Lipscomb and Life

I have had such a wonderful day! I'm watching the boys for a little bit today. Cathy started her new job today! I sure hope things go well, she's a little discouraged!!

I've been speaking via e-mail to a councelor in the Adult Degree Program at Lipscomb University. He said i'm a great candidate for the program. I submitted my application, and he's mailing my other things, like the refrence forms etc. Amy, the children's director at church, said she would write me a refrence, and I've lined up two others from MTSU. I'm excited, so excited!! This seems so perfect, scary but perfect! Lipscomb is an amazing university!!

I spoke to my friend Lazetta last night. She had her daughter in March and I might get to meet Araiana today!!! I hope they come into town!! I'm so excited! PLUS I haven't seen Lazetta in like 4 months, I'm so anxious to see her too!! I love my Zetta haha!!

Well I need to go make lunch and/ or snack. The kids are hungry!! And so am I!

Blessings,
~Les

Praise God, Praise God, Praise God!!!!

I woke up extra early this morning because Justin's grandmother called at 6 a.m. Thanks Sally. And I got to piddling on the computer. And I found out the most amazing thing. Lipscomb University has an adult degree program for teachers. Certification happens in about 2 years and is K-6!!! How perfect is that??? I've been dreading how long it would take to finish this degree. But it would be worth it!! I'm just so thankful for this opportunity!! Now, I just have to apply for Fall.....whenever they start accepting Fall applications!!

Thank you GOD!!

Blessings,

~Les

It Happened

Well Cathy is going to work for Dr. Hunter in Tullahoma. She doesn't work for Dr. Lee anymore. So I made a whopping $31.00 this week for watching the boys today. And from now on I'll only have them 2 days a week instead of 4. Sigh. I don't know why it's so hard for me to just be grateful for the opportunity to make $31.00 extra a week. With gas and food prices being so high, any extra is wonderful!

I guess I'm just fed up with being in debt. It's too overwhelming for me. I can't handle it. And now that my income has been cut, I don't have the extra each month to throw at our debt. It's depressing....and I can't afford my antidepressants!!!

I just need to suck it up. I am so fortunate. I have a beautiful home and a beautiful family that is healthy and great friends!

I don't know if anyone can give me feedback on this but I am having trouble just giving things up to God. I'll pray and tell him I'm giving it to him, and then a week late I'm stressed to the max about it again. How do I do give it up for good?

I do have to say that we have felt called to tithe correctly. A couple of months ago we were just tithing what we could "afford". And then we realized that we couldn't "afford" not to tithe!! So we have been doing that, right! It's a huge release! And since, we have had random things show up. Like today. We had an $18.00 check come in the mail from a settlement. And we received our stimulus check.

See? Why do I stress. God will provide! I wish I could remember the verse in the Bible about how God provides for birds, and aren't we much more important than birds....so why would we doubt that he would provide for us?

Ok enough ranting. I need to do homework. This class ends Friday, yeah!!!

Blessings,

~Les

Burn Burn go away!

Ugh, I'm such a clutz!! I was boiling eggs to make egg salad for lunch. I had the stove on as hot as it could go so that I could make lunch quicker. Well I go to pour the pot into the strainer and I pour hot boiling water all over my stomach and leg on accident. My stomach is ok, I was able to throw my shirt off pretty quickly. But my leg is burnt pretty badly. It hurst so bad, it's shaking! And I have ice on it and it isn't helping it! It's raised and purple and red!! OUCH!! Hubby is on his way home to "evaluate" the situation! I have the two boys I babysit and my two girls today. And I don't have my moms car, plus it's naptime. So I can't take myself to the doctor with four kids!! Crazy! I don't know what I'm going to do!!

I just need to be more careful!!!!!

Thoughts

First, I would like to ask for prayers for the Chapman family. As most of you know, last week, their teenage son accidently backed over their little girl, killing her. Please continue to pray for them, you're never supposed to lose a child!!

Also, please pray for two of my friends. Both of their husbands recently lost their jobs. Please pray for their peace, and that another job comes both of their ways soon!! Both husbands have families to support!

