On A Mission

This week my kid's Daddy left for a mission trip to the Gulf Coast. He phoned last night to tell us about his first full day. They went to the home of an couple who are living in a FEMA trailer. They have a shed that needs the roof put on.

I'm not completely sure how this couple got on the list for help, but when the group showed up they were shocked by the number of people who came to help. The older man spoke to the person in charge and said, "I can't possibly pay this many people to help me." The person then responded that it was all taken care of and there was no need to pay. My sweetheart said the man then stood there and sobbed.

When my hub, told me the story I couldn't help but cry my eyes out too. He then said that so many people or organizations have told this couple that they'd be there and then never show. And what impressed them is that this mission group said they'd be there, showed up on time, and are eager to work.

Today they're going to finish the roof on the shed and then move on to other projects. We'll see how God uses this group in the upcoming days.

A Great Good Morning

I awoke to cathedral bells chiming at 7:00 am. No we're not vacationing in some European village. The bells were from Oldest son's alarm clock. Last night he set his alarm so he could awake early and give me a special surprise.

After the bells chimed, he came in my room and instructed me to stay in bed. He had BIG plans.

About a 1/2 hour later he reappeared dressed in a striped button shirt and one of Dad's floral, early 90's, ties carrying a tray with breakfast and a latte. SO CUTE!! What a sweet thing to do for mom!

He's been blessing me so greatly lately. The other night he cleaned the whole kitchen by himself. He washed dishes by hand, dried them, and put them all away. He kept saying, "Mom, you have a really hard job. Just when I think I'm done, I turn around and there's more!"

I'm feeling pretty appreciated today!

Catching Up

Greetings and Happy New Year!

We recently attended a wedding of a friend. It was such a beautiful celebration and a great time to get together with friends.

Back By Popular Demand

So, call it Christmas time over-reaction, call it exhaustion... I don't know, call it whatever.

Recently, it was brought to my attention that how could I put pictures of our kids on the web and expose them to the crazy's of the world. Am I not a smarter mom than that?? Don't I know that there are pedophiles out there?

Well, those of you who know me know I put my kids first in just about everything. So I thought, how could I do this? Well, being completely tired (11:00pm), overwhelmed and feeling like a miserable parent I deleted all of the 38 entries I had previously posted on this blog. Gone forever.

Then another friend pointed out that a bigger enemy of finding out about a person is Google, where you can find just about anything or anyone you want. Do I want to live the life of the paranoid and hide in our little cave so the boogey man doesn't get us? Or do we want to live and enjoy life?

Many friends and family really enjoy the stories and the photos of our family. So I'm still going to explore the privacy on this blog site.

Keeping you posted.

Only one more day until we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Merry Christmas!!

Hi There

For those of you who are just checking out this blog to see what's happening in our lives, we've had a temporary change. For security reasons, I'm going to make some changes. I'm going to explore the options out there for a safe way to keep family and friends updated, but to also keep everyone safe.

I hate to live in fear, but I also want to be smart. If you have any questions, drop us an email. I'll try to get something going fairly soon.

Merry Christmas to all!!