Grace Unmeasured

2013-04-11T19:33:00.000-04:00

For the past several years this subject has been tossing around in my mind. We have WAY too much stuff and I (personally) think it is a sin to have so much. My family's excess could be used so much more wisely in the building up of God's kingdom. Loved this post. Just had to share.

http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2012/09/14/why-i-took-all-my-kids-toys-away-why-they-wont-get-them-back/

2012-10-29T16:27:00.000-04:00

The past few weeks have been especially blessed and trying all at the same time. This song has just captured by heart. Can't wait for us to sing it at church.

Florida Vacation March/April 2012

2012-04-19T18:22:00.000-04:00

I've finally gotten most of our photos from our vacation on the computer! YAY! Just click on the link and enjoy!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150811278967246.462492.680287245&type=3&l=730e3ec6b1

12 Year Wedding Anniversary

2012-04-14T11:16:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow is our 12th year wedding anniversary! Can hardly believe that it's been 12 years. Seems like forever yet yesterday. Forever in that I can't imagine me ever having a life without Glen and yesterday in that it's gone by too fast! Life is going by very rapidly!

So, today instead of spending money on going out to eat for our anniversary we (I) have chosen to have our family photographed today. Can't wait. Just can't decide which clothes for all of us to wear. I have a photographer friend who did our portrait session in 2009 and she's AWESOME! I will post some after we get them back. So excited!

We just got back on Tuesday from vacation in Florida. No, we didn't go to Disney. Makes me kinda sad that we didn't, but we could hardly afford to go at all, much less go there! We have some wonderful friends who let us stay in their wonderful house for almost two weeks for free. It was such a blessing! I read "The Help" while we were there. (I also killed a huge water-bug thing with it. Sorry, Elaine!) I've seen the movie, but I hadn't read the book. I think the book is better, but I'm looking forward to seeing the movie again. AND I loved it that it was thick enough to last pretty much for the whole trip.

One day we were on our way to the Mote Aquarium in Sarasota and had a flat tire. Thankfully we have AAA and it happened in the best place...right beside a park near a statue of this. It's absolutely enormous.

The tire got changed and we drove just up main street to the Firestone place and got two new tires. I hated those old tires anyhow. They made the van ride like a truck. Ugh. Anyhow we were able to go on to the Aquarium and enjoyed it. I have lots of videos and photos. It's just going to take a while for them to get posted. The video at the top of my blog has some footage of when we went to the Sarasota area in 2006.

We are thankful that God delivered us home with no mechanical problems with our van. We have a 1999 Honda Odyssey with 210,000 miles on it. It's purring right along. We love our van!

More later!

Blessing

2012-03-21T10:55:00.000-04:00

So much has happened since I wrote last. It's almost embarrassing! The best news is that Glen has a job!!! He got word a couple weeks ago. We're really excited about it! God has been faithful in providing for us.

We are in the process of cleaning out our junk from the basement (and other places). THAT all started with us trying to find all of our birth certificates. I found the title to the jeep! THAT was a plus! AND I have cleaned out enough stuff in the basement to where I can have a MOM CAVE! It's going to be so neat! Someone gave us a computer desk, so now I will have the old one downstairs and can set up the old computer down there and maybe, just maybe, be able to access the internet from there. Won't that be grand?! I will also have a TV with a DVD player, a 5-disk cd changer with awesome sound...I might never been seen or heard from again when I get this thing all set up.

The kiddos are doing really well with school and we're trying to acclimate them to the schedule we will have when Glen actually starts his job. That won't be for another 4 weeks. We have some pretty amazing things going on between now and then. Should be lots of fun. We're taking advantage of this time because he is going from 4 weeks vacation a year to nearly none. THAT hurts. But we are content to make the most of the times we do have together. It's a new adventure and God is still the same wonderful faithful father he's aways been. We are satisfied with HIS plan.

Thankfulness

2012-01-25T15:36:00.003-05:00

I am speechless. Well, not completely. Finding more and more to be thankful for. Today I heard the words, "Everything looks good. Not any cancer that we can see." Wow. It's weird, but I didn't think it was cancer, but just to make sure I made the appointment anyhow. Especially since we found out that Glen's insurance will expire shortly. While sitting there waiting for the results of my tests I was overwhelmed with God's kindness and love for me. How many times do I truly trust Him, or ignore Him and His teachings? AND yet through it all He loves me the same. THAT is an amazing concept.

