Lolie Bday Present

So it has been so nice outside and I got this for LOLA for her Birthday which is in December!!!! WHY do I have her present already you are asking!!!! CAUSE I FOUND A SALE.............. WOO HOO.. So it was $159.00 and I GOT IT FOR $32.98 at Target!!! I WAS SO STOKED!!! and I waited like 2 weeks to give it to her.. which is like a record!!! So anyways... it was fun seeing her get so excited!!! I have no idea how where she gets those facial expressions!! :)

Yesterday was fun!

My sister in law Sherilyn came over for the day yesterday. It was nice to have a visit with her. You forget sometimes what it is like to hang out when you are by yourself a lot of the time!!! :) But it was fun and relaxing.

So another exciting thing is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! READY for this....
My friend Heather is coming over on Monday do some canning............... Can I get a WOO WOO!!! Well I have never canned before. We have about 6 apple trees so I am kinda excited to do it! AND she is bringing a deyhrater to make some APPLE CHIPS!!!!! HOW COOL ARE WE!!!! LIKE REALLY COOL!!!!

Well I have pics of yesterday but i will post them a bit later! :)

Cleaning the Gutters...

So today Caid and I cleaned out the gutters.. and spent sometimes on the roof... FUN TIMES!!! :)

BBQ OH YAY BABY!!!

Okay.. so for those of you that know... OUR BBQ is so bad and so old.... and really it burns the food without even cooking it all the way through.. and it is not because of the chef!! IT WAS GETTING REALLY BAD.. BUT we didn't want to get one at the begining of summer cause of course we gotta look for our deal!!! :) And as we all know they go on clearance at the end of summer!!! So I was at Target at 9am the friday they marked down their BBQ's and missed it.. the guy said they were GONE by 8:15am!!!! So my search continued... hitting the stores here and there... nothing... SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO we went to Portland this weekend for a Birthday Party. I had to run into Fred Meyers to get some tape and LOW AND BEHOLD!!!! BBQ'S 50% off..... So I got my BBQ!!!! :)

My Soapbox for September

Okay.. So just to prepare you I am going for a marathon on catching up for blogging... but I will start with my soapbox for September first!!!
It is simple.

Why do people who are third party come up with the "solution to MY problem" When they think they have enough of the "facts" to come up with their own conclusion and solution to a problem, that they THINK they know. And WORSE go and GOSSIP about "THEIR CONCLUSION AND SOLUTION" to others! EVEN IF!!!! EVEN IF!!!! they had their facts right it still gives you no right to go and air out your laundry to the solution to others that you think are "aware" of the "problem"


Again... just my soapbox for September.. had to get it in before the end of the month!!! :)
Peace out Peeps

ok really how long does a week have to last!!!!

OH MY GOSH!!! This week has been rough!!!! Prob the fact that I have been sick hasn't really helped!!! SO I don't know what the heck is wrong with me.. IF I COULD GET PREGO.. I would definitely say... odd's are I am once again pregnant!!! But honestly there is no way.. I have been having those morning sickness feelings of nausea, headaches and body aches, dizzy and all that crap!! Not feeling the best! I have started feeling better though. I got all the vitamins out.. I run pretty low on iron alot of times so I was wondering if that had anything to do with it.. So I started taking my prescription iron and I have been feeling a tad better! Anyhow. So along with not feeling good I have 4 wonderful kids who feel TOTALLY GREAT!!!! (UGGGGHHH) so It has been such a long week. I have had a daily struggle this week with getting abbie out of the door with everything. And today was no different! I went into my room where she was watching TV and told her it was time to get in the car, then she said No. I just want to watch this a little more. (well I was done.. it was friday and I was no longer going to battle it.) So I got the other 3 all in the car waited for about 5 minutes and then headed down the driveway where I hear a little 8 year old girl crying and running "WAIT WAIT" with tears that I don't believe I stop the car and she gets in, I said did you shut the door and she said Yes. So it was pretty quiet on the way to school this morning. Then about a block before we get to her school she says. "Mom I didn't close the door" And I said did you know you didn't close the door when I asked you if you closed the door and she said yes. Then the tears came!!!! And I gave her a hug told her I loved her and I will never ever stop. And we will discuss this when she gets home. And I sent her off with tears in her eyes! Then headed off to Caid's speech where I sit in a little CLOSET with the two little ones which is a total freakin nightmare!!!! while I wait for Caid to finish speech! With food everywhere I pick it all up head out and I proceed to finish my errands.. BUT FALL WAY SHORT!!! I had no patients left for today... So I went to McDonalds to return a redbox and as I proceeded out the door the high school kids flooded the parking lot and a fight broke out. As I was working my way out of the parking lot I was stuck sitting there waiting for these kids to cross...Pregnant with cigarettes hanging out of their mouths.. F-Bombs in EVERY word they say... and I say a prayer.. "God please help me through HIGH SCHOOL...well actually can you just help me get through today" IT was a scary thought!!! I think I am just going to start locking her up! My kid won't be like that!!!!!!! (EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK) The possibilities are endless!!! RIGHT!! Anyways. looks like Jon is headed back outta town again... just in time for our anniversary!!! :) (How convenient!!) :0)

