Little Sis is Five!!!!

My sweet girl is turning 5 at 2:56 p.m. It was a great day when our second daughter joined our family. I can't believe how fast the time has gone so far. Little Sis is outgoing, curious and fun loving. We call her our free-spirit. She is a blessing. Here is a video of her when she was two. We sang this song together every night when I put her in bed.

Happy Birthday Sugar Bear!!

The magic number.

Little sis's birthday is fast approaching. I was telling her today I didn't want her to get older. She told me not to worry that she was still little. I asked how old she would be when she wasn't little anymore. She said 7. I guess this means her big sister will cease to be little in about a month or so.

What do you think?

I am reaching a crossroads in my life. My baby girl is turning 5 next week. She will begin kindergarten in August. I keep asking her to stay home with mommy for one more year. She's not falling for it. Can't say I didn't try. Anyway, now where does that leave me? Josh and I are pursuing adoption but we can't say when a baby will actually be in our home. What should I do with myself during the in between time? Get a job? I don't know. I have to be honest I am struggling right now with my new identity. Does anyone have any wise insight or opinions about what to do when your baby's off to school? If you are at home with little ones right now, what are your plans for when they do start school? Anybody who's been through this already? Well, I would appreciate any encouragement/advice anyone has to give.

Father's Day and the zoo.

I am a day late for my Father's Day post. We had a fun day yesterday. We are struggling about which church to visit while we are away. Yesterday we decided to watch our church live on the internet. It was nice and it made us wish we were there. I didn't think the girls were taking it seriously. I finally told them that they would need to draw me a picture of something the preacher talked about. Dr. Marshall talked about love from 1Corinthians 13. He focused on patience, kindness, envy and pride. When it was over I told the girls to each go draw a picture. Little sis drew a stick man with a word balloon coming out of his mouth. Inside the balloon were scribbles. She ran up to Josh and I and threw it in our direction saying "Love" and running off to play. Big sis took a little more time with hers. She brought her picture to us. In the top left corner she had written the initials V. R. I asked her about that. She said "I don't remember, He said something about V.R. or R.V. or something." A light bulb went off. I said "Do you mean N.V. (envy)?" Yes, that was it, and off she went. I cracked up.

After this we got ready and drove to Montgomery. The zoo there is very nice. Father's got in free for Father's day. We had a good time. It was a little hot, but still nice in the shade. Everyone got to see his or her favorite animal. Although the girls were upset that this particular zoo had no panda (we saw Kung Fu Panda last week) Just as we were finishing up our walk and preparing to ride the train, it began to thunder and lightning. Josh suggested that we get ice cream on the way home and forgo the train. This satisfied everyone (especially me) and we headed home.

I love my husband, I hope he had a great day with his girls. He is an awesome daddy.

God is good.

I really don't want to write a serious post. I would rather be funny or exciting. I just feel lead to ask you all to pray. Please pray that God would bring victory to some members of my extended family who are being attacked by the enemy. I don't want to name names but there two are people who are in times of crisis in their lives right now and only God is able to free them from bondage and bring victory into their lives. During this time things look hopeless and difficult. Many other family members are being affected by what's going on. Pain brings hopelessness and hopelessness leads to bad choices, even sinful choices. I truly believe that hurting people hurt people. Pray that doctors involved with these family members can have Godly wisdom in dealing with them. I am sorry if this post is confusing. I don't want to be too specific about either situation, just know that Satan is attacking and I don't want him to have the victory. Pray that Satan will be bound from their lives. God can take these lives and make something beautiful from them. Also, if anyone has any advice on dealing with and helping someone dealing with depression/addiction, I would welcome them. But really I know the best thing I can do is to pray, will you pray along with me?

Psalm 41:1-3 "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness."

I thought these verses fit the situation pretty well. I also want to ask that you would pray that Josh and I can be a positive influence in this situation especially to those involved who do not know Christ.

Destin

Saturday we took a trip to Destin, Fl. We went to our favorite beach there, Henderson Park. This is the first time the girls have seen the beach in over four years. They don't remember ever being to the beach before. We had a great time. I was the only one to get sunburned, for an overprotective mommy like me I call that a victory. The last picture is later in the day. We walked out on a fishing pier to see what we could see. Josh and I had to walk off our scrumptious seafood dinner. It was fabulous. Yummy!!

One word

Here is a meme I read on Alana's blog. I though I would try it. Each question can only have a one word answer. Here goes.

1. Where is your cell phone?
downstairs

2. Your significant other?
running

3. Your hair?
ponytail

4. Your mother?
nana

5. Your father?
worker

6. Your favorite thing?
spooning

7. Your dream last night?
forgotten

8. Your favorite drink?
coke

9. Your dream/goal?
brother

10. The room you are in?
bedroom

11. Your hobby?
reading

12. Your fear?
worthlessness

13. Where do you want to be in 6 year?
home

14. Where were you last night?
here

15. What you are not?
ambitious

16. Muffins?
buttered

17. The last thing you did?
vacuum

18. What are you wearing?
jammies

19. Something you are not wearing?
hat

20. Your mood?
grouchy

21. Your summer?
away

22. Person you tag?
Michelle (you bloggy dropout)

Howdy Y'all from the deep south

Just so you know our family has relocated, at least temporarily. Josh is on TDY (temporary duty) training in Alabama for eight weeks. It was such a blessing that this happened during the summer and the girls and I are able to be here with him. We are staying in a lovely (and by lovely I mean gross) furnished TDY apartment. But I am not complaining. I am glad to be able to see my hubby each morning and at night when he gets home late. He is my best friend and I don't like to be away from him. Those of you who know me, know that we are apart often, due to his job. I am thankful that our little family can be here together. I failed to mention that our giant puppy is inside with us during our stay here. Loads of fun!! I hope you feel my sarcasm coming through on that one. One of the bonuses here is that we are about two hours away from the gulf coast. I can't wait to see the girls at the beach. They have been to the beach before but they were 2 1/2 and about 8 months old so they don't really remember. We are headed down there this coming weekend. I will take loads of pictures and be sure to post them. So until mid-July all my Missouri friends can hold down the fort for me there.

My flip-flops

Thanks Alana for the bloggy flip-flop fun. Thanks too to Darlene R. for the flops. I love them.