That's all for now. Thankfulness. I am writing this while listening to the David Crowder Band sing "Oh, how He loves us!"

Weariness

2012-01-13T21:27:00.001-05:00

Today we had some bad news. Glen's former employer evidently is contesting his eligibility for unemployment. THAT news didn't thrill us too much, but I know that my trust is not in man, but in God. I had a long 55 minute conversation with my parents. What a blessing they are in my life. Let's see if I can get a photo from their wedding up here.

TAHDAH! How about that? Just been thinking about their love story. AND realizing that I know very little about it. THAT is a sad thing! I'll be working harder this year to learn more and more about my parents. I just love the black and white photos! When we go to their house I have times where I get completely absorbed in the old photos my dad has. He has more than SEVERAL books full of old photos. My! How I love photography. Capturing a moment in history is spine tingling for me! Some favorites of mine:

Jonathan's feet. He used to sit like this all the time and I didn't want to forget about it.

Anna Grace in Massachusetts with the hat on Miss Dottie gave to her.

My Dad and Anna Grace. Love this picture! Photography is my first choice of "careers."

Praises

2012-01-12T17:48:00.001-05:00

Great news today! Glen qualifies for unemployment! What an answer to prayer. AND Jonathan got his glasses today. He's so funny. Can't stop talking about it! Oh, and now we have to get him a little table to put beside his bed so he has "somewhere to put his glasses case." What a hoot!

Addictions

2012-01-09T20:13:00.000-05:00

Most of the time when I think of addictions I think of alcohol, drugs, etc. WELL! I'm finding out that I have an addiction to food and to having it whenever I want, whether it is eating out or getting it at the grocery store. It's been so weird to think that every single time that we go out of the house we can ONLY do what we intended to do and nothing else. No stopping by McDonald's or Burger King and no late night runs for a burger. GASP! It's so depressing to know that I have allowed myself to become so addicted to (basically) just having my whims satisfied. I have a friend that has a goal of paying off a $30,000 debt. One of the ways they are doing that is to never get fast food. They eat out occasionally, but they never get fast food. Amazingly they have already paid off over $5,000. Uh-Oh....I feel conviction coming on.

Today I didn't want to get out of the house at all (afraid I would be tempted to spend money we don't have). So this afternoon we went to Walmart to pick out Jonathan's new glasses. Yep, the little man needs glasses. We've thought he might for a while and just never got around to it. His eyes aren't bad, but he still needs them. He picked out some darker blue frames. All the frames were really too big except one pair and he didn't like them...of course.

We're doing okay, five days into our unemployment. We have clothes to wear, food to eat, a place to live, cars that run and friends and family that are completely wonderful in every way. How thankful I am that even in the midst of this trial I can still see HIS hand in my life and have joy. We know that HE is in control. Thank goodness we're not!

Basketball and the Wii

2012-01-07T18:30:00.000-05:00

Today was Jonathan's mini-basketball tournament to start off the basketball season. His team won 3 of the 4 games they played! AND he made one of the baskets. Needless to say, he is ecstatic about it!

I think the basketball is as good for him as it is for his parents. We have many friends that have children that play basketball also, so we all get to visit, which is so wonderful! Now Jonathan and Glen are playing football on the Wii. Ahhh....the Wii. Yes, we have a Wii. It was one of the last wonderful things that Glen got for free for doing such a wonderful job at work. Hmm....seems weird to ME that they had to let him go if they were willing to give him FREE stuff. Oh, well. Just MY opinion and my cynical nature rearing it's ugly head.

2012-01-06T16:11:00.000-05:00

Psalm 20:1-5

"May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble;
May the name of the God of Jacob defend you;
May He send you help from the sanctuary,
And strengthen you out of Zion;
May He remember all your offerings,
And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah

May He grant you according to your heart's desire,
And fulfill all your purpose.
We will rejoice in your salvation,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions."

This is our prayer.

How quickly life can change. It's in the blink of an eye. So much I take for granted. Lord, please help me keep my eyes on you and not our circumstances.

Yesterday we found out that Glen was losing his job. This is not the first time he's been let go from the same bank. BUT this time there is no money coming in from anywhere. THAT is a scary thing. BUT (again) what an opportunity to trust God for everything. He is bigger than this situation and already has it worked out for our good. We do not want to waste this opportunity to see him work and grow us in Him. We are so thankful for our friends, family and church family for their love and support! I am once again (and again) amazed by God!

