One more oddity

Okay, yesterday Elizabeth was outside playing and tripped over a step in the sidewalk. She layed on the ground until I picked her up, not unusual, but she jerked away from me as I picked her up. She then preceeded to cry for about 20 minutes. Now she is a drama queen but that was a little too much so we prayed for her elbow and then went to the dr and had some x-rays. No break. We put ice and gave Motrin. After a good night sleep a little pampering all day she is now using her arm and showing off how much she can move it. Praise God.
As for my mother's dr appt - praise God again - no tumor.
He is so good.

Time Flies

Where does the time go. Sometimes the wks just fly by and I don't feel like I have accomplished anything.
This was definately a month for out of the ordinary. My dad had to go into the hospital for tests - he had nodules on his lungs - I still don't know the results of those. My mother had to have an MRI because of some difficulty hearing and a red flag came up for the possiblity of a tumor - more than likely benign - I won't hear about the results until Wednesday when she has her doctor's appt. Last Saturday, I threw my back out - for the 4th time since I had my daughter. But I didn't have to have bed rest, pain killers or steroid injections this time and it doesn't hurt at all anymore. Prayers answered on that.
Today, we went to my mothers and swam with my sister and her kids. They always have a great time.
Life is good. My husband is perfect - in my eyes. My children are sweet. And I am happy. Praise God for the soldiers past, present and future who risk their lives for the freedoms we have.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

These are my beautiful children that make being a mother special. God has greatly blessed me.
My mother's day was pretty nice. Earlier in the week Cody had taken the kids to buy my presents. Of course when I asked Elizabeth if she bought me a present she told me what it was. A jewelry box. But that's okay. I was actually impressed because it is what I needed and had spotted them at Sam's but didn't really make a big deal of it. It is really pretty and big.
Well Saturday we took my mother to Red Lobster with my sister and her kids. It was really fun to all get together and visit. Sierra, Juli and I went to the mall after while the kids, Cody, Mother and Brice went swimming - they actually floated in a big raft in the pool, but they had a blast!
Last night I opened my presents from the kids - perfume - and Cody's my jewelry box.
Today after church we went with Cody's parents to Carino's. We came home - Cody washed dishes while I changed the kids clothes (I wish it was Mother's Day every day) and we took naps.
Oh yeah, Friday night we went to the drive in and took the kids. It wasn't too bad. Thomas sat in my lap and went to sleep but Elizabeth did not fall asleep until 11:30 and she hadn't had a nap all day. But it was fun, something we will probably do again.

What a week

Well, last week was pretty busy. I went to a ladies bible study Monday night. Tuesday was Ladies Bible Class at church. Wednesday, I took my grandmother to get her hearing aids checked and Thomas' ears. More wax build up so we are going back to the ENT doctor. Thursday and Friday I had my nephew-let me just say disobedience breeds disobedience. If one doesn't want to do something, the other doesn't want to either. Needless to say there was tears, and crying and screaming but the toys finally got picked up. The rule is now that if they don't pick up they don't get to play. After lunch Reid sat on the couch real still. So he got to get down sooner than Elizabeth who thought if she didn't want to sit down I wouldn't make her. Boy, does she have a lot to learn. This is the new phase we are going through. Hopefully it won't last long, but it has been the hardest to get through. Saturday we went to a going-away/class party. After we left Cody and I went to spend some "alone" time together. We bought Mother's Day gifts for our moms and went to a restaurant and ordered some snacks and visited for about an hour. Yesterday was church and before bedtime, we took the kids to a park to play. They had a blast!!
Not much going on today. Tomorrow is Ladies Bible Class, Wednesday we go to the ear doctor, Thursday I keep Reid and Friday night Elizabeth is going to try on her flower girl dress for the wedding she is going to be in this summer. She is excited.
I pray for blessed weeks for all of you.

Faith...

