Oh where oh where has the time gone....

...Oh where oh where could it be!

I guess it’s been awhile huh! Life has taken over, and left me little time to blog this last month! It’s actually left me very little time to do anything...including pictures! I've only taken a handful this last month... :(!!! But I am back and ready for action! The holidays are here...Yippy...the weather is here...Yuck.....the food is here...Yippy....and the time to be Thankful is here...Double Yippy! Why does it seem like we are always more thankful around the holidays? Why can’t we be thankful EVERYDAY!!! grrr...to me!

This last month has really kicked David’s and my butts. We hit many new challenges, and experienced things we had not experienced before. I thank God for each of those challenges, as they were wonderful tools to draw us closer to Him!


A little over a month ago, we found out that we had our surprise bean number 3 on the way. God had blessed us with a third chance to be the best parents we could be. To raise another one up under His teachings. To be able to raise up the smallest gift into yet another godly man or woman. It was a surprise, but a huge blessing. Just about the time we were ready to tell all the family, we had a miscarriage. Our hearts were broken. My little bean was gone. We have now had a few weeks to really sit back and reflect on what it all meant. And to really focus on the things we Do have. God has given us the two most beautiful gifts he has created. They have done nothing but put joy in our lives, and the ones around them. I know in His timing, he will bless us again.


A few days after I finally started feeling better about what was going on, David hit his hard spot. He injured his leg is in first race....that, by the way he did awesome in!!! He got 11th place out of over 700 runners! He took a few days off from running to heal, but his body just wasn’t ready to hit the road again. He got his second injury the next week. This one has just about finished him. He has been in constant pain for almost 2 weeks now, and been in and out of Drs offices to try and figure out what’s causing it... :(! He won’t be able to run in his planned "first marathon" in Las Vegas, since it has put his training on hold obviously. He is pretty upset about not being able to run on a daily basis, and to not be able to do his race he had been looking so forward to. Keep him in your prayers for a quick healing of his injuries.


On a happy note, my Best friend of 15 years got married this last weekend! YAY!!! Rachel was sooo beautiful. She had the most amazing dress, and an even bigger glow on her face! Congrats Rachel and Lionell. I pray you enjoy your marriage the way God intended for us. It is a beautiful thing. Here are a few pictures of us from the wedding!

 

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I loved you from the very start

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First tattoo's

Like Daddy like son.....

....and daughter...

TGIF 10/9/09

It was a LONG LONG week. Breezy has had a fever for about a week and a half now. FINALLY, today she seems like she is feeling better. The fever is gone, and she is finally talking again. It was nice to have a calm cuddly little girl, but she is slowly coming back to her nonstop crazy moving self! This week we Thank God over and over again that Breezy is safe in our arms. Nothings worse than having a sick baby.

This week I pulled my craftiness out of me! I made Breezy her first tutu! It cost me a whole $3, and about 30 mins of my time! I am soo excited! Im gonna be making tutu's in every color now! She of course wasnt cooperating while I was trying to do pictures(because she didnt fel good), so these were the only two that turned out ok...I'll post some more after this weekend(Im gonna try again)!

TGIF! 10/2/09

David starts is work-study program today! Thank you God! It is going to be awesome. He will be doing similar work to what he will be doing once he graduates, so lots of nice practice. The job is through the VA (so it's all tax free), in the Mental Health Building...doing lots O' paper work! He put in his 2 weeks for the paper route, so he will FINALLY be able to get a full night of sleep every night. After 3 years of working nights (and super early mornings), he will finally be able to have a "normal schedule"! School every morning, work until 4:30, home for lots of homework, dinner, family time and bed (for a whole 9 hours)!!!! AND…weekend off!! One more perk for me, is that since he will be getting a full night’s sleep now, he can also get up with the kids at night. Yeah for me!!! Maybe I can get a full night of sleep one night!! :)


We are soo excited, and totally blessed to be able to have this job fall into his lap. I thanked God everyday for providing us both with jobs; even though at times we may not be the happiest with where we are. He has promised us that he will provide our every need. We are so lucky to have a God who has got our back, who will never leave us or forsake us, who will always love us, and always protect us. Thank God....

Love is Patient, Love is Kind....

Last night was our second study...great again! It was such an amazing lesson; something I could hear over and over again, and learn something new every time! I feel like I am slowly...no, quickly, losing patients with my job, with the kids, and with myself. The last few weeks, I have had numerous people make the comment of how I have so much patients working with kids every day. I know I "use to"...but I think it has all run out. :) In our study, our lives were compared to a cup of coffee. When a cup of coffee is "jiggled", coffee spills out. We were then asked "what spills out of our lives when we are jiggled"? Ughhh....I feel like impatients is all that spills out of me.


Something that really stuck with me was " Patients is an attitude. Kindness is an action." Wow...

...God has so much to teach me. I have so much to learn.

26 hour days... :)

Some days I wish they were 26 hours long. I just need two extra "alone hours"...all to myself!!! Nobody but me. I can never find enough hours in the day to fit everything in. Between a bazillion diapers, feedings, laundry(that NEVER ends), cooking for the endless mouths, cleaning(that also NEVER ends), being a taxi driver and mommy to 3 other kids...then trying to find time to be a mommy to our 2 kids, more diapers and feedings, sleepless nights, bathing everyone(but myself)....There is no end to my days! What would I do with myself if I had two hours everyday all to myself?!?! Hmm....First I would shower! Some days it feels like its been forever(even if it was only the day before)...being a mom is a messy job! :) Second... I would have a personal bible study....just me and God! Oh how I miss having time for that. Third... I would edit more pictures!!!! You cant ever have too much time taking and editing pictures!! Especially when you have such a beautiful family!