Updating......

WOW! It has been a while. First I want to say that I am no longer a home school mom. We put the kids in school at the beginning of this school year and they LOVE it. I do encourage any home school moms to still read my blog if you need encouragement. I am not going to change the name of my blog nor will I erase my older posts. I like the memories :-)

This blog will now be about walking through life as a daughter of the King. That may include anything from spiritual moments to housekeeping tips. You never know what I will blog about! LOL

I am still at home with Nathan. He will start Kindergarten in the Fall. Not sure what I will do then....taking it day by day. I am starting this blog back because I have had a really rough year and blogging is like therapy for me. So hopefully I can be encouraged and can encourage you all also.

My mom passed away on October 9th, 2010. I haven't been the same since. But I can say that about 2 weeks before she passed away she made things right with God. So she has been rescued from all this earthly pain and I will see her again some day. I miss her so much and think of her often. I am sure I will figure out how to move past the pain someday.

I am so excited to be blogging again and can not wait to see what God is going to do through me in this process! More to come later......

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!

I will be blogging again. It may take me some time to get things going good but it will happen. There have been LOTS of changes in my life and I can't wait to share them with you!

Blogging......

Well, once again I have not kept up with my blog. I am going to try to because it is therapy for me. There are times that when I am blogging God speaks to me and molds me into what I need to be.

Today has been a trying day for me. My life has been spinning out of control. Everything from my schedule, house work, what I am eating, even my sleep schedule is crazy. Well, today God has brought it all to a screeching halt. He has shown Himself to me in MANY ways and has gotten my attention.

I spoke with a very wise friend today that reminded me of all the things I have been forgetting. Like letting God have control and letting go of the control. If He isn't in TOTAL control then everything gets all messed up. I have felt like my life is in a tornado above my head and I can't get anything to go the way it is supposed to! Well, that is what happens when God isn't in control.

I feel like I need to go back to the basics. Get rid of everything that isn't important and just focus on the things that God would have me to. That isn't always easy but it will be worth it!

I will probably not be able to blog every day but I hope to get it back into my regular schedule.

I am back!!!

Oh how I have missed blogging!!! But I AM BACK!!!! YAY!


This last year has been interesting. I now have Internet again and blogging is like therapy for me so I decided to pick it back up. I may not post a lot but I will be posting.

My kids are all so big now! I have posted new pictures of them on the side. Jacob is now 10 and has the long hair(help me Lord!). We are begging him to cut it but he LOVES it long. He is almost finished with 5th grade and it has been a challenge!!! But he has managed to keep all A's.

Amber is now 6 and has almost finished Kindergarten and she is so smart! I am sure that having an older brother that home schools has helped! We are so excited about 1st grade!! She is now riding her bike without training wheels, I am sure we will have a summer full of walks around the block.

And last but not least is Nathan, he is now 3 almost 4. And he is a wild child! LOL He is counting to 10 very easily and tries to do Amber's school with her. He totally LOVES Bible Man movies.

George and I have been doing well. He is still working and I am still handling homeschooling pretty well. I would love to follow a schedule better. Maybe after our summer break I will be more focused. The last 2 years have been tough for us. My aunt passed away in February of 2009 and my oldest brother passed away August 1st of 2009. We are healing though, one day at a time.

I am now singing on the praise team at our church and LOVE it! Music is like a healing balm for my heart. God is so amazing to us and we are so blessed!

I will soon post again and share my heart on a few things. It is so great to be blogging again and I can't wait to catch up with all of my bloggy friends!

Just in case you are wondering......

We are on Spring Break this week so I will not be on the computer as much. I am trying to get some things done around here. Have a GREAT week!!!

Back to the Basics....

Good Friday morning all! It has been a while.

Since my aunt passed away things have been quite crazy around here. We had TONS of family in from California and my house was sort of a base for people to shower and sleep. I ended up not being able to make it to the service Monday night because Jacob came down with strep throat. He was SO sick! By the time we got back from the doctor and I got back with his medicine it was 4:30 and the service started at 5:00 about an hour and 15 minutes away. We did enjoy seeing all of our family though. Some of them I haven't seen since 1994. And some of them had never met my children, so it was nice to see them all.

