Christian Momma

My Sunday School classroom is in desperate need of decorating!!

The classroom name is Alligator Alley…K-1

I have grey/brown (somewhere in between those colors) colored walls.

I was wanting to do something on my bulletin board and on the Walls (posters or cut-outs…no painting) and the door. Oh and there’s also a white board that I could decorate around. And cubby holes that I want to have a neat label for each child’s name…along with some sort of attendance record.

I need help! Any ideas??

Apparently, I’m not anywhere ready for VBS!

I had a dream last night that it was time for VBS, I had all these kids and workers and no organization at all! I hadn’t assigned any Crew Leaders any of the children yet and no one was listening to anything I said!

I get weird dreams like this…it’s an anxiety type of thing. I don’t care for them! I guess it just tells me that I need to be more prepared than what I am now…I have until June though!!

Please pray for me as I go through the Director’s Manuel and figure out all the ins and outs of this VBS! Thanks!

100 Things about me!

I have noticed that around here when you hit your 100th post, you make a 100 Things About ME post! So, I’m jumping on the bandwagon!! However, I’ve been posting for years, so technically, this isn’t my 100th post overall, but it is my 100th post here!! Here we go!!

1. I’m Ann
2. My mom is Janice
3. My dad is Pat
4. My dad has diabetes (diagnosed in 1999, I think)
5. They have been married for almost 40 years!
6. They are wonderful parents, I am so blessed to have such great parents!
7. I have 1 sister (Deb)
8. Deb’s DH is Nate
9. They have 4 kids…Jacob, Abigail, Joshua, Alyssa
10. I have an “adopted” sister (Liz)
11. Deb & Liz went to school together and that’s how she became part of our family!
12. She just got Married to Pat (not my dad) June 9th
13. She has 2 daughters…Jordan & Jessica
14. God gave me a dream of what my husband would look like at 14
15. I was in a car accident when I was 16
16. Because of that accident, I was told I couldn’t have children
17. I broke my Femur in that accident
18. I grew up in a very small town
19. I graduated in 1992
20. There were only 32 kids in my class
21. Most of which showed up at my hospital room when I was there!!
22. I met Kevin (1991) because he worked at the store by my HS
23. I fell in love with him quickly!
24. I took Kevin to my Sr. High Prom
25. I went to Edison Community College after HS
26. I met Wendy (not my SIL) in College
27. She’s married to Dan
28. They have 1 daughter, Emma
29. We are still friends…just hard to connect at times
30. Kevin and I got married 7/23/94
31. I’m married to the most wonderful Man in the world
32. I worked at Meijer for a few months
33. I have an Associates Degree in computers
34. You wouldn’t know that if you saw how many times I ask my dh about computer stuff
35. I became a Christian in 1995
36. Kevin did too!! God is AWESOME isn’t he!!
37. I worked at UVPC as a Billing & Insurance Rep
38. I kept getting sick at the copier at work…that’s how I found out I was pregnant
39. Michael (my oldest son) was born 7/5/97
40. We moved to Colorado in August 1998
41. Michael was 18 months old when we moved to Colorado
42. I joined my first MOMS Club in Colorado
43. I was the secretary of the MOMS Club
44. I met Karyn out in Colorado
45. We tried for 2 months to get pregnant with Noah
46. Found out I was pregnant with him the week after we got back home from Christmas
47. Kevin traveled every other week throughout my whole pregnancy
48. Noah (my middle son) was born 9/19/00
49. We moved to Minnesota in September 2000
50. Noah was only 2 weeks old when we moved to Minnesota
51. I joined my 2nd MOMS Club in Minnesota
52. I was very involved in the MOMS Cub there (lots of committees)
53. I became the President of the MOMS Club in MN
54. We owned our first house in Farmington, MN
55. Loved the neighborhood…still miss Renee & Jen!
56. Renee & Dan had bonfires a lot during the warmer months in their back yard!
57. I worked at Super Target for a couple years (that’s how I met Jen)
58. We moved back to Ohio in June 2004
59. Kevin & I were pretty sure we were done having children before we moved back to OH
60. We were only in Ohio for 1 month before I got pregnant (2004)
61. We found out I was having twins when I was 18 weeks pregnant
62. Toward the end of my pregnancy with the twins, it was rough
63. I had HELLP Syndrome and would have died had I not delivered
64. They came 9 weeks early
65. Daniel (one of my twins) was born 2/16/05 at 1:23 pm
66. Andrew (one of my twins) was born 2/16/05 at 125 pm
67. My mom was with me for the c-sect of the twins because Kevin had the flu
68. Dan from Church saw the boys before Kevin did…and was there right after they were born
69. They spent 4 weeks in the NICU
70. The first time I walked into the NICU was hard on me…I about passed out!
71. I sell AVON and have since Nov. 2005
72. I go to The River Church
73. I’ve met some great people there…Kim, Kate, Marian, and the list goes on…
74. I teach K-2nd Graders
75. I will be directing VBS in 2008 for the Elementary Children
76. We are doing Power Lab from Group
77. I sing on the Praise and Worship team about once a month
78. Michael is homeschooled this year (2007-08)
79. I have a cat (MAC)
80. MAC is my niece’s cat (Kierstin)
81. He’s my 7th cat (follows FIFA, Teal’C, Morpheus, Satin, Blizzard, and Aslan)
82. We’ve had 2 different dogs
83. MJ – a German Shepherd/Rotwiler Mix got hit by a car on Christmas Eve 2005
84. Jango – a German Shepherd/Collie Mix he was too hyper we had to give him away
85. Kevin’s mom is Agnes
86. Kevin’s dad is Don
87. Stacy (Kevin’s youngest brother) is married to Denielle
88. Denielle & Stacy have 2 daughters, Kierstin & Kayla
89. Denielle & I are becoming pretty close friends
90. Kevin has 2 younger brothers
91. Pat (the middle in that family) is married to Wendy
92. Wendy and I graduated together
93. They have 1 boy, Bryce
94. I have a friend named Rheannah
95. She’s pregnant too! Her 3rd girl
96. We go out for coffee once every couple of months (email each other a lot)
97. I post on a message board www.thefamilygarden.net
98. I also make siggies, blinkies, icons, etc. on www.thefamilygarden.net/graphicgarden/
99. I have a web page for all my creations http://annabellescreations.tripod.com/
100. I write a little poetry, it’s mainly for me and my thoughts though.

