Christian Momma

After 16 years, I love him more now than I did the day I said “I DO”

Happy Anniversary Kevin!!  I love you!

I was surprised this morning by a knock at the door… A package arrived for me at the door.  Want to know what was in the package??

Sweet!

I was surprised!!

15 years, 4 boys, 3 states and 8 moves later, I love this man more today than I did the day I married him!

And the card…yeah I had tears!!

Happy 15th Anniversary Kevin!!  I love you!!

2008 has come and gone already.  It sure seemed to go by quickly…sometimes a little too quickly!

January

The year started out with me beginning to work on Power Lab VBS (Ah Ha!).  I was also homeschooling Michael.  We were pretty on top of our schooling and things were going pretty smoothly at the time.  I was also beginning to work in the K-1 Sunday School class room at church.  That, wasn’t going as smoothly as I had wished.

February

VBS started to consume my thoughts.  I was having dreams about not being ready, and just an overwhelming sense that I’ve bitten off more than I could chew.  AKA…I wasn’t relying on God to help me, I was relying on my own strength to do it.

February also brought about Daniel & Andrew’s 3rd birthday as well as my 34th birthday.

Michael entered his first Science Fair and ended up with a Superior rating!  I was proud, but knew full well that if he had applied himself earlier in the month, but he decided to wait until the last minute to do it.  Then we hit a rough patch in our homeschooling…a bad one.  Causing me to question my ability to teach him not to mention my basic parenting skills.  But, through the Grace of God we got through it with help from some friends in our church.

March

March brought in a lot of saddness.  My grandmother’s health begain to fail drastically.  And a friend of mine lost her child in a horrible accident. My heart ached in ways I never knew it would.  Things in me shined trhough as well.  I didn’t realize how “in tune” I was to other’s saddness.  Michael had a meeting with the staff from his online school and things turned out so much better than I had originally anticipated.

April

In April, I took a blogging break…school slipped behind and I had to push Michael to get as much done as possible a day!  Spring seemed to bring out the worst in his schooling abilities and slowly we fell behind.

May

I won this Word Press blog…I’m ever so greatful to Lisa for hosting the giveaway that allowed me to win! The final push to get VBS was upon us.  VBS was scheduled for the 2nd week of June.  My grandmother passed away that month as well.

June

VBS week came and went without too much problems.  Yes, there were a few bumps in the road, but overall things turned out GREAT!  I was elated that things went as well as they did and relieved that it was all over with as well.

July

We celebrated Michael’s 11th birthday in July along with Kevin and I’s 14th wedding anniversary.  In between those 2 events, we threw my mom and dad a 60th Birthday/40th Wedding Anniversary party.  We were very impressed that we were able to pull it off!  Mom and dad had only suspected that we were planning on all going out to eat together, not that we would have all of their friends and family at a hall waiting for their arrival!  We even got one of their friends from High School to travel from Chicago to Ohio to celebrate with them as well!

We also got to see Extreme Makeover Home Edition in our town.  My mother drove down the night before to stay overnight and we headed out to the new house to watch the bus move.  That is a day that was HOT, but I wouldn’t have missed for the world.  To see something like that is a once in a lifetime thing.  Michael still claims to have High-Fived Ty!

August

We went for our 1 and only camping trip of the year.  We had so much fun, and would love to go back to the Michigan Dunes again.  Our church also had a Worship Night.  Something changed in me that night and I have been forever changed!

September

School started right after Labor Day!  We decided to send Michael back to public school since things weren’t working out the best for us at home.  We are happy to report that he is doing wonderful in the public school!

We celebrated Noah’s 8th birthday in September.  We also found out that an eight year old child, when given $20 in cash and not watched very closely at the grocery store (because mom and dad were busy ringing/bagging groceries), will spend the whole $20 on lottery tickets!  And before you ask…YES it’s illegal for him to purchase them, but when they have a “vending machine” of lottery tickets just sitting over by the bubble gum machines, it’s just calling for a child to play with it!  And he only wond $2!

October

In October, Kevin and I started going to a new Bible Study.  I was elated that Kevin wanted to go to one since he has never really showed any interest in going before.

We also walked, for the first time, in the JDRF Walk for a Cure for my Niece.  We were so proud of her, she ended up getting 2 awards…one for the amount of money raised and the other for the T-Shirt design!

November

We celebrated Kevin’s 38th birthday.  How?  Well, I went to a Arbone party and he watched football…now that’s love!

We had our traditional weekend after Thanksgiving shopping adventure.  My parents’ took Michael, Noah, Daniel, & Andrew for the weekend (it ended up my parents had Daniel & Andrew and my sister had Michael & Noah).  We always enjoy that weekend away from the boys.  It’s nice to pretend we are childless…even if it’s just for the weekend!  But we are always so excited when they return.

December

We spent most of the month either running from Christmas Program to Christmas Program or from Christmas to Christmas.  However this year it seemed to be a little less travel than usual.  We only spent 1 night up at my parent’s house and we actually had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at home for the first time in a long time!