I guess that's all I have for today! I've got a test I have to do today and 4 kids running amuck!! Busy Busy!!

~Leslie

Birthday Party Success!

Well I was able to pull it off! The boys had a great surprise 25th birthday party!! We had about 32 people out here total. It was so super fun!! I can't talk today, lost my voice!! But other than that everything rocked!




I just can't thank all of our friends and family enough for coming out here last night! It was amazing to see the love and support shown to the boys!! We just appreciate everyone!





Enjoy the pics!

Brooks and Justin arriving!! Surprise Justin!!

The Boobie Cake by Ellen

Justin and Dustin. Justin's fixing to poke her and Dustin's feeling her up!!

Some Potential Bad News

I just got off the phone with the mom of the two boys I babysit. She's been wanting to change jobs because of the boss she works for, can't blame her, he's a turd! Anywho. She had a wonderful interview today and got a great offer!! But I will only have the boys maybe two days a week now, instead of four. That is if she takes the job. Plus, in the fall, one of the little boys will be in MDO so i'll be cutting my income by 2/3!! Now this money was just extra money. So it's ok, I was using it to pay off our debts. We are desperate to move closer to town. But we can't afford more of a home until we pay off a lot of our current debts. With gas being so high, I can't afford to drive the 2o minutes it takes to get to the grocery store! Justin just filled up his truck and it was $86.00!!!! We've gone from spending $100 a week on his gas to almost $250.00 just on his gas alone!!! We can't aafford it....I don't know what to do.....I know God has a plan for us. But it just seems like the money thing keeps coming back up, and back up and back up. We get two steps ahead and end up 3 steps back. We have to get this debt off of our sholders. Off of mine....

If you guys don't mind, say a little prayer for us. And for Cathy. I really want whats best for them and I understand what she needs to do 100%. I just have to learn to trust that God will provide. God will provide!

And now I have to go do homework....sigh....how in the world am I going to fix this?

~Leslie

Update

Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of days! I've been super busy getting ready for something I can't mention! And I've been busy with school! Lets see, in the past 11 days, I've read two books, and one text book, fully. I've written about 6 one page papers. I've written one critical analysis which was about 7 pages long. I've done a lesson plan, plus a power point. I've taken 2 tests, done 4 surveys. I've also replied to about a dozen postings. Crazy huh?!?! I have another paper due Monday! We have 4 units, and I just completed unit 2...whew! I was able to complete this and still take a 5 day vacation! Crazy huh! But I feel so accomplished. I have a 96 in the class, which is such a good A!!! My teacher is so amazing! And the class is great too, even though it's so much work (a full semester course to be completed in like 3 weeks), it's so much fun! I've enjoyed every single thing I've had to do, which is weird isn't it! I think I've truly, FINALLY, found my niche!!

We are still recovering from vacation! I still don't have everything unpacked, but I'll do it today! Maddy decided to sneak water paints the other day while I was doing my critical analysis conclusion and she painted her bed :) It's actually quite beautiful, I hate to wash it, but her bedding hasn't been washed in a couple of weeks, so it's past time!

Well it's official! I'm a 24 year old mommy to two!! I don't know why this birthday has been so weird for me! I'm so thankful and blessed!! I guess I'm at the point where I'm excited to be older, wiser! AND as a young mother, you get looked down upon a lot. I know older moms don't mean to, but when you tell someone your age they are like WOW you are SO young! Yes I did get married at 19, had Maddy at 20, Izzy at 22. But I couldn't be happier with my life! I never thought this would be my path but I'm so blessed that GOD had this plan for me and that he has guided me down this path.

The girls are doing great! Izzy's getting another tooth! Wahoo! I think that is why she ran a fever the whole time we were on vacation. Maddy is doing great too! They are both getting so big! Izzy will be talking really soon. She already talks, she says, oh about 50 words or so, but she babbles in such a way that we just know we'll be playing with her and she'll just one day bust out into a full sentence!! She asks for things, cup, naner (banana), milk, maddy, mommy, daddy! She mimics things well too! Justin had the sneezy's yesterday and she was mimicking his sneezy sounds perfectly, crazy! Maddy is such a sweet girl! She's really growing up to be this independent, beautiful girl!! She's so well behaved, and helpful! She has her moments, all 3 year olds do, but I'm so blessed!