Now that I have "started" blogging again I would like to post some pictures from the end of last year. So much to be thankful for. I'm really excited to see what God is going to do with us in 2012!

Sound-off...Sort of...

2011-06-27T22:28:00.002-04:00

I was just sitting here wondering. I'm wondering about extreme couponing. Not the show necessarily, but the obsession with couponing. I understand the reasoning behind wanting to save money and be good stewards of what we have, but I think a lot of America has gone coo-coo. On several occasions I have attempted to "coupon" and have been (WOW!) completely blown away by how much time it takes to put together a shopping trip. We're talking hours and hours day after day. There's so much of my children's lives that I want to be a part of and I think it is important to be in their lives. AND if I'm spending all that time on the computer and clipping coupons what message am I sending to them? I can think of a few...1) Mommy doesn't have time for us, 2) Saving money is more important than listening to my heart, or 3) We don't matter to Mommy or Daddy or to this family. THAT is just 3 things. Time goes by so quickly and we have our children for such a short amount of time before they are grown and gone, I think it's just a shame that we are so taken with the "going thing." It's exactly what I want to guard against with my children. Teaching them to love their neighbor, give back to the community, love God and country, yep, those things are what we should be more concerned about. If it's something that draws us away from God and Godliness we should steer clear.

YAY FOR SUMMER!!

2011-06-10T22:26:00.000-04:00

Just been sitting here thinking about our vacations to Massachusetts last year. Missing the peacefulness of the country; the smells, the beautiful trees, flowers and the views. I feel it's beckoning to me to come back to that place of tranquility. No worrying about school, cleaning, washing clothes (well, within reason....), work of any kind. Sigh. It's amazing how much an impression places can make on you. There was not the normal things we would do for entertainment at home. No TV or computer was a biggy! Barely a telephone. Gasp! We did puzzles - LOTS of puzzles. Helped the kids with their golf swings. Played baseball. Played in the river. Some of the best memories we have made as a family! And we made some wonderful friends there. Can't wait to see them again! So thankful for the blessing of friendship! God is so good!

There is a picture of the back porch of the place where we stayed. Lots of long conversations happened there. We rarely ate inside. It was too beautiful to stay inside! Anna Grace and I read "I Love You, Ronnie." She was completely fascinated by Ronald & Nancy Reagan. I know when we go back we will have to read some of it again.

I wish we were a more musical family. The house needed some music. Not the kind from the I Pod. A violin and guitar. Maybe a piano. NOTE TO SELF: FIND PIANO FOR FREE! :) I loved having the windows open and hearing the crickets and whippoorwills at night. I just plain miss vacation time period!

Too good not to post!...BORROWED!

2011-05-23T17:00:00.000-04:00

"STINKIN' THINKIN'

I turned my dishwasher on the other day and, Pew! The smell was awful! I tried to run extra water through the sinks and relieve my suffering nose from the stench but to no avail. After fixing supper last night, my sweet hubby was helping clear the dishes and put them in the dishwasher. When he tried to use the garbage disposal, it backed up and filled the sink with yucky water! YUCKY YUCKY water! Well, to make a long story short, he got it unplugged and we figured out why my dishwasher was stinking...it was the garbage disposal, not the dishwasher that had a problem. From now on, I will be careful not to put cut flowers down the garbage disposal. They are pretty in the vase, but when they get old, they can really stink!

Lord, help me get rid of my stinkin' thinkin' and focus my thoughts on things that are pure, things that are lovely and things that are of a good report. These good things will unplug my heart of the decomposing thoughts that linger in my mind for too long and make my life stink! Help me to check my "garbage disposal" frequently so anything coming out of my mouth will be fresh and sweet."

http://riversofretrospect.blogspot.com/2011/05/stinkin-thinkin.html

Glorious Sunshine!

2011-05-23T16:45:00.001-04:00

Hard to believe I haven't posted for so long! One thing I want to work on this summer is collecting kitchen stuff - like serving bowls, utensils, plates and so on for having dinner parties. I decided at Christmas last year that I need to get over the fact that my house is small and just have parties anyhow. They may have to be smallish, but I still can do it! SO! I march onward to THAT goal. I've also been looking at some neat ideas for changing our home like new paint, accessories and such. This picture inspires me a great deal. Believe me there are other pictures! LOL! Can't wait to get to work on a project.

