Humor in a not so humorous day!

I don't know about you but sometimes I have these days when I really don't feel like finding any humor in the whole day! You kinda feel like Eeyore.Like there could be a rain cloud shadowing your whole day.
Well maybe I'm weird but I have those days - (although I have a hunch I am in fact pretty normal.)Today was one of those days!
 But I'm not here to write about the downside of my day. I'm just being honest in saying that's kinda how my day went,mostly cloudy :)
But,humor just jumped out at me! And made me smile :)

When I saw Braxton hold this baby I looked at him and asked him if he's the babies daddy? :) His reply was "yes" with a big smile on his face. (right now he thinks the roll of daddy would be a good thing.It is good,but if he'd know the stress that comes with the good, I have a feeling he'd be holding off! :) We'll just spare him that part for now and let him dream.

The funny part was when Hailey was holding Elmo and I asked her if she's Elmo's mommy? Of course it was a "yes" .My guess is that it was a proud yes! :D

And then it hit me! The funniness of this! Lets just hope that Elmo's big,poppy on the top- of - his - head - eyes,his HHHEEEUGE mouth and that weird orange nose DO NOT pass on to the next generation! I don't wanna be carrying around my grandchildren and have people start gasping in disbelief  and suddenly say "oh,oh wow! There's definitley NO question that Elmo is their daddy!"

My friends,I know this is lame! So lame but sometimes it's the VERY SIMPLE,very lame things in life that make me smile!

~Simple things like Elmo's big buggy eyes!~

Living my life to it's fullest and nothing less!

Do I have time to write this morning? No.The simple answer is no.But I just cannot forget the story I read of a young lady who lost the battle of cancer and left behind a 5 year old, 3 year old and 1 year old! I read her the blog of one of her friends and it was just so sad!Her title of the story was "Why every moment matters when you're a mom (Don't let them slip away) And...
My mind went to yesterday! Yesterday was one of those days when I literally just felt like growling! My
2 babes are in the stage where (like I told a friend) everything needs to be banged on,jumped on,chewed on,torn apart,kicked on,strewn everywhere...or so it seems at times.And there was a time yesterday when I just wanted to scream!!Settleing fights and cleaning up messes gets the most of this mommy sometimes and I was tired.Tired of trying to figure out how to settle things,tired of trying to make my son talk nice to me,tired...just tired!
Hubby came home and I tried to keep my ranting so it's not the first thing he hears when he gets home,but eventually he did hear it.And he sympathizes because he knows,but he also experienced the little bit of grizzly I had left! :( I am not proud of that! But...
I'm making a point here (eventually :)...

As I read this story of this mom ,my heart was sad.Really sad!Sad for her husband and sad for her children.Sad that she is missing out on this precious time of her precious little family.It doesn't seem fair.But it gave me a new meaning to life! It's good to read stuff like this every once in a while because it helps you get your priorities straightened out.At least it helps me!
And I decided that I want to live my life to the absolute fullest,so that if my time comes to die,the precious people in my life remember me as a soft hearted,kind and loving person and not a grizzly! I don't want anyone looking into my casket,seeing a "bear" instead of a soft,kind hearted,loving mommy,wife and friend!
Am I reacting on emotion? Because I read this story now I'm all emotional and can't help my feelings? I may be...I don't know.But one thing I do know is that this story spoke to me and I want to go forward,leave my past mistakes behind me and live every minute,every hour,every day,leaving a positive impact,especially for my children and my husband.Treasure every minute I have with them,because you know what? NO ONE is guaranteed tomorrow! nor today.

I love these little people! They're precious.

I love this man! He's one of the most kind hearted,gentle,and forgiving guys you'll ever find! Am I blessed?

I TRULY AM!

With God I know I can accomplish what I'm reaching for!

Happy day to all of you! I'm off to get my freezer in order,a little sewing,some desk work and a whole lot of LOVING!

