Summer, Where for art thou summer????

Oh I just blinked and the summer flew by.  Sadness!!! I just think I'm going to get so much accomplished and then I look and see, whoops I did it again!  However, we have lived the abundant life this summer, 2 camps, 1 week of our church business meeting/seeing friends, and week of camping.  My kids have seen a lot and done a lot.  We enjoyed each other and had some good times too.

 

Today my baby girl started Kindergarten. ohhhhh sadness.  A few tears were shed, by me only.  Baylee was so excited.  She did have a great time today and she has a wonderful teacher.  I can't wait to see what comes about this year.

Hunter also had a big change today.  He switched schools and started 2nd grade.  He had a great day and saw lots of friends.  The change has been hard but also very good.

This bittersweet change has been a growing experience for me too.  The school they are now attending was a place I once worked but didn't get rehired.  Many told me how it was wrong how I was not rehired, but evenso, the job was given to someone better known or who knew others.  Now my children attend this very school, under different leadership, PTL, and they have been greeted by my old coworkers and friends very warmly.  I am thankful that I knew these people. I'm also thankful that God has allowed my this growth opportunity to suck up my pride and change my bitter feelings towards this school to something sweet.  Now it's even become a blessing!  Thank you Lord for your blessings on me!

Let us rejoice!

The area we live in has just experienced a horrific flooding event.  On the Thursday after Easter I walked into the church and saw the Sanctuary still adorned for Resurrection Day.  It was sure hard to believe that Easter was a few days ago.  We had lived so much life in such a short time that it felt like months ago. 
I am proud to say I have seen neighbors help neighbors, strangers become friends and wonderful people hold up the arms of another when they grew weak.  I have seen people cry and then suck it up to go on for another day.  I've seen Christ work through the muscles I can touch and see move right here beside me.  It's been a pretty beautiful thing.  There is still so much more to do.  The restoration begins now to homes that have been flooded. The sandbags that served us well will have to be removed and the bravehearts will have to face tomorrow.  Do I dare say "let us rejoice" in the face of these friends and loved ones who have almost lost it all??? Yes, because I know my Redeemer lives and they have seen him too.  He is beautiful and He is alive!  

Oh how funny our Lord is and what an awesome tangled mess I make out of my life, yet He knows how to weave it into something amazing.  Recently we have been asking the Lord about this change we've felt coming in our children's educational needs. We have been seeking wise counsel, weighing the pros and cons and making sure we knocked on a few doors to test the waters.  I can save the rest of the story for another day...but then

just received this product from Dayspring.  I love it!  The folks at (in)courage gave me this free in order to have a review. I kind of think that's a cool deal!  They have some really neat stuff (in my opinion) at the store you can check out at this link http://store.dayspring.com/  I've always loved Matthew 6:33 and am going to totally enjoy seeing this wallhanging above our dining table.  My family is taking all efforts to stay inside of this scripture Joshua 24:15, “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Pray for us as we make a major change in order to serve and reach others in the name of the Lord. 

too blessed.

My husband told me about the little girl that had a birthday at the camp they are staying at in Columbia.  She turned 3… and that’s how many toys she owns now.  My son sent a stuffed animal and my daughter picked out a barbie for the little lady. Her name slips my mind right now, but before my husband passed on the gifts she had 1 naked little barbie.  My kids have a room full that they have to step around… oh how blessed we are.  oh how sad I am that I have so much I don’t appreciate.  Lord, thank you for the blessings that I can’t even see because I have too much… I am too blessed…

It's beginning to look a lot like Bethlehem...

This week is Bethlehem at our church! Can't believe it's here! Lots to do and lots of fun to be had. I think this is the one weekend that changes my heart about Christmas. I freeze. I get dirty. I feel very uncomfortable. Isn't that what was asked of Mary, Joseph and Jesus when he was born? It's only for a few hours 3 nights, but what a way to celebrate a savior being born--- returning to Bethlehem!

Have a great week friends and come out to Bethlehem via New Hope Church Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I know you'll enjoy it.

Happy Anniversary Baby

Today marks 11 years of marriage to the one I love. It also marks 21 years of friendship, 16 years of being together as a couple *because we dated so darn long*, and 5 1/2 years of parenting. It also is 10 pretty good years and 1 of tumultuous turbulence that almost left us both scared for life. I have to say I wouldn't have missed any of it for the world. I have to say I am a better person (mostly) for having Jeff Biggs in my life. I also am a more adventuresome, arguementative, and compassionate person because of my spouse. Our relationship as well as the one with my Savior is like Steven Curtis Chapman wrote... "This is the Great Adventure". So thankful for you and Jesus. So... as the oh so cool song goes...."Happy Anniversary, Baby... got you on my mind!" and you too Jesus! Love you both!

Done it!

We done it is right! The thing you think you're never gonna do, dont' want to do, and try not to think about doing---- is done!!! PTL!!! Dad and I went to the place (RIG Ministries Chapel) we want to have mom's visitation and funeral service and ok'd that with them... of course, date to be set later! We also went to see our friend, David Campbell, also known around the countryside as the funeral director. We discussed mom's history, got names, filled in a few blanks, then... the casket room... picked one out and then the "vault" Now if that doesn't say final, your wheels are square! It wasn't near as bad as I thought and we both feel like we accomplished a lot. You may say, "She's on drugs!!!" Well, between the supernatural peace that Jesus gives, the sinus meds I need to take and the crunch and munch that served as my lunch, maybe I should have had some more.
added tidbits... oak with a pink velour!!!
& dang!!! dying is expensive!!!!

AWAKE...3:23

Today I woke up at a time of day that usually doesn't interest me. i just couldn't lay there for some reason, so I got up and am still up. For some reason the Lord has ordered my steps and now i seem to be ready to roll. Could this be the start of something new? A Proverbs 31 woman? A go-getter coming alive in me? A mistake? A freak accident?

or is it PRE-MENOPAUSE???