Saturday was such a good day. We got up late and took our time about getting outside, but when we did we really worked hard. Glen mowed the yard and cleaned the gutters. Me and the kids worked on raking leaves/pine needles, caulking all our cracks on the outside of the house, cleaned down the outside basement steps (ECK!) and cooked. We were starving by the time we finally sat down to eat. I fixed baked spaghetti. YUM! Believe it or not it's my first time fixing that. Turned out REALLY good! And I fixed cheesy garlic biscuits to go with it. Yum...we might have leftovers for supper tonight. Can't decide between that and tacos. Hmmm...

Sunday was GREAT! Church was wonderful and afterward we got to have lunch with some friends and get to know two other couples better. FUN! Good food, good fellowship - great combination!! And believe it or not I came home and washed clothes. Then we discovered that the computer was acting CRAZY. Oh, thrill...complete with eyeroll! Finally got that "fixed" then we had popcorn and ice cream and watched Gilligan's Island. The kids think it's pretty funny, but Glen and I usually sleep right through it!

Casey has done so well with her braces these first few weeks! Incredible how quickly her teeth have begun to change.

On to supper! Still don't know what we're going to have. Maybe I should revisit the idea of menu planning!

Mother's Day 2011

2011-05-08T13:37:00.000-04:00

WORLD’S MEANEST MOTHER

--author unknown

I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs or toast. When others had cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different than the other kids’ also.

But at least, I wasn’t alone in my sufferings. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.

My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times. You’d think we were on a chain gang. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. She insisted if we said we’d be gone an hour, that we be gone one hour or less–not one hour and one minute. I am nearly ashamed to admit it, but she actually struck us. Not once, but each time we had a mind of our own and did as we pleased. That poor belt was used more on our seats than it was to hold up Daddy’s pants. Can you imagine someone actually hitting a child just because he disobeyed? Now you can begin to see how mean she really was.

We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath. The other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of insults because she made our clothes herself, just to save money. Why, oh why, did we have to have a mother who made us feel different from our friends?

The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning. We couldn’t sleep till noon like our friends. So while they slept-my mother actually had the nerve to break the child-labor law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, learn to cook and all sorts of cruel things. I believe she laid awake at night thinking up mean things to do to us.

She always insisted upon us telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, even if it killed us- and it nearly did.

By the time we were teenagers, she was much wiser, and our life became even more unbearable. None of this tooting the horn of a car for us to come running. She embarrassed us to no end by making our dates and friends come to the door to get us. If I spent the night with a girlfriend, can you imagine she checked on me to see if I were really there. I never had the chance to elope to Mexico. That is if I’d had a boyfriend to elope with. I forgot to mention, while my friends were dating at the mature age of 12 and 13, my old fashioned mother refused to let me date until the age of 15 and 16. Fifteen, that is, if you dated only to go to a school function. And that was maybe twice a year.

Through the years, things didn’t improve a bit. We could not lie in bed, “sick” like our friends did, and miss school. If our friends had a toe ache, a hang nail or serious ailment, they could stay home from school. Our marks in school had to be up to par. Our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother being as different as she was, would settle for nothing less than ugly black marks.

As the years rolled by, first one and then the other of us was put to shame. We were graduated from high school. With our mother behind us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the pleasure of being a drop-out.

My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of four children, a couple of us attained some higher education. None of us have ever been arrested or beaten his mate. Each of my brothers served his time in the service of this country. And whom do we have to blame for the terrible way we turned out? You’re right, our mean mother. Look at the things we missed. We never got to march in a protest parade, nor to take part in a riot, burn draft cards, and a million and one other things that our friends did.

She forced us to grow up into God-fearing, educated, honest adults. Using this as a background, I am trying to raise my three children. I stand a little taller and I am filled with pride when my children call me mean.

Because, you see, I thank God, He gave me the meanest mother in the whole world.

Happy Mother's Day, everyone!

More Later

2011-05-05T16:14:00.000-04:00

I have seriously considered renaming this blog "More Later!" Every time I write I feel like I leave out half the story. Oh, well.

We haven't been doing so well about getting on the Feingold diet. Too much stuff to use up, but I am slowly replacing stuff I'm out of with the good stuff. Going grocery shopping is very frustrating right now because EVERYTHING is so expensive! Don't know how we can even THINK about going on vacation with gas around $4/gallon. Wow. AND I don't even want to hear about coupons. Completely hate them at this point - and it takes SO MUCH of my time. My kids were sick of it and so am I!

