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| Enjoying the nice weather on the back patio |
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| Jackson and Jenson |
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| Me and the boys on one of my last days to watch them.. I love those guys! |
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| Me and Austin! He is such a sweet and happy baby! |
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Recent Pictures
Recently....
The last couple weeks have been crazy!! I did finally get a job! :) I'm working at a day care. I help out with the school age kids! This has been my first full week. It has been great. I'm loving it so far. Yes, the days can get long and tiring. We usually have over twenty kids every day. Just after working there for a few days, you can pick up on the bullies, the good kids, the ones that are craving attention, and etc. I know there is a reason for the way they act. I'm wanting to take a class on child psychology. Maybe, I can squeeze in my schedule somewhere.
We are getting new carpet at church, so this week has been crazy. I haven't hardly seen my Dad all week. Plus, I don't get home till about six or after every evening.
Life is going good and it's getting better. It takes time to work through relationships. I still have the haunting memories. Which isn't all bad. My memories are good and maybe that is why it is so hard sometimes to move on.
I am doing junior church Sunday! I'm really excited about that. We are talking about David right now. Because, in a couple weeks we are going to do a program on the "Twenty-Third Psalm". It's about a twelve week course. So, we want the kids to know about the author. My lesson Sunday is when he becomes king. I already have tons of brain storms. I hope it goes ok. I think I am going to go to Burger King and see if they'll give me a bunch of their crowns. I'm going to "make" a throne. For the memory game, whichever kid answers the question correctly he can come up front and sit on the throne. I'm hoping to have a crown, scepter, and I'll probably take a bathrobe for the royal garments. :)
My newest endeavour is to lose weight... I know you're prob thinking, she doesn't need to lose weight but I do. I put on thirteen pounds my last semester at GBS. And, I've come to realize that it is very hard to get off. I've lost 7 pounds, but I'm having a hard time getting the rest off. But, I am determined to lose it!!! I just want to get this weight off. I can't put anymore on. I've been walking almost every day. I usually walk for twenty to thirty minutes. I'm hoping to start running soon. I'm really wanting to get into tennis, too. So, we will see!
Anyway, hope y'all have a great weekend!!!
We are getting new carpet at church, so this week has been crazy. I haven't hardly seen my Dad all week. Plus, I don't get home till about six or after every evening.
Life is going good and it's getting better. It takes time to work through relationships. I still have the haunting memories. Which isn't all bad. My memories are good and maybe that is why it is so hard sometimes to move on.
I am doing junior church Sunday! I'm really excited about that. We are talking about David right now. Because, in a couple weeks we are going to do a program on the "Twenty-Third Psalm". It's about a twelve week course. So, we want the kids to know about the author. My lesson Sunday is when he becomes king. I already have tons of brain storms. I hope it goes ok. I think I am going to go to Burger King and see if they'll give me a bunch of their crowns. I'm going to "make" a throne. For the memory game, whichever kid answers the question correctly he can come up front and sit on the throne. I'm hoping to have a crown, scepter, and I'll probably take a bathrobe for the royal garments. :)
My newest endeavour is to lose weight... I know you're prob thinking, she doesn't need to lose weight but I do. I put on thirteen pounds my last semester at GBS. And, I've come to realize that it is very hard to get off. I've lost 7 pounds, but I'm having a hard time getting the rest off. But, I am determined to lose it!!! I just want to get this weight off. I can't put anymore on. I've been walking almost every day. I usually walk for twenty to thirty minutes. I'm hoping to start running soon. I'm really wanting to get into tennis, too. So, we will see!
Anyway, hope y'all have a great weekend!!!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Excitement!!
Ah, I am so excited!! And, I need to let it out!! :) I was board appointed as assistance junior church leader. I am thrilled beyond words! If there is any calling or ministry that I have a great passion for, it is with children.
I am just so thankful that God opened this door in my life. I love my kids and I want to see them get saved and make it to Heaven. I get to learn under some of the best. Brenda Leach and Barbara Baker are the best to learn under. I am just so excited.
I know God has allowed this for a reason. It's an affirmation to me that my passion for children's ministry is God's doing and not my own selfish interest.
I also know that it is a great responsibility. I can only do it with the Lord's strength and help. I am dependant upon Him!
I am excited about what God is doing in my life and where He is leading me! I can't wait to see what He does with my life.
I am just so thankful that God opened this door in my life. I love my kids and I want to see them get saved and make it to Heaven. I get to learn under some of the best. Brenda Leach and Barbara Baker are the best to learn under. I am just so excited.
I know God has allowed this for a reason. It's an affirmation to me that my passion for children's ministry is God's doing and not my own selfish interest.
I also know that it is a great responsibility. I can only do it with the Lord's strength and help. I am dependant upon Him!
I am excited about what God is doing in my life and where He is leading me! I can't wait to see what He does with my life.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Hope you had a wonderful weekend! I sure did! It was more of a relaxing weekend which was nice!
