I am so excited to go home to Kansas this weekend. It doesn't seem to matter how old I get or how long we've lived away, I love to go home! Now please don't misunderstand me the drive feels like an eternity! (I hate that part)
We pull into our old and dear hometown and I just get excited...wondering who I will run into at wal-mart or Dillons. (oops I typed Kroger first, wow we have been gone a long time!) I know that my mother in law will have everyone over at least once for an awesome dinner like only she can make. And that she will feed us literally until we can't eat anymore the whole time we are there! We'll all play a very vicious game of killer uno...which I will lose horrifically!
Then it's out to the country to visit my mom and dad which is really fun in the summer. We get to eat all dads awesome produce from his garden and sometimes if we time it right we can play with his lab puppies he sells. Mom and I will sit in their living room and catch up on everything! Dad will finally give in and make me tapioca pudding and all will be right with the world!
It's hard living so far away from family. I feel like we miss out on so much being away, but that just makes me cherish my time at home even more! Enjoying the fun and laughter you have just being you with your family.
So even if you don't have to travel 9 hours to be with your family, make it a point this weekend to get together and do something fun before summer is just gone! That's what I am going to do!
Please pray with me we have a super safe, fun trip!
His greatest blessings to all! :)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Summer Fun ?
I am so thrilled to have had my teens return to me safely! They had a fabulous time! They worked really hard and made some great friendships with some new kids from church they didn't know very well! They really got to experience showing God's love through service which was very special for them both! Thank you all for praying with me for them!
This week we are gearing up for my younger daughters drama club performance of The 101 Dalmatians. She has had rehearsal every morning for six weeks getting ready for their performances. It is so fun to watch her sing and dance....she just has that drama thing down somehow!? I don't know where that gene comes from but I'm glad she has it! It is so cool how God gives us all different gifts and talents...I love watching my children use theirs!!!
My youngest son just finished his baseball season last Saturday. He loves baseball! I love watching him play in those ohhhhhh so hard to get white again baseball pants, with the cute striped socks, and the ball cap that make his ears stick straight out, he is the handsomest baseball dude ever!
I really like many sports but I have to say baseball isn't my favorite, so even though he always wants to be out in the yard with one of us practicing...I have to confess I am always saying how about shooting some baskets or throwing the football? He very readily agrees to both of those also! So maybe when he's older I will get to watch him play football and basketball too!
I love summer and all the fun that goes with it....Thank you Lord for such beautiful weather!! I hope you are all enjoying time with your families like we are enjoying ours!!
God Bless!
This week we are gearing up for my younger daughters drama club performance of The 101 Dalmatians. She has had rehearsal every morning for six weeks getting ready for their performances. It is so fun to watch her sing and dance....she just has that drama thing down somehow!? I don't know where that gene comes from but I'm glad she has it! It is so cool how God gives us all different gifts and talents...I love watching my children use theirs!!!
My youngest son just finished his baseball season last Saturday. He loves baseball! I love watching him play in those ohhhhhh so hard to get white again baseball pants, with the cute striped socks, and the ball cap that make his ears stick straight out, he is the handsomest baseball dude ever!
I really like many sports but I have to say baseball isn't my favorite, so even though he always wants to be out in the yard with one of us practicing...I have to confess I am always saying how about shooting some baskets or throwing the football? He very readily agrees to both of those also! So maybe when he's older I will get to watch him play football and basketball too!
I love summer and all the fun that goes with it....Thank you Lord for such beautiful weather!! I hope you are all enjoying time with your families like we are enjoying ours!!
God Bless!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
I miss my BIG kids!
I know that my older kids are way cool, and mature enough to leave on a week long mission trip without mom. I know they are working for the Lord and I am thrilled about that! I know that a week without talking to mom has probably been refreshing for them! I know that they are picking up after themselves, and never complaining, and setting Godly examples for all those around them!! Okay Okay so I went a little far with that last one....
In spite of how good they are doing.....I am missing them terribly!! It's not like I am sitting around with nothing to do, we are putting on a volleyball camp this week. So I get off work and head to the gym every night, but I really really miss them!!! Everyone says I should be enjoying the break from teen world, but I absolutely cannot wait for them to come home and drive me crazy!! I just sleep better when everyone is snuggled into their beds at home! I know I am very blessed to have two very cool teens! I really have fun being around them and am looking forward to their safe return!
Alright so enough of my sniffling. Will you please pray that while they are out working for our Lord that He speaks to their hearts in a much amazing way!! I am praying that they connect with the Lord in a new and life changing forever kind of way...the kind of changes that may only be visible to God but run through the very core of their beings. I know they love the Lord....I just know how He will keep growing us if our hearts are open!
Thanks for praying with me for my two amazing kids! I can't wait until Saturday noon!!
His Blessings to all!
In spite of how good they are doing.....I am missing them terribly!! It's not like I am sitting around with nothing to do, we are putting on a volleyball camp this week. So I get off work and head to the gym every night, but I really really miss them!!! Everyone says I should be enjoying the break from teen world, but I absolutely cannot wait for them to come home and drive me crazy!! I just sleep better when everyone is snuggled into their beds at home! I know I am very blessed to have two very cool teens! I really have fun being around them and am looking forward to their safe return!
Alright so enough of my sniffling. Will you please pray that while they are out working for our Lord that He speaks to their hearts in a much amazing way!! I am praying that they connect with the Lord in a new and life changing forever kind of way...the kind of changes that may only be visible to God but run through the very core of their beings. I know they love the Lord....I just know how He will keep growing us if our hearts are open!