Casey went to the doctor yesterday and has a sinus infection. She's our little girl who never gets sick. Anna come home from the doctor's office with a fever of over 101. Jonathan is okay so far. I feel like I'm getting sick, so I'm loading up on the Echinacea and Vit. C....and all the other vitamins and supplements I take. It's gotten completely out of hand lately! The top of my microwave looks like the Vitamin Store. Crazy!

Of Blossoms and Blooms

2011-05-02T22:07:00.000-04:00

The weekend was most enjoyable. Far and ABOVE anything I could have imagined. We took off on Saturday morning to the Peaks of Otter. We were going to have a picnic by the creek or lake and take pictures, then go home. WELL! We got there and before you know it we are hiking up Sharp Top! We had a man from Franklin County join us not long after we had started up the trail. He had a dog named Cheerio which the kids just loved. He seemed to be completely happy with walking with the kids and stopping every few minutes to make sure we were all still alive! What a hike! I thought in the first few minutes that I was gonna die. BUT I didn't want to "let on" too much in front of the kiddos. Anyhow on the way up Anna made friends with another "Anna" who was more than twice her age. Such a sweet girl. I really feel like God put them and us right there together so we could all help each other get up the mountain. We laughed at each other and goofed around. It was neat to have good company. All in all it took almost 4 hours for the whole trip. The kids had been complaining about being hungry as soon as we had left the house, but they didn't say much about it at all until we got to the top of Sharp Top. So, needless to say, the trip down was fraught with many, "I'm soooo tired." and "I'm so hungry I'm gonna die!" Having the dog as a distraction on the way up was really a good thing! We went down by the creek and ate our sandwiches and the kids got to play in the creek. Glen and Jonathan threw the football across the creek to each other. Every now and then it would "SPLAT!" in the creek which was followed by, "Oh, NO!" and giggles from the girls. Everyone was truly happy in that little space of time and I just thanked the Lord for letting me see it again! On the way home everyone was real quiet, but no one slept. I really didn't want to go home. But then Sunday wouldn't have happened.....

Sunday! New Member Sunday at church! What a fantastic day! There were six young folks that got baptized and 3 new members. Then a rousing sermon and fellowship afterward. Then Anna had a little friend come home with her from church. I just love my kid's friends! Jonathan went to a friends house for the afternoon. So, we got pizza and pigged out with our little guest and then I took a much needed nap. Needless to say, I'm still VERY sore from our trip up Sharp Top. Then last night around 9:00 we were all back together again, just in time to say goodnight and say night prayers. I love my family!

Bleh @ WALMART

2011-04-29T13:33:00.000-04:00

I needed to go to the grocery store yesterday. Well, against my better judgment I went to Walmart just to see what all they had that was Feingold safe. Well (again!), it is completely despicable how little they have in the way of no dyes, perfumes, preservatives and such. Let's just say it was pretty much agony to find anything that was okay. I left off some things that I know I can get at Kroger or the Co-Op. So now comes the really hard part of adapting to having to go maybe three different places to get all the groceries and such that I need. This is really an adventure, for sure! Still excited and so ready to get completely on this diet! It's pretty funny that now every time I serve the kiddos something they are saying, "Mom! You know there's red 40 in that!" Crazy, but so funny.

I didn't get up at 4 a.m. to watch the royal wedding. We sat down and watched part of it this morning. Now I'm feeling really behind, so I'm going to go finish getting ready for our weekend. Tomorrow we are planning to go up on the Blue Ridge Parkway and take some family photos. Hopefully I will have some to post soon! Happy weekend everyone!

So why is it.....?

2011-04-26T16:13:00.000-04:00

So, wonder why it is that I can think of the best posts when it's 2:00 AM? AND the computer is in the other room where the 8 year old is sleeping. AND I'm getting really tired of not using my family's names while blogging. Hmmm..... AND why do things always seem so wonderful in theory? AND why do I miss my van so much when I don't have it? AND why does the sound of a train whistle make me kinda sad? AND why do my children think that we have an endless supply of money? AND why do they behave JUST LIKE ME sometimes. Okay...so I'm chuckling now.

SPRING!

2011-04-26T11:06:00.000-04:00

Spring has finally come to the valley! The kiddos actually got to swim a bit yesterday. Might have been not the smartest thing in the world for them to do, but they had so much fun I didn't have the heart to tell them to get out. My 10 year old has a little friend that she hangs out with all the time and when they are together my daughter just giggles almost the entire time. It's really fun to hear.

