Tonight I decided to try and get some scrapbooking done. It made me realize how fast time goes by! Alex has gotten so big in the past year. My baby is no longer a baby. He is an active kid, who is now wanting to run around bottomless outside, so he can pee like a big boy(Grandma Doni taught him that I think). It makes me so sad to think that he is getting so big and to think how big he will get. And JJ has changed so much in the past 5 months. You really forget how fast they get out of the newborn phase.
We had lunch today with Pastor Dave. He is the first one other than the youth that we have had over for dinner in our new house. Basically he is the first one we have had over for dinner(not just a pizza) in like 4 years. How sad is that.
It is so funny how God works things out for us. John and I and Pastor Dave came to this lunch wanting to talk about what John and I do and we were worried about what the other one would have to say. And it turns out we were all wanting the same thing. John and I were wanting more to do for the church, so we feel like we are "earning our keep" and Pastor Dave wanted to give us a job description and more responsibilities. God truly is awesome in how he works things out for us. It makes me wonder why I ever spend time worrying!!!
Mandi
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Knowing what God wants you to do is sometimes hard. I mean, often I wish God would just say "Mandi, this is what I want you to do." Sometimes what you want to do and what you feel that God is calling you to do, ends up just being you reading things the way you want to.
That being said, I really am thinking that God has been paving the way for us to fix our Neon. When it broke down 2 years ago, we decided to get another vehicle instead of fixing it, basically because we didn't think the Neon would run if it got fixed. Well I am thinking that God knew if we fixed it, we would have traded it in by now.
It is just so weird how just last month our car insurance drop quite a bit, where now with the Neon on it, it is barely over what it was before. And we paid off some loans so that now we could afford to fix the Neon and then our "oh-so helpful" neighbor turned the Neon in. Well needless to say we felt it was time to fix our car.
Well now it is running. We have to see if some wires are loose to the battery or if the alternator(sp?) is bad from setting, but other than that it is doing good. Even if it does need an alternator, my dad can fix that, he did before, and then we have a back up vehicle for me to use when John takes the kids to camp and to save on gas. It is funny how everything just seemed to move into place.
And on Monday or Tuesday we are heading out of town for a much needed vacation. We are so excited. We get to FINALLY see my sister-in-law's house and hang out with her family on their "turf". We are so glad to get out of town and just have fun. Plus Alex loves playing with his cousins, although I am not sure Uri always enjoys it. I can't wait!!!
Mandi
That being said, I really am thinking that God has been paving the way for us to fix our Neon. When it broke down 2 years ago, we decided to get another vehicle instead of fixing it, basically because we didn't think the Neon would run if it got fixed. Well I am thinking that God knew if we fixed it, we would have traded it in by now.
It is just so weird how just last month our car insurance drop quite a bit, where now with the Neon on it, it is barely over what it was before. And we paid off some loans so that now we could afford to fix the Neon and then our "oh-so helpful" neighbor turned the Neon in. Well needless to say we felt it was time to fix our car.
Well now it is running. We have to see if some wires are loose to the battery or if the alternator(sp?) is bad from setting, but other than that it is doing good. Even if it does need an alternator, my dad can fix that, he did before, and then we have a back up vehicle for me to use when John takes the kids to camp and to save on gas. It is funny how everything just seemed to move into place.
And on Monday or Tuesday we are heading out of town for a much needed vacation. We are so excited. We get to FINALLY see my sister-in-law's house and hang out with her family on their "turf". We are so glad to get out of town and just have fun. Plus Alex loves playing with his cousins, although I am not sure Uri always enjoys it. I can't wait!!!
Mandi
Thursday, May 24, 2007
The New Me
Well for the past 2 days my voice has been gone. Yesterday I couldn't talk at all except for whispering and it looks like that will be happening again today. It is really weird because my throat doesn't hurt. All I can say(or should I say "whisper") is that I want my voice back.
Not being able to talk really stinks!! Especially when people call me and I can't talk to them.
We were suppose to have Pastor Dave yesterday for lunch and we canceled because I couldn't talk and had a headache. I hate that it keeps getting put off. He used to be a youth pastor so we are hoping for some advice and what he thinks would be good for fundraisers. Plus we would like to get to know the guy.