Well I need to go finish picking up. We made a huge mess playing yesterday afternoon and I was just too exhausted from homework yesterday to clean up!

Blessings!
~Les

Happy Birthday

So Today was the big birthday! My husband, his twin brother and I all have the same birthday. They are just a year older than I am! So today I turned 24 and hubby turned 25. It was a fun day! We unpacked a little, took naps, played! All in all it was what a birthday should be: LAZY!!

This evening we went to eat Maccaroni Grill with my mom, dad, little sis, her bf Josh, me, hubby and the girls. It was SOOOOOOO good! Well at the end of the meal our waitor brought us out cake! And I gave Izzy some, she was sitting in my dads lap, kinda getting fussy! So dad's trying to help her eat dark chocolate cake without making a huge mess and she is slinging it everywhere! Too funny!! Well we get into a conversation and all of a sudden my mom says, "Izzy!!!" We look back to see Iz dropping her cup into my dads coffee cup! It was a perfect fit and coffee went everywhere! Iz has gotten big about putting things in their place and I guess she just figured my dads coffee mug was a cup holder!! It was SOOOOO funny!!! We were almost ROFL!!!! ANYWHO! It was a great dinner!!

I hame 99% of my vacation pics to my facebook and my myspace accounts! So you can see hem there! Blogger will only let me upload so many to a post so I can't upload all of them!

We had a great vacation! It was worth the money for the kids to have a great time and for the pictures we got!! Well it's late and i'm pooped!!

~Les

Last Day!!

We took family pictures this morning! Of course the girls didn't cooperate! But they turned out good none the less! Jared, my BIL, is a great photographer!! We will be leaving about 4 this afternoon! Tomorrow is our birthday so we want to get a good nights sleep tonight, somewhat, so we can enjoy our birthday tomorrow and not be driving!! See you soon!!

~Les

Justin, Maddy, Izzy, Me, Jared, Kennye, Dustin, Claire, Jan and BobbyMe, Maddy, Izzy and JustinIzzy, Jan, Maddy, Bobby

And More Pictures!!

We didn't stay out much today at the beach. We all got a little more sun than we thought we did!! Even the girls!! So we did go to the beach this morning and then we spent some time at the pool, it's an indoor, outdoor pool!! It took Izzy a minute to get used to the pool, it was a little cool but once she got used to the float she liked it!! Since Tuesday is Dustin, Justin and My birthday, Kennye, Jared, Jan, Bobby and Claire took us out to eat dinner, it was really nice!! Tomorrow is our last day! We are going to drive home tomorrow night, so it'll be a lazy day!!

~Les

Maddy at the BeachIzzy and JustinIzzy playing in the sandIn the Kiddie Pool

More Vacation Pictures

Today we finally got to go to the beach!! We had a great time!! Enjoy the pictures!!

Maddy and IzzyMaddy and Izzy
Playing in the Sand
Sand Castle!!!!
Pretty Princess
We Love the Sand!!
Doing lots of homework on the beach!!
LOTS of HOMEWORK!!
Fun!!
Aww I love this picture!!

Vacation :)

Well we are still having a wonderful time! It's rained the past couple of days!! So today we went shopping....well more like window shopping!! Haha I did buy Maddy some chocolate covered marshmallows from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory haha!! It's been fun though!! We have the most amazing view of the beach! I'm trying on the computer now looking out on our back patio at the beach!! The rain stopped a little bit ago and hopefully after the kids wake up from their naps we can go down to the beach!! And maybe get some good seafood!! Our condo is BEAUTIFUL!! So, we've been eating in this whole time!! I'm in the mood for some good food!! Well I need to go do some more homework! Ah, the life of a student! Everyone else is napping and I am doing homework (well, right now i'm blogging, but in just a minute i'll be reading)!! Hopefully i'll have more pictures soon!!

~Les

More Beach Pics!