So, when I say spring has finally come, that means that the pollen has really taken hold of us in a very allergic way. CB has a cough that sounds really bad. Matter of fact she's still in the bed and I constantly am having throat issues and the other two kids are on allergy meds. Hate this about spring, but I love this time of year. It's the a time of new beginnings. The promise of long walks in the woods; talking till midnight out on the patio; playing in the creek; long picnics with friends and family; and VACATION! Last year we went to western Massachusetts. Loved it. Here is a few pics from that trip:

Hoping this year that we can go back!

Got my information about the Feingold diet. My plan is to make a list of the things I get every week at the grocery store and make sure I get the "acceptable" things. Next is to go through my cabinets and see what is okay and what is not and see how we can get rid of all the "no-nos." It's a huge undertaking, but I'm so looking forward to seeing results! So, this week we will be eliminating things and replacing with the good stuff. Shew! I'm tired already! LOL!

Anniversary Stuff

2011-04-21T17:11:00.002-04:00

I thought that the kids did really good with their cards. Love the one about starting to look alike. :) Yes, we are working on spelling!

Springtime and Freshly Cut Grass

2011-04-19T17:40:00.000-04:00

Someone is mowing my lawn! And it isn't my husband! I'm hoping to surprise DH when he gets home with a freshly mowed lawn that he didn't have to slave over! But, I imagine the kiddos will spill the beans, but it's okay. Thanks to the "V" family for providing their son to fight our weird yard and get it done! Love it! It's beautiful! I wish I would have taken before and after photos because it was starting to look like Green Acres around here. At least it wasn't Sanford and Son! LOL!

Our Anniversary dinner was wonderful. DH really treated me to a wonderful meal at Table 50. Small place, but such wonderful food and the service was wonderful! It's hard to believe that we have been doing life together for 11 years. So much has happened and so much to be thankful for. I'm continually amazed by God's kindness to us! OH! And I found some more pictures. Let's see if I can actually get them up. YAY!

I guess every blog should say, "MORE LATER!" Or at least I know all of mine should!

CELEBRATE!

2011-04-15T14:07:00.000-04:00

11 years ago today I married my love and best friend. How wonderfully blessed I am! Thought I would share a few photos from our wedding/honeymoon. God has brought us through having two children with life threatening illnesses and their recovery; changing church families; well...the list could go on and on. It's a miracle of God's grace that we are together in the first place. We had completely lost contact with each other for 7 years or more and then whoosh...he appeared. Love how God works! We got married, had AG in an emergency setting at UVA, then two weeks later C was diagnosed with leukemia, then the next year we had J and my husband delivered him. Amazing times! Only by HIS grace we have gone through it all! Wow. Dear H has something up his sleeve to celebrate tonight. He hasn't told me, so I'll be sure and put it on here what he came up with. Relax...I'm sure it's something fun.

Ordered more information about the diet we are going to try. Very excited to see what God has for us in it!

MORE LATER!

Wedding Day

Our days.....

2011-04-13T15:58:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to update everyone on Baby Jack. He passed away on Saturday afternoon. The funeral was on Monday. I know the family would appreciate you to continue praying for them that they would seek His face and have grace to continue on. Makes me very sad and I hardly have words... Yet I am amazed by how God used this little baby's brief life to bring so many people to their knees in prayer. All I can say is WOW!

In other news - I have been reading a great deal about food colorings/dyes, BHT, BHA (preservatives) and have discovered that I'm REALLY ignorant about what I eat. I looked up what Vanillin is and was quite grossed out to find that "vanillin mainly came from wood pulp, a byproduct of the sulfite process. Mmm, tasty."

Doesn't that just gross you out? AND dyes are made from petroleum/crude oil - just like gasoline! Why has this become so accepted in our world? Grrrr....

So, now starts my first trip to the grocery store armed with more knowledge of what NOT to get and a list so I won't forget what is a no-no. Should be interesting. I'll let you know how it goes. Lord, give me strength! :)

Still not watching any TV during the day. I slipped one day when JT was gone. It was only for 30 minutes, but it just reminded me how addicted I really am to it! About the only thing we have watched has been DVD's in the car on the way to Grandaddy and Grandma's. We've watched Despicable me about 7 times now. It's so cute.

I don't think I could EVER accomplish any of this without my friends encouragement and prayers. How wonderful! I have been so blessed! Can't wait to see what God has for us tomorrow! Mommy-duty calls at the moment!