Well now that I have lifted your spirits!!! Have a great day peeps!!!! LOL!!!

Psalms 57

I read this, this morning and thought it was very encouraging. I hope it encourages you guys today! :)

Psalm 57
For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam . When he had fled from Saul into the cave. [a]
1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for in you my soul takes refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has passed.

2 I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who fulfills {his purpose} for me.

3 He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
God sends his love and his faithfulness.

4 I am in the midst of lions;
I lie among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.

6 They spread a net for my feet—
I was bowed down in distress.
They dug a pit in my path—
but they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah

7 My heart is steadfast, O God,
my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make music.

8 Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.

9 I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.

10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.

Keep on Truckin PEEPS! :)

Even what we don't have is enough

So... just FYI- This blog may not be "THEOLOGICALLY CORRECT" but it is just my thought that I am processing... and HEY IT'S MY BLOG!

So... I was in church yesterday and the worship leader was talking about every "good thing we have comes from God and every good time comes from God" Which I TOTALLY 100% believe! BUT then I was sitting there thinking.. BUT all the things we don't have and bad things comes from God too...RIGHT?? I guess I was sitting there thinking.. hmmm every good thing....(selfishly, and I AM SURE I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EVER EVER THOUGHT THIS...) Well it could be BETTER....IF.............. :) But then I was having this inner conversation with myself during the service thinking back to the "good times, ok times, bad times and the ROCK BOTTOM times... and thinking how every one of those "times" and "things" haven't always been good. Sometimes I would sit back and think "God are you totally serious right now?" This situation is just not okay! I remember one time I was in Florida at a Bible School, I called my Dad and BEGGED, PLEADED and tried to BARGAIN a plane ticket home, even a train ticket or I would even take a 20 day BUS RIDE HOME! Just please get me home! I was in misery!!! It was the "WORST of times" and "NOTHING GOOD" was coming out of it. And as I explained to my dad these people are crazy!!! blah blah blah... My dad did not budge. He would not let me leave, he made me stay to finish it out. To this day this memory is so vivid, of how alone I was, and I had no one to rescue me. If you ask my Dad to this day he said it was one of the hardest things for him to do as a parent ever! And as I look back on this MOST MISERABLE time in my life that I thought could NOT in NO way be from God, turns out to be the BEST of times for me. This was a defining moment in my life when my dad left me 3000 miles away from home and made me grow up! So seeing how Jesus puts these puzzle pieces together, In my mind thinking this is just NOT OF GOD but once through it all seeing that the BAD TIMES = GOOD TIMES... AND YES IT IS TRUE... "EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM HIM"

Another time I was thinking of when we were having a hard time last year I was at my friends Heathers house, and I was having a hard day... And I just looked at Heather and I said..." I get it... I really do.. but I just don't get why God can't just fix it right now?" as I am breaking down. This was not a "good time" but then to see how God pulls us through the "impossible" even when we have little faith left in anything!

