Busy Times

May has flown by so fast!

It seems just like yesterday we were getting ready for Easter. Between Birthday's, our friends loss, getting together with some old friends we have not seen in a while, school ending, etc.

I wonder when I have had the time to sleep?

Brandon's Birthday was great. Although he can be a little strange at times he is a very loving little boy. The sweetest thing that happened at the party was that he had asked to get a water gun this year. It was a big deal for him to get one so that he could have it for the men's camp out. Well, he got one and then he got another and then another...

He ended up with 3 total and without any thought to it he decided to give one to Katie and the last one to Collin. That made me so proud of him for thinking about others. I hope that he will be able to keep that spirit as he gets older.

School ended with Brandon doing very well and their k5 graduation program was so cute. Katie did very well too. At the awards program she recieved 7 awards. I don't know who's kids they are? But I'm glad that they do well. We are very blessed to have found a great school to send them to.

We had our teen rally at church. Bro. Jeremy did a great job! And with all the panning and busy stuff going on My WONDERFUL FRIEND Sabrina gave me a birthday party at her house. It was so nice. I loved it! Thank you!

Both cars had to be in to be fixed. I made a cake for Ashley's shower, went to a cook out with some friends we have not seen in about a year. Helped some friends get organized. It was so nice. Plus all the regular everyday stuff that happens with having kids.

Now we are going into June hitting the ground runnung... Birthday's , trip to Indy, weddings and so on.

I hope that your month was good and the next is even better!

My heart is breaking...

Yesterday morning Craig got a text from an old friend that we haven't seen in a while. He said that his 2yr old was in intensive care because he had swallowed a watch battery and to please pray for them. By 12:00 Craig got the text telling him that he had passed away. I knew that something was wrong when Craig called to tell me the news because he sounded different, at first my reaction wasn't really anything... what could I say... I was sad, but I still had to go and do all the normal day to day stuff. We didn't find out until later on in the day what happened and somehow knowing only makes it harder. I felt kind of cold not really knowing how I should react.

I know only one or two people read my blog so I'm just letting you know that I am writing this just to get it out. It's the middle of the night, I can't sleep... partly because Katie is at a sleep over, and the boys insisted on having there own out here in the living room on the inflatable mattresses, they are so comfortable! So you can see why I am up.

I tried not to think too much about what happened because there is nothing that we can do at this point, but it would slowly creep into my mind through out the day. And once night came around it started to drive me nuts thinking about it. You start to think how you're glad it was not you, what you would do if it was, stuff like that. It seemed like every second that I wasn't busy the thought of it would come up. By the time 5:00 came around I was feeling like there was something wrong with me because I had such a cold reaction to it all. Every one dies right? I guess when it is someone who is older we can brush it off because they were older, but when it's a little person it has to be different right? Now I'm here not able to sleep because...?

Tonight after dinner the boys and Craig were playing a game together and I took that time to read my Bible. I first went to Psa 42 for some comfort... that didn't help. So I figured I would start at the beginning maybe I would have that Ah Ha moment I was looking for so I read Psa 1&2. Well it was still no help. Anyway after that I just decided to go back to what I have been reading through and that was Eccl5.

Proof positive that when you follow your own way you end up with nothing, but when you follow Gods way you get just what you need.

I got my Ah Ha moment, but not how I had planned it out. I figured that I would look for comfort through God's word because of what had happened today, but I am not the one who needs that, yes I am very sad for our friends loss, but it is not MY loss it's theirs, they need those verses. I got exactly what I needed to see where I should go.


Eccl 5:1-2 says: 1-KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2- Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.


I know that it has more to do with not making vows you don't intend to keep, and farther in the chapter that riches here mean nothing and you can't take it with you... Which I needed a reminder about as well.

I know that I need to work on my lack of patience with my kids, God reminded me today that there is such a short amount of time with any one. I'm ashamed to admit that I have wasted some of it, and would like to be able to put what I learned to good use.

BUT DON'T YOU SEE... Like having your parent there to reassure you he said it to ME (I LOVE IT) " for God is in heaven, and thou upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few. "

He's got this one! Whats done is done, he knows what happened, he's got it under control... crisis averted... He gave me that comfort that I was looking for!
AWESOME!

I can go to sleep now... I know today made me hug my kids and husband a little harder, as I sit here and listen to the sound of my boys breathing like I did when they were babies. Hope that when Katie comes home from her sleepover I won't be short with her for lack of sleep and her to not be crabby for the same reason. I know that I'm not a horrible mom like my heart tells me.

I want to show God that I WANT to learn from what happens, and not use it against him to suit my own purpose or feed anger in myself or others. I know where I struggle I don't need any help from others... I'm just glad that God IS always there no matter what.

And I think this Mother's Day I have a bit more to be thankful for and a big prayer for our friend.

It's been so long!

I can't believe that I have not written since Feb. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

So much has gone on since then. School is almost over, birthdays are coming up, we have a family wedding as well. But the biggest thing going on right now is the fact that we no longer have any babies in our house....

It sounds so nice and sad at the same time. Collin is no longer in pull ups!!!! I know it sounds weird but, I'm glad that we don't have to spend all that money on them... and I don't have to change them anymore! But... there is sadness that comes with this as well. Craig and I would talk about how nice it would be when the kids were grown up and doing their own things and we would have all this time to spend alone... I thought that I would be a bit more excited than I am. We still have a while to go but it is coming up faster than I expected. And I realized it when Collin took to potty training so well. I'm glad that I won't have anymore pregnancies(we don't get along). I am a little sad though that we won't have any more babies( shouldn't with the meds I'm on for lupus)but now I see that we are moving on to the next step. Collin starts school in the fall and that was a big reason for making him do this so quickly. It's scary to see them grow up so fast .You start to understand how little time you really have before they are grown. But the bright side is that we can start doing other things as a family without having to worry about stopping to change a pull up or two. Plus I have enough friends that are just starting to have babies so I can get my fix when I see them.

New Jewelery

Sorry that this has taken so long to post. This has been the first time I have had the chance to get it all organized. I do sell my pieces, I will do a show if someone wants to set them up and I will make special orders if you have something you would like to have matched. Let me know what you think....

I had to fix my URL

I'm sorry... I am not the best with computer stuff! My husband called me and said that my email was wrong at first, then it was my facebook stuff but then we figured out that it was the URL address for my blog so I am sending this out to let u know I didn't disappear I just messed up in spelling. It should be fixed now and I am sorry. Thanks for being great friends.
COMING SOON :
NEW JEWELRY