Monday, March 16, 2009

Interview With My Child...Audrey (5)

1. What is something that I always say to you?
...go to bed at night, and brush your teeth.

2. What makes me happy?
...when I do nice things that get me Jackson bucks.

3. What makes me sad?
...not doing the right stuff...bad choices

4. How do I make you laugh?
...tickle me, or do funny things...both of these

5. What do you think I was like as a child?
...you had lots of fun...like I do!

6. How old am I?
...hmmmm...18?

7. How tall am I?
stand up Mom...I think I'm kinda as tall as you...to about right here

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
...hang out with Dad.

9. What do I do when you're not around?
...you do chores

10. If I become famous, what will it be for?
...doing chores I guess...that's not big enough...that's all I can think of

11. What am I really good at?
...taking care of me

12. What am I not really good at?
hmmmm...you're good at everything Mommy! (sweet!)

13. What is my job?
...take care of church kids

14. What is my favorite food?
...fish

15. What makes you proud of me?
...when you take me to the movies, or Sea World

16. If I were a cartoon character, who would I be?
oh...well, since you're a girl...I think you would be Cinderella because you're a girl

17. What do you and I do together?
...ok, this is a hard one...hmmmm sometimes we cook together, or sometimes we watch movies

18. How are we the same?
...hmmmm because we both like to watch movies...is the next question how are we different Mom?

19. How are we different?
...well, you like scary movies and I like kid movies like Bambi...Mom? Do you know how to spell Bambi?

20. How do you know that I love you?
...because you are my Mom!

21. Where is my favorite place to go?
...Souper Salads!

Interview With My Child...Wesley (9)

1. What is someting I always say to you?
...I love you.

2. What makes me happy?
...Spending time with us.

3. What makes me sad?
...when we disobey.

4. How do I make you laugh?
...tickle me (I guess I do that alot!)

5. What do you think I was like as a child?
*snickering*...Mom you were a good, loving, caring child!

6. How old am I?
...28? (right)

7. How tall am I?
...hmmm, ohh...about 5 point 4?

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
...playing with us, and spending time with us.

9. What do I do when you are not aroud?
...oh! have alone dinners with Dad!

10. If I become famous, what will it be for?
...being a super soccer star.

11. What am I really good at?
...being a mom!

12. What am I not really good at?
...throwing a football. Mom, remember the time you threw a football at me and I wasn't ready and you hit me in the HEAD!!! (I so don't remember this!)

13. What is my job?
...a teacher

14. What is my favorite food?
...healthy stuff

15. What makes you proud of me?
...that I am your son! (awww! I love it!)

16. If I were a cartoon character, who would I be?
...hmmm (he's cracking up about this one)...this is so hard Mom! You would be Amy from Sonic, because she's super protective!

17. What do you and I do together?
...go to the park sometimes

18. How are we the same?
...we both have hazel eyes

19. How are we different?
...I'm a boy and you're a girl

20. How do you know that I love you?
...because you show it to me everyday!

21. Where is my favorite place to go?
...HOME!!! Home sweet home!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Give It Back

Ok, so I have come a looooong way the past few years of my life. God has totally dumped tons of grace, and mercy on me and I just have to say, I am blessed to be able to see it! Not everyone gets the chance to revisit the past, and see just how far they have come, but God has blessed me with an opportunity to do just that.

I recently reconnected with an old friend of mine on facebook. We had a past, a history. I never thought there would be a day where I could have a pleasant conversation with this person again, but there was. That day came this week. I was able to sit and talk with him (via facebook) and I recognized something...only God could heal my heart and allow this to happen. No offence to this person...(he may or my not read this), but I have never had my heart broken like I did with him. I had HUGE plans with him, we were going to get married, raise a family, he was everything that I wanted at that time in my life, he was there when my son was born. But, I just knew that deep down in me, no matter how much I wanted it...I didn't want it if God didn't want it for me. So, I prayed, (something I didn't do too often back then) yep, just prayed, and God listened me. I didn't have to change on single thing I was doing. Didn't have to go to church, give money, read the bible. I just prayed, sometimes I didn't have words, just feelings, and God heard those too.

I wasn't able to see just how he listened to me until this past week. 9 years later. I've known all along that this person was not a bad person, or a jerk, but the things he did still hurt like hell. It took me at least a year just leave the house and talk to people again after that. But in all of that pain and heartache, God was still there, listening, hearing my prayers, working on something better for me. When we talked, God confirmed what I already knew. I have forgiven him, completely and totally. NO strings attached. It even seems like we are going to be able to maintain a friendship. Never in my wildest dreams did I see that happening, but it is amazing what can happen if you let God in. Not only did the hurt get healed, but I am now able to have a friendship with someone I still care about.

I knew when I met Matt, that he was different, that he was something special, but I continued to pray. My relationship with Matt, I put in His hands too. And he did amazing things with us. He has blessed out marriage in ways that I don't even know about yet! I am still amazed at how we are still totally in love. We still act like teenagers.

Bottom line, put God where he wants to be, in control. Give him his job back.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

She Finally Lost It!

The tooth that is. My sanity is still in tact! :)

Saturday, March 7, 2009

It ended up here...on my blog.

Sorry if you object, but I just uploaded some videos and pictures from my phone, and yup, they ended up here...on my blog.


This one is my sister Allie when we were in Chicago at our "Hen Party". She is posing for a picture and didn't know I was taking a video.



This is Audrey rockin' out to Rock Band



Hen Party La...

Scary Cereal


I absolutely LOVE Audrey and the way she sees the world. Friday morning I hear her pretend screaming from the kitchen table, and laughing her butt off. She came running into the bedroom hysterically laughing and telling me that her cereal is really scary.


See photo...





Then she ate it so it wouldn't be scary anymore. Funny?