So all of this brings me to needing to get back to the basics. My home has been in such chaos that I have had no schedule at all! Amber was begging to do school yesterday because it has been so long since I have done any with her. So Monday is the day to get back on track! New week, new schedule, new way of thinking!

On a better note, Jacob has kept up with his school and not gotten behind. I got his school stuff and Amber's kindergarten stuff ordered for the Fall. We got our income tax and I always do that first thing. That way I have it in the Fall and we are ready to go! This next year will be different though with Amber doing school every day. I am going to have to stay on top of things better than I have in the past. And she is ready! She is so excited about starting school. And I am so glad that she is! LOL It makes it easier on me.

I also paid off my stove that I had to get a few months ago. That was nice. And I got a new microwave that goes over my stove. My old one was VERY old and started getting mold in it. So it had to go! Now this weekend we are planning on going van shopping! Please pray that we make the right choice and get the right one. We want God's will on this one.

Well, I guess I am gonna go for now. Here are some before and after pictures of my microwave. Just keep in mind that I have flat paint until my hubby repaints, so there are lots of grease spots on my wall, it looks so gross! Sorry.

Have a great weekend!!!

I was so proud of my hubby, he had to do electrical work and everything!!!

There used to be a vent hood in the empty space right under the cabinet, I didn't think of my camera until we already had it down.

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Before

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My new microwave!(on the table)

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My hubby with his finished product! How handsome is he!

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After! I LOVE it!!!!

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Update on Amanda

I wanted to let you all know that my step-sister, Amanda, finally had her baby this morning. Not sure if it was a boy or girl, so since she has 3 boys already they are assuming that it was a boy and named him Tucker. They said that the baby had separated from the placenta and that is what caused this. They are now waiting for her to pass the placenta.
Amanda started running a high fever last night and that is gone today. So I am praying that there is no long term problems from this, infections etc.

Thank you all for your prayers. The family appreciates it.

Oh how time flies....

Hello all! Sorry it has been so long. We have been busy around here.

I am feeling some better. I still have some pain in the mornings but it is getting better.

We have had some snow since I last posted. I have pictures to share.

My aunt has gotten worse and has been in the hospital. My aunt Sherry came from California to visit her one last time since she doesn't have much time. The doctors have given her about 6 months if she continues to not take the meds that she is supposed to take.

I have a prayer request too, my step-sister, Amanda, who lost her baby last night and today she is in the hospital having to deliver it. She was 17 weeks along. Please pray for peace and healing for her. She has 3 little ones at home.

We have been getting some school done and stayed on track with that. YAY! And the babysitting is going very well.

I went shopping the other day and got clothes for George and all 3 kids. The total was around $140 and our savings were around $350!!!! We got around 20 pieces of clothes for all 4 of them. So we got some AMAZING deals! And we got all of this at Belk in the mall. They had a great sale going on so I decided to go and get me some stuff Saturday. I got 10 shirts, a pair of jeans, a pair of pajama pants, a purse, a new wallet, and some under clothes all for around $220!!! I was in a much worse need for clothes than the others. We never get to shop like this and it truly was God's favor! He is so awesome!

Well, now I will share some pictures. Have a great week!

Amber getting ready to play in the snow.

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Jacob going out in the snow.

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Amber in the snow.

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Jacob and one of his friends playing.

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What fun!

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Me and my Aunt Sherry.

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Jacob

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Nathan

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Amber

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Amber being silly. This was such a great picture I had to share it!

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Update (quick)

I am tired but wanted to thank you all for the prayers and let you know that the doctors have said that my problem is pulled muscles. I guess I just can't handle pain very much!
I am thankful that it isn't anyting serious, I was praying that it wasn't.
So now I am supposed to rest and not use my muscles! LOL!!!

Updating

Hello all! I haven't posted in FOREVER!!! It has been busy around here.

Terri commented and asked me how the babysitting is going. So I thought I would post an update and let all of you know how it is going. It is great!

