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I could be positive. That wouldn't be the real me right now! I love love love Easter. It is my favorite holiday, after all, it is the day that Jesus Rose Again and DEFEATED satan! I love it, I love that HE rolled the stone away!
It hurts my heart, that this is the choice He needed to make, in order to save us from ourselves! Why is it that we didn't chose properly and chose to follow Him from the start, the one who led us and had and has our back!!! What honestly held our people back from that?
Oh yea, the freedom of choice He gave us from the start!
My God and the Holy Spirit are so loving and such sweetheart's that they don't force themselves on us, like some sort of rape! Seriously, they don't take IT from us, our choices! They love us enough to give us options! I love it, my God is amazing! He Rose He Pushed that Boulder away and He gave Me real life! Real feeling, Real choices, Real love and Real prayer, someone to go to and ask my heart's desire!
That's my amazing GOD! .
I can't tell you how to receive Him, but just to receive Him! I can't tell you where it is that you will meet Him! I can tell you that He is waiting for you and that wherever you want to meet Him, He will be there! No need to set up an appointment long in advance and you don't have to wait for church or until your ready, He is always there and always ready!
There are so many things and thoughts I send to my God! There is even more that I receive from Him! Oh my to even try to put it in words, I couldn't!


Happy Easter! To all! Now Let God Move Your Boulder!

Random

I am back to posting a little better these days, I still love it. Just got a little taken away for a moment, you know that life stuff!

If I could post while driving, I'd have good stuff all the time, memories I want to keep! That would be very unsafe, so maybe I should voice record my thoughts and come back to it! HMmm maybe that's a good idea! Even if it just something to jolt my memory! I think that is the only time I really think on my memories and what's going on. Otherwise it is always what needs to be done right now!!

An update on my FIL- he is doing ok. Going in for Dialysis, 3 times a week and constant check-ups wear on him too! Please continue praying for him, I know you do just wanted to let you know where we are with him.

Thankfully, I think my MIL has now decided she can start to take care of herself again. She has some eye surgery? The day after Easter. Keep her in your prayers too. When I figure out what she is actually having done I'll update.

I should be folding laundry and cleaning the kitchen right now!

Polly and I go in for an assessment at the gym today!

I have to turn in paperwork on Adam today, to the Doctor. Finding a counselor, in this area, that takes my insurance, that has availability in the non-school hours is turning out to be a tough task! So we decided to start with our Pediatrician! Adam has been seeing him since he was born, so I think it was easier for him to go in and chat with the Dr. about it!

My kids and hubby really need to learn how to load their own music on their MP3 players! Uggh!

I am looking forward to camping season!

Mama's Going to Work

So I am leaving for work, on a "typical" Friday night. I am headed out and waiting for my lovins! Instead I had to go grab the camera to show you what they, honestly, tried!!
I say to the older dog, "Bye Buddy, Mama's going to work." I can forgive him, he is hurt, hurt bad and he doesn't walk very well right now! Mama gets over it and moves on! I do move on, I really move on!

Hey Babe, I'm leavin for work now! He replies, "by mommy"!! OH to kill him or not! Mama is going to work, a choice we both made, and your not going to get up off the couch, or even

out from underneath the dog to kiss me good bye!
Ok, Larbo is hurt and he is hurt bad! I really am just happy to see him smile! I would love for him to shove this dog aside for a moment to give me a "real" kiss good bye! Not one of those stupid pecks and not one of those see ya later kisses. A real kiss and a real hug. something that says, this is for us and I believe in you kisses!! OH yea all you wives know what I am talking about, even if you are just going out for the evening, it is one of those true love kisses with a hug! Had to pull it out of him! UGGGHHH!

But when these three followed suit and Hanky! Oh Mama let them know, this is not tolerated and will not happen. Of course, I grabbed the camera first! I took pics and then I told them what I wanted!! Don't get me wrong, it was probably that they were enjoying watching some movie with daddy and both the dogs were hanging out! I was probably, I mean, I was jealous! I had to go to work and they were enjoying one another! At the same point, thankfully, they were all happy to be together on a Friday night! Love it, Hate it, love it way more!!!

Trying to Remember

Adam used to say:

I hermember! (REMEMBER)

Pay a pention! (pay attention)


Windy used to say:

Hi Honey! (When Daddy walked in the door from work)

Yaya!! (when daddy would come in from work, with his friend Tony, who was living with a the time! And Daddy would repeat Yaya and Tony would repeat Yaya and Windy would repeat Yaya she wasn't even 1 yet!)

Still trying to remember what Mitchell's words were!
I do remember when we were out ANYWHERE! Mitchell was a little older 15 months, he would walk around, kiss everyone goodbye, put everything back in his diaper bag and bring us his shoes and coat! He was ready to go HOME!
We obliged! Because if we didn't there wasn't any calming him down!
Goes to show, why even today, he just doesn't like to sleep away from home and counts on all of us to make sure he doesn't sleep alone!

