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Thursday, June 29, 2006
Current mood: loved


I feel like I have been writing a lot of blogs latley. Oh no, I'm turning into Jim. JK I don't have that many important things to write about, I'm not that smart yet. I just wanted to share with you an analogy I got today.

I took the kids swimming at the B-town pool today. It was the first time Paul got to swim in a kiddie pool. He just loves the water and I knew he was really going to have a great time, and I was right. He was splashing all aroung having the best time. He could stand up in this pool and could walk a little. He could even sit down and his head would still be above the water. But the more comfortable he got the more he wanted to test out what he could do. I was holding on to him because every time I would let go he would fall over into the water head and all. He did not want me hanging on to him, he wanted to be a big boy and do it on his own. As soon as he would wiggle away from me he would no doubt fall under the water and I would scoop him back up. He would catch his breath and then do it all over again. I kept thinking to myself why does he keep doing this. Why is he not scared of drowning. How many times is he going to do this before he realizes that if he gets away from me he is going to go under the water. Then I thought man, we as christians are a lot like Paul is here. God has given us some bounderies to live by but we always want to see how far we can go. We know that if we step out of his will then there will be consequences. If Paul were to stay away from me he would no doubt drown, and just the same if we stay away from God we will drown. Paul kept getting away from me because he knew that I would save him from drowning, he knew that mommy was close by to scoop him up every time he went under. I know in my life I let a few things slip or wonder a little away from God and he is always there to pick me back up. It feels great to know that my God is always close by watching over me.

June 25, 2006

I had the awesome opportuity this past week to attend youth camp with some of the youth at our church. It was a great week. I enjoyed every moment of it (okay well maybe not the 3 hour scavenger hunt in the hot sun walking from one end of the camp to the next, but at least we won). I loved getting to know the girls I had in my cabin. We had so much fun, (sorry Faith for the frog that was thrown in your shower, it sounded funny in my head and I'm pretty sure the other girls were laughing, just not you). I think that I really learned a lot over the week and would even go as far to say that I think I learned more than the teens did. God spoke so many things into my life over the week. I came back a changed person. I kept asking myself why did God talk to me so much over the past week, why doesn't he speak to me that much on a regular basis. I think I might have figured it out.

First, I spent so much time with him, talking to him, reading his word, and fellowshiping with other believers. You can't help to hear from God when your seeking him out so much. It's like if you want to get advice from a friend, it's going to be hard to get the advice from them if your not talking to them and spending time with them.

Next, the pressures of the world were absent. No T.V., radio, computers, and limited phone use. We were just surrounded by nature where you can't help but to see the beauty of the Lord. He was all around us. I'm happy to say that in the two days I have been home our T.V has not been turned on one time, the best thing is that I don't even miss it. There is so much filth that we allow into our homes through this little box and we christians are pretty good at coming up with some good exuses why it's okay, I have done it for years although I knew God wasn't pleased.

I think that I have learned that if I will seek him out, spend more time with him here at home, that he will speak to me more. I think he has been longing for me to come to this point in my life. I wish it wouldn't have taken me so long to figure it out. All I know is that I serve an awesome God that is full of mercy and grace, and it's undeserved on my part. My hope is that the teens I know will learn from my mistakes and make better choices earlier in life than I have.

So I'm looking forward to returning to camp next year if the girls will have me back. I'd promise no more practical jokes but this would be a bad time to tell a lie!!!

April 7th 2006
Six Years......... What does 6 years mean? Well I suppose it means different things to different people. For me, today, the meaning is very special because today my husband and I celebrate 6 years of marriage. A lot of things have happend in the last 6 years in our lives. Six years and one day ago I was a single parent with one child, a 3 year old boy. Today I am a mother of 8. I added 7 children in 6 years, that is crazy. It has been a joy for me to see that 3 year old boy grow and mature into a wonderful 10 year old. He went from being an only child to being a wonderful big and little brother. Six years ago I not only added a husband to my family but also his two wonderful daughters. In six years those girls and I have grown very close, they are without a doubt my best friends, (well next to my love, but we will talk more on that later). I have watched them grow into sweet young women with a love for the Lord and a love to reach the lost. I watched them go on their first mission trip to Romania and absolutley fall in love with the children there in the orpahanage and a few years later I went with them on my first mission trip and met those same sweet children and was able to see why their hearts will always be there with those kids. Now I see those same two girls who were 13 and 15 six years ago as they have went off to college and I have so much respect and admiration for the choices they have made and continue to make on their journey into adulthood. I will never forget the day that I gave birth to my daughter Amber, with David and the girls by my side. How sweet that little girl was and is. I don't think any of us could have known just how special this little life would be to our family. Up to this point it had been David and his girls and me and my son, then came Amber, she was the only person who was a part of everyone. I think that all of us would say that she was a special "thread" that knitted our family together forever. And then about a year and a half later we began our journey into foster parenting and with that brought the joys of the 4 children we have since added to our family. To think this all started from two people falling in love and starting a life together. David is the love of my life, my best friend, father of my children, head of our household, spiritual leader, and I love him with all that I am. In six years we have had a lot of trials that life brought our way, but with God's grace and our love for him and each other we have made it to our six year anniversary and I know that there are many more to come. Six Years.....Thank you David for the past 6 years, I'm looking forward to the next 6!

March 20th, 2006
Well her goes my first Blog..... You have to hang with me here since I'm new at this myspace stuff. If you noticed my category, let me explain, it is actually quite fitting being that I do attend a lot of party's ie...birthday party's, Halloween party's, Thanksgiving party's, Christmas party's, Valentines Day party's, Easter party's, and even a few graduation party's. Just because their all kids party's they still gotta count for something. And my nightlife, sit back cause it's really exciting. First you have the crying baby who needs fed and the scared kids who need comforted. Then you have the occasional sick child and the one who still wets the bed from time to time. Oh and we can't forget the college girl who calls at 1 a.m. to see how were doing (she forgets it's 2 hours later here in Illinois than it is there in California). Makes for a pretty busy nightlife. Motherhood, it's great! I'll finish out my first blog with a short paragraph from a book I read this past year called The Power Of A Praying Parent.


"It's the best of jobs. It's the most difficult of jobs. It can bring you the greatest joy. It can cause the greatest pain. There is nothing as fulfilling and exhilarating. There's nothing so depleting and exhausting. No area of your life can make you feel more like a success when everything is going well. No area of your life can make you feel more like a failure when things go wrong. PARENTING!"

Oh and I don't want to forget to wish my firstborn a very happy 10th Birthday (Thursday). Happy Birthday Justin!!!! I Love You!!