We got invited out for Sunday meal, so that was nice. No extra cooking for Mom and I!! :)
I am doing some babysitting this week. Both of the boys are sleeping now. I love naptime! :) I had a new record. I got Jackson asleep in ten minutes. It only took about 3 books! I think that is the quickest he has fallen asleep for me.
Our church starts VBS this week. I plan to be there as much as I can to help. Since, I am babysitting three days this week, I'll probably be late all those nights. I know I will be tonight. I am hoping that we will get some new contacts for the bus ministry. We usually do. I love working with the kids, they are all special. I am glad I attend a church that believes in outreach!
We got invited out for Sunday meal, so that was nice. No extra cooking for Mom and I!! :)
I am doing some babysitting this week. Both of the boys are sleeping now. I love naptime! :) I had a new record. I got Jackson asleep in ten minutes. It only took about 3 books! I think that is the quickest he has fallen asleep for me.
Our church starts VBS this week. I plan to be there as much as I can to help. Since, I am babysitting three days this week, I'll probably be late all those nights. I know I will be tonight. I am hoping that we will get some new contacts for the bus ministry. We usually do. I love working with the kids, they are all special. I am glad I attend a church that believes in outreach!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Just another day.....
I really do not have much to write about. I just got back from bus calling. I'm encouraged by the number of kids that was home. We are having VBS next week, so I hope we have a good turnout!
Life is going good. Just getting adjusted to changes and being single again. All the emotions and feelings you go through, is just crazy. I have had enough heartache for awhile.
I am still babysitting. Haven't gotten a "real" job, yet. I am still praying about it. I really am hoping that I get the one at the hospital, but it has been a week since I've had my interview. So, who knows!!
It' hard to believe that summer is going by so fast! Anyway, hope you have a wonderful weekend!! :)
Life is going good. Just getting adjusted to changes and being single again. All the emotions and feelings you go through, is just crazy. I have had enough heartache for awhile.
I am still babysitting. Haven't gotten a "real" job, yet. I am still praying about it. I really am hoping that I get the one at the hospital, but it has been a week since I've had my interview. So, who knows!!
It' hard to believe that summer is going by so fast! Anyway, hope you have a wonderful weekend!! :)
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Falling in Love
It is a mystery why we fall in love.
It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery when it comes. It is a mystery why some loves grow and it is a mystery why some loves fail.
You can analyze this mystery and look for reasons and causes, but you will never do any more than to take the life out of the experience. Just as life itself is something more than the sum of the bones and muscles and electrical impulses in the body, love is something more than the sum of interests and attractions and commonalities that two people share. And just as life itself is a gift that comes and goes in its own time, so, too, the coming of love must be taken as an unfathomable gift that cannot be questioned in its ways.
Sometimes-hopefully at least once in your life-the gift of love will come to you in full flower, and you will take hold of it and celebrate it in all its inexpressible beauty. This is the dream we all share. More often, it will come and take hold of you, celebrate you for a brief moment, then move on.
When this happens to young people, they too often try to grasp the love and hold it to them, refusing to see that it is a gift freely given and a gift that just as freely moves away. When they fall out of love or the person they love feels the spirit of love leaving, they try desperately to reclaim the love that is lost rather an accepting the gift for what it was, then moving on.
They want answers where there are no answers. They want to know what is wrong with them that makes the other person no longer love them, or they try to get their lover to change, thinking that if some small thing were different love would bloom again. They blame their circumstances and say if they go far away and start a new life together their love will grow.
They try anything to give meaning to what has happened. But there is no meaning beyond the love itself, and until they accept its own mysterious ways they live in a sea of misery.
You need to know this about love, and accept it. You need to treat what it brings you with kindness. If you find yourself in love with a person who does not love you, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. Love just didn't choose to rest in the other persons heart.
If you find someone else in love with you and you don't love him or her, feel honored that love came and called at your door, but gently refuse the gift you cannot return. Do not take advantages, do not cause pain. How you deal with love is how love will deal with you, and all our hearts feel the same pains and joys, even if our lives and ways are very different.
If you fall in love with another and she falls in love with you, and then love chooses to leave, do not try to reclaim it or assess blame. Let it go. There is a reason and there is a meaning. You will know in time, but time itself will choose the moment.
Remember that you don't choose love. Love chooses you.
All you can really do is accept it for all it's mysteries when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing, then reach out and give it away. Give it back to the person who brought it alive in you. Give it to others who seem poor in spirit. Give it to the world around you in any way you can.
This is where so many lovers go wrong. Having been so long without love, they understand love only as a need. They see their hearts as empty places that will be filled with love, and they begin to look at love as something that flows to them rather than from them.
In the first blush of new love they are filled to overflowing, but as their love cools they revert to seeing their love as a need. They cease to be someone who generates love and instead of someone who seeks love. They forget that the secret of love is that it is a gift, and that it can be made to grow by giving it away.