So I guess as I am processing this thought through. The "good" = the bad and the "bad = the good. I am seeing that everything God does is for "good" doesn't make sense all the time, and I guess that is where your faith has to be PUT 100% in God knowing that HE carries the puzzle pieces of your life putting the corners together first and filling the rest in as we walk along side of HIM.. TRUSTING and BELIEVING THAT THE GOD WHO CALLED US IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL DO IT!!!"

I am sure this may be "CHRISTIANITY 101. But it just hit me a weird way yesterday. Still processing this.. so I hope it makes a little sense!!! :)
Peace out Peeps!!!!

Perks of being a P.K.

So Zeke and Lola had not been dedicated yet, and not for lack of trying but whenever there was a time at our old church, someone was out of town and it just never worked out. And now we are at a new church and don't really know peeps....and the list goes on and on and on!!! So my Grandma has been here visiting this past month and they came over last night to stay the night on their way out of town. So I told Jon this would be a perfect time to have the kids dedicated. And having my Grandma here was an extra perk. So I called my Dad earlier this week and asked if we could do a little dedication service Thursday night and he was more than excited to do so. So it was very cool and of course I was crying!!! (I mean DUH!!) My mom tooks some pics and well how do I put this nicely. SHE IS NOT A PICTURE TAKER!!! :)So anyways. It was a cool time! :) And a blessing to have my parents and grandma part of it.

Cloudy with a Chance of Manna

OK so heres the skinny. My friend Jeana Who I have known since I was 17! (Ya she is OLD!!!) Commented on my blog entry yesterday. And I would like to just say THIS CHALLENGED ME!!!! Sooooooooooo This morning I read Exodus 16 and 17 and It was so refreshing! BUT JEEZZZ the Isrealites are complainers!!!! (LOL!!!) Anyways. So if you follow my blog, I posted a little while ago about "Not forgetting where I was an who brought me to where I am" I think it is cool how Jesus teaches us lessons upon lessons. And prepares us for the next lesson right around the corner!! Anyhow Take a look at her comment and I hope it challenges and encourages you as much as it did me.
I also made an little illustration to go along with her blog comment (cause I know Jeana likes illustrations) BIG HUGS JEANA!!!! :)




COMMENT FROM JEANA:

I've been thinking about this a lot, too, Kelsey and I had a realization that just made my heart feel so much lighter. I'll share it with you: So, remember when the Israelites were wandering in the desert and God provided manna for them? He told them to just take what they needed for the day (and on the Sabbath they took enough for just that day, too) but NO MORE than that. If anyone took extra it was all maggotty anyway, the next day. They really had to rely on God to provide JUST ENOUGH for them. Not less, not more. Just enough. I find that happening in my life so often. When we are short money, God provides...a gift card from a friend, someone has made too much dinner and invites over, or we find a forgotten $20 in a coat pocket. God provides. And then in those times when we have excess...THAT'S when the car fails, or the computer crashes, or someone loses their favorite pair of school shoes. And that money that sitting there is suddenly spent...but still...God provided it! It's so hard to not want the grand plans we have for the "extra" money. I struggle with that every day. But when I think about the manna, I'm starting to just be happy with ENOUGH. He meets our needs...and that's enough. Anyway, I hope you are encouraged by that as much as I have been!


Peace out Peeps!!! :)

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19

MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!

OK! Seriously it is!!! What is up with that! SO I am finding myself so freakin frustrated with trying to save money!!! BUT HOW THE HECK DO YOU SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH!!! (Well we do have enough I guess..) When we get a little extra OH!!! $50 on a oil change and car repairs.. stil haven't got that crack in my dang car fixed yet... Christmas is coming up.. BLAH BLAH BLAH!!! I mean.. I guess it is one step at a time! I have given up my "coffee trips" YES! MIRACLES DO STILL EXIST! I actually found this really good Pumpkin Spice coffee that you just grind yourself at the store and mix it in with some Vanilla creamer and waaaalllaaaaaaaaaaaa Pumpkin Spice Latte! for the price of a day and a half I get it from a week and half! :) Anyways.. I am trying trying so hard! No more little trips to the $1 Store or quick in's to the fast food.. (which is better for everyone anyways) So I went to Value Village today to look for Costumes for the kids for Halloween. And found ALL 4 of them outfits and it cost me $24 bucks.. which I thought was good for 4 outfits. Then I went to a store where I consign the kids clothes and I had $15 dollars waiting for me.. so really it was a $9 exchange! I thought that was pretty good. Anyhow. It does get so frustrating. I think I get more frustrated with myself and my habits and trying to change them! And it seems when I do it's good but them a BILL COMES!!!! (CURSE THEM) Oh well keep on truckin I guess.. I know God is also working on my heart on this too.. JUST THIS MORNING He pointed out MULTIPLE verses in my reading... (OK I GET IT.. THANKS!!!) Proverbs 14:23 "All hard work brings a profit but mere talk leads to poverty" You can say you want to save all you want... but it definetly takes HARD WORK!!!!

