How HE feels…

This morning I had my worship music on and was praying. Kaitlyn reached her hands up to me and said “mommy hold me” So I picked her up and kept singing and just held her close to me. Then she whispered to me “mommy I luv you” I looked down at her and said “I love you too honey” She smiled really big and just nuzzled up against me. It made me feel so good. It was pure joy inside. I just wanted to hold her for as long as I could and cherish the moment.

This is how the Lord feels this morning. As I “sit” in his lap and just worship him and tell him that I love him. He smiles back at me. That feeling that we get when our own kids tell us that they love us and when they just want to sit with us a little longer. It makes our Lord feel so good when we tell him that we love him and when we take the time to just sit there a little longer and let him hold us.

Have you sat with him lately?

Hairy Legs!!!

So today was the big day…for lots of reasons! We got our school supplies, that was um, well a very tiring experience to take 5 kids school supply shopping. No wonder I am so tired tonight! Chandler wanted to put his stuff in his back pack. So I told him he could, and I come back around the corner and he had opened the 50 pack of quart size baggies and was stuffing them in his bag one by one. I was like “what are you doing” Well you told me I could put everything in my new back pack. I was like the box chandler, not every single baggie. So we shoved them all back in the box and taped it up!

So I went to the dr. They took my cast off as I apologized for how hairy my legs were and how stinky my foot was. I apologized to everyone that I came in to contact with. The x-rays showed the bone healing, but my ligament in between my tibia and another bone is severely sprained or torn. SO now I have to wear a full leg boot for 4 weeks. Then we will re-x ray my foot and he will see if I need that MRI or surgery. I still need to stay off of it. Can I tell you I was SOOOO bummed. I had visions of me leaving the office running. NOPE. Not today. It hurts pretty bad still. Tonight I shaved my leg. It felt SOO good. Before they took the cast off I said something is in there that my chopstick cant reach. Wanna know what was in there….a spaghetti noodle. Just about a 1 inch piece. It was DRIVING ME NUTS! It felt so good to itch it.

I am reading 2 really good books right now. I HIGHLY recommend them. I am going to talk more about them once I finish them. But if you are looking for a good parenting book, these are 2 good ones!

***Graced Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel
***Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Lehman

All Done…

We are all done decorating for VBS, and I think it all turned out good. BUT I am so happy that we are done. It was Exhausting. E.X.H.A.U.S.T.I.N.G. We still have some stuff to organize, but it is coming all together nicely and I think we are really going to have a great day on Friday. It starts at 9 am and goes to 6:30 and then we have a final devotional and then a dinner and bounce houses. I WILL NOT BE JUMPING IN ANY! I think I learned that I can not do that!

This week we are going to get our school supplies bought. The kids are SO excited about getting back packs and there school supplies. But I am mean and will NOT let them open any of them until the first day of school.

Tomorrow I go to get my foot re- x rayed. I am so excited to have my cast off for a bit. Tonight when I was cooking I dropped a small piece of bread down my cast. AND it ITCHES like crazy. I mean crazy. I have been scratching at it all night with a chop stick! Now I must say that I am going to be SUPER embarrassed tomorrow when they take the cast off and they see how HAIRY my leg is. I MEAN this leg is HAIRY! It is going to be so embarrassing when they take the cast off and see those leg hairs. Now I know that it is normal and they are so used to having this happen. But would it be bad to bring my razor and then after he takes it off, go to the bathroom and shave my leg before the Dr. gets to look at it? I am hoping that they will allow me to wear just the boot after this. I am so SICK of the cast. We will see what happens.

I leave on Sunday of this coming week for MO. To spend time with the family there! I cant wait to see everyone. Hug everyone. Have some long talks over coffee. See all the cousins. See my parents and sisters. We are going to go look at wedding dresses with my little sister. SHE IS ENGAGED. And looking to get married NOV 1st. That does not leave time for me to loose some extra weight to fit into the dress that she picks out! UGH I hate bridesmaid dresses.

Okay off to bed I go.

Nothing much happening…

Not much going on around here. And that can be a good thing.
My oldest son planted these sunflowers that he bought me back in April, and they have finally bloomed and they are so pretty.

Ben and Kaitlyn being sweet to each other. Kaitlyn had just opened her new hat, that her auntie [...]

She is Free…

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Grace

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I was lost when ya found me here
You pulled me close and held me near
And I’m a fool but still you love
I’ll be your fool for the king of love
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And gave me a song to color the sky
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This song…

really touched me this morning. I Love Hillsong, and for some reason I can’t recall singing it. I know we have sung it at church, but I just cant remember, anyways, here are the lyrics and video of it.
Healer
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal [...]