The kids are 13 and 7. They come 2-4 days a week and the 7 year old gets his school done pretty quickly. The 13 year old takes a little longer of course because she has more work. They are great kids. And it makes things easy for me because any new concepts they learn from mom and dad. And I don't have to check the work. They get that done at home. They use the same curriculum that we do so if they have any questions it is easy for me to help them. But they really just do it all themselves and I just make sure they stay focused and get it done. They get along really well with my kids. And we all go to church together so the kids already knew each other. The best part about it is that they don't get here until around 9 am!!! SO I don't have to get up really early to get them.

It is working really well for everyone I think.

I am having an interesting time preschooling Amber. She is SO independent. It will be different than teaching Jacob and I hope that I can handle it! LOL

And Nathan LOVES anything to do with ABCD's(as he calls it). I think it will be really fun when Nathan is starting school and I have all 3 of them doing stuff.

So things are going smooth here. We are getting lots of school done. Today we are going to hang out with another home school family for a little while. The kids need a fun day. So we are working to get school done early.

Hope you all have a great Tuesday!

First day back....

Today we got back to school and I began a new job! I am keeping 2 home schooled kids a few days a week and I think it is gonna be great! It helped me to stay on schedule better with my own children.

Jacob started back on his PACES after a long break and I think that he was even ready again. Amber started a new pre-school book I got her and she is very happy with it. Nathan hasn't felt well, I think he is cutting some of his last molars. He had a fever until today and he still has a cough.

Well, I wanted to share how well our first day back went. Hope you all have a great week!

Go and see!

I have started posting on my Walking My Way To Health again. Go and see it and check out my new look on my blog!

Here is the link:
http://walkingmywaytohealth.blogspot.com/

Here is a picture....

This is a picture from a cell phone so it isn't a very good one. But I wanted to show you all what my hair looks like. It has been a while since it has been this short. I think I like it way better though. It sure does feel better! Maybe I will have some better pictures soon that I can share. My hair grows really fast though so I wanted to show it to you while it is still short.

I have been really busy lately. Sorry I haven't been posting as much. I have been trying to keep up with all of your blogs, not commenting but I have been reading. Well, I am gonna go for now. Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

My computer has been sick.

I had last posted about our new president and was wondering why I hadn't gotten any comments. Well, when I just checked my blog, I had gotten comments! I never got the e-mails telling me that you all had commented!!!

I had a BAD virus on my computer that Microsoft had to help me get off. I ended up having 335 infected files!!!

So I want to say I am sorry that I had not published your comments. I will check my blog from now on instead of trusting my e-mails.

Hope you all have an AMAZING weekend!

Let's recap...

~OK, September the 5th my mom came to stay with us. The next week Jacob spent most of the week sick and had pain in his stomach. We went to the dr and got that resolved, now he is doing better.

~September the 20th my mom and I both got sick, me with an EVIL stomach virus(thought I might DIE!) my mom with what we thought was the virus.

~September 21st took mom to ER and find out she has bowel obstruction.

~September 23rd, one year anniversary of my step dad's death(mom's husband) and the day she has surgery.

~October 5th(or around there) Jacob begins to run a fever and cough terribly. He still has the nasty cough 12 days later. (Allergies?)

~October 9th mom throws up all day, I take her to the ER that night. While there I have a severe panic attack and have to leave her there while I come home to figure out if it really is a panic attack or if I am getting sick. They can't find anything wrong with her and my panic attack goes away after a while. We get home and as I am about to go to bed I see the hugest spider I have ever seen. I hit it with a fly swatter and hundreds of baby spiders go everywhere!!!

~October 10th Nathan and Amber begin running a fever and coughing. This is still going on. Yesterday we find out they have bronchitis. Along with the fever and coughing comes throwing up from coughing too much, not wanting to eat, BAD runny diapers for Nate and potty troubles for Amber, lots of crying and bad attitudes and lack of sleep. During this time George has also gotten the same crud that the kids have.

