Ok sorry about the previous entry which will not for some rediculous reason it will not delete. I'm not sure what's going on with it. Very aggrevating!

 

 

DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got the boys finished today. I have one last thing to get for Chad, it's actually from Jacob, but we know exactly what it is he's getting him and where the little booth in the Christmas market it is, so that'll be easy to run down and get since we're already going down there this week with my friend Michelle. Chad is currently downtown at the Christmas market having the boys get my gift and he's also picking up a gift for our friends Michelle and Matthew. Now it's time to start wrapping! Yippee! LOL Gift wrapping isn't my favorite thing to do, but Chad really likes doing it and does it beautifully, so between the two of us we'll be able to get everything wrapped up fairly quickly. I'm hoping that by tomorrow night we can get a good majority of our things wrapped up and by saw Wednesday we'll be all done!

So out of you, who's done, who has a few more things, and who's not even started? :X

 

 

Our Day

We're part of a home schooling group. Today we had our Christmas Party. There's just 3 families who participate, but we really enjoy our weekly get together's at the library. Over the summer a lot of the other families who Home School moved, so hopefully in the next few months more will come!

We did a Secret Santa gift exchange among the kids. It worked out well since we all bring 2 of our children (one family has 6 children, 1 is about to graduate college over Christmas break). The kids all liked their gifts and had fun! We had a light lunch that my friend Michelle brought. I made dessert: buckeyes, choc. chip cookies with and without nuts, and oat meal chip cookies again with and without nuts. Lunch was great and the kids had a great time!!! Here's some pictures of the kids opening the gifts....

 

 

 

 

Hiding God's Word: Week 2

 

 

Hello! How many of you memorized Eph. 1:2? I did! If you have not, I encourage you to go back and read the verse, write it down,and memorize it.

This weeks verse I prayed over once again and God is so good to show me amazing verses of his to hide in my heart and for you to hide in yours! So here's our 2nd week's verse!

 

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.

 

I know it's longer, but I know I can do this and believe you can too! So get that pen and index cards and write down your new verse. Place them all around your home so you see his word everywhere you go!

 

God Bless BTW, I'd love to hear if you did get the last/1st verse memorized!

 

Sunday Morning Thoughts

It's 2:22 am. I was born not today, but in Feb at 2:22 pm! Sorry it just made me smile. My dad always thought it'd be neat if I'd been born on Feb 2 (I was born on the 9th) because then it would have been 2-22 at 2:22! LOL

So anyways, I hope you all have gotten your bible verse memorized! I did! I'm so excited that I can say without a doubt I have one verse in my heart hidden, to pull out anytime! Later today I'll pray and see what the 2nd verse is to memorize!

Now onto what my heart is feeling the need to write about. Disobeying GOD. Our tv's are full of junk. It's full of psychics, foul language, soft porn, adultry, witch craft, the list goes on and on and on. It's not just on our tv's, it's on the internet via websites, blogs, myspace, etc. We seek joy from the laughter Satan provides for us and turn away from GOD, because it's too serious, not nearly as funny, not entertaining enough. We spend our times reading smut magazines, books, authors who deny God, who deny Christ.

When we do this, it goes in deep. We don't often realize it at first (well a little won't hurt). But the truth is, even the tiniest drop will hurt. We are WEAK. We're humans. GOD's ways are the right way. It's plain and simple, yet we turn our back on him. Why?

We seek advice from psychics either irl or on tv or via books, etc. They're telling you lies. God tells us we're not to seek them. Yet even people I know who profess to be a Christian seek them. 

I have been reading blogs and myspace tonight and just left so disheartened. Most of the ones I've been on tonight are from professed Christians. I just don't understand that if you believe in Jesus, why isn't he enough for you? Why do we seek approval and love from everyone else, but him?  

Happy Birthday Mom

My parents don't read my journal, they don't have the address and that is ultimately how I want it, but I still want to celebrate my mom. Today is her birthday. She is 50 today. She had me when she was 20. I called her tonight when we got home from a Welcome Home Celebration for our soldiers and the 2 other units who were deployed at the same time (they all left about a week to a few days from each other). The celebration was great! (More about that later).

Mom took the day off of work and went shopping with her best friend! She was thrilled that I called her and the boys talked to her!

My mom and I have a much  better relationship when there's an ocean between us. I love her, but well as it happens she drives me crazy at times. I'm not perfect and don't help at times.

Growing up my dad worked different hours. When I was a toddler until I was 5, his job would at times take him away from us for weeks at a time. Nothing like the deployments us military face, but it was still more of a single parent home at times. Throughout most of Junior High/Middle School my dad worked 2nd shift, for those who don't know those hours it's 3 pm to 11 pm. He worked about 30-45 minutes away from our house so he wouldn't get home until after midnight, he'd normally eat a little something, watch tv to wind down, and be in bed by 1 am. My brother and I only saw him on the weekends during the school year. My mom pretty well did it all. She loved/s us, and I know we were not always easy. I can remember every morning before she left for work, she'd leave my dad a note and it always started off one of two ways either his name or "Babe". If an issue happened with my brother and I and the discipline was something she felt he needed to be involved in, it was there in ink (my brother and I knew we were in deep trouble!).

Mom came to nearly every single sporting event I was in, unless it was during the middle of the week and was just too far away for her to get to by the time she got off work. She came to every vocal music event and band. She came to football games to watch me perform, even though she's NOT a football or any sports fan. She did it because she loved me, and that's what a mom does.

She grew up without knowing what a mother's love is like. Her mother died when my mom was only 2 yrs old (her brother was 1). My grandpa remarried with in a year, mostly out of fear of raising two small children alone, feeling they needed a mother.Sadly Grandpa didn't find a good woman. He found a witch. (She died when I was in 2nd grade). My Grandpa is a wonderful man though. He made sure my mom and her brother had a close relationship with their mom's family, so my mom spent her summers and many holidays and weekends, etc at her grandparents and aunts and uncles.

Her step-mom once told my mom that "If God wanted me to have a daughter he would have given me one". She was too stupid to realize GOD did give her a daughter. My mom was the only girl. Her step mother came into the marriage with 4 sons and then Grandpa and her had another son together. Mom always knew my grandpa loved her, but never felt the love of a mother.  I can't imagine that pain. She loved her step mom, but wasn't loved in returned.

She married my dad (high school sweetheart) at the age of 18. I know without a doubt he's the love of her life and vice versa. She's about to retire from over 20 years of working for Wal-Mart. She and my dad live in their dream home. She will soon get to enjoy gardening (flowers) not just in the evenings, she can work on her fish ponds, sewing, and embroidary anytime she wants. She retires on my Jacob's birthday!!

I love my mom. I'm sure she sacrificed a great deal for my brother and I. Although we don't have a perfect relationship, I love her and I'm thankful for her.

 

Happy Birthday Mom, I love you.

Week 1 of Hiding God's Word

Well, I prayed and asked GOD to show me which bible verse was to be the verse. I am excited and hope you will join me in this!

The verse for the week of Dec 3-9 is:

Ephesians 1:2

Grace and peace to you from GOD our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

So memorize it. Write it everywhere and post it everywhere you can, so you constantly see it!

God Bless