More good news from Lydia!

Lydia rushed into the kitchen about ten minutes ago bursting to tell me something exciting! This was her story: "Mom! I have good news! I went to a casserole ( castle) and I met a prince and he said, " I want to marry you" and I said, " Hmm, your beautiful. I want to marry you too." so we got married in our casserole and now we spend together. Isn't that good news?

Garabage in, Garabage out!

I was remembering back, it would have been about eight years ago, to a youth retreat we had back when I was in high school. Our speaker was an amazing man of God from Texas who came every year for about six years. He asked for a volunteer and a young man went forward who was from a Godly home but a that time was straying badly. Daniel ( our speaker) told him that he was going to tell him his future. We of course were all skeptical but very interested. Daniel told him that in 5-10 years he would be jut like the music he listened to. Praise God, that boy soon after totally turned his life around and is now whole heartedly serving the Lord!

Daniel's "future telling" has stuck with me though. How often do we think that the things we hear and watch really don't affect us. I think that if we honestly look at our lives though we will see that what is put in, eventually is what comes out, whether it is how we think, talk etc.. I often have to take a look at my life when I find myself feeling far from the Lord. What am I filling my mind with? Movies? I can list on about one hand the movies I've seen that are truly profitable! Music about how " All we need is you and me". No wonder I feel depressed when "You and Me" doesn't make life peaches and cream! Am I getting my fill of God's truth? Am I filling my mind with the praises of God? He's the ONLY one who can make something beautiful from our lives! I pray that I will always be able to see when I have deceived myself into thinking I'm "okay" when really I am slowly drifting away from what He wants for me!

Something new every day!

The other evening, Lydia asked David if he wanted a butterfly kiss, and we soon discovered to our shock and amazement that Daddy had no idea what a butterfly kiss was! Lydia soon educated him so he is no longer in the dark!

Busy Days!

My days have seemed very busy this past week. Nothing terribly exciting, just busy! My parents always plant a lot of corn each year. We help them harvest it, and they share with us. This year though, due to some unforeseen circumstances last spring, it all was ripe at the same time!!! So last week we had an emergency corn session!

My mom has been coming over a few times a week to exercise with me, and this week we got our TTapp DVD! We tried it out for the first time this morning and think it's going to be really great! Thanks for the inspiration Kelly!

My sister and I started up our Jr. High discipleship group called Digging Deeper this last week. This is my first year to be a part of it and I am really excited! The girls are really eager to learn!

I've been trying to get our house in decent shape before my Home and Garden party next week ( You're all invited!). I rarely get to do something like this so I am really excited. I love having people over. Plus the stuff is so much fun!

Tonight I get to go to my friend Theresa's Scentsy party. It's another product that I love! TONS of scents!!!

My most exciting news of all, my grandparents have bought me an Ergo baby carrier!!! It should arrive any day! I've never had a good baby carrier of any kind and I feel like poor Havilah is spending 95% of her life lying on the livingroom floor! I'm really praying that it works well and doesn't hurt my back!

Well, like I said, not too exciting, but there it is nonetheless!

A perfect child!

Lydia had some good news for us yesterday! She informed us that she is not going to be naughty anymore and so was no longer in need of any spankings! Unfortunately her memory is not quite as perfect as her new resolve and had to be reminded of that fact several times!

Thoughts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibL3h3HSR4Y

Proud to be his wife!!

Last night David had his first ride-along as a reserve officer! Last spring, never in a million years would I have guessed we would be here today! David's Dad and Grandpa have both been contractors so he has been raised learning all there is to know about contracting. We got married young, I was eighteen and he was almost twenty-one, but God has always provided for us in amazing ways.

David started his own contracting business which has always been very successful because he is so good at what he does and because he always seeks to honor the Lord in what he does. We never really imagined him changing jobs. Being self-employed certainly is nice in a lot of ways, but it also has it's stresses. Back in June we were driving down the street one day and as we passed a police car David casually mentioned, " I would have liked being a cop.". We all make comments like this all the time so usually those things just roll off me, but for some reason that really stuck in my head. The next day I looked up some information online and just kept thinking about it. A few days later, I brought it up to David and he said that he had been thinking about it all week as well!

That same week there had been an article in the paper saying that Dallas would be taking on some new reserve officers in the fall. We prayed and he talked to Godly counsel ( I basically tried to completely stay out of it, not wanting to pressure him at all) and he continued to really feel led in this way. The really strange thing was how God was really working no my heart as well. Never would I have imagined wanting my husband to be a police officer! Somehow though, God has totally worked to prepare me for this, at least at this point!

David filled out his application, took his written test ( with flying colors!), passed his agility test ( big surprise!) and had his oral review. All that's left is for them to run his background check ( which of course we are very worried about!). Last night he went out on his fist ride-along and came home with lots of exciting stories. Please pray for us that we will continue to seek what the Lord has planned for us and that we will have tremendous wisdom in figuring out how to fit schooling, ride-alongs, and several other smaller issues into our already busy " I feel like never see you" life. We know that God will work it all out as long as we are faithful to stay focused on what He wants for us.

As I hope everyone who knows me could tell you without thinking twice, I am so proud of my husband! I know that he will succeed at whatever he sets his hand at to do. Whether or not he feels like he is supposed to go on an become a police officer, stay a building contractor or do something else completely, I am so privileged to be his wife! We'll see what the Lord has in store for us!