~October 16th(early this morning) George and I both wake up at the same time throwing up and me having bad stomach pain. George is ok after he gets sick but I am still having some times of bad cramping in my stomach. Thank God that my mom was here. She let us sleep in and took care of the kids. George and I were laying in the bed and I began to sing the song from church,"This Is How We Overcome". And I asked George how we were supposed to overcome from this. He said to stay in bed! LOL

Even though we seem to continue to get hit with trials and sickness, I know that God is in control. He loves us and wants the best for us. We will get through this and be stronger in the end. We will praise Him in this storm! And THIS, my friends, is how I overcome!!!

(And by the way, George fixed the kids TV/DVD player!)
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We went to the doctor...

FINALLY! LOL

Amber and Nate both have bronchitis. They now have antibiotics and a very strong cough medicine. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. Maybe tomorrow will be an easier day.

On Friday we are taking Jacob to be retested for his peanut/nut allergy. Please be praying. When he was 1 he had 2 severe reactions to peanuts and we had him tested. They said he had a lifelong life threatening allergy to all nuts. Mainly peanut though. Well, a few weeks ago we bought the new Cocoa Puffs Splits(I think that is the name). They were chocolate and vanilla. The regular Cocoa Puffs are safe so I didn't check the new ones. Well, after he ate them I saw that they are made with peanut flour. And he had NO REACTION!!!!! So we are very hopeful that God has healed him and that will change his life! I will keep you updated.

Updating on stuff....

Good morning all!

Well, the Gooey Butter Cake was REALLY GOOD and gooey and VERY rich! We all loved it and I am looking forward to eating more today! ;0)

While we are on the subject of food I wanted to update on my weight loss. I weighed this morning and I have lost another 2 pounds for a total loss of the year of....

19 Pounds!

My goal for this year was to lose 50 pounds, I don't think I will make it to the goal but I am slowly getting closer!

I am taking Amber and Nathan to the doctor today. Still coughing and running fever, this is day 6 of the sickness. Hopefully they will feel better soon.

Have a great Wednesday!

Praising through the storm

Hello all!

If you are just now checking out my blog, scroll down and read the post from last night. It is good stuff!

Today my family didn't go to church because of my 2 little ones being very sick. Me, my mom and Jacob will be going tonight but we had to miss this morning. I went to get our groceries for the week since I didn't go to church. I didn't want to go tomorrow while George is at work so I took my chance while I had it. Anyway, while I was at Wal-Mart getting my groceries I noticed that gas there is down to $2.86!!!! Praise the Lord!!!! It has been getting higher and higher, I was beginning to think it would never go down.

Jacob is still coughing, Amber and Nate are both coughing something terrible and they both have a fever. Amber was vomiting this morning because her cough was so bad. And Nate has had 3-4 watery diapers. I guess it is all from the crud they have. Amber and Jacob have also complained with their heads hurting. Earlier I was holding Amber and it had been about 45 minutes since I had given her fever medicine and she was still burning up. So I prayed for her and had to remember my post from last night. I chose to be thankful that it isn't any worse and praise God through it.

I know that God will get us through this and we WILL praise Him through this storm!!!!

Under Construction

Hello all!

Just wanted to let you know that I am in the process of looking for a really cute Fall look for my blog. Until I find it things may look a little crazy on here. Just bear with me and stay tuned for the final look that I choose!!!!

Have a great Sunday!

Hello!

It has been a while since I posted. I have been SO busy!!! I have tried to keep a check on all of your blogs, sorry I haven't been commenting though. My mom is doing great and appreciates all of your prayers.

I wanted to share real quick some pictures that my friend Aprille took of my Amber the other day. She is so precious in these. When we are outside she will play with these sea shells that we have collected over the years. On this day, she had a rock that was her baby egg and the sea shells were her babies. She has buried them somewhere in the yard to keep them safe. I have so enjoyed watching her play and seeing her childhood innocence blossom.

Hope you all have a great Sunday!!!!!

Totally unaware she is being watched!

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OH hello there!!

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Showing off one of her "babies".

How PRECIOUS!!!

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