I am a very passionate person when it comes to my faith. I have always had a very close relationship with God for as long as I can remember. I brought every question, every desire, and every happiness to Him. When I was about 10 I did hear from God about my salvation. Of course I didn't necessarily know what all it entailed, but that I needed and wanted to be closer to Him. However, due to the fact that my mother was not a Christian at that time and I was visiting my dad and you would join the church (which I don't think it was like an exclusive membership to THAT church but just a joining of THE Church) she thought it ridiculous that I would join the church that I didn't go to regularly - this is an example of just ignorance and whatever was going on with her at the time. I just know that I was very upset that a greater relationship with God was put on hold. I was born again as a junior in high school. Through stupid decisions on my part and not really walking with God I got married and divorced after a yr 1/2 by the time I was 22. However, through my divorce I put everything I had into developing and nurturing my relationship with God. I did however wait to be baptized (in water) until the night before my marriage to the wonderful Christian man I prayed for and God sent me. My husband is Church of Christ- he was afraid I was going to get hit by a car before we got married and I would go to hell. I just consider myself a Christian I am not a denomination. My followings are what God tells me, not what doctrine man has come up with - that is how denominations were originated - different interpretations of the Word. I guess you would call it non-denomination. And in that there have been times when my Spirit is very sad. So many times I feel that limitations are put on God and what Jesus has done for us and how diverse backgrounds cause conflict within the Body. We are all never going to agree (the devil at work) but God does call us to be unified, that we as the Body of Christ, Believers, the Church we are to be unified. Ephesians 4:3-4 says "Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of and produced by the Spirit in the binding power of peace. There is one body and one Spirit-just as there is one hope that belongs to the calling you received-there is one Lord, one faith-that Jesus is our Lord and Savior-one baptism-into Christ. And 1 Cor 12:25 says "So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation but the members - the body- all alike should have a mutual interest in and care for one another." I tell you these scriptures were given to me after much prayer. I had seen Christians setting themselves apart from others of the body because of denominational differences. What is sad to me is that God is so much bigger and Jesus so much greater than the things people allow Them to do or things They have done. I don't claim to know it all but maybe having not been necessarily raised in the church and not just having just gone to one denomination's church but finding a place for myself - discovering for myself (through biblical study and listening to awesome teachers of the Word) what God's plan is for me and the Church, I learned things with fresh eyes and having to look things up in the Bible, study it, found it out for myself not just believe what I heard since I was a child. My husband, he knows it, and I can discuss issues that we don't agree on and he can quote scriptures but can't tell me what he thinks it means or defend his views because he will say - that is what he grew up knowing and heard. I do not discriminate against any church with what it chooses to believe, again that is between the Church and it's parishioners and God and as the bible says (above) something that I am not supposed to do, I just know what my Spirit and the Word reveals to me. God is so good and His Glory so great. I am blessed to know Him and know that He has blessed me in all areas of my life. God is no discriminator of persons - all who believe in the name of Jesus are His children, His body, His Church. I pray everyday for greater understanding of His word and what His plan is for me. None of us know it all, but we should continue to want to know more everyday. That is my goal. God has a plan for me and I just pray that I am doing what He wants me to do. He is who I answer to. If I don't do or say what is in my heart/spirit than I am doing myself and Him a disservice.
I love you all and pray for you everyday.

What a week

Wednesday I took my grandmother to see my friend who is an audiologist. We have been telling my grandmother for years she needed hearing aids but she would just blow us off. Well, I told her I was making her an appointment and she was going. My friend told her how bad her hearing was and that could get dangerous as far driving goes. I guess seeing it on paper and hearing it from a professional sank in. She got 2 hearing aids and she never once while I was with her that day asked me to repeat what I said. In fact, one of her friends told her a couple of days later "You sure are hearing better today"- she hadn't told them she got hearing aids. So I think she is glad she finally got them. I think she will have more confidence to go do more things - like plays and such.
Wednesday night Elizabeth came into our room, her breathing sounded like a frieght train. We gave her a breathing treatment, gave her some medicine and prayed for her. She got up the next morning with a raspy voice. I went ahead and took her to see her doctor - she was perfectly fine.
Friday Cody was off and since my in-laws were out of town and the lady Reid normally stays with was trying to get packed to go out of town, we watched both Reid and Holt.
Saturday we just hung around the house and played with the kids. We went to Sam's just to look. I went to Kohl's and picked up a few tops and pants. I haven't shopped for myself since last summer. After supper we went to Bahama Bucks for shaved ice. The kids loved it.
Sunday we went to Church, ate lunch at Furr's with some friends and went home and took naps. Cody mowed the lawn. We went back to church, ate supper, went for a walk, bathed the kids and then put them in bed.
Needless to say at about 1:15 Thomas came to my room asking for water. I gave him some and then walked him to his room and he turned around, said "other one" and then walked to my room and got in my bed. We tossed and turned for about 20 minutes - he was wide awake. I tried to rock him, I got in bed with him. Finally I told him it was night night time and he needed to go to sleep and went and got in my bed. He followed me and crawled over me and layed down between Cody and I. At 3:30 he finally was asleep and I put him in his bed. It sounded like there was someone racing on one of the streets by our house and I think that woke him up.
Cody is off today and right now playing golf with his dad and an elder at our church. He rarely gets to play so I am glad he had someone to play with. When he gets back we are going to take the kids to play put put. They love golf too. It will be fun when they get older and we can all go to a real course and play.
If I don't say it enough, I am so blessed for the family and friends I have in my life. I thank God everyday for each and every one of them.