Kids & Things

Having the Bathroom tiled and redone

Life has been busy lately, but its all been good.  I have kept busy with little jobs here and there earning a little money.  I will start helping more at an Assiting Living Home more as an activity cordinator.  I'm excited about that!  Another year of school is done, time for the summer now.  I can't belive how quickly time goes by and how fast the kids have grown.  I love them so much!  Dillon is doing good, he has been working with his dad and going to AA meetings and looking for a job.  As the kids are getting older their summer is filling up with school sports and things so we won't go to El Paso this summer.  My parents will come meet up with us in Wickenburg at my Uncle's for a visit at the end of July.  God continues to bless me with many joys and blessings each day with my family.  So very grateful!

Karlee is now a junior and Kyle is now a freshman

Living Room can be used for  repairing 

Sara is moving on to middle school!

Enjoyed a day of fun in the sun as a family at Lake Pleasant

Kyle is now a Tenderfoot!

From a Friend

"As you do not know what? is? the way the wind, Or? how the bones? grow? in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything."  Ecc 11:5 ( copied this from my message on my phone)

(Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.)

I'm  continuing to learn that we do not always have to know the intricate details of God's work to trust Him.  All I know is that He is good, and that's all I need to know.  Just thought I'd share a piece of my heart.  Have a good day. J.

I sit here reading the message over and over and what plays in my head is that God is good.  Its easy to sit here in slience as I have been doing for the last hour stewing over my frustrations with my husband.  Going downward with my thoughts as the hour goes by with each negative thought I can think of and allow a wall of bitterness to start taking form.

I don't want to be in a funk when I head to go take pictures of beautiufl people all dressed up enjoying the evening.  I don't want to look at happy couples and let a tear dwell on my eyelid as I smile with fake joy.  I don't like feeling or being that way.

So then after a few minutes of sitting here at my desk staring outside the window, I searched my messages on my phone and found Jamie's and began typing it out here, and as I did it caught me and won't let go now until I know that God is good.  I know it and I think it and I say it but I have to rekindle that hope that really truly knows it so that I can settle my heart back into peace and clear my mind of the negative nagging thoughts that do not do anyone any good.

Now I look out the window thankful for a friend like Jamie and her message that I read over quickly at the time but now living it.  Thank you Jamie.  Thank you Lord.  Thank you Lord for all the blessings and joys and happiness that you have given me and continue to give me because you are so good.

Blessings From God

I was a little sad when my two week time came to an end working at the church for Linda.  I prayed and asked God what he had next for me.  It only took one day to get an answer.  I recieved a phone call from a gentleman that my friend Kim told me about.  She had said that he needed a helping hand with getting dressed in the moring and doing odd things around the house for him.  He has been in a wheel chair for 18 years. I went and met him and he paid me for the week right away.  I will be going over there in the mornings to help him.

Then I got a call on Thursday afternoon and was asked if I would take pictures of their family and friends at a ball that they would be giving on Saturday (Today) and they would pay me a little for my time. ( I'm nervous and excited all at the same time but looking forward to the opportunity.)

Next week, and the Tuesday after I will do childcare for the ladies bible study and that will pay a small amount too.

Oh and Linda, has asked me to work this coming Friday on the 30th and on June 13th.  God has made me available to cover her days that she needs to be off and in turn provides me with some money.

I may not have a regular job right now, but the Lord has been blessing me, and I'm so very thankful for that!

Faith & Hope

"Faith goes up the stairs that (God's) love has made and looks out of the windows which hope has opened." Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I really like this quote.  It puts a smile on my face and a feeling of peace in my heart.  God is thee in all moments of my life.  All the trials have helped me see God in my life more.  They help my faith to continue to grow, growing through His love for me.  He loves me and its through Him that my faith is strong.

God gets us to the next moment and the next.  He shines His love to show us hope.  His hope.  I think I will try to committ the quote above to memory.

Another New Page

I said this to my oldest daughter, "just put him on a new page, a chance to start his story over" she rolled her eyes and sighed.

Dillon is home.  He walked in the door around 8:00 this morning.  I was sitting on the couch and the door opend wide and there he was.  He went straight to Bosco since he had never met him yet.  Then he gave me a big hug.

Its odd to think that we have an 18 year old in the house.  This opens up to all kinds of new adventures, I'm sure.

So let's get that piece of paper out and start a new page......
with the Lord's help this story will end better than the last one that was started :)

To have joy to be thankful

"Deep joy is found only at the table of thanksgiving."  Vonkamp A Thousand Gifts

I reflect on the moments in life that I haven't enjoyed.  Oddly enough over the years I have began to find the joy in the midst of them.  By doing this it has helped to keep going from moment to moment, to each new day.  It has only been by God's great grace that I have been able to do this.

Finding joy in the midst of the miserable, sad, and frustrating moments in life can only be through Christ. It can only be when he reveals joy to be thankful that can make the moments in this world more bearable until we can see His face.

The moment when my husand answers yes to my heart ache question that I don't want him to be truthful because it hurts.  But with God's grace I dry my eyes and blow my nose and say thank you to the things that my husband does do for me and my children.

That is just one of many examples that I could share.

I know the Lord has given my husband and I the gift of friendship and for that I am thankful.

Surprise!

 

A couple of Sundays ago I walked into church and was greeted by my step-son Dillon!  It was such a surprise.  Apparently Micah knew but Dillon had asked him not to tell anyone.  Micah said it was hard to keep it to himself.  

It was so good to see him in person instead of on a monitor with him dressed in a yellow jumpsuit with a view of cell bars in the background.  

I also had missed his hugs too!

He is in house in a 28 day rehab program.  We get to see him on Sundays and Tuesdays.  He should be re-joining us at home at the end of this month (May).