The B-I-B-L-E..... yes that's the book for me :-)

I was having a little writers block but then I remembered a status on facebook that really caught my attention......

"Wonder what would happen if we treated our BIBLE like our CELL PHONE? We CARRY it every where we go. We flipped through it throughout the day. We went home to get it if we FORGOT it. We RECEIVED messages from the text. We COULDN'T live WITHOUT it. We GAVE it to KIDS as gifts. We used it in case of emergency. One more thing, it would NEVER be disconnected. JESUS has already paid the bill."

I remember reading it a while back and I just kinda of glanced over it, but this past week I really took the time to read it and think about it... and I was convicted. So many times when I have some "down" time... I am grabbing my cell phone... the laptop or the remote control..... but I should be grabbing my bible.

One of my favorite old shows is Little House on the Prairie... and when I watch it I'm always amazed because a lot of times at night before Caroline would go to bed...... she would be up reading her bible.... and I watch that and think wow.... usually i'm on the internet on my cellphone before bed....

I am realizing how I take the bible for granted... there are so many other countries who don't even have access to the Word of ......and here in our house we probably have 10 bibles.... and yet I don't make as much time as I should to read it....

It just really made me think.... hope it makes you think too....

School days.....

For those parents out there.... I'm guessing there are some like me who have moments in the summer that you think "school time ... why aren't you here yet" and then other times you think "summer please last forever"..... I had those moments throughout this summer.

Today was Joseph's first day of 1st grade and oh how I miss him already and he has only been at school 1 hour!! It's just hard to let them go... hard to release them into someone else's care.... what if they don't understand my child... what if they don't realize he is sad.... or nervous.... what if???

I have prayed and asked God to watch over him and that is all I can do at this point... I know he is in good hands at his school and I know he will learn alot and have fun so I guess I'll survive. :-)

I just can't believe my little guy last year... starting off in Kindergarten...

Has now grown into this big boy 1st grader!!! Makes me happy, sad and proud all at the same time...

I love you Joseph.. hope you have a great year!!!

what is "ok" could be..... grand! ....

I'm sure you all have seen this commerical. If not, please watch it and then read the rest of the blog.



As I was reading my devotional today in my womens devotional bible the author referenced this story, of the maestro coming up behind the little boy playing chopsticks and took something so small and made it grand. I don't know if it's a true story or not, but what the author wanted to express is that God can do the same for us. We go along in our lives doing things that are "ok".... "normal"...."good" but if we allow God to come up along side of us and we listen to his voice of encouragment and love then he can make our lives grand.... abundant... full of joy and happiness!

Tears immediately came to my eyes as I was reading and I pictured myself at that piano.... strumming along to what most would call a not very exciting tune and God steps in and makes it something so beautiful.... then I pictured me doing the house cleaning... changing diapers... driving the kids to school.... and I realized he can make everything in my life truly grand .... if I just let him......if I keep my heart focused on him.... and I listen to his words and feel his love for me....

I hope this encouraged you as it did me..... :-)

Joseph and Samuel....... birthday post.... a little late!

My firstborn Joseph recently turned 7 and my second son samuel turned 5 in June. I have been so sick with this new little one inside my belly that blogging has been an afterthough I'm sorry to say. I'm starting to feel a little better so I'm going to do a 2 in 1 :-)

Samuel turned 5 in June... and he brings a smile to my face every day.... he is a very sensitive child but also very compassionate and loving.... he is my cuddler... any time I am in the same room he is right next to me asking to hold my hand and I am constantly hearing "Mom I love you"..... He wanted to do his party at Chuck E Cheese and he invited a few of his friends.

He had a blast.... He even got to go in the ticket machine...

Joseph turned 7 in July. All my children are dramatic (some say after their mother! lol ) but Joseph is the most dramatic of them all. He also however is so sweet and loving. If he knows i'm upset or not feeling well he will chip in and do whatever he can to help me. He also loves being the big brother and enjoys helping (and sometimes annoying) his younger brothers. He is a homebody like me and enjoys just hanging out with his family. I'm so interested in seeing him as he grows .... what kind of teenager he will be.... and someday what kind of man. He decided he wanted to do a party with his friends from school, so we found a gymnastics place and had his party there. The kids had a blast.... so much to do....

The boys were lucky this year too because we got to celebrate with family back in Missouri as well for their birthdays.

All in all they had great birthdays and they make me feel very blessed to be their mother. :-) I'm looking forward to this next year... as Joseph enters the 1st grade... and samuel does his last year of pre-school.... I know every parent says this... but it's just sooo true.... they grow up SOOOOO fast!!!!

Great blog for you to check out in case you aren't already!!!

My best friend Chrissy has a blog called Traveling Light. She is a gifted writer and has great blogs. One in particular recently was very thought provoking and I wanted to pass it along to those of you who read my blog so you can all check it out. Here's the link

http://chrissyrenee79.blogspot.com/2011/08/life-jacket.html

Hope you all enjoy her blogs as much as I do!!

Morning Sickness Blues.....

Well after an ultrasound last week my due date is March 5th and I am currently 9 weeks pregnant! :-) I am very excited about this baby however right now it is difficult because I have been so sick. Since about 6 weeks I have had morning sickness pretty much all day.... and this is my first child to actually make me throw up. I have tried a bunch of "home remedies" as well as a script from the doc and nothing is really helping, so I guess I'm just going to tough it out and pray that it will leave when I go into my 2nd trimester.

We have decided to find out the sex. We did not find out with our first 2 but we did find out with our 3rd and we want to find out with this one as well. They do that ultrasound at 18 weeks and that will be the first week of October and I can hardly wait!!! Boy or girl I just wanna know so I can start getting their room ready :-)

My other boys are very excited and keep asking when the baby is going to get here..... I feel sorry for them knowing they have a looonnng time to wait, however school will be starting soon so that will be a nice distraction for them... and me to help the time go by a little faster.

I still can't believe I am going to have 4 children!!! I always used to say I wanted 6...... but I think I'm going to be good with 4 :-)

Well.... I'm going to go and try to eat something... wish me luck!!! lol...