Reflecting

I am sure you have been waiting by your computer everyday wondering when will she write again! ha ha! Yeah right!!! Just wanted to give a brief update of what has been happening around my little world. First, right now we are currently in a relaxed environment enjoying some wonderful company while soaking up all the love. This is much-needed in our life after the last 6 months. Hubby still does not have job but has had 3 face to face interviews in less than a month. How are we hanging in there you ask? Grace my friends. We are so blessed to have a church home who loves us, friends who give us support when needed, and relationship with Jesus Christ that "surpasses all understanding!" Yes, it is tough. It has even at times been painful. Would I change a thing? No way! We are learning so much about Grace and God's infinite wisdom. I couldn't even begin to put words on paper to explain to you how or what  the last 6 months has done for my family. I could lie to you and say yes let's go another 6 months but you would see right through that. Couldn't you? No one in their right mind says bring on the tribulation. It is during the tribulation that we truly found out what we are made of or whom we are made from. That of course is Christ. He knows all! He knows at the exact moment when you need a rest, a helping hand, a loving hand, a rebuke, a phone call, a card, a hug, word of encouragement, or whatever it may be, HE KNOWS! I am so grateful that he knows. I mostly grateful that his people who represent his hands are answering the call when HE gives a nudge. Isn't the Holy Spirit amazing? The more I grow spiritually the more I learn of the Holy Spirit's power to work in my life. Jesus said he would send a helper and that is exactly what the Holy Spirit has been doing in my life. Helping, guiding, giving direction, protecting, pleading for me on my behalf and on and on and on. Please continue to pray for my family and the coming future. I know you do anyway! For that I am truly grateful!

Well, Little Man has finished his first year of preschool. It has been an amazing year. I prayed everyday for his teachers  and God truly blessed us with loving teachers. They had their end of the year program and it was so cute. I promise to post pictures later! I am not at my computer so  I can not show you the amazing things little people will do on stage.

A PRAISE to our Heavenly Father regarding my mom. She received good reports on her check up from last years health scare. Her hemoglobin was a 10.8  considering last year it was a 4.3. Blood pressure good, nose bleeds few and far between but still cautious about them, and no polyps found in her upper or lower g.i. Also, she got to lower a dose of one of her meds since she is doing so well. Thank you for loving us during last summer and through this year regarding her health. A side note, she is back in Austin for now. She goes back and forth between houses. Mine and my adopted sisters house. 

Again I can not express to YOU enough how grateful I am to YOU. Your support has been a main stay in our life. We pray a prayer of blessing for you and your family.

all our love.....

1 John 2:5
"But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. "

Strawberry Pickin'

Yesterday we went to Kings Orchard in Plantersville. It was a very lovely drive. I decided to take our own personal wagon to make things easier on me. Thye do provide the small old fashion red wagons if you don't want to bring your own. You pick either a 5lb box or 10lb box to take with you for pickin'. The nice things is you get to decide how much you want to fill up your box since they weigh your fruit at the end anyway. After deciding which box you make a somewhat long haul out to the field of strawberries! It was so beautiful to see the rows and rows of fruit. I was amazed by how much fruit, vegetable. and other foods that they are growing on their personal property. It is a big property so they have the room and staff for it! It was very inspiring for this very inexperienced "gardner." I don't think gardner is the right word if you have only done it for 3 years and are still learning to keep your vegetation alive! We are back in pots for awhile until things bet better. Sorry to get off track! My son loved picking the strawberries! He did not want to leave. Here are the pictures from our little adventure together! The pictures are not that great since I was trying to keep up with my active 2 yr. old!

He was really upset about leaving and having to wait to eat his favorite fruit! lol

Birthday Party

I know it has been awhile but I have been one busy momma with birthday party planning and all. I had family from out of town come just to see my lil man turn 2! My brother and sis-n-law came all the way from Montana. Anyway, the cake turned out good. I was even told that it tasted good. So, thank you Daicia and Carly for giving me the courage I needed to do something I always wanted to do! We had a great time just visiting with friends and family. I think the kiddos enjoyed the egg hunt as well. I was told that the blue icing on the cup cakes made the parents think of the smurfs(lol). So, here are some pics from the big day. Thank you to my friend Molly for taking them for me!

This is my favorite picture of that day.

A fork is very important for an egg hunt! lol

Lil cuties!

The Elmo cake!

a smurf enjoying his cup cake!

sweet boys

The big gift!

Having the party at the clubhouse with a park area close by was GREAT!

Of course balloons are a must at a party!

I really enjoyed the day! It was so much fun watching the kiddos play on the park area, eat blue icing, hunt for eggs, and seeing friends gather around just because of my son. That to me just makes my heart sing with JOY! Thank you to all who helped me make this day a great one! God bless!

Happy April Fool's Day and Happy Birthday to my SON!!!!

It is so hard to believe you are 2 today! We are so blessed to have you in our life. Today, I pray that you will have a wonderful day. I hope it is full of laughter and JOY!

4-1-08

1 HOUR OLD!

4-1-09

1 year old

4-1-10

2 years old

BTW I was going to turn all the photos upside down for April Fool's Day but thought that would be too much!!!

blessings...

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Hope you have a blessed day!

Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Children's Museum

A couple of weeks ago a friend treated us to a family day out. I guess we have been so cooped up over the past 3 1/2 months that they truly understood we needed a day to do something different. This is one of the sacrifices we have had to make while hubby is without employment. Though I must say we typically do things on the inexpensive side anyway so giving up "family outings" really wasn't that much of a stretch. Let me just clarify that we still do "family outings."  Only it requires a little more creative thinking on my(our) part to keep it from being so monotonous. We would typically pick one weekend out of the month that required a little money spent for the day. I guess I say all that to remind myself that you honestly don't have to spend money in order to have a "fun family outing."  We are bike, picnic, and playground people anyway so there you go.

Sorry didn't mean to go on and on about finances! Anyway, we picked the Children Museum for many reasons. One, it was different and we have never done it before. Two, I had a coupon. Three, you could bring your own food but had to eat it in certain areas. I could go on and on and on. It was a blast! I had no idea they had a "toddler area." Though it was hard to get little man upstairs to the "toddler area" since we passed by a car to climb  in and an ambulance that made noise! We really enjoyed watching our son play and discover things. I love this the most about being a parent. Just the pure innocent discovering that children do in their learning process. Children's Museum gets an A+ from me!

In ambulance having a great time!

This was his favorite in the toddler area. Open door, shut door, turn on light switch, turn off light switch, and of course ring the door bell!

slide, slide, and more slide!!!

cars on a ramp! so cool!

Outside water play downstairs.

more water fun!

I have more pictures but this is what I will share for now! Just a quick side note. It cost $7.00 each to get in and parking is no more than $7.00 for the day. You can also bring food like I mentioned previously. They have benches outside their cafe area for people who do choose to save money that way. Don't quote me but I believe the benches are off to the side away from he cafe area. They have signs inside the cafe stating clearly "for cafe patrons only."  The Toddler Area upstairs requires anyone to either remove your shoes or wear bootie covers. Plus every hour on the hour they switch toys out to be sanitized. All in all it truly is a safe environment for the kiddos. Any place that has stroller parking on their maps has to be good!

Pictures!

Last week we as a family visited the downtown Arboretum. It is a beautiful place right smack dab in the middle of the city. I encourage you to visit this one if you have not already! Here are some pictures that were taken! Enjoy!