curve ball

I am so excited to get out of town!! yep--tomorrow we leave to go back to wisconsin--our very first full-family visit since we moved in 2006. there are 2 more members of our family (adia and brighten!) since we moved and it'll be fun to introduce them to our friends there! i'm excited!

Life around here has been pretty weird and wild. literally half the block is moving! it's been quite a ride and it feels like the Lord has thrown quite a curve ball...not expecting any of this to happen! so, needless to say we are eager to hear what He has to say about us. stay? leave? what? we are pretty clueless. i desire to stay in this house; i desire to be close to dear friends; all of these things are looking pretty impossible at the same time. We buckling up, and trying to hear and decide what's best for our family. please be praying for us and our trip--we'll be gone for 2 1/2 weeks--lots of ministry opportunity has opened up, we are excited! please pray that the Lord speaks to us about our next season! thankyou friends--we love you!

5 things i love Friday!

1. Jesus--He is a good leader! especially when i don't know what the heck is going on!! i can trust His leadership!

2. Ivory--my second daughter holding this bunny, she is a lover of babies, tickles, and laughing!

3. Vacation!-we have one coming up soon, i cannot wait!

4. friends--again, in this season i am truly appreciative of my friends...they bring much peace and comfort to my weary, rejected heart.

5. watching movies--my all-time favorite down-time activity!!

Adia and i had a tea party today while her sisters were off at a friend's birthday. it was so fun spoiling Adia, my third child, and give her a little "lovin". she's so adorable! i love her so much!

what a day! i love it when the cabinets are running empty, fridge is getting bare, and then we get to go shopping and load it all up again! that's really when i feel well-loved and taken care of, for sure! yep, today is that day! i also got a new craft for ember to do--popsicle sticks and glue! oh man....she is creative! she was making letters and whatnot...i was pretty impressed! fun times, i have lots of VBS memories with popsicle sticks and glue...just the smell brings it all back!

i keep on forgetting that it's july. every night it gets down in the 70's and it's really enjoyable! so lately my favorite time of the day is around 7-8pm when i can go outside and breathe and be alone or with my hubby. very nice indeed!

here's a pic of adia--she's getting so big!--she says she's 3 already, and i correct her, saying
"you turn 3 in november!"
she rebuttles "no i'm not ember!"
oi! :)

5 Things i love, Friday!

1. i love my daughter ember--she's 5 and coming alive with life, imagination, creativity! i love her and this stage that she's in! so much fun!! she went to bed last night telling me she couldn't wait to find fireflies and catch them in a jar and make them a home! what a sweetie!

2. july--this is the coolest july yet and i love it here in south carolina! windows open at night...it's really really nice!

3. quiet mornings--nothing like a good meditation, coffee sippin morning time!

4. cleaning, yup--nothing makes me feel better faster!

5. good friends--props to j&j, can't wait to hang out/eat tonight!!

Today, wasn't such a normal day.....last night a migraine headache woke me up at 4:30am....ew and ow! hurt so much i threw up...yep...very bad. so rye let me sleep in...and all day i felt "out of it" and my head felt like it had a major work-out....weird. what are migraine's anyways? what causes them and why do they happen? so weird...

but i had fun with the kiddos anyways...we made homemade playdough...ivory picked the color yellow for it, which was very appropriate...they love to make spaghetti and various foods with their playdough...too bad Brighten likes to eat it no matter what it looks like! :)

"Finding Nemo" is the movie we watch every day around here....thank God for friends who let us borrow that movie! (jenn!-life saver!) ember prefers the full screen version vs. the wide screen. ( i agree on that...who cares if i'm missing the whole picture...it's BIGGER!)

so yeah, good day....i went and got WIC vouchers and found that we now get cash vouchers for fruits and veggies! that made my day when i went to redeem them, i bought the girls a big thing of strawberries, real corn on the cob and more....we feasted tonight, it was so much fun...they all loved the corn...husking and all! :) i love july!