For 2009, I’m sure there will be new things that God shows us along the way, new challenges to overcome and new friends to meet, but I trust that God will be joining us along this journey and we will rest in the knowledge of Him.

Today is my wonderful hubby’s birthday!  He’s 38…

Happy Birthday Kevin!!  I love you!

Saturday night, Kevin started feeling sick (lots of congestion), so he went to bed early. About 9:30 Michael wakes me up and says his ears are hurting, so I take him to the Urgent Care (I don’t mess around with ear aches…I’ve had my share of ear infections…they HURT!). He had a double ear infection and a red throat!!

Sunday, I take Noah, Daniel, & Andrew to church (Michael was instructed to stay home on Sunday). Sunday evening, Kevin finally broke down and went to the doctor…he has an Upper Respiratory Infection.

Monday, Kevin stayed home from work since he had been carrying a fever. Monday evening, I start sneezing and my nose wouldn’t stop running…I’m coming down with a cold!!

Today (Tuesday), Noah didn’t have school because of the ice storm we had. Kevin was off today too…he is still running a fever, so he’s going to be off again tomorrow!

So, we’ve made the inevitable decision to cancel our plans with Kevin’s brother and wife since they have 2 girls (1 with diabetes and 1 that’s only 4 months old). I hate to have to cancel, but as bad as I feel about that, I would feel worse if they were to get something from us!!

Please pray that we all get over this sickness quickly!! Thanks!

23 November 2005 @ 12:13 am

Man, it’s been a long day!

Well, I’ll start from yesterday. At around noon, Kevin’s parents showed up (Michael had Grand person’s day at his school) and then about 1:30 my mom showed up. They all went to the school and I cleaned up a bit more (the house wasn’t too bad, but could use some more work). After they got back, we all just hung out and talked. Noah got all his grandparents to play cards with him. After Kevin got home from work, I ordered take-out from O’Charley’s. That was yummy!! Kevin’s parents ended up leaving around 7 pm for home. My mom was staying overnight because we needed a babysitter in the morning!

So, after supper, mom and I took off for Wal-Mart with the twins, just to walk around. We bought some material for me to make more “blanks” for Daniel and Andrew (they love their fleece blankeis!). Then we came back home. We were just so exhausted…mom from working that morning and me from Daniel not really getting much sleep the night before.

Then this morning, we got Michael up and ready for school, Kevin got up and got ready to go to his Dr’s appt., then I got ready to go. Mom stayed here with Noah, Daniel, and Andrew and made sure Michael got off to school on time. Kevin was due in at 8:30 am! We sat in the office for 15 minutes before being told that his dr. had an emergency at the hospital and was running late. So we wait and watch all the “old folks” coming and going from the office. Kevin makes mention of how he’s the youngest person in the waiting room! He gets called back and I get myself comfortable and start reading my book (The Chronicles of Narnia). I couldn’t believe how quickly his procedure was! It didn’t seem all that long before he was done!

One good thing…it seems as though our Insurance has covered the procedure 100%! WOW! I’m still a bit leery and figure a bill will come…but 100% would be WONDERFUL!

Anyway, Kevin has spent most of the day upstairs in bed watching movies. Noah stayed with him while mom and I ran and got some much needed groceries and lunch. He’s still a bit sore and exhausted. I’m hoping that he’ll feel a lot better tomorrow! Today he was told to be on his back all day! And then instructed to take it easy for 7 days!

Anyway, I gotta get going, Daniel is calling…I hope this isn’t another long night! I just wanted to pop in and let you all know how it went today!

I feel…: loved

Kevin’s 35th birthday is today! I love this man so much! I just can’t imagine my life without him! God knew what he was doing when he made him!! This song really hits home!

When God Made you
By: Newsong

VERSE(1):
It’s always been a mystery to me
How two hearts can come together
And love can last forever
And now that I have found you I believe
That a miracle is come
When God sends a perfect one

CHORUS:
Now gone are all my questions about why
And I’ve never been so sure of anything in my life
Oh I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I will need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must’ve been thinking about me

VERSE(2): (Sung by Natalie Grant)
I promise that wherever you may go
Wherever life may lead you
With all my heart I’ll be there too
From this moment on I want you to know
I’ll let nothing come between us
And I will love the ones you love

CHORUS
Now gone are all my questions about why
And I’ve never been so sure of anything in my life
I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I will need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must’ve been thinking about me

BRIDGE:
He made the sun and made the moon
To harmonize in perfect tune
One can’t move without the other
They just have to be together
And that is why I know it’s true
Your for me and I’m for you
Cause my world just can’t be right (can’t be right)
Without you in my life

I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
He must’ve heard every prayer
I’d been prayin’
(I’d been prayin’)
Yes He knew everything I would need
When God made you
(I thank God He made you)
When dreams come true
When God made you
He must’ve been thinking about me

Happy Birthday Honey!! I love you!

I feel…: loved