Funny part is: Adam is the one we had to work on sleeping well and getting out of our bed, Windy has always slept well no matter if she was alone or with someone (just move out of her way, cause she will sleep well at anyone's expense) and Mitchell sleeps well ONLY when sleeping with one of us, doesn't matter if it is Larry or Larry and I or Windy or Adam or Grandma or Papaw or Nana or Grandpa Pat, he just doesn't want to sleep alone!

3 different kids, 3 very different personalities and one Mama trying to put it all on paper!

Loving it!

Baby J...

WOW! Where does the time go.

This is our Baby "J". She just turned 17! Oh my, I remember the day she was born, I remember the call I got when I was in South Carolina! Baby Girl was born.

At that moment, not only did my perspective on life change, but the perspective of my cousins!

We were in awe of her, she truly took our breath away, from that very moment she was born!

Her Mom probably has a different story (something about being in labor for ever or something like that)!

But from being one of those that just watched, this is what she did for me: Jordan, immediately changed me and my outlook on life! Her life offered hope, Love and passion for life!

From the moment she hit the world, I started loving, really loving, life again!

I couldn't wait to get the next picture of her, in the mail! I couldn't wait to get home, in June, to hold her! I listened intently to the stories her mom and Auntie Shane would tell.

Oh wow, don't get me wrong she has also taught us of the stress a child brings on. I wouldn't trade it for the world!

Bigger than that she has given all of us an awesome amount of hope and true life!

She was the one who brought the smile back in our life!

I don't think I smiled ear to ear until the moment I received her picture in the mail! I heard about her birth and it did make me happy, but wow oh wow, when I saw her First Picture I was touched and changed!

Throughout time, she taught about the amazement and the fun of being there for the "firsts"! First steps, first bad action (I think we taught her that), first word (we repeated "mamamammamama" over and over to her, to ensure that Mama would be her first word), First time jumping on the bed (oh yea, I am sure, that Aunts and Uncles-to-be taught her that), the first bad word (we can blame that on Uncle Who), first (stupid) boyfriend, first formal dance, first one to have a drivers permit! Wowowowowoow!

Right into being our first teenager! Wow, oh wow! Makes you crazy just thinking about it! Truth is Jordan has been inspiration from the moment her Mama told us she was going to be coming! I so wish I had baby pics of her to post, but I have to buy a scanner! STINKY!!

She was the one who gave Larry his loving name: Uncle Bobo! He loves it! Adores it! We tried to get her to say Uncle Larbo and that's what she said! We both love it, Larry is Uncle Bobo to this day to those that love him as an uncle! I am Auntie Pizza!

One night, while staying the night with me and Larry, while I did live at home with my mom, she was really trying to say my name! We all tried, Aunt April, Phil, me, Uncle Bobo and Phillip tried to figure out what this precious Baby J wanted. When I think she put her point across and now I am Auntie Pizza! I love it!

I wouldn't trade any moment of it! From the moment she was born until today, she has had alot of pressure on her and for the most part, handles it well!

Please pray that she handles all of life's challenges ahead of her as she needs to, that she learns from the mistakes life has taught her and that she continues to "grab the bull by the horns" and takes the world and that this amazing young lady, not only enjoys life, but enjoys the challenges ahead of her!

Baby J, I just love you and all you have taught me about.

NOW, BABY, NOW is your time! Let yourself shine for you and not for the rest of us!

TAKE THIS WORLD BY THE HORNS AND BE JORDAN!

Some Days

I wish I could just skip
I sooo wish I could just skip the kid got hurt or isn't doing well days! I so wish I could skip the Hubby is hurt real bad and won't do anything about it days! The days where he tells the DR's that he doesn't want surgery and do what you can to omit that days! I wish I could skip the days where my kids fail a test and I can't fix it or are the days where the one kid is diagnosed at school with classic signs of "ADD" and I had him in to his pediatrician, I love for the exact same thing, when he was 7, and I am told he is a normal 7 year old get over it! But this is real for a 13 year old!!
Or the days where they just say you failed as a pet owner!
But I can't skip those!
These are honest "Days of My Life"!
I don't like'em but they change my life and I live by them!
Just know that whenever I think of you all I pray for you and do the same for me on my Some Days!

I Love Memories Like This

I left, once again, for a business trip at the beginning of this week! Thankfully, the night before I left it was beautiful outside, so what else would a family do? Start a fire and go outside!

The kids played on my quad, that is now repaired, from this time! What I didn't notice, Adam is wearing slippers on the quad! Helmet and goggles are both in place, but hmmm slippers?? Wow, he leaves me wondering!

Windy practiced her recorder, she had a test in the morning at school and wanted to be prepared. The diligence she shows is amazing!

Quite honestly, it was just nice to hang out with the family and watch them enjoy the outside! We have had such a long winter, just getting outside and running and watching the kids play and run and enjoy was just wonderful!

Memories like these are my favorite! Nothing planned, no big preparations and everyone is smiling!