Life...and all it's lessons



Sometimes life has many lessons to teach us! The last while God has been teaching me many things through life! This morning it's a lesson on trust.
Do you ever get into a situation where you say something,or do something and all of a sudden you're left wondering what your motive was? And whether you should go back and try to correct what you said or did? And then you're not even sure yourself what you should say and your just driven with guilt?
Well I have alot of those at times :) Last night was one of those times.Trying to decide what to do and not sure where I should go with it.
I started thinking and I started seeing myself more clearly.I think at times when I'm not sure of myself I feel like I need to try and correct it so I can feel better!So many times I rely on MYSELF instead of GOD to help me feel better.I think I can take the whole situation and correct it and then I cleared MYSELF and I feel like I'm in God's good favor again.
As I started really thinking about this I began thinking that too often I rely on my works to save me and don't trust God fully with my life.So I prayed and told God I'm trusting Him with the situation.
Then when I started my work around here this morning I turned on the radio to a christian station that I listen to all day sometimes and the first words of a song that really popped out at me were "You are Forgiven...".I  at one point sat down started reading verses on trusting God and so often it says that he that puts his trust in God is happy.And a verse that I thought of was "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not onto thine own understanding!"
You think God was trying to speak to me? I believe He was.Now if I can just let go of MYSELF and trust HIM fully I think my life will truly be a blessed life!
This month has brought many changes to our life! I feel so blessed and Awed by God and at the same time things are still just slowly sinking in!
The first change is the First Choice Lawncare business that we bought.We have prayed about this particular business for quite awhile and I was at a point when I basically kinda gave it up.To many things to think about,looking for a house and at the same time looking at a business that didn't seem to be available and I was just ready to give up! I figured just forget the business!
It all started last fall.A guy from the area wanted to sell his business but in order to do so he had to find another job.We were really excited and thought it would be a great business for Joel,something he's great at and enjoys.So we waited and prayed and waited.Meanwhile we looked for a house and prayed and prayed.There were many,many tears of frustration and impatience on my part.If it's true that God holds all our tears in bottles I cringe to think of how many bottles will have my name on them! :) Anyway,finally we looked into a place.Suited us great,we loved it - only thing was,the seller wasn't sure if they could sell at the moment.So we waited a few weeks and sure enough,they couldn't sell till the beginning of next year.So one more house down the drain - for then anyway.
We finally decided forget it,lets find a place to rent up around church.Just rent and forget the stress for now!So we started looking,listening of a place for rent.
And then one day the call came.It was Wendell,the owner of Lawn Business.He told Joel he's pretty sure he may have a job,but we still didn't know for sure.Then day he found out for sure that he had the job,he called Joel.That was Wednesday or Thursday.Joel called his boss to let him know that in the next couple of weeks he might be quitting and then everything started rolling so fast it seemed unreal.
To make a long story short,Joel called his boss on that Thursday,had his last day of hauling on that Friday and 3 days later on Monday,he started his new job.

Joel is now the owner of this business and he loves his work.It's still amazing how God answered that prayer...and then to top it off just the other week a friend from church said her parents place is going to be up for rent.
We checked into it and had decided that we could try it.It was a nice place but very tiny and we would've had to rent a storage unit somewhere. But we had pretty much decided to go ahead and try it,when we got another call.This call was about another place that will be up for rent here shortly and they heard we'd been looking for a place.
So Thursday night we headed over there and by Saturday we made our descision to take that place instead.So I guess in October we will be making the move.It'll take us 5 mintues to get to church instead of our 35 minutes we have now.The yard will be half the upkeep compared to what we have now.
It's going to be a totally different life.
It reminded me again to just trust God with everything we have!He knows every detail of our lives and He saw everything worked out way before we ever did! A friend suggested I write all this stuff down for later times when I face doubt and worry,so I can remember that God is indeed in control!

It's still kinda a shock what all took place this last month and at the same time it kinda makes me giggle!Because it seems since we've been married,most big descisions wewe are faced with and  make always happen with a BOOM!Like when we moved to SC we were here in July for my BIL's wedding,had no intentions of moving and by September we were here! And it's one of the best things that ever happened. And all this stuff this month happened so fast but it just goes to show how faithful God really is! The other day it rained.The children got drenched and Joel sent them inside.Usually we try to be in unity in our parenting but that day I told them to go back outside and play in the rain! ;) I ran for my camera and got some pictures.

I laughed and told my mom that I think this is the first time I actually told them to run outside and play in the rain.The only time I can remember at least :) Usually I don't like all that mess but the joy on their faces was just the cutest!

I wish everyone a great week and remember to trust God with everything.I'm talking more to myself than anyone else! ;)



Our Crazy,Fun-filled Life!

 Busy.Busy.Busy.But I'm lovin it.
That describes my life! I love life when it's busy.The last 2 weeks have been slightly better than the weeks before as far as busy goes.But we've been having so much fun.It's been hot so we haven't been outside much but when we do get to go out the children absolutely LOVE IT! They are little outdoors kids and since they're slowly getting over their fear of being outside by themselves,I find them out even more than usual.They love,love,love their little pool that I have on the back porch.But I find myself in a love/hate relationship because they just don't seem to get it that when you play with water,it's fine to get wet!! So if they play out there any length of time,sometimes our banister has a long line of clothes on it from them changing "because they ARE WET!"

And having cousins come over for a day is so much fun! I decided to be a "fun mom" and fix them cones with sprinkles and cups with pepsi for a snack! Wow,all that pumped into a child makes their little lives so interesting :) Later found them jumping off of furniture and having the time of their lives - wonder if all the sugar had something to do with it? :D But I was a really fun mom then because I just let them jump and have a good time :)

I babysat this little boy that very same day and talk about quite a content baby! He was so good,and he even let me take all kinds of pictures.

Yesterday I went to the school to help Jan with a bulletin board for her classroom.We had so much fun and I thought our bulletin board turned out super cute!

We cut and glued and colored till we had a finished product.Her theme for her classroom  is "beach" this year so we had a lot of beach ideas :)

The other night we went to celebrate Alayna's 1st birthday.She was so oblivious to the fact that she was being celebrated but she loved her cake and gifts!

And since I don't want to "take the cake" from her parents I will refrain from posting pictures of her diggin in her cake till they have plenty of time to show them to the family themselves ;)

I really don't have a lot more to say but I figured I'd give you a few pictures to look at :)

I did get together with a few friends one day and we made dresses for our little girlies out of men's shirts so whenever I get around to havin' a picture on hand,I will post so you can see.I thought they were super cute!

There's lots of other things I want to work on around here but one has only so much time :D

Y'all have a great week!