Good Bye

Today we said good-bye. What a sad sweet time. I think that it is always better to be the one leaving than the one staying. The one leaving has so much adventure to look forward to. The one staying has only the empty hole where their friend used to be. Jane, you are leaving behind a big hole!! We will miss you. We love you.

kool-aid & colds

Don't think of this as disgusting. Think of it as genius. He unwittingly has discovered an new way to remove kool-aid stains from human skin. (Look closly...His nose has already been wiped.)

A real life mommy moment

Try to create this scenario in your mind. We are at Target. Yes, all three boys are with me and I am already in a rather foul mood because of having to spend money on things that I don't appreciate. The youngest starts the celebration with loud ear-shattering screaming so I gracefully swing into the baby aisle and whip open a box of teething biscuits (why do they call them that? they should be called "dissolve all over your baby's face and make him look like he has been smeared with pancake batter biscuits" sorry, I digress...Let's move on) As I am heading for the accessories department, the oldest lays down on the bottom rack of the shopping cart and gets his foot stuck in the metal bars. I think to myself, "sweet!! now he can't get away" and I pick up my pace. As I round the handbag isle the middle child lifts a bottle of fingernail polish off the nearby shelf and proceeds to express his artistic abilities. Luckily for him it was a stunning shade of red that matched the green color coming out of his nose. Truly, he looked quite festive. Meanwhile the oldest's protests are drawing attention and three kind employees start the rescue process. I seize the opportunity for adult conversation and ask them which purse they think goes best with my shoes. All the while, all of us (including myself) are doing the "I've got to pee" dance. Now that I think about it, It was really funny. But it wasn't at the time. In fact I left with a tremendous headache. But I was successful. You will be happy to know that I got 22 pairs of girly socks, 1 pair of black nylons, 2 colors of nail polish (yes one is a stunning shade of red), 1 stylish purse, and 2 pairs of dangle earrings. They were out of leg wax (yes, I was disappointed too). No, I did not even attempt to shop for underwear. I think that would have been REALLY traumatic for everyone.

End of the rose colored stories

My friend and I were talking today about our blogs. She mentioned how people tend to put only the realy cute or rosy colored stories on line. She dared me to write about the not-so-rosy colored stuff. And I took the challenge. So this week I am going to write about the real, the dirty, the nitty gritty. You will probably learn a lot about me...AND IT AIN'T GONNA BE PRETTY!! Here goes.

So today my husband noticed that I was wearing a pair of his socks...again. This got us on the conversation about how I hate to spend money on bras, underwear, and socks for myself. Its stuff that nobody sees anyway, so who cares if they are ratty-tatty? In the same vein, I hate painting my toe nails. What a laborous thing to do, especially in the winter when...NOBODY SEES THEM!! I mean really....Who cares?! and another thing...in the winter time I don't spend copious amounts of time shaving my knee caps. Honestly, I really didn't think that anyone noticed. Don't get me wrong, I don't let them grow untill I could play volleyball with my two hairy knee pads or anything. I just don't meticulously go over them. My thought has been "nobody sees them so nobody cares?" Well, today Cheyne informed me that he notices and he is a somebody. He happens to like matching undergarments, painted toes, and smooth legs. I was shocked!! That never occured to me. So, in a spiritual act of dying to self and thinking of my husband as more important me, tomorrow I will be doing what I detest. I will be shopping, painting, and waxing. Yes, I am taking submission to a whole new level. Pray for me.

P.S. He also mentioned that he likes dangle earrings but said that he could live without them due to so many toddlers in the house. OUCH!! See, isn't he a sweet heart?

Today was Andrew's 2nd birthay. TWO YEARS!!! We had a fun little party with all of the grandparents. They really know how to have fun.

...for such a time as this.

The title of this blog sounds whimsical...almost romantic, doesn't it? You can say it with kind of a breathy whisper voice and think of all of the precious little instances you had today with your cute little bundles of joy, or get that sweet gleam in your eye as you think of your special someone. I guess you could do that, but that is not really the vein in which I intended it. I was more thinking of Mordecai when he exhorted Queen Ester to step out dangerously to be the champion of her people, who were on the brink of destruction. "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for a time such as this. " I read this, then I think of Ephesians 2:10 that says "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." It is daunting to think that the God of the universe has sovereignly placed me in Spokane Wa, in the year 2008, for a time such as this. I often get lost in the mundane minutia of everyday life and forget that I was created for a time such as this. My husband needs prayer, encouragment, support...and I have been raised for a time such as this. Yes, God could raise up deliverance for my children from anyone....but I have come to this royal position for a time such as this. My friends and neighbors need to see Jesus...and I am here for a time such as this. (my husband just said that he needs his taxes done...and I am here for a time such as this :) I encourage all of you see how God has raised you up for a time such as this and step out with courage.

We are on line!!

So, I fianally let her talk me into it!!! Thanks Jane.