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31
Jul 2007

Homemade crayons.

Heidi

I found this idea at Crafty Daisies and decided to try it today. The kids had so much fun, especially when I said you get to peel all the paper off and you get to break the crayons into little pieces. They were like YES!!! So here are all the broken crayons:

In the muffin tin:

All melted and ready for the freezer for a bit:

And ready to color:

These really are really good for little hands. They had the idea on Crafty Daisies to put some in a bag and give them as gifts. And I think that is a great idea. :)

My eldest is at Sports camp all week and he is having a blast. He wants to play real football next fall and I think I am going to let him. I think he will make a great player. He starts basketball in October and so does Chandler so we are going to be very busy with sports stuff. :) I am doing some new stuff with my eldest this week. And it seems to be working pretty well, I must say though that I am exhausted at the end of the day. It is taking all my energy. We got the final chore charts hung up and the kids are really enjoying putting there stickers on there chores for the day. I am trying to get really structured for him and see how that helps behavior and it seems to really help, but like I said it is tiring. We will see how the rest of the week goes.

Today I went into Chick -fil- a and I was sitting in the play area and all of a sudden Hillsong started playing and towards the end of the song everyone on the CD was just worshiping the Lord in there own way. It was so cool. I was like I am sitting in a public place listening to this, awesome. Then all these worship songs came on, it was great.

Anyways, I need to start dinner. Everyone is getting hungry…

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27
Jul 2007

A dessert that is quite Heavenly…

Heidi

I love desserts and I love finding new recipes. Sometimes though when you pull a recipe out of a magazine they don’t always turn out like the picture or what you thought it would be like. So when I tried making the White Texas Sheet Cake from Paula Dean’s cooking magazine, I just figured it would be the usual cake! But oh NO…this is quite divine. It is moist. The taste is amazing and once you have your first bite…you will keep wanting more with a big glass of milk!!!

White Texas Sheet Cake:
2 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 cup butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup sour cream
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon almond extract
Butter Frosting
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 15 by 10 inch jellyroll pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour,sugar,salt,and baking powder; set aside.

In a small saucepan, combine butter and water; bring to a boil, stirring occaionally.
Add to flour mixture, stirring to combine. Stir in sour cream, eggs, and almond extract. Pour into prepared pan, and bake 22-25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Spread warm cake with Butter Frosting. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Cut into squares to serve.

Butter Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups confectioners’ sugar

In a medium saucepan, combine butter and milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Whisk in almond extract. Gradually whisk in confectioners’ sugar until smooth.

For the past few days this butterfly has been coming out to sit on my purple zinnias. It is so pretty. I am happy I finally got a picture of it. God has got such an imagination.

Yesterday when we were getting ready for our garage sale this weekend. My 4 year old caught this lizard…he has found his new home on my kitchen counter… until I can convince my son that he needs to be let go off to go home with his mommy. :)

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24
Jul 2007

Diet

Heidi

Oh yes, i am on a serious diet. I have said this before, but after trying on brides maid dresses with my sister and seeing HOW BIG I LOOK in them….oh wow….I will not look like shamu in front of all these people. So my committment to myself is to loose 25 pounds before the wedding. I have my work cut our for me. I will have to be at the gym every single day. NO IF’S OR BUT’S ABOUT IT!!!! My weakness…well of course STARBUCKS and sweets. Good grief I have a such a sweet tooth. I am going to have to be content with just my plain old coffee here at home. Starbucks has way to many calories. UGH!!! That is how I am feeling right now!!!

Yesterday we went back to school shopping for the boys. Got them each shirts and jeans, and back packs, and lunch boxes, and other stuff. Now we just need to get the actual school supplies. So much work to get them ready for school. :)

We bought a new dining room set. It seats 8 people. It is really cool. As soon as I get around to taking a picture I will post one.

Tony starts his new job on August 6th. We have lots of change coming our way. But I think they will all be good changes. Change can be hard though because that means new disciplines and other stuff. But I am going to really work on becoming a more disciplined person and not so much fly by the seat of my pants kind of gal!!! If you know what I mean. I would say for the most part I am pretty organized, but I am going to become even more organized. I think the reason for the slack recently is just having four kids, and the last three are so close together in age. It just kind of threw me for a loop. Tony is in the midst of trying to start his own business with a friend from church as well. And so I know the discipline will come in handy.

Anyways, Off to the gym I go!!!

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18
Jul 2007

Road Trips

Heidi

So we left for Mo to pick up the eldest on Monday night, when Tony got home from work. We arrived in Mo at like 3 AM something. I never slept because Miss Kaitlyn did not want to go back to bed (well at most it was 45 minutes) ….In the morning we took care of some business. Then I ventured out with my friend Ruth for lunch with the little girls. It was pretty cute. We went into Sephora where I attempted to try on as much perfume as I could. I just wanted to smell them all!!!! And we tried on lots of makeup….it was fun…not something I would normally do, but lots of fun to do it with Ruth. And I am sure everyone in the mall appreciated all the perfume that I had on!!!! :) We did a little shopping and I got some cute things for the kids. Then that night we left MO about 7pm and arrived back in Dallas at almost 3 AM again but I did not go to bed till 4. To say that I was tired today would be a VERY BIG UNDERSTATEMENT!!! I was a ZOMBIE all day long. I did nothing around the house. And the house well…lets just say it is a very big MESS!!! Toys everywhere. Dishes need to be done. Laundry…oh I hate laundry… Tonight we got the basics at the store until I feel like adventuring out to Target to grocery shop.

