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dedication

 by babychick~ 

 
A few weeks ago we had Banner's dedication at church. I loved this with both boys, giving them back to God and making a statement as a family that we will lead them in the way that we know is right. But this dedication was a little more emotional for me.

 
When I was about 24 weeks pregnant we found out that the doctor was seeing a few things that were not normal in the ultrasounds. One kidney was swollen, or much bigger than the other. My husband and I had a lot of emotions going on, and were really unsure of what was going on. We were told the issues were not severe and that he would be born like a normal baby but may have issues that we would have to take care of as he grows. When you are pregnant you never expect to hear anything is wrong with the life growing inside of you.  We prayed and cried, and just gave it to God and asked for His will in our baby's life.

He was born big and healthy and no issues on the outside. At the hospital we still had no questions answered and were told we would have to see a specialist. He was started on antibiotics and we went last week to see that specialist. Still no answers. The doctor said we needed more tests done.

With all of that being said, I am tired of depending on the doctors for answers. I am tired of being pushed from one place to the next to get an answer. I am tired of my 2 month old taking antibiotics. We gave him to God and asked for his will, and that is exactly what we will have!  

Fairytale Consignment Sale

 
Singer, Social, Planner and I are so excited about our fall sale this weekend! We are expecting this sale to be bigger than ever!!

Sell your kids clothes, cribs, bedding, toys, DVDs, games, costumes, carseats, strollers, the list goes on and on!!

Its not too late to get a consigner #, and it's easy to do. If your unsure how the whole consignment sale thing works then just go to our website www.fairytalesale.com to find out more. Or you can email us at [email protected] to get your consigner # and also to volunteer.

And if you refer 2 new consignors and they list you on their seller's agreement you will receive an extra 10% back on your sales!!

Cannot wait to see you all there!!

AUGUST 28, 2010

love your life

by socialchick~ It has been such an emotional week for me! I have learned so much through a tragedy that took place Sunday morning!

Sunday morning a good friend of my husband's wife got in a car accident and passed a way. She was only 30 and had a 4 year old son. Their story is so much like ours that it makes it hit home a little more. They were highschool sweet hearts, had been together for half of their lives, she was a stay at home mom, and he works with my husband. They got up like any other morning and instead of heading to church, which they did every Sunday, she decided to help her mom clean condos that morning. She kissed her husband and baby boy and out she went not knowing that they would never see her again.

Which brings me to the lessons that I have learned this week. Why do we make life so much about us. Shouldn't life be about God. We stress so much over the stuff that isn't going right, or that is going right, or the stuff that we did or didn't do. We make everything a fight or a battle that doesn't really matter.

I have cried and complained for 3 months now that I have a very fussy baby. I get upset and want to loose it when she screams but at the end of the day if she was to die tomorrow I would miss that screaming and want it back. Not saying that I won't get frustrated any more but I have a new outlook on my fussy britches. If that is how she expresses herself then just roll with it and do what you can to help her.

I have also started Zumba and during our class the instructer screams out many times "love your life!" This has made my lessons come in full circle this week. Love living the life that you have. Stop making everything a huge thing. Be thankful for what you've got. It doesn't matter that my husband just told me that we are gonna have to be tight for a little bit. I have everything I need! It doesn't matter that we don't get tons of time together every week. I'm thankful that at the end of the day I have him and I get to lay down with him every night. So he may not always give me the attention that I want (not need), but at least I have him! The kids may always be right up my butt, but so blessed to have them! I may have to cook supper every night and not get to eat out, but glad I have the ability! May have had a bad past, but greatful for my savior who died on the cross for my sins! May not always be in the best mood, but happy that I am loved and highly favored!

So I hope that this may have helped you examine your life. Love your life no matter where you are in it. Stop making everything a huge deal! We are only here for a certain amount of time! You are not promised tomorrow so enjoy today!

back at it

 by babychick~  I went back to work last week and it feels like nothing ever changed. Besides the few extra pounds still lingering around and coming home to an extra child I feel as though nothing ever changed. My transition back to work was not as hard as I thought it would be, I mean I did it less than 2 years ago so I am a pro at it now. I had a few melt downs, but I'm better now. I miss the boys like crazy but I don't think I am meant to be a stay at home mom. I feel like I appreciate my kids so much more than I would if I were to be with them 24/7.

As for how big brother is getting along with a new brother, he loves it. He likes to give him kisses and hugs and tell me his brother is stinky(even though he's not). He likes to tell me to put the baby "up" when he wants to sit with me or love on me. I can't wait for them to be able to play with each other!

(just another of my hunk!)