Dh wants all my stuff for our taxes this year…so here I sit working on all my AVON stuff…you’d think I would have done this throughout the year, but apparently I didn’t learn my lesson last year!!

I have an OL friend who was hospitalized this weekend for back pain. They found a tumor on her spine. Today the biopsy results came back…the tumor was malignant, and it’s a form of Cancer called Sarcoma. They are waiting to find out what stage she is in.

Could you please pray for Ashlee? She has 4 young children…ages 10, 5, and twin 2 year olds!

I just feel so sad for her!

Last Tuesday, I had a meeting with last year’s VBS director (aka Children’s Minsitry Director). She had gotten the VBS kit in the mail and wanted to go through it with me!

She handed me the Director’s Manual! Wow, it’s chock-full of information! I’ve been reading it for the past couple of days!

I’m a bit nervous and overwhelmed, but have the knowledge that I’m where I need to be. I know since this is my first time, I may stumble, but with God’s help, I’ll get back up, dust myself off and move on…learning as I go!

What I’m most nervous about is feeling like I’m on my own…I know I’m not, but there’s that fear there. Our CMD is pregnant and due a week before VBS!

How this all came about!
Last year, I volunteered for VBS (last minute of course) right before our church left for it’s Missionary Trip (CMD was a part of that trip). I ended up being a Crew Leader (which is an adult (or teen) who is in charge of about 5 children and getting them from place to place and helping them in their small group discussions). I had a great time!

Then the week or so after VBS, there was a tugging on my heart. I felt God telling me I was to do more. So, after much prayer, I felt I should volunteer in the Children’s Ministry in some form. Then an email came around asking if anyone was interested in Directing VBS next year (2008). I prayed about it and felt that God calling me in that direction. I set up a meeting with our CMD to talk about the openings she had available and what would be a good “fit” for me. I came away shortly after that meeting with the knowledge that I would definitely be teaching and possibly running VBS next year! After more prayer and consideration, I stepped up to be 2008 Elementary VBS Director.

After knowing for about 2 months, we find out our CMD is pregnant! How exciting right, yeah, due a week before VBS! Talk about God’s timing!! He knew she would be needing someone to step up, and I was there!!

Anyway, that’s how we got to this point.

I’m going to try to blog more about the happenings not only going on with VBS but other aspects of my life! Here’s hoping I’ll be on here more!!