Lessons learned

This week my kids went to Vacation Bible school all week. I was elated to hear Thomas shout "I'm counting on God!" when I asked him what he learned. From my children this week I have learned that I need to be as passionate about God as they are. When Christ said "let the little children come to me," I think he was talking less about them coming to him physically and more to him spiritually. Kids are intuned with God sometimes more than we are. I was so humbled to hear my children recite thier memory verse for my grandmother and dad. They were so proud of what they learned, and I need to be more like that, proud of what I have learned... proud enough to tell people.

Last couple of days......

Monday this week the moment I have been waiting for...... brackets on my new permanent adult teeth! yeah! Wonderful and painful all at the same time. ok truthfully.... VERY painful. Another development in the last couple of days is the possibility of a deployment in the near future... more news to come on that....
I have not felt very well at all today for some reason.... bad tummy troubles... ready for this day to be over...Goodnite!

Let the weightloss journey begin!

I have officially joined weightwatchers..... Ok..before you start ranting...let me explain... My husband has expressed a desire to lose some weight, and since I would like to lose a little to have the ability to run faster... I am beginning this journey for myself and to support him. Can I just please shout for one second? WEIGHT WATCHERS IS NOT FOR FAT PEOPLE!!!! Yesterday I posted on facebook about my new WW endeavor, and got so many posts about how I do not need the weight watchers program because I am "skinny" already. Just quoting what other people are saying.. I do not see myself as skinny. I also wanted to choose this endeavor as a healthier lifestyle.....I have eaten more fruits and veggies in the last 2 days than I have in years, which is sad.... very sad. So the last two days, just about everything that has come out of my mouth is "How many points is that?" Or, "Let me see how many points that is.." or "Can you look up how many points this is?" And it looks like we have alot of work ahead....... but what else is new? LOL!!!

A day for K

Today, we went to Purina Farms.... pretty cool, eventhough I do not love animals as K does..... I took lots of pictures for K of course, and she was on my mind the whole time we were there. I just kept thinking how much she would have enjoyed being there..so I took lots of pictures that will be posted once we get home!!!
On another note, Ryan and I are trying to do the love dare.... and it's definitely a challenge!!!! Praise God for the wonderful God-fearing man that loves the imperfect me!!!
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. ~Julins Gordon

Relaxcation

We are now on the second part of our trip......we have arrived in Union, MO... we will be here till Saturday and I know time is going to fly!

Adventures on HWY 50

I know.... I know.... I have been on vacation for 5 days now and no blog? What an abomination!!!! Well I have been a little busy on HWY 50.... We traveled from MS to MO on Sunday, the 27th. Before our travels, Thomas had a low fever, so we were treating with Motrin. By the time Tuesday rolled around he still had fever and was not being his usual self. So we took him to an urgent care facility an hour drive from Ryan's dad's (we traveled on hwy 50 to get there, thus the title). We arrived, and were seen fairly quickly, the doctor diagnosed him with a double ear infection. So we travel back to my in-laws and put the kids down for a nap. Which by the way they have been taking alot of while we have been on this trip.... and I am very grateful. So naptime is over and Thomas gets up and his eyes are matted shut with green goo.... Well folks, we all know what this is!!! So we travel back to urgent care after dinner, and see the same doctor, thankfully, and he diagnoses Thomas with pink eye. Then yesterday our travels took us back on HWY 50 as we traveled to get family photos done with Ryan's sister and her family. I have attempted to stay in shape while on vacation, although it;s not working as well as I'd hoped. I tried to run on the in-laws treadmill and my legs itched violently. I "googled it" and apparently I am out of shape. So I got off the treadmill and ran on the steep driveway between the house and the road. I need to hook up the IPOD to get charged so I can run when we get to our next destination. We have been working on our spiritual exercises and I am very excited about that. Well... I am off to to more homework.....school doesn't stop just cause I'm on vacation!