Family Support

My boys are the best.... I fell a couple of days ago and my back has been a little stiff, so I have been taking it easy. Well, to my surprise the boys have assisted with breakfast, cleaning up and assisting me with house chores. AMAZING.....
I am so proud on how mindful they are and eager to assist.
August, is advising his lil' brother on preparing for school. I overheard a conversation they were having.
Ayden was asking: What is school like? August response was: The teacher wants you to know how to read and you need to raise your hand for everything. Let's practice reading so you don't get in trouble. OMGoodness how adorable.
I try to mind my business, when they have these types of conversations, because it's a big deal to them and I don't want to minimize it. I said to them to sit and practice so I could listen on how well they are both reading.
Little Ayden has discovered reading during the summer break, it has been exciting to see him put words together. August is learning the different parts of the guitar and will be learning the strings in the next lesson. I have been teaching the boys basic Spanish and they have been very willing to learn on their time off.
Since, we did not take a vacation this year I wanted them to get a leap. We are very disappointed with the Charter School not opening and are concerned with our options for little Ayden, since we did not register him for any other school. We are looking into a scholarship program for a Christian school to enroll both boys, however space is limited.
My husband received a potential interview for Penn State Medical Center and we are praying that we can move closer to family and have one of the best public school systems in the nation for our boys. At this point, our faith is in the Lord to place us where he wants us.

Rock the Universe

Set the Date. We are on our way to One of the Best Christian Concerts in South Florida.

Blessings

I feel so blessed, God truly sends us the best people to guide us. It felt like a week of celebration, from the 80's event, anniversary dinner and it ended a dinner dedicated to our marriage. Friends of ours made us dinner in which included a decadent chocolate cake. I discovered I am no longer allergic to crab. How often can we say other people make that kind of effort? And because of that " It's a BLESSING"

Enjoying Eachother

Wow, that felt soooo good......
We both Dressed up, wrapped gifts, made special arrangements for dinner and Enjoyed each other.
We ate in the Cave of the Oakwood Grill (completely private) in Palm Beach. We got a chance to talk, laugh, and even give marriage advise. Our hostess ask us how long we were married and the funny thing; she was surprised by our answer. How do you do it? Without any hesitation I said "God". Our advise to her was to pray as a couple, that is the BEST advise my husband and I, got from our Pastor ("It works"). No matter how many problems we might experience this is what sustains us. I'm eager to plan next years anniversary.

I Survived the 80's

Totally spectacular! We did the wap, conga, jumped around and got down.....
My highlight was being road kill on the cat walk; walk off competition. Hysterical..........
It feels soooo good to have this much fun with our kids, they were great participants. We stayed up all night having a great time.

Wow it took awhile to remember all my favorite musicians.
LIKE:

CC Music Factory, Duran Duran,Rob Base,Wham,Pat Bennetar,Ciny Loper,GoGo's,Bangels,Death Leopard, BON JOVI, MADONNA,UB 40,Information Society,Micheal Jackson, Salt&Peppa and many more........

Going to sleep now, must be refreshed for my anniversary dinner :)

Peace

Celebrating Anniversaries

I experienced my 8th year wedding anniversary and like the past 6 it was spent without my husband.. I have been guilty of not making our anniversaries a BIG deal.
My marriage has not been the epitome of happiness and we have worked through a lot of differences. It has taken us, this long to finally learn some conflict resolutions;
God.
Today, It bothered me that I have not made a big deal of one of the longest relationships, I have been involved in. (aside from my son Austin or my friends)
We made a commitment and Until today I never saw it this way.

So, Married woman everywhere " Make a Bid Deal! not all of us get to celebrate"

I got busy looking up websites, I came across a website called aboutmarriage.com it's all about tips on every issue a marriage encounters and it also gives tips and ideas on "Anniversaries" (thank God for the Internet) I read on the history of anniversaries and tips on how to celebrate them. Why? Did I not ASK all the married people we know.......
This is what I learned.

