Whats been goin on?

Enjoyed Christmas with my family.  This Christmas was different for my three kids.  It was so wonderful to see them enjoy their Christmas with their Dad.

Micah & Dillon went to  Camp Verde for the week.  Micah is almost done with this job.  I can't wait, it will be nice to have him home all the time again instead of out of town.


I've been hearing the word "daddy" daily and watching them hug on their daddy.

I've been doing things around the house to try to de-clutter it, hoping to put a smile on my husband's face.

I've been doing a lot of driving around town helping my ex-husband get applications and leave resumes.

I have enjoyed the kids being off from school, we've played board games, watched lot of movies and just enjoyed each others company.

Just a little helper

A couple of weeks ago I got a text from my ex-husband telling me that things were not going very well for him since he's been living with a friend.  He mentioned times of not getting a long and times of when his friend would kick him out and that left my ex-husband no one to go so he would sleep outside or in a car.   I feared that I would get a phone call one day that I would have to tell my kids that they found their dad somewhere on the streets...never to see again.

I told my husband about it and he said that we should bring him here to Flagstaff and have him seek help in the Rescue Mission here.  I was a little surprised that he would offer such a thing but he said that the kids need to have their father in their lives and they should be in his.

I finally make that phone call to my ex and then we waited.  The kids were excited with the whole idea.  One week later he responded by texting me a message shortly after I had gone to bed that he was ready to make some major changes in his life.

Last night, actually it was 12:15 in the morning the kids and I went to pick him up from the Greyhound bus depot. 

Today with all of us together was a little awkward at first but I enjoyed watching the kids with their daddy.  We had a nice day.  Tomorrow afternoon we will get him checked into the mission.

The rest is up to him and God.  All we were in this were just little helpers in His big plan for my ex and his choices now.  Now its our turn to wait and see.

On a side note I think every needs second chances, third or fourth chances.  I think that it is up to each and everyone of us to just be little helpers in God's big plan.  Helping who we can, the lost, the poor, or someone who just needs a little help in a new and God right direction.  I feel at peace with bringing my ex here.  God has a plan for him and now he can get started on it with Him and there will be great rewards, one of them being.....involved in his kid's lives.

Lord I'm thankful for my husband.  He takes great care of me and my kids.  He has opened his heart to helping an important person in my children's lives and that is such a gift to them.

Lord my ex is here now he is yours.  I pray that he seeks you and starts his journey with you.  Help him to learn about you.  Help to remember what its like to be held in your powerful loving hands.  Help him to know you and develop a relationship with you Lord.  Humble him Lord and bring him close to you. He has a few things to let go of , one of them being pride.  He will have struggles but make it clear to him that you are not far from him and that he will grow in the ways that he needs to.  His life will come together with your all knowing, all powerful love, strength and peace and forgiveness.  Amen

Thank you Lord for showing us how we can be just a little helper in your big plan.

Christmas Letter 2011

Dear Family & Friends,

Merry Christmas!  God's presence with us is His greatest gift to us.

Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.  Exalt Him who rides on the clouds.  His name is Yahweh and rejoice before Him.  Psalm 68:4

We have continued to grow and change as we learn to love this blended family of ours.  Christ is at the center of it during all the ups and downs. We have discovered that there are three important things to focus on when it comes to family.   Hope, Faith & Love. 

1 Cor 13

Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.  And the best of the three is love.

The one thing that always prevails is His love for us and in return the love we give to our loved ones around us.  Its through Him that we are able to love one another in all matters that may go on in a blended family such as we are.  Loving and forgiving, Loving and smiling, loving through the tears, loving and laughter, loving and living.  Loving Christ as he loves us.  Loving others as Christ loves us.

We love you.  Enjoy your Christmas this year.  

with Love,

Micah, Katrina, Dillon, Karlee, Kyle & Sara

May you have the gift of faith, the blessing of hope and the peace of His love at Christmas and always.

My Christmas Wishes

I want God's love to be poured
into every heart like He has
into mine.

I want to always remember
the true meaning of the season.

I want to encourage the hearts
of my family and friends
and the lost
and be a blessing to someone in need.

For My Family

Dear Lord,

I pray for my home to be filled with you Lord,
to be in the center of all we do.
A home full of love, kindness, peace,
patience and forgiveness for others.

For my family to know God's love for them.

For my family to always turn to you oh Lord and know that
you have a plan and a purpose for our family.

In your name, Amen

More Grace Please

Deep breath
now a deep sigh
walking away to take a moment
think before I speak
speak softly

Grace is letting someone hug you when you really want to walk away
Grace is returning that hug despite how you really feel
Grace is listening when someone wants to talk and you are hesitant on what they have to say
Grace is forgiving 
Grace is speaking softly back to them when inside you may want to shout
Grace is responding to their attempts to explain 
Grace is letting go of the negative situation and moving forward in peace
Grace can be hard to give but its so rewarding afterward
Grace is a start to making something better

Grace
More Grace Please

Above is what I experienced tonight.  Lord thank you so much for being there in that negative moment, helping me....giving me grace so that I could give it too.  It was because you were there that things were back to being peaceful.  Thank you 

One Twinkling Night

As I gaze upon the bright twinkling Christmas lights on my tree

I begin to think of the beaming stars that shone their twinkling light

above the little stable so long ago

where a newborn laid in a manger of hay.

I begin to think of the one who came to 

show our world that love is the only way to go

The twinkling lights...

to find the path to our home in heaven

to show us the way that fills our soul

with His heavenly light day by day.

Twinkling shining bright lights

we find you Jesus

in hearts each day and by our caring

and sharing acts we walk forward

with you day by day.

Mary and Joseph beside the babe

bright lights twinkling above

Never forgotten, always here

Living on eternally

Step by step with us each day

Living on eternally

Living in joy with us today!