Good Job

Good Job to all of you ladies that made it through blogging everyday for the month. I can honestly say there is NO WAY I could of done it. You guys are the bomb.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Have a wonderful day filled with family, fun and tons of food. God Bless you all.

Homework

My homework assignment. I'm looking forward to our blog party.




1.What is your Motto?
Truth be told I could give you one, but it would probably be really lame and I think the honest to goodness truth is I really don't have a motto.

2.What superhuman power would you most want to have?
I would definitely like the power to heal. I told Ryan this and he told me I am watching WAY to much "Hero's".

3.Cats or dogs?
I know I am going to lose a few friends by this comment, but I'm not a real animal person. Truth be told I'm allergic to cats and dogs, so this makes it hard to really like them.

4.Would you rather be a little smarter or sexier?

SEXIER!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially when your 8 months pregnant.

5.What's the one thing you'll never understand?

Why I do laundry everyday all day and it never seems to get done.

6. My life would be simpler if?
I had a live in Maid.

7. The big decision I'm currently wrestling with?

How to decorate the nursery?

Walking With God

Love, Love, Love this from my Beth Moore study that I am doing. Some of you may of heard this before, but I wanted to write it down because it is very fitting.

Imagine going to heaven and standing by God as He lovingly shows you the calender of His plan for your earthly life. It begins with the day you are born. Once you received Christ as Savior, every day that follows is outlined in red. You see footprints walking through each day of each week of your life. On many of the days, two sets of footprints appear. You inquire: "Father, are those my footprints on the calendar every day and is the second set of prints when you joined me?"
He answers, "No, My precious Child. The consistent footprints on the calendar are Mine. the second set of footprints are when you joined Me."
"Where were you going,Father?"
"To the destiny I planned for you, hoping you'd follow."
"But, Father, where are my footprints all those times?"
He answers, "Sometimes,you went back to look at old resentments and habits while I was still going forward, hoping you'd join Me. Sometimes, you departed from My path and chose your own calendar instead. Other times, your footprints can even be seen on another person's calendar because you thought you liked their plan better. At other times, you simply stopped because you would not let go of something you could not take to the next day."
"But, Father, we ended up OK even if I didn't walk with You every day, didn't we?"
He holds you close and smiles, "Yes, Child we ended up OK. But you see, OK was never what I had in mind for you."
"Father, what are those golden treasure boxes on certain days?"
"Blessings, My child, I had for you along the way. Those that are open are those you received. Those still closed were days you did not walk with Me."

I know for my life I want to open as many of those treasure boxes as possible.

A princess

Cute Brandan story:
Let me set up the scene for you;
I am sitting in the office doing work and Brandan walks in.
Brandan: Mom you are my princess. (he gives me a huge hug)
Me: I love you Brandan.
Brandan: I am your prince.
Me: I really love you.
Brandan: Mom I really like princesses with yellow hair.
Me: (not real sure how to respond to that one) I'm glad you think mom is your princess. I will be your princess forever.

For the record my little three year old has always liked "yellow" haired girls. He loves Cinderella. I'm a little bummed by this because the two most important women in his life, Morgan and I, both have very dark hair.

The Tooth Story

Here's Morgan's tooth story:

For many of you who do not know me that well there are two things that I can't stand the sight of, 1. BLOOD, and 2. VOMIT. The other major problem is when I see blood it makes me want to vomit. Very, very bad comenation. My husband knows this about me so he knows these are his areas to do. The major problem with this plan is as all of us wives know these blood and vomit never come when our husbands are home. So begins the tooth story. Morgan has had this loose tooth for months it has just been hanging there. Totally gross. On Tuesday night she came down from bed and told me she wanted to pull it out. Not good timing Morgan daddy won't be home till 10:00 we still have another hour. She told me not to worry she would take care of it all. Alright you go girl. And that was what she did she pulled it out. When she came out of the bathroom she told me, mom there was alot of blood, but don't worry I have cleaned it all up off the white rug and the counters. Great thank you so much. So there's the tooth story and my hate towards blood.
draft

the tooth

The tooth is gone!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Thank you all for the wonderful encouraging words. Priscilla was right when she said that when things are going smoothly in our lives we don't really call out for the Lord. She didn't really say it like that, but that is the way my little brain processed it. I am in that good time in my life where things are running smoothly. It is during those times that I still need to rely on the Lord and allow Him to be close. Thank you again for the words.

Sunday

It's funny because when I heard about the blogging everyday for a month I said no way can I do that. I still know that I won't be able to do it all month because we will be out of town this month, but I am going to try and do it as much as I can. I really enjoy the time of writing down my thoughts.
My friend Leslie is going to do a spiritual Sunday and I thought that is a great way to talk about what God is doing in my life.
A couple of friends and I meet every other week to do a bible study. This has been a great accountability for me in my walk with the Lord. They are a great group of gals who listen and challenge me. Last week Leslie asked us how we are all doing spiritually. That was a great question for me. I answered honestly, I am going through a dry time. What does that mean? It means I feel very distant from the Lord. I know we have many seasons in our spiritual walk with God and I realize this is just one of them for me. In the past when I would go through these times I would just put God in the back seat, my prayer life would stop, and my time in the word would come to a halt. During this time I have decided it is in these dry times that God wants me to be praying and reading the word even more. God is not far, I am the one who is far. God is always there for me, I just need to reach out for him and let him in my day to day.
Thank you so much Leslie for asking me where I am spiritually. You are truly a blessing from the Lord.

Morgan's hair

THE HAIR CUT

BEFORE AFTER

Morgan was born with a THICK head of hair. I have been trying for the last few years to get her to cut it off. She has been dead set against it. She loved her long hair and wanted to keep it forever. Up until Thursday she said she would never cut her hair. On Thursday evening she informed me that she wanted to cut her hair. I wanted to take her right that minute in fear that she would change her mind. We had to wait till the next day, but it worked. I asked her what made her change her mind and she said because her best friend Morgan has short hair.

Apple Crisp

I'm going to follow Kim's idea and start doing recipes on Friday's. That is a great idea for this time of year. I love new recipes, so I hope some of you send them over my way.
These is a really easy recipe and it is very low cal.


Apple Crisp:

Heat oven to 375

Ingredients:
5 cups sliced fruit
4 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup regular rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup butter

1. Place sliced fruit in greased 2-quart square baking dish. Stir in sugar.

2. For topping, in a medium bowl combine the oats, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping over fruit.

3. Bake in a 375 oven for 40 minutes.

ENJOY!!!!!!!

Halloween

Halloween was a blast at our house this year. Morgan was a rock star and Brandan was Bob the builder, of course. Yes, my husband is wearing a mullet and his jacket from when he was in junior high. The scary thing is when I fell in love with him he was wearing that jacket. My how we have changed. I hope all of you had a great family day.