The kids loved it, just loved it!! Izzy ate sand and Maddy loved it so much she was rolling around in it!! It rained today so we haven't gotten to go back out again, but i'm sure we will tomorrow!!!!

First Beach Pictures

So we drove through the night!!! It was exhausting but worth it because the girls slept 99% of the way!! We got to the Holiday Inn in Destin about 4 this morning. They gave us a late check-out, so we don't have to leave until 1 this afternoon!!! Of course last night we just got the kids in bed and Justin and I passed OUT! But this morning we got up and looked at the beach!!! Izzy even reached for the water and said Beach!!! We are on the 4th floor so we have a good view!! Maddy can't wait to go to the Beach. It's a little cool this morning but she said she didn't care if the water was cold, she was still going to jump right in! I can't wait to take them out there later!! So here are some pictures from this morning! We check in to the Pelican Resort about 4 this afternoon!! The rest of the family should be down here by then!! THANKS A TON daddy for getting us this room so we didn't have to waste this day driving :) Love ya'll!!!

~Les

Vacation Time

It's time!! Tomorrow is going to be a busy day babysitting, packing and cleaning so I won't be online much!! We are off to Destin, Florida tomorrow night!! I hope everyone has an amazing weekend and I promise to post the gazillion pics I take soon!!! Take care!! Destin here we come!!!! Ya!!!

~Les

Life ROCKS

Life is so wonderfully crazy right now! I started my FOED 1110 class yesterday. I've completed all of my assignments due this week except for one test, which I'm hoping to take while the kids nap this afternoon. Ya for me!! It's easier than I thought so far. Although I'm spending a lot of my time on the laptop and less time playing with the kiddos!! At least right now Izzy's asleep and Colin and Maddy are occupied with Charlie and Lola, I don't know what it is about this show, but they both love it!!!! They don't want to do anything else when this show is on!!

I'm super thrilled that in June I'll start teaching a 2 year old Wednesday night class at church!! I just LOVE Amy Sain, our children's director at church! She's such an amazing woman!! I can't wait to begin that adventure!! It's going to be super fun!! PLUS my kids will start going to Wednesday night class, which is going to be wonderful!! I didn't grow up in church so I want my kids to be as involved as possible without me pushing them into it, ya know? I'm still helping in a 3 year old Sunday School Class. Mrs. Sharon, the teacher, is going to be working with her oldest daughters class this summer so, by the time we get back from vacation and get back to Sunday school there will be a new teacher in the class. I love Mrs. Sharon but I'm excited that she gets to work with her daughters class!!

The more involved we get with Church the better life seems to go! Hubby is going to begin helping with a ministry at church that goes to the Juvenile Detention Center here in Murfreesboro. I'm so proud of him for doing that!! And it seems like the doors keep opening up for us!! It wasn't a month ago that I began thinking, "I wonder if I could do more?" and I received an e-mail from Amy that the Children's ministry needed more help!! And the church had a ministry fair and that is how hubby got involved!! It's amazing!! And so fulfilling!! It's just more wonderful than words can describe!!

Also, my mommies group is hopefully going to become involved in my Church's meals on wheels program. I've been going back and forth between Joyce (who runs the meals program) and Brooke (our mommies group organizer). And we are close to getting something worked out! That is going to be amazing!! I had hoped that my mommies group would get more involved with our community, and now it is, yeah!!!

We leave for vacation tomorrow night! I am actually getting excited about the beach!! The warm weather, the sand, a TAN haha!! We are going to drive through the night to and from Florida, so we don't have to listen to screaming, bored kids the whole way there! They'll go to sleep in the car and wake up and be at the beach! Wonderfulness!!! I don't know if that is a real word or not but it's the best way I can explain it!!!!

I'm in the process of planning a couple of things as well. One thing is coming up really soon. I can't talk about it much but I'm super excited to be able to do this! It's just going to be so cool!!! And the second thing I'm planning is a baby shower for my little sister. She's due at the Beginning of August. It's so fun to plan, but it's a lot of hard work! Especially with my classes, the kids, vacation, this other thing I'm planning, church! But it all works out!! Too cool!!