TIPS : How to celebrate a wedding anniversary

1. Plan the way your going to celebrate it, weeks in advance with your spouse.


2. Plan for just the two of you. No kids allowed.


3. Plan a weekend getaway.


4. Take a family Portrait every year .


5. Celebrate with friends; have a party (Have a receiving Line)


6. Melt your wedding candles to make one and burn it every year.


7. Give each other gifts (No matter how small or how lavish, It matters)


8. Create a Anniversary journal and both of you write in it.


9. Ask family and friends to write a card describing How your marriage has influenced them?


10. Have your family(kids) write or draw How they love you both.


11. Write each other a Love letter and mail it.


12. If your making a special dinner use your wedding bouquet and linens to set your table.


13. Dance to your wedding Song.

I have planned a special evening and will make it a big deal, till death do us part.

80's Flashback

We're having a costume party with the youth ministry and I'm excited to get dressed up as my favorite 80's character.

Guess who?
Clue she was a music artist with short black hair and is mentioned below:

I grew up in the eighty's it was when Madonna, Cindy Lopper, George Micheal, Pat Bennettar and Rap was started. It was my wonder years, I remember two tone jeans, Micheal Jackson leather jacket, boots with frills, sneakers with rainbow poca dots, lace leggings, Denim Jackets, everything Neon, Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans, head bands, and Sooooo much more.
When the kids ask me who I was going to dress up as, I would say a name and (ready for this) they would say WHO?
How humbling, to discover you have just become the 80's encyclopedia of pop culture :)

Who is Listening?

Sometimes I am not sure on who's listening?

When I speak to friends it boggles my mind; on what information they choose to get out of a story. Whether, they heard it, saw it, or read it. It's typical for me to want to get my opinion and have them see it from another perspective. We have to accept there are different interpretations on Relationships,Life, and God.

When I see I'm not the person God has chosen to help another person grow, I've learned to get out of the way.

We sometimes have to make the decision to listen and have an open heart.

Quiet your heart and receive God's word:

If anyone... sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him?

Your Birthday?

It was my Birthday yesterday, and even though I had a great day I had to do something very tragic. It has never been my nature to take life from anything. Not even a spider, (and they creep me out) I usually sweep them out the door, but yesterday I made a decision from a mothers point of view. It's easy to make mom decisions for your children, you know; simple things like what clothes they wear, what doctors they see, what school they go to, and what friends they keep. But, yesterday I had to make a life changing decision whether a living thing lives or dies for the safety of my children. I have never encountered such a decision. On Sunday Pastor Scott spoke of this very thing, but his perspective was very different, he wanted to put an animal out of his misery. I killed a snake and it bothers me. Gods creations are wonders of the earth and even though us humans take all of it for granted. Some of us who are conscious are bothered by given the power that is not our own to take life from a living thing. I threw up, cried and even prayed for such an action. I know it sounds emo but for me it was a big deal....... My neighbor identified the snake as a pygmy rattler. All I can remember her saying "you don't want that roaming around with the boys in the yard" and Do you have a shovel? and that was all I needed, to take action... Climbing over the lawn mower and grabbing the shovel and holding the broom that had trapped the snake, while my neighbor did the deed. After it was done we put the snake in a large zip lock to take to animal control to dispose and identify. The kids were inside gleaming with curiosity on the next possible pet. I entered the house and ran to the bathroom as the boys followed and waited for me to stop getting sick, eagerly waiting on an answer; Can we see the snake and hold it?
I explained to them about my regret and how I had to kill the snake for their safety, they were confused. We are animal people I have exposed my children to snakes, lizards,iguanas,rabbits,horses,cows,chickens, ducks, sheep, domestic birds, exotic birds, dogs and cats. We have taught them not to be afraid of any type of animals. So, to my kids they were confused. I pulled out the National Audubon Society guide to Florida and read the pages regarding poisonous snakes. We took a trip to animal control and a field inspector explained to us what to do and how to identify the different species of snakes in our area. The kids left with pamphlets and safety instructions. It was very comforting for them to understand the dangers.

So, When I think my sins are incomparable to what we Christians consider the more serious like: Steal, murder, and Cheat.

F.Y.I . People:
There are no degrees in sin.

God created ALL and I could never bring back what he has created. I can only pray for forgiveness and know that he is a forgiving and merciful God.