Keep on truckin peeps!

You know you live in Oregon when....

So... today.. I realized my California days might be behind me.. .When my cousin Jaime was here visiting she mentioned that there sure are alot of dead animals on the side of the road. Which made me start to think. I don't really notice the dead animals on the side and since she left I see them all over!!!! I guess I have officially become an Oregonian!!! well NOT really!!!! It's gonna take more than 4 years! :) So abbie came home today and said she made a new friend Shawn and then she started into this huge story about how her friend was camping this summer and he was going to the bathroom then he encountered a Rattlesnake during his "potty time" and he was out in the woods all alone so he took his snapper.. (which by the way I still have not idea what a snapper is) and snapped that snake and took it back to the camp and they ate it for dinner and he had the skin he brought in for "share day"! OK!!! seriously...

ok..

ok.. so I am out of the loop... I don't watch the news much... unless it is about Paris Hilton's new gum addiction. But I guess this guy has been in the news.. So I double liked my friends Facebook post the other day.. about his soap box.. and I guess now this makes more sense!!! :) So this was his post and I think I might steal it for mine!


Facebook Post from my friend...


Been reading the news this afternoon and I feel the need to make a few comments. I am a Bible believing follower of Jesus Christ. I don't care if there is a Moaque near the World Trade Center site. I also don't care if a gay marriage law existst in CA or not and I don't believe that "God Hates Fags". We Christians ...have become lazy, believing that we can legislate people into the Kingdom of God. Rather than pray for them we want to take their freedoms. God forbid we go out of our way to have relationships with real people living real struggles!

Jesus saves, not laws or hatred. It's time to start living the Love of Christ and leaving the vengance to God. (By the way, Christian, He commanded you to leave the vengence to Him.)

The FL "pastor" in this story is an idiot, as are all those who take their beliefs so far as to be full of hate, whatever they believe.

There, I'm off my soap box and will probably not climb back on it anytime soon.

Happy labor day weekend...

Ahh.. Gotta love the good old christian radio

Ok.. thanks to good old CHRISTIAN RADIO...got to talk to my daughter this morning about LIFE LESSONS!!! (uggg.. I think I should just stick to the good ol' wife beating Emeimen!!)
So on the way to school today we were listening to the Christian radio station and they had a "news" share or whatever they call it. Anyways. The news was "The Baptist pastor is still undecided if he will be burning hundreds of korans over the 9/11 weekend as advised from celebrities, the white house and other pastors, he is still undecided if he will go through with it" Like really!!! this is in the news.. well apparently it is.. DUMB PEEPS!! Okay anyways... aside from what I think.. So Abbie said. "Mom why does he want to burn the koran?" So HERE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
So I explained to her 1st what the Koran is.. and along with that she asked what is Muslim... So then I talked to her about Muslims... .then that went into why does he want to burn?...... then we went into 9/11 and what some of the Muslim peeps believe and most of the people who are muslim are not "BAD" people. They don't believe in God but that doesn't mean we can treat them just as "some" of them treated us. Then went on to explain that the 9/11 9th anniversary is coming up and people are remembering the people that died when the airplanes hit the towers and the other spots they hit that day. And some people blame the "muslims" for what happened, so I again re-enforced to her that is not okay. People are all different and as you grow up you will find people believe alot of different and sometimes weird things. Not everyone is like "US" and that is why it is important to know what you believe, why you believe it and stay true to who you are. And just because people around the world believe, think,dress and act different that you doesn't mean you have the right to treat them badly.