I would like to ask for prayers for the Carlton Family. About a month ago, Janet's sister passed away. She was about 7 months pregnant with her first child, Micah. They were able to save little Micah, but now he has to grow up without a mommy. It was all very sudden and very unexpected. Crazy. Anywho, please say a little prayer for them as they are still dealing with that tragedy!!

Also, please pray for my friend Ellen. She is trying to raise money to go on a mission trip to Mexico. Please pray for safety, and for funds!!

Anywho. I guess I rambled enough for one day! I need to go clean my bathrooms now!! Fun, Fun Fun haha!!

God Bless

~Les

Mothers Day?

Haha just so ya'll know, Mother's day is supposed to be about MOTHERS. My husband has yet to get that memo, so I thought I would just remind everyone in the hopes that my husband will clue in by next year! I've been a mommy fro 3 years now, and haven't had a mothers day yet!!

*Sigh*

I'm so blessed to be a mommy! I love my little girls!! AND I do love my husband, sometimes hehe!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful day, because all mommies deserve it!!

~Les

Graduation

So today Maddy graduated from Sonshine school. Sonshine school is the Mothers-Day-Out program at our church. I can't say enough good things about the program! And today Maddy graduated from 3 year olds to 4 year olds! Haha!! It was wonderful, and sad!! Maddy will do 2 years of the 4 year old class because her birthday is in October! So we still have two more years left at school but it was still sad! She had an amazing teacher, Miss Teresa!! So it's super sad that we won't be in her class next year! She's so wonderful, we really took Miss Teresa into our family!! We love everyone there!! And it was sad watching the 4 year olds graduate to go to Kindergarten. They showed a video of all of the graduating kids as babies and then as their "grown up going to kindergarten" age! It was so sad thinking that my little angel will one day go off to kindergarten.....Anywho!! Here are just a couple of pictures!!

Maddy and Kaden, they acted silly the whole time they performed, they love each other!

Maddy's whole class performing

Smelling the Rose Mema, Pop and Aunt Ash got her

Maddy and Teacher Teresa (I don't know why she looks so sad, we love Miss Teresa)

Before I was a MOM

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

I have the best sister!!

Well I'm a crazy woman!! And today I'm having Taco Bell cravings, bad! I saw a commercial last night and have been yearning since!! Well I live so far out, really like 20 minutes to a Taco Bell. And I have 3 kids today, so it just wouldn't be a good idea to pack um' all up just to go to Taco Bell haha! 20 minutes away!! SO I sent my sis a text message asking her when she was bringing me lunch and she said she would!!!!! I'm so excited! Not only about my Taco Bell that will be here soon, but because I haven't seen my sister in like a week!!

Now those of you that know me and Ash, you know that we have never been really close. We are 4 1/2 years apart, and we've never really gotten along, not until now!!! Now that we are both adults, and mommies!! We get along really well!! It's cool because she's one of my closest friends!! She's known me all of my life, she knows everything about me, and even though we don't hang out much or talk as often as we should, we can always pick up where we left off!! She's amazing and Bailey is so lucky to have Ash as a mommy!! (BTW Ash is due in the beginning of August).

OH well I just saw the mail man and I've got to run a letter out to the mailbox really quickly! My Nana's birthday is this month and we got her this cute singing card!!

~Les

Missing a Friend

On May 4th, 2001 I had a good friend get killed. It was one of the hardest days of my life, and one of the hardest days for a lot of people at my High School. Michael was a wonderful guy. He had a wonderful personality, he was warm and bubbly! He was the first one to be there for me when I had a bad day or when I needed a friend!!

I guess I wanted to just post so that he knows he's going to be remembered always!! And that we still miss him and love him! Tuck #9!!

Even though his life was short, he blessed everyone he touched!!

~Les

I'm so thankful for my Hubby! Yes tonight I wanted to beat him with a cast iron skillet!! But I truly am thankful for him. He really gets me. He understands my needs and wants. We can argue like no other because we are both so stubborn! And then he can take the first step and apologize and try to figure out a way to make things better. I'm so thankful for that! My pride gets the best of me a lot and I probably would stay mad at him forever just to make a point!!