Thanks for praying with me for my two amazing kids! I can't wait until Saturday noon!!
His Blessings to all!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Treasures...Thank you God!
Do you ever just spend a little time thinking about all the ways God blesses you? I am so thankful for the treasures God has allowed me! I want to share a little about three of my cherished treasures in the order I received them!
I call my first treasure Bean (long story) she and I have been the closest of friends my entire adult life! She is very caring, loyal, shy, strong and fragile all at the same time, giving, deep, imaginative, silly, clutzy (sorry I could't leave that out) and she loves God very much. Our friendship started out a couple city girls in a pasture (yes it was the wrong one..but we tried!) We have done so so many things together......silly, crazy, sad, funny, and ornery things of which I have many funny stories (like the flipping of the wal-mart cart). We can laugh for hours, but most of all I love all the memories of just sitting with a cup of coffee and sharing life with her (okay a piece of dessert is awesome too). Thank you Bean for always loving me no matter what! I know we will be friends forever!
I call my second treasure Rudy (which is short for rutibega.....same long story different year) She and I have been friends a great many years also! She is honest, dependable, loyal, smart, content, deep, logical, and practical (which is a foriegn word to me, but it looks good on her). She also loves God very much! We started our friendship coaching together and from day one we just clicked!! She has a way of making the people that hang around her want to be the best they can possibly be! It's her fault as a matter of fact that I am sitting here doing this right now! I have tried many things because of her.... and through our friendship have grown, and felt safe and loved through every stretch! Thank you Rudy for loving me just for me! In spite of all my craziness and lack of brain power! I know that you are always there for me!
And my third treasure is Lettuce (yeah yeah same long story...just another different year). She and I have been friends through so much!! She is giving, dependable, loyal, shy, silly, hip, helpful, unselfish, deep, domestic (another foreign word to me) and fun. She also loves God!! We started our friendship at the deli after work. We also clicked very quickly once I figured out there was so much inside that very quiet tacher down the hall! You have done so much for me I couldn't even begin to type it all! Everything from driving in blizzards in the middle of the night to answering your phone and coming over in the middle of the night and walking my baby when she just needed to move.....and I had no move left! Thank you Lettuce for spending so much of your days and nights making mine better! (and for all the stain free laundry too) I know that we can go months and months and not talk at all....but the second we do that bond isn't a bit weaker! We will always just be!
Many people go through their whole lives without even one forever friend...and I have been given three. I will not ever be wealthy in a monetary way but I am far beyond rich in blessings with these friendships. I thank God for giving us relationships that can withstand even the toughest storms. I love the quote that says don't wait for the storm to pass just learn to dance in the rain....it is so much easier to dance when someone is dancing with you! Thank you all for dancing with me in my joy, my fear, my shame, my hope, my tears, my silliness, my seriousness. my forgetfullness, my craziness, but most of all for being the sisters only God can give! I will always treasure you all!! God Bless you my forever friends!
I call my first treasure Bean (long story) she and I have been the closest of friends my entire adult life! She is very caring, loyal, shy, strong and fragile all at the same time, giving, deep, imaginative, silly, clutzy (sorry I could't leave that out) and she loves God very much. Our friendship started out a couple city girls in a pasture (yes it was the wrong one..but we tried!) We have done so so many things together......silly, crazy, sad, funny, and ornery things of which I have many funny stories (like the flipping of the wal-mart cart). We can laugh for hours, but most of all I love all the memories of just sitting with a cup of coffee and sharing life with her (okay a piece of dessert is awesome too). Thank you Bean for always loving me no matter what! I know we will be friends forever!
I call my second treasure Rudy (which is short for rutibega.....same long story different year) She and I have been friends a great many years also! She is honest, dependable, loyal, smart, content, deep, logical, and practical (which is a foriegn word to me, but it looks good on her). She also loves God very much! We started our friendship coaching together and from day one we just clicked!! She has a way of making the people that hang around her want to be the best they can possibly be! It's her fault as a matter of fact that I am sitting here doing this right now! I have tried many things because of her.... and through our friendship have grown, and felt safe and loved through every stretch! Thank you Rudy for loving me just for me! In spite of all my craziness and lack of brain power! I know that you are always there for me!
And my third treasure is Lettuce (yeah yeah same long story...just another different year). She and I have been friends through so much!! She is giving, dependable, loyal, shy, silly, hip, helpful, unselfish, deep, domestic (another foreign word to me) and fun. She also loves God!! We started our friendship at the deli after work. We also clicked very quickly once I figured out there was so much inside that very quiet tacher down the hall! You have done so much for me I couldn't even begin to type it all! Everything from driving in blizzards in the middle of the night to answering your phone and coming over in the middle of the night and walking my baby when she just needed to move.....and I had no move left! Thank you Lettuce for spending so much of your days and nights making mine better! (and for all the stain free laundry too) I know that we can go months and months and not talk at all....but the second we do that bond isn't a bit weaker! We will always just be!
Many people go through their whole lives without even one forever friend...and I have been given three. I will not ever be wealthy in a monetary way but I am far beyond rich in blessings with these friendships. I thank God for giving us relationships that can withstand even the toughest storms. I love the quote that says don't wait for the storm to pass just learn to dance in the rain....it is so much easier to dance when someone is dancing with you! Thank you all for dancing with me in my joy, my fear, my shame, my hope, my tears, my silliness, my seriousness. my forgetfullness, my craziness, but most of all for being the sisters only God can give! I will always treasure you all!! God Bless you my forever friends!
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