I feel like blogging

I feel like blogging but I am not sure what about, there is so much. So I went to check my photos to see what about, we have beach days, Disneyland, Sea World with friends, tea parties, lemonade stands, bears, Pirate Ship Adventures, park days, theatre award shows, summer is in full swing and all at once soon to come to an end, Mylove starts back school (well going into school, he took 18 units this summer) he goes back in 10 days, it has been nice sleeping in next to him each morning, but all good things must come to an end, and the bed get to be made before 10 am each day yahoo! Some reason if the bed is made a bit of my heart is content, I have always felt this way. Ok back to summer and it's end, the kids have just over 3 weeks left, I don't even want to think about what madness that brings to my life, I'll blog about that at a later date.

I have blogging A.D.D.

Now I want to talk about the 2nd Annual Remembrance Gathering put on by Sweet Pea Project http://www.sweetpeaproject.org/remember I am not savvy enough to make that link to just say sweet pea, I will be hosting San Diego's event along with Tara, and Bridget moved so we are hoping this year she gets to come down for it!

Oh maybe I should update on my last post; Save, Give, Spend. There is money in each Jar, we re so good at the spending jar, Save Jar could look better, and give jar I was able to give towards http://www.active.com/donate/holdenuganda/teammichigan $6 not much at all but when a lot of people come together big things can happen, it takes about $2000 for 1 well to be built but with that 1 well it means water for hundreds of people! I will be looking for more things to give towards and hoping to continue with The Holden Uganda project as well!

Living life each day with purpose to bring Him glory. Feeling blessed as I lay in bed with my lap top, internet, and my snoring 3 year old.

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8

Today I had an idea so I am putting forth what has been laid on my heart.
Save, Give, Spend
This concept isn't new, just the way we are going to go about it is new for us.

SAVE: Pretty easy to understand save for future us. Easy to understand not as easy to put into practice for us. Labeled RED for STOP don't touch!

GIVE: In this jar is the money we can use to bless others; family or friends in need, church, the homeless, or special non profits that speak to our hearts. Labeled YELLOW for pray-fully consider who to bless.

SPEND: No need to explain this is our extra spending cash. Labeled GREEN for go ahead and spend.

Over two months!

Sorry for being away so long, many things have gone on in the past 9 weeks!

~Galilee and Justin's show opened and closed "The Music Man" Justin did a great job directing and Galilee was so sweet up on stage

~Justin had a birthday during the shows run so we really haven't celebrated

~We had a double rainbow birthday party for Felicity and Quinn, they are growing so quickly before our eyes!

~Katie and Cassie graduated high school!!

~Esther had her 4th heavenly birthday, we had a Esther bear party where family came over and got to make their very own Esther bears.

~The kids are out for their summer break, so this means a lot of swimming, beach days, and trying to keep 4+ kids entertained, we get to have nieces, nephews, and siblings over during the summer.

~Justin became a pirate(fun stuff)

~Mylove(justin) and I celebrated our 9th anniversary!

~Our wonderful friends The Crews had their darling rainbow baby Jason, he is so perfect and beautiful!

A lot going on, we are blessed with love, family, and friends! Sorry I don't have more photo's to go along with this blog (I am on the wrong computer)

Mother's

T'was the night before mothers day and all through the house not a child was stirring not a peep or a sound. Some mothers might say, this is, yes the best part of the day, but many more mothers I know their hearts ache and their souls yearn to hear that pitter patter of dear sweet ones toes running down the hall and a tiny voice saying "mama I can't sleep, can you read me one more story?" Some are blessed with babies here that do just want one more story and an extra kiss goodnight, and some are blessed with being a Mommy to ones that not everyone is privileged to know or see. Those with Earthly angels hug them and kiss them extra tonight, for that is what I will do, but know that 1/5 of my heart flew away when my 3rd child was born into perfect glory. My heavenly angel I love you my dear. Happy Mother's Day to ALL and to ALL a BLESSED night.

5 things

I am blessed

I am writing this blog in response to Marybeth's blog she quoted this from a book
The Prescription for Contentment:
Never allow yourself to complain about anything-not even the weather.
Never picture yourself in any other circumstances or someplace else.
Never compare your lot with another's.
Never allow yourself to wish this or that had been otherwise.
Never dwell on tomorrow-remember that tomorrow is God's, not ours.

1. I live in San Diego and even in the middle of winter we have green grass and the warmth of the sun.
2. I am married to the love of my life, with whom I can be myself and he still loves me for me.
3. I have a computer and can afford to pay for some interweb connection.
4. I have darling children with beautiful giving hearts.
5. Jesus has giving his perfect life for all of us so we may live eternally in glory and if this is all I ever had in life it would be more than enough!

March

March is here, I am reading through the book of Proverbs for this month. I love doing this, I did this 11 years ago for the first time, and Proverbs 31 is my FAVORITE chapter of the bible. I have done 3 chapters thus far and I am getting wonderful messages from God out of each one, very refreshing! I read to my kids the first chapter and after I asked what they got out of it, "if we follow God and listen to him we will be safe". I love that I was reading to my kids and right there in chapter one was: 8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9 They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck. The theme right now is wisdom and learning and listening here are a few of the verses that I am in love with right now
1:33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.
3:3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart
3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding
3:11-12 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.
I know this last verse seems like the least appealing and encouraging but I think it is what speaks to me the most.

LOVE

We are called to love above all else to L.O.V.E. we were created to love, and to be loved, to bring God glory, to love him, have him love us; to to have a relationship. Love it more than attraction, love is more than a feeling of butterflies. Love can be at times the most painful thing in your life, when love isn't loving back, when things aren't, just so. Love isn't a plan, and it isn't scripted, it can be messy.

If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

I was singing(I use this term very loosely)a made up song to Owen tonight, I love you like_____ loves______ (fill in the blanks) I love you like sunflowers love the sun I love you like frosting loves the cake and even in my silly song of love to my son there is a relationship where love is loving.

We are to love and to be loved!