I also need to learn that when I have a problem, I need to immediately give it to God. I need to talk to God about it, pray, and just trust that he will provide! And I need to learn that my way isn't always the right way. I need to learn to be submissive to his will....weather I think it's right or not!

I need to learn to trust others. I don't think I fully trust my husband and I definitely don't trust anyone else. I get burned by people. My mom tells me all the time that my biggest fault is my heart and she's right, so I've kept it guarded. Too guarded. I've got to trust that my husband has the best interests for this family at heart 100%. I need to relinquish some of my control....that's going to be hard!!

I just pray that I can give all of this up to God. This is such a new skill for me. I just learned that you are supposed to do that....you are not supposed to try to fix things on your own....it's weird but good!!

~Les

What a Day!!

WOW I'm really being thrown for a loop today!!

So I thought we were supposed to have recieved our stimulus package on the 2nd of May. We filed using Turbo Tax and got our refund direct deposited into our account. Well I kept wondering why we hadn't gotten it! I mean, hello, vacation in 10 days!! Turns out since we used Turbo Tax we will be getting a paper check. Turbo Tax uses a 3rd party bank and the IRS sends the money to the 3rd party bank through a temporary account. Then the 3rd party bank deposits the money into your checking account. So the IRS never has your account information. SO, according to the pay schedule on the IRS website, and the last two of hubby's social, our return won't be mailed out until the 23rd of May. Which means no vacation. Hubby's going to be so upset........can I get a bone here?!?!?!?!

~Les

Venting

So today has been a little crazy!!

First, Cathy dropps off Colin (the two year old I babysit) and tells me that she's looking for another job and that she wants to move to Bedford County. Which is understandable!! But now I'm going, darn!! If they move and she gets another job then I probably won't be babsitting Colin and Logan anymore! And that was the "extra" money I was using to pay off our debt!! I hate when things are uncertain!! But I just have to trust that God has a plan for all of us, and we are going to be just fine, no matter what! It's just so frustrating because it seems like I take two steps forward and end up three steps back (yes yes Paula Abdul haha). We can't handle all of this debt anymore, and I just don't know what else to do about it haha!!

The kids are being out of sorts today too!! Izzy is fine, but Colin and Maddy are being silly haha, maybe because it's Monday, I'm not sure!!

We went to my SIL's yesterday and I realized that we leave for vacation in like 10 days!! WAHOO!! But I have SOOO much to do! I really don't want to go on this vacation. Hubby does though. And I understand he needs the break, and the beach would be nice!! BUT Izzy hates the car seat and she will be so upset the whole 8 hour drive to Fla. and back! Thank GOD Kennye and Jared have offered to switch around with us some so that we don't have to listen to her be upset the whole time!! PLUS I think this is a waste of money!! I wish I would have had some sort of say in all of this. It was just like, my MIL said she wanted all of us to go and all of a sudden everyone was going, no one said NO! And no one has kids but us (ok obviously my MIL and FIL have kids haha but not young ones hehe)!! I'm going to be taking this really hard class during that time so I hope I get to enjoy myself some. And even though everyone says they'll help, I'm not sure they will. You know? I know Kennye will. But hubby won't much, I'm afraid. I am so afraid I'm going to get stuck with hours of homework a day and then kids that are upset because they are not sleeping in their own beds, and they are overstimulated. Oh, I should be just thankful for the opportunity!! And just go with it.

After vacation I am planning something I can't talk about hehe!! And then I'm giving my little sis a baby shower that I have to finish planning! Planning all of this at once is SUPER stressful!!! Life is so crazy!!

Well I hate that I complained this whole post! But it feels good to get it off of my shoulders!! I think I hear the kids so I'm going to go now!!

Have a wonderful day!!

~Les

Old Memories

So I have a facebook account. And I was looking at my friends photos and noticed that he had posted "old school" photos. I got to looking at them and MAN did they bring back memories! There were some from the 6th grade all the way up to Senior Prom!! It was crazy seeing how much we have grown up and how "grown up" we thought we were at that time! It brought back some really GREAT memories!!