Hopefully we can get together for lunch this weekend.
Mandi
Not being able to talk really stinks!! Especially when people call me and I can't talk to them.
We were suppose to have Pastor Dave yesterday for lunch and we canceled because I couldn't talk and had a headache. I hate that it keeps getting put off. He used to be a youth pastor so we are hoping for some advice and what he thinks would be good for fundraisers. Plus we would like to get to know the guy.
Hopefully we can get together for lunch this weekend.
Mandi
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sleep!!!
Funny, you would think since I slept in until 9, that I would be totally rested, but instead I feel more tired than normal. Probably just my body craving more sleep. It has been awesome though because JJ has started sleeping from about 10-5. Alex still gets up and crawls into bed with me around 1 in the morning, but atleast I get the bed to myself for a while.
Kari and Eric are here and were planning on leaving today to head home to have the baby. But they need new tires so they decided to stay and have little Phin here. It will be so awesome to get to see him right away!!
I am trying to get my house finished. We got lazy, because we got where the house was livable so we stopped and now I am wanting it done. My guest bedroom is packed with stuff for a garage sale and stuff to be unpacked. I just need to get busy.
My front yard is looking good though. We planted flowers and shrubs out front to add some color. Our goal is to start on the backyard possibly when we get back from Kansas City.
This past weekend was awesome. Hectic, but so great. It was great to see Pastor Jerry and Virginia again and the sermons were wonderful.(well the ones I got to hear, KIDS) I walked away with this shamed feeling about how I have acted towards church. I mean they used to have revivals for days on end and now we find the a couple of hours every week is just too much. That is really sad that we have made spending time with God into a "fast food service." Makes you wonder what the next generation will be like. Isn't is funny that we find third world countries lacking of so much, but they are the ones that thirst for Jesus like many of us never have. That just makes me so ashamed!!!
Mandi
Kari and Eric are here and were planning on leaving today to head home to have the baby. But they need new tires so they decided to stay and have little Phin here. It will be so awesome to get to see him right away!!
I am trying to get my house finished. We got lazy, because we got where the house was livable so we stopped and now I am wanting it done. My guest bedroom is packed with stuff for a garage sale and stuff to be unpacked. I just need to get busy.
My front yard is looking good though. We planted flowers and shrubs out front to add some color. Our goal is to start on the backyard possibly when we get back from Kansas City.
This past weekend was awesome. Hectic, but so great. It was great to see Pastor Jerry and Virginia again and the sermons were wonderful.(well the ones I got to hear, KIDS) I walked away with this shamed feeling about how I have acted towards church. I mean they used to have revivals for days on end and now we find the a couple of hours every week is just too much. That is really sad that we have made spending time with God into a "fast food service." Makes you wonder what the next generation will be like. Isn't is funny that we find third world countries lacking of so much, but they are the ones that thirst for Jesus like many of us never have. That just makes me so ashamed!!!
Mandi
Monday, May 7, 2007
Rowdy
Well, life is somewhat getting back to normal. I still have stuff to unpack and have to start putting up pictures, but day-to-day life is getting more routine again.
We got a new dog last week and he is a cutie. He is completely ornery though. Sierra loves having another dog and Alex is constantly carrying him around, although Rowdy is getting tired of that and starting to get away. I am hoping that he will become a good dog like Sierra, and am not looking forward to the terrible puppy stage.
Alex is getting over being sick with throat infection, but is still unbelievably whiney!! It is getting on my nerves.
I am working on a dress for one of our youth girls and it is looking pretty good. I can't wait to get my craft room completely set up and start working on projects again.
Here are some pictures to share.
Mandi
We got a new dog last week and he is a cutie. He is completely ornery though. Sierra loves having another dog and Alex is constantly carrying him around, although Rowdy is getting tired of that and starting to get away. I am hoping that he will become a good dog like Sierra, and am not looking forward to the terrible puppy stage.
Alex is getting over being sick with throat infection, but is still unbelievably whiney!! It is getting on my nerves.
I am working on a dress for one of our youth girls and it is looking pretty good. I can't wait to get my craft room completely set up and start working on projects again.
Here are some pictures to share.
Mandi
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