God's Creation

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."

Romans 1:20 NIV

Memorial Day

I'm an Air Force wife and have been for nearly 8 years. This past year was the first that I truly felt like a military wife. Jeff has been away at different trainings since last September. We saw him for the month of January and a few times here and there, but we have been separated for the better part of a year.

Thankfully Jeff is stateside and I know he is safe. My brother, Dean, on the other hand has been in Iraq since December. He missed his 1st anniversary with his wife, his 21st birthday, and the birth of his son just to name of few things, as he serves our country in the Army. I am so proud of the military men in my life.

Regardless of where troops are serving, stateside or in a war zone, they are ALL HEROES to me.

Please spend this Memorial Day thanking God for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice with their lives and their families. Pray for protection over troops and families across the world.

Kindergarten Graduation

Our little man is a little bigger today! That's right he is a graduate! Goodbye Kinder and here we come First Grade :)

Does he look excited to you? I love how he wears his emotions so openly. He couldn't hide that if he tried.

"Hello my name is L (no he really has a first and last name, but to the www it is L) and when I grow up I want to be an Astronaut."

L getting his diploma. His teacher is an amazing teacher and really blessed L this year. She was a homeschooling mama of 5 until her family needed a second income. So she could relate to all of my fears and anxieties about putting my child in public school when I had so desperately wanted to homeschool him.

L and R! The handsome graduates! R lives a few houses down and is such a sweet boy :)

As this chapter closes we are in prayer about what next year holds for our children.

We know for certain M and J will be home for school.

I am so excited for summer vacation regardless !

You know you are sick when....

- You go to check the load of clothes in the dryer that you "started" 8 hours ago - only to find you only put half the clothes into the dryer, put more dirty clothes on top of the clean clothes, and didn't start either!

- Your 6 year old son offers to wash walls out of the blue to help you feel better faster (not sure how that works - but the boy did a good job :P)

- Nearly every word out of your sweet 4 year old daughters mouth sounds like nails on a chalk board and you wish she had a mute button.

- Your two year morphs into spider man and climbs everything in the house because he doesn't think you can catch him ... he IS wrong!

- The game of the day is doctor.. I'm sorry children there are only so many times a mommy with a raw sore throat can open and close her mouth before she passes out from pain.

- You get chill's in the relaxing hot bath you are taking and then can't get warm again.

- And finally your husband calls and the sound of his breathing on the phone irritates you and hurts your inflamed ears so you are snappy with him - when really you just wish he could come home right now and scoop you up in his arms, carry you to bed, and let you get a full nights sleep while he lays next to you and keeps you safe.

I miss you babe and I'm sorry I was a MEGABEAST today!

Dealing with Name Calling in the Home

Recently my children have discovered the art of speaking nasty or harshly with each other. Sometimes it is not even what they say but the tone they use to say it. So I thought I'd share the solution that seems to smooth over all situations.

For every mean word they used against their sibling they must give 3 things they love about them.

Now my children are still relatively small (6,4, and 2), so when the offended child hears 3 kind things about themself, they can't help but melt and turn into a goofy and lovey sibling. They forgive nearly instantly and almost always that child will even go out of their way to do one of the 3 things their brother/sister said they love about them to make them happy.

"Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8