Who wouldn't love coming home to that face??

circumstances

 by photochick~  I'm having the hardest time writing this blog post. I'm usually more articulate in the middle of the night when my thoughts have time to gel in the still and quiet of dark. Not tonight.

I'm not sure what I even want to say except that I read this quote today from a Jesus Culture blog:

"Despite your circumstances, are you expecting His spectacular power to invade the deepest corners of your innermost being?"

The deepest corners. Do WE even look in those deepest corners?

The move we undertook two years ago now was a difficult one for me. Leaving Courts of Praise was sooooooo excrutiatingly hard. While I went to church all of my life, this is the church where I made the spiritual move from a girl to a woman. Where I had to learn to stand on my own two feet.It is where my foundation was shattered, and rebuilt, and strengthened time and time again. This is the church where I struggled to cope with the loss of two children in my family. Where I crashed and burned and was renewed again.

It was hard. The years there. The leaving.

As I now prepare to enter my third year as a teacher, this time of year always marks for me when I left my comfort zone. In hindsight the move seems so obviously the right thing to do. Two years ago in the middle of a two day window to make the decision, it seemed so impossible. We cried. And Cried. And cried some more.

Are things perfect? Of course not. Has it been easy? Of course not. But it is exceedingly and abundantly more and more clear every day that this is where we have been planted. In my case, as a seventh grade science teacher. Go figure. You would have to know me to really appreciate that irony. Starting with the fact that both of my parents are teachers and the only thing I KNEW when I graduated was that I DID NOT want to be a teacher. Interpolate that to the necessity to go back to school despite a Master's degree and returning to a salary of a 21 year old. It's becoming more clear. As I said in my last post, it makes no sense in the natural.

So there is apparently really no purpose for this post. Perhaps it is simply my marking my staff of remembrance (Shout out long time Courts of Praisers!). There is nothing particularly serious going on in my life. There are no seemingly insurmountable circumstances. Yet, I am uncannily drawn to that quote. Because there are always circumstances. Circumstances that would keep us from what God has called us to be.

Don't let them.

judgie wudgie was a bear...

by bossychick~I know, its 'fuzzy wuzzy was a bear' but I got it from a show I like and I think it sounds cute... moving on...

I recently saw this saying, 'remember this: when you think you know... you don't... you've only assumed, under false pretenses'

I think I would re-word it to say '... you don't... you've only formed an opinion from your perception', either way it goes right along with what God has been showing me lately.... things are not always ( and by not always I mean never) how I perceive them to be, and I should stop forming opinions and judgments of people based on my perception.

I have never considered myself a judgmental person, but after really trying to apply 'judge not, lest ye be judged in the same manner' in my life, I realize that without meaning to, I have been.

It is so easy for us to form a quick opinion of why WE think somebody said or did something, or what WE think a person should do... when what we should really be doing, if we are being what God has called us to be to one another, is lifting that person up in prayer and asking God to give them His wisdom in dealing with their situation....

What we should NOT be doing is running our mouths wide open to other people, because... news flash, all that does is alter their perception of that person, and usually not in a good way. The word says 'do to other's what you would have them do to you'. I don't want people saying negative things about me, so I'm not going to say negative things about others.

If you can't answer yes to these questions, when you are getting ready to tell another person something, about somebody else, then, again... news flash, DON'T SAY WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY..... #1 Would I say this if the person were standing right here? #2 Is this uplifting to the person I'm talking about? #3 Would I want this said about me?

If you can't answer no to these questions, then... news flash, DON'T SAY WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY... # 1 Have I formed an opinion based on my perception of this situation? # 2 Am I sowing 'discord among the brethren'? # 3 Has this person annoyed me because they have struck a nerve in me? ( translation: its really my problem, not theirs, I'm just being too stupid to look at myself and be honest right now, so I'm going to trash this person, to somebody else, so I can further fuel my denial)

So back to basics, the definition of perceive: To become aware of directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing.

Last time I checked the only 'being' that could see all, hear all, and knows all is God, ( minus the fact that OUR senses fail us all the time) so really He's the ONLY one who knows why anybody does, or says anything. So here is something for you to wrap your mind around or ask yourself or whatever... Am I like God, that I can say I know why somebody else does, or says anything? Well, news flash (this is 4th one btw) my answer was NO! and not NO! but HECK NO!

I mean really think about it. Do you think you REALLY know others from the amount of time( sometimes 1 day or one meal) that you are with them? Can you really say that you do, or is it only your perception of them? When other people annoy you, do you talk about them (perceiving them as annoying) or do you try to look past the behavior to the root of why they are acting that way, and then lift them up in prayer? ...

Unless you're God, don't be so sure that what you think is the gospel's truth.

That is all, you do what I say- Bossy