But you know whats funny? Maddy looked at them with me and she couldn't believe that we were ever that young!! Crazy huh? It kind of made me feel old haha!!

Great Times!!

~Les

Mommy-Maddy Day

Well this morning, Maddy and I went out for our Mommy-Maddy day!! We left the house about 8:30 and went to I-HOP to eat breakfast. Maddy had the Horton the Who breakfast: two pancakes with berry sauce, green eggs and ham!! Oh and she got a pink sucker!! So fun! Then we went and "shopped" for clippies, necklaces, earrings etc!! Then we went and got her nails painted purple!! She had the most fun!! I'm so thankful for the opportunity!!

Enjoy the Pictures!!

Making the Grade

Oh Yeah!! I made a B+ in both of my classes!!! THAT ROCKS!!

Fun Day!!

Well Ash wasn't feeling well today so I took the girls to the Zoo with my mommies group! It was great, until it rained! We got so soaked AND I lost one of Izzy's shoes! I've got to call up to the Zoo to see if they found it!! It was crazy!! We got so cold, and wet!! Enjoy the pictures!!

The Best Song!!

I don't know if ya'll are familiar with the Oprah thing going on. But she has this huge following of women that cling to her every word! And she's convincing them that Jesus is not the only way to God. It's sad, but so scary!!

I was getting ready this morning and listening to music on my computer. This song came on, I love Casting Crowns, but I had never heard this song before so I almost skipped it! I'm so thankful hubby downloaded it and I did listen to it, it rocks!! Here it is!!!

Here is a link to the song:
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=aec414712f15d40280d5

Below are the song lyrics off of sing365.com:

What If His People Prayed LyricsArtist(Band): Casting Crowns

What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captive free
And not let satan have one more

What if the Church, for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His faith, yeah
And turn from their old ways

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face yeah
And turn from their own way

Chorus II:
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear, yeah
If only we would pray

Bridge:
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

Choruses:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face, yeah
And turn from their old ways
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear yeaah
If only we would pray

(Choruses and bridge ad lib)

No Special Day

Well today is probably not going to be a special day for me and Maddy. My little sister is sick and my not be able to watch Izzy. Oh well, my mommies group is going to the zoo at 10 this morning, so we will all at least go to that! I'm disappointed though!! But not at my sis, she can't help but be sick, everyone's allergies have been acting up!! I'm just praying she can watch her for a little while, Maddy really needs this time! She doesn't know that today was going to be a special day, I never tell her things until we are pulling into the place or whatever. She gets so excited about things!! And I don't ever want to break her heart!!

Hopefully I will hear from Ashley soon!!

Well tomorrow is a special day!! Maddy has been acting out a lot here lately. Partly because she's 3 1/2 and partly because I haven't had the time to devote to her. So tomorrow I'm taking Izzy to my sisters for a while and I'm going to take Maddy to do whatever she wants! We'll probably go to the park, get ice cream and, maybe get our nails done!! Whatever she wants!! She has no idea we are doing this tomorrow! I'm super excited!!! She needs more of my attention, and my life has been so full lately, I haven't had the time....or made the time....to devote to her one on one!! So, i've decided that once a month I'll have a Mommy-Maddy day, and when Izzy gets older, I'll also have a Mommy-Izzy day!! It's going to be great to reconnect with my Maddy!! I'll take lots of pictures tomorrow and post them!

Randomness!

GRRR!!!

My wonderful hubby bought me a laptop for my birthday!! Very exciting!! Well, it has Windows Vista and our desktop has Windows XP. And we are having such a hard time setting up a network! My Internet works fine, which is wonderful!! I love wireless!! I found out today that my computer isn't compatible with my printer!! Oh well, maybe once we get our network set up I can just send whatever I need to the desktop and print it!!

BTW it's National Prayer Day! Please pray for your country, the presidential candidates, your kids, your kids schools, your friends and your family!! Prayer is truly powerful! It means more than you'll know!!!

~Les