Remember this and keep it in your heart. Love has its own times, its own seasons, and its own reasons for coming and going. You cannon bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. But if it chooses to leave, from your heart or from the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and nothing you should do.
Love has always been and will always be a mystery. Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life. If you keep your heart open, it will come again.
By: Kent Nerbum
It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery when it comes. It is a mystery why some loves grow and it is a mystery why some loves fail.
You can analyze this mystery and look for reasons and causes, but you will never do any more than to take the life out of the experience. Just as life itself is something more than the sum of the bones and muscles and electrical impulses in the body, love is something more than the sum of interests and attractions and commonalities that two people share. And just as life itself is a gift that comes and goes in its own time, so, too, the coming of love must be taken as an unfathomable gift that cannot be questioned in its ways.
Sometimes-hopefully at least once in your life-the gift of love will come to you in full flower, and you will take hold of it and celebrate it in all its inexpressible beauty. This is the dream we all share. More often, it will come and take hold of you, celebrate you for a brief moment, then move on.
When this happens to young people, they too often try to grasp the love and hold it to them, refusing to see that it is a gift freely given and a gift that just as freely moves away. When they fall out of love or the person they love feels the spirit of love leaving, they try desperately to reclaim the love that is lost rather an accepting the gift for what it was, then moving on.
They want answers where there are no answers. They want to know what is wrong with them that makes the other person no longer love them, or they try to get their lover to change, thinking that if some small thing were different love would bloom again. They blame their circumstances and say if they go far away and start a new life together their love will grow.
They try anything to give meaning to what has happened. But there is no meaning beyond the love itself, and until they accept its own mysterious ways they live in a sea of misery.
You need to know this about love, and accept it. You need to treat what it brings you with kindness. If you find yourself in love with a person who does not love you, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. Love just didn't choose to rest in the other persons heart.
If you find someone else in love with you and you don't love him or her, feel honored that love came and called at your door, but gently refuse the gift you cannot return. Do not take advantages, do not cause pain. How you deal with love is how love will deal with you, and all our hearts feel the same pains and joys, even if our lives and ways are very different.
If you fall in love with another and she falls in love with you, and then love chooses to leave, do not try to reclaim it or assess blame. Let it go. There is a reason and there is a meaning. You will know in time, but time itself will choose the moment.
Remember that you don't choose love. Love chooses you.
All you can really do is accept it for all it's mysteries when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing, then reach out and give it away. Give it back to the person who brought it alive in you. Give it to others who seem poor in spirit. Give it to the world around you in any way you can.
This is where so many lovers go wrong. Having been so long without love, they understand love only as a need. They see their hearts as empty places that will be filled with love, and they begin to look at love as something that flows to them rather than from them.
In the first blush of new love they are filled to overflowing, but as their love cools they revert to seeing their love as a need. They cease to be someone who generates love and instead of someone who seeks love. They forget that the secret of love is that it is a gift, and that it can be made to grow by giving it away.
Remember this and keep it in your heart. Love has its own times, its own seasons, and its own reasons for coming and going. You cannon bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. But if it chooses to leave, from your heart or from the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and nothing you should do.
Love has always been and will always be a mystery. Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life. If you keep your heart open, it will come again.
By: Kent Nerbum
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Changes
A lot has went on in my life, since the last time I blogged. Some changes you can see and some you cannot. God has been working in my life! Some of it only I know about, and some of it others can see!
The last week has been hard. I had some decisions to make! I had been praying for a long time about some of them. And, I wanted an answer from God. I did not want to make a mistake, so it had to be very clear and plain for me. And, it was. Even though it was hard, I had a peace and I finally knew what I had to do. God is good!
Anyway, summer is almost over. I am seriously dreading going back to school. That is another scary, unknown part of my life. But, it is also exciting. I am trusting the Lord to help and to give strength.
I am still looking for a job. I had an interview last Thursday. I am really hoping that it will work out. I would love to work there and I think it'd be a good opportunity for me. I am still doing babysitting for right now. I am very thankful that I least have some sort of income coming in. :) Hope y'all have a wonderful week!!
The last week has been hard. I had some decisions to make! I had been praying for a long time about some of them. And, I wanted an answer from God. I did not want to make a mistake, so it had to be very clear and plain for me. And, it was. Even though it was hard, I had a peace and I finally knew what I had to do. God is good!
Anyway, summer is almost over. I am seriously dreading going back to school. That is another scary, unknown part of my life. But, it is also exciting. I am trusting the Lord to help and to give strength.
I am still looking for a job. I had an interview last Thursday. I am really hoping that it will work out. I would love to work there and I think it'd be a good opportunity for me. I am still doing babysitting for right now. I am very thankful that I least have some sort of income coming in. :) Hope y'all have a wonderful week!!
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