could be forgiven for our sins. This isn't a new concept for Makenzie, we have talked about it several times and Sunday she stayed in church with Tom (I was home with a crabby boy who I figured out sprouted a new molar...hence the crabbiness!). It was communion Sunday and Makenzie was very curious, she had lots of questions for her daddy about what communion is and whether or not she got to take communion which provided a great opportunity for Tom to talk with her about asking Jesus into her heart. Fast forward to today....we finish our devotion and were talking about forgiveness and Makenzie announced that she wanted to ask Jesus into her heart. I told her I thought that was a great idea and before i could say anymore she said "I need to pray" and proceeded to bow her head and fold her hands and say, "Dear Jesus please come live in my heart. I'm sorry for the naughty things I do, those are called sins. Amen." I just sat there, somewhat dumbfounded, totally amazed, crying at the miracle I had just watched firsthand, and totally in awe of how God can work in the heart of a precious three year old little girl.
Monday, May 2, 2011
My little prayer warrior!
Makenzie has such a soft heart--I just love her!! The other night we went to a Tiny Hands International party at a friend's house and there was another gal there in a wheelchair (a gal not much older than me with 3 little girls, if you don't know her check out her story here: http://www.charitygeorge.com/). Anyway, that night Makenzie asked lots of questions about why Charity was in a wheel chair and whether she would ever walk again. I tried to explain that Charity had been very sick and that even though she was better, her legs still wouldn't work, so she couldn't walk. Tonight at dinner Makenzie was again asking questions and wanted me to tell Tom about her (I think she thought she knew something Tom didn't), then at bedtime she wanted to pray for Charity and told me to "pray that God would help her legs work so she could walk again. She needs to walk and God could make her better." Isn't that the faith we all need?!?!
I hate to admit it but I think I stopped praying for healing for Charity a long time ago....when the "crisis" was over and it felt like she moved into the "coping" stage...and instead of praying for something big, like God make Charity walk again, my prayers changed to things like "God help them adjust, help her hubby learn to manage their family without the help Charity used to be able to provide." But tonight, Makenzie challenged me to PRAY BIG...and so we prayed that Charity would walk!! PRAY BIG this week...God can handle it! :)
I hate to admit it but I think I stopped praying for healing for Charity a long time ago....when the "crisis" was over and it felt like she moved into the "coping" stage...and instead of praying for something big, like God make Charity walk again, my prayers changed to things like "God help them adjust, help her hubby learn to manage their family without the help Charity used to be able to provide." But tonight, Makenzie challenged me to PRAY BIG...and so we prayed that Charity would walk!! PRAY BIG this week...God can handle it! :)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Quick 5
A good friend and college roomie, Stef, does lots Quick 5 posts and since I'm short on creativity tonight, I'm stealing the idea:
1.) This week marks Week 4 of working out...you know instead of paying nearly $50 a month for a Y membership that I never use. Novel! And, I can truly say I'm enjoying working out! I've started doing a noon strength training class (i.e. no sweating) on Mondays and Wednesdays, and then trying to get in either running or eliptical time two days a week. I'm totally out of shape and I have a long way to go, but I've started!!
2.) Work has been kind of a bummer lately --just lots of reminders of how crappy life really can be and how much people need Jesus! I met with a 16 year old girl today who is hospitalized after a very very serious suicide attempt that nearly took her life. She has too many cut marks to count on her forearms and in our 30 minute meeting she smiled only twice. It breaks my heart!
3.) Micah seems to be 100% after puking from Saturday-Tuesday! Hallelujah! And after a couple days of no dairy, all he wanted to eat tonight was cheese...so much so that he even said the word cheese for the first time tonight! Love that little boy!
4.) My dear husband took out our ridiculously loud dishwasher Sunday night to replace it with one we bought from somebody in town who was remodeling and replacing all their appliances.....only problem was the "new" dishwasher was just as loud as the old one, it leaked water and it refused to drain.....so last night he pulled out the "new" dishwasher and put the "old" back in. Bless his heart! And after washing dishes by hand for the last few days I can't tell you how thankful I am for that noisy dishwasher!
5.) Miss Makenzie might make me lose my mind yet! :) She's going through a major attachment phase and crying every time I leave her (no matter who I leave her with....dad, grandma, Cori (our beloved babysitter whose house Makenzie LOVES going too), children's church...this morning I had to peel her off my neck and leave her screaming. Cori assures me this lasts less than 5 minutes and she does great the rest of the day. Tonight when I picked the kids up Makenzie told me she wanted to stay at Cori's house forever and not go home with me (I think mostly because Cori had jello that she really wanted to eat!). Oh life is rough when you're three!
