Children are a blessing!

The other day I had some errands to run. My mom so graciously volunteered to keep my kiddos. As I was running my errands I decided to stop at Wendy's and eat lunch. Standing in line I noticed this precious little girl (probably about 7), she was with her dad and grandpa. I don't know what it was about her that caught my eye but she was absolutely adorable. As the dad and grandpa were ordering the food the little girl asked if she could go get napkins and things, with the nod of her dads head she went on about her business. As I sat down I saw that she had prepared at seat at a table for each person; a napkin, straw, fork and all of the necessities. I thought how sweet is that. Her dad and grandpa came to sit down, she was beaming bc she was so proud of what she had done. But to her disappointment (as well as mine) it went unnoticed. The dad immediately started talking down to her. First comment : "You could have atleast found a table that didn't have crumbs on the chairs." That was like a knife in my heart. The little girl still had a smile on her face and looked as if she were determined to get their approval;ut straws in their cups, placedtheir food in front of them and suggested they say the blessing. I was so shocked that neither man even acknowledged her. The little girl began to say the blessing and they didn't even so much as bow their heads but went on eating their food. It was one thing after another, there was no conversation at the table; even though the little girl tried and tried again to talk. I just wanted to go get her and take her with me or atleast tell the dad and grandpa what a jewel they had. I don't know what these men were dealing with on this particular day but I know it just broke my heart.

With all of this being said I encourage each one of us that no matter where we are or what's going on in that particular day, we remember that God gave us our children as a gift. We should cherich them!

God Bless America!

Let me be the first to say (on my blog) that I am so thankful for those men and ladies who served to give our country the freedom we enjoy today. I can't help but think of the ultimate sacrifice that provided us with eternal freedom. You know our freedom here on Earth can be taken away from us. Slowly but surely it's taking place. Thank God our eternal freedom can never be taken away. Jesus Christ died so we can except him as our personal Saviour and live freely and eternally with Him!

Praying that you all have a safe and wonderful July 4th!!!!

Attack

As I sit here laughing at myself, I just had to share. So after leaving the gym tonight I had to make a quick stop at the church. I was only running in to grab something I had forgotten earlier today so I just left my van running and the door open while I ran inside. I went in (seriously like 2 mins), came back out and started to get in my van. As I'm buckling my belt I hear this horrid sound....BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Immediately I'm terrified. I look around and find the culprit, it's a huge horse-fly. Let me go on record and say that I am scared to death of horse-flies, they def creep me out. So as I'm trying to think of my plan of attack.....the blame thing flies straight at me, I immediately jump out of my van. I start rolling the windows down bc the thing isn't out of my van yet. The thing gets wedged in between my windshield and dash board, grrrrrr. What am I going to do now? I grab a piece of newspaper and start swatting....the thing keeps buzzing around and coming at me but won't come out of my van. So I go outside of my van, crawl on the hood and start beating he window...praying the thing will fly away. FINALLY, the thing flies out after about 10 mins of me raging around my van like a mad woman. All I can say is the people that drove by got a free comedy show and I got an extra workout in....all thanks to a horsefly!

Ok update: We counted the change we raised in our penny drive (for VBS). We raised $359.00, Yah, I'm sooooo excited! We decided to pass the $$$$ on to a senior in our church that could use a little extra! I'm so glad we did this penny drive, the kids had a blast seeing who could get the most change and now they get to be a blessing to someone in need! :) I'm looking forward to doing this each year!

Now, I must go to bed. Tomorrow is the last day of super-doubles at Harris Teeter. My coupons are cut and ready to go. We shall see what kind of deals I get!!!!!

A New Week

Well it is Monday. Last week we had VBS, which was wonderful. We had so much fun and it was a blessing to see all of those kids come out. Now, we are starting a new week and a new schedule. So we are starting it of by going to the church to clean out a room in the fellowship building and count the change from the penny drive at VBS. Following that we will be going to Granny's to mow and eat an o so yummy supper (which I'm sure will not be good for the diet). Sooooo, off we go!

Immmmm aaa back (in the words of Luigi)

It feels so good to be "normal" (I know that's a matter of opinion). I finally feel good! :) Today so far I have cleaned out my kitchen cabinets and made 5 loaves of zuchini bread (thanks Mindy for the recipe).

We have some news to share. We are finally moving. We have been looking and praying and praying and praying for God to lead us in the path in which He would have us go concerning buying a house. We have struggled with buying because we are in the ministry and you never know where God will take us. So we prayed whatever Gods will is what we want and basically God would have to drop a house in our laps. And being the wonderful, almighty God He is, He did just that. The house is all we could ask for and in our budget :).

It's Amazing.......

It's amazing how four tiny puncture holes can make you feel horrible. I feel like I've done a million crunches, I just wish I would see the results of a million crunches.....lol. O well, its ok..it will be worth it. I will survive, I'm a mom...right???

Everybody have a good day and keep blogging so I'll have something to do! :D

The Big Day

Well I haven't said anything but I have been having some medical issues lately. I ended up going to the ER about 3 weeks ago with (what I later found out) a gallbladder attack. I have been having tests since then to see what the dr/surgeon wants to do. I went back today for the results of my latest test and found out that I will be having surgery to remove my gallbladder. So......I'm thinking he will probably schedule this surgery for next week or so! NO, WRONG, NOT IN THE PLANS! I'm having surgery tomorrow morning at 8:30 am (that's only 8 1/2 hours) away! Yeah, I'm excited to get it done and over with but finding out you are having surgery the next day doesn't exactly give you time to prepare. Needless to say we have been running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to get things ready for VBS (which starts Monday), grocery shopping and house work done. Everything did not get done but I'm really trying to accept the fact that the world will still go on and will not fall of it's axis if I'm out of comission for a few days! :)

Anyway, say a prayer for me AND a very good friend of mine is having surgery on Monday...so please remember her and her family as well!!!!!

May God Always Bless All Of Y'all!!!!!!