So I would like to also take this moment to thank the CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION for pointing this out!!! (I mean seriously???!!!!)
gotta love it!!! :) But I will say it was a good chat for us on the way to school. So no matter how dumb I think this guy is at least it was an opportunity for me to talk to Ab about this.

And the "TALKS" begin!

ALright... so we Abbie and I have started the "TALK" yep THAT ONE!!!!! I thought how the heck to even start talking about the "normal stuff" So I got that book " All about me" by American Girl. Anyways. It starts out light.. Which is where we are at thus far!!! Like about taking showers.. blah blah blah.. the word "puberty" came up and I had to explain that one.. but we took our brownie and went to my room and had our little special time.. I figure I am going to just do little by little... The funny thing was that when I was explaining things to her. I said.... Well we are just going to read through this and talk about it as we go.. it talks about growing into a young women and changes and stuff.. and I comediedy said like getting gigantic boobs.. and she laughed so hard!!! So that kinda broke the ice!!! :) Anyways.. as I was having THE start of THE TALK with Abbie.. I took some pics of Lola earlier today. Cause I just realized she is getting SOOOOOOOOOOO big.. and it seems like all the sudden!!!!!! :)

So anyways... Have a great peeps!!! :)

Stuffy things

Well Jon and I have added up how much company we have had. And we have had a month full.. a full 4 weeks of company with a one day break!! Jon literally came home Friday from his week in Seattle. To his grandparents already being here.. So it was a quick hello to me and off for more fun times with his grandparents. It was good to see them. They have visited us every Labor Day weekend since we moved up here and they are very easy going and fun to hang around. It is always good to see them! :) So here is pic with the kids.


So today we were going to go over to our friends house for dinner in A-Town.. and we decided to make a day of it.. So we said good-bye to Jon's grandparents at 10am and hit the road for A-Town... We went to SACC (our old church in town) it was a blast seeing peeps that I haven't seen since we moved! It was very nice and I got a little teary see
everyone. Then went and had some lunch with some other friends and then off to anothers for dinner!! So we pretty much just moved house to house according the the feeding schedule!!! It was awesome!!!! :) You know I am a pretty bad friend!!! Really I am.. I go for like weeks....... months.......... years... (like really I have done this all my life.. we move or something and then I show up at your door asking to use the bathroom and i havent talked to the person in like 2 months or more!!! For me that is totally normal! RIGHT??)
Then I go and hang out and we are right back in it!!! Right where we left off!!!
LOVE LOVE THAT!!! :)

So we are looking forward to tomorrow!! We I guess mainly I am. we are having a stay home day.. gonna bbq and have some down time!!! ALSO I get a "mom day" which means I get to sleep in and do whatever I want!!!!! YAY!!!! Looking forward to that!!! :)
Have a great day peeps! :)



ing

OH me.. OH my!!!!

I AM TIRED!!!!!! AND CANNOT WAIT FOR JON TO BE HOME!!!

WHAT A WEEK!!!! WHAT A WEEK!!!!!

The FIRST of September!!!

WOW!! September is really here.... and we got the weather to prove it!!! That is one thing that I am on the up about!!! THE WEATHER!!! Atleast if we had to go back to school, I am glad it has been in the 60's and raining!!! :) So one thing that I forget why I hate going back to school each year is because of the dang "ADUJSTMENT" normally we take this week and re-adjust bedtime and so stuff. We had company right up until Saturday so we did not have any time for adjustment SUMMER DAYS WENT RIGHT INTO SCHOOL DAYS
So it was a bit hard. ALOT HARD. Jon left for Seattle for the week yesterday and we will be back Friday. HE LEFT WITH SOME MESSED UP KIDS!!! So I actually sent everyone to bed at 7pm last night. And they were ALL asleep by 7:30! So anyways. Hope you guys have a great rest of the week!

PEACE OUT PEEPS!!!:)