1.) This week marks Week 4 of working out...you know instead of paying nearly $50 a month for a Y membership that I never use. Novel! And, I can truly say I'm enjoying working out! I've started doing a noon strength training class (i.e. no sweating) on Mondays and Wednesdays, and then trying to get in either running or eliptical time two days a week. I'm totally out of shape and I have a long way to go, but I've started!!
2.) Work has been kind of a bummer lately --just lots of reminders of how crappy life really can be and how much people need Jesus! I met with a 16 year old girl today who is hospitalized after a very very serious suicide attempt that nearly took her life. She has too many cut marks to count on her forearms and in our 30 minute meeting she smiled only twice. It breaks my heart!
3.) Micah seems to be 100% after puking from Saturday-Tuesday! Hallelujah! And after a couple days of no dairy, all he wanted to eat tonight was cheese...so much so that he even said the word cheese for the first time tonight! Love that little boy!
4.) My dear husband took out our ridiculously loud dishwasher Sunday night to replace it with one we bought from somebody in town who was remodeling and replacing all their appliances.....only problem was the "new" dishwasher was just as loud as the old one, it leaked water and it refused to drain.....so last night he pulled out the "new" dishwasher and put the "old" back in. Bless his heart! And after washing dishes by hand for the last few days I can't tell you how thankful I am for that noisy dishwasher!
5.) Miss Makenzie might make me lose my mind yet! :) She's going through a major attachment phase and crying every time I leave her (no matter who I leave her with....dad, grandma, Cori (our beloved babysitter whose house Makenzie LOVES going too), children's church...this morning I had to peel her off my neck and leave her screaming. Cori assures me this lasts less than 5 minutes and she does great the rest of the day. Tonight when I picked the kids up Makenzie told me she wanted to stay at Cori's house forever and not go home with me (I think mostly because Cori had jello that she really wanted to eat!). Oh life is rough when you're three!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
LOVE THESE TWO!!
Thought for the Day
" I am not sovereign over my children - God is. And God will use every aspect of my human parenting, EVEN MY SINS AND FAILURES to shape my children into who He desires them to be, for the sake of His kingdom." --from Parenting if Your Highest Calling....by Leslie Leyland Fields
I don't know about you, but I think this is incredibly encouraging!! Especially on a day like today--Micah is on day 4 of throwing up, Makenzie is sick and tired of Micah getting all mom's attention and is doing her best to draw attention by screaming and throwing fits over everything even to the point of screaming at me "I don't want a fruit snack ever ever again." (Those of you who know my daughter know that she LIVES for fruit snacks :)). I wish I could tell you that I turned into supermom and spent my day taking care of my poor sick boy while giving my 3 year old all the attention she needed...and I could tell you that, but it wouldn't be true! The truth is, I've turned into a total crab--I've crabbed at Micah when he's crying to be held and I'm trying to switch yet another load of puked on laundry. I've crabbed at Makenzie for needing my attention while I'm trying to tend to Micah. I've crabbed at Tom for not helping the way I thought he should help. I nearly bit off my secretary's head when she didn't understand my instructions over the phone. Not exactly the picture of the mom I want to be! But what an encouragement to know that God uses all of me, even my sins, even my failures, to shape my children into who He desires them to be! Thank you Lord!
I don't know about you, but I think this is incredibly encouraging!! Especially on a day like today--Micah is on day 4 of throwing up, Makenzie is sick and tired of Micah getting all mom's attention and is doing her best to draw attention by screaming and throwing fits over everything even to the point of screaming at me "I don't want a fruit snack ever ever again." (Those of you who know my daughter know that she LIVES for fruit snacks :)). I wish I could tell you that I turned into supermom and spent my day taking care of my poor sick boy while giving my 3 year old all the attention she needed...and I could tell you that, but it wouldn't be true! The truth is, I've turned into a total crab--I've crabbed at Micah when he's crying to be held and I'm trying to switch yet another load of puked on laundry. I've crabbed at Makenzie for needing my attention while I'm trying to tend to Micah. I've crabbed at Tom for not helping the way I thought he should help. I nearly bit off my secretary's head when she didn't understand my instructions over the phone. Not exactly the picture of the mom I want to be! But what an encouragement to know that God uses all of me, even my sins, even my failures, to shape my children into who He desires them to be! Thank you Lord!
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