So anyways, tomorrow is almost here. Remember on Anne of Green Gables how she says “tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it!”…oh I love that movie. I better hit the sack so I can get some stuff done that I need to. A new day…my dishes are not running anywhere….too bad they could not clean themselves!!!

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16
Jul 2007

Walking Humbly

Heidi

This morning, My 4 year old was singing some songs to a veggie tales Cd that we have. He came down stairs and said, “Mom, I will always walk Humbly before God.” The song was about walking humbly. And so today my prayer for him is that he does always walk humbly before God. That his eyes are always steadfast on our faithful God. That his ears are always attentive to what the Lord has to say to him. That his feet and hands always want to do His will. That is my prayer for each of my kids actually. I don’t care what they want to become. If they feel like that is what God wants…then I want that too. My prayer for them is that there testimony would be one where they can say,”I never did drugs, drank, or slept around, but God held me in his hands and I was always attentive to him. He sustained me” What kind of prayer do you have for your kids?

I am happy that I have my eyes fixed on HIM. He is always faithful, loving, kind, joy, peace, my guidance, my healer, my provider, my constant friend, he is my self esteem, he gives me laughter, gives wisdom, my counselor, an abundance of love, he is graceful, he is merciful, and so many more things. It is so important to have our trust in God alone, because man WILL fail us, because they are not perfect. Man will irritate us, disgust us at times, but not God, He is so big. He is so awesome. I have seen some incredible things throughout my life. I feel blessed that God would allow me to see things that most people never experience in there lifetime. I have seen some negative as well. And I can say I am happy to see the negative as well because it is a reminder to me that our confidence and trust is to only be in Him. In my own life I have been to what seemed like Hell and back. I have seen God’s hand move in my own life. I have experienced his inner healing. I have felt his restoration. I have experienced his grace and mercy. I have watched him deliver me out of horrific circumstances. I have watched him provide for me like only he can.

So today I walk humbly before God.


Exceeding Joy:
I have found exceeding joy,
Jesus answered when I called
this Name that has saved me,
pure love that embraced me.

Mercy, grace, eternal life.
Bought from darkness to His light.
While lost in my sin, He
raised me and made me live.

Chorus:
My soul magnifies the Lord,
my heart joys in God my Saviour,
for He lifts the lowly,
He’s done great things for me.
I will sing, praising evermore,
He is mighty and Holy is His Name.

I will lift my head up high,
praising Jesus through each trial.
Though I have not seen Him,
I love Him completely.

On a FUNNY NOTE: My 3 year old was singing a song for kids by Hillsong. And after he was done he said, “Mom God is better than barbies!!!” I was like okay. Then he said, “Barbies are for girls and Guns are for boys like me!!!”

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10
Jul 2007

Rain, Rain Go away, Come again another day!!!

Heidi

SO up here by our house we have has SOOO much rain. Here is a picture about a half a mile from our house:

This next picture is just one of the several marinas within a mile and half distance from us:

Crazy stuff this rain. The kids liked driving around looking at all the water today. :)

They have been into everything today. And they have there cap guns out….boy those things are loud!!! They have been running around the house like cowboys all morning. Cowboy hats and all. I think I have been shot several times. :) We are still working on the whole gun safty stuff!!!

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09
Jul 2007

Trip to Las Cruces.

Heidi

We just got back from Las Cruces, NM. Can I tell you I hate the drive. It is so long. But we made it safe and sound! While we were there we got Kaitlyn’s ears pierced:

Chandler and Benjamin:

Swimming:

We ate at a tea room. And while you eat you wear a hat. IT was very yummy food and tea:

I really love sunset and sunrise pictures:

There were hummingbirds everywhere up in CloudCroft. They were cute little birds. Kaitlyn went nuts and she kept clapping her hands:

Digging for bugs with Papa:

Me and Tony went on a 4 mile hike at 5:30 am. This was coming down from the mountain. Can I just give some advice…dont hike in flip flops like me. You will get bad blisters in between your toes!!!:

Top of the Hiking area looking down on Las Cruces:

Oh I just want to kiss those cheeks:

She loves the water:

The nana and the papa:

Well I need to get stuff put away and get the house cleaned, so all my stories will have to wait till tomorrow!

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01
Jul 2007

Summer going before my eyes

Heidi

I can not believe that we are at July 4th already. This year is flying by. I remember as a kid….time just slowly passing by. Now I blink and a day is gone. We leave tomorrow for NM to visit family. Today we had church and then ate out lunch with our friends Bruce and Ruth. That is always fun. I just gave Chandler and Benjamin haircuts. And will give Tony one later tonight if I don’t fall asleep!!!! I think Benjamin’s hair is pretty crooked because he kept turning to talk to Chandler and then he would look at me and tell me that he loved me. :) I really want to get Kaitlyn’s ear pierced. We were going to do it last weekend and then this past weekend so hopefully we will do it this week and I will have a picture to show. Wont she be so cute with little diamond earings!!! Oh I cant wait. Speaking of the little angel here she is at VBS:

And look at that grin, if that does not make you smile then there is something seriously wrong with you:

Okay now the picture below is of this spider that has decided every SINGLE night to make her web in front of our walk way. So we have to walk around in the grass to not disturb it. The actual web every single night is about a foot and half long , but then the stings to hold it all there are everywhere. Go away Charlotte’s Web we don’t want you anymore:

And my green beans have finally come around. And they are so yummy. I picked a whole bunch to cook and by the time I got inside I had eaten them all. Sweet!!!!!:

Well I do have some really cool stuff that I want to write about, but it is 10:30 and I need to cut Tony’s hair. So it will have to wait. If I have time while in NM I will update with some pictures while I am there.

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