Icy Roads

Last night,Bro. Danny and Sis. Kristen asked if Jonathan and I wanted to go see a movie with them and our niece. On our way home we thought the roads were fine, everyone (we thought) was going the normal speed, and it didn't seem icy. As we got of the freeway we stopped at a light, and when we started to go forward the car didn't want to turn, so we were headed towards the ditch! Somehow Bro. Danny managed to get the car stopped on the side of the road, thinking we had a flat tire (there was a really loud metal noise at we turned). As they got out of the car, the whole road was absolutely covered in ice! As we started to move again (going only about 20mph) we were sliding everywhere on the road. The car was driving sideways off and on. It was really scary, there were huge ditches on the side of the road that we could slip into, so Sis. Kristen immediately said, 'let's pray guys'. After we all prayed, we passed people that had crashed into the huge ditch, and as we got there an ambulance was coming. I really don't know how we didn't get in an accident when we were on the freeway going 60mph..God surely watched over us. Thank the Lord we didn't end up in the ditch like alot of people. I can't even imagine how Abigail (my 3 year old niece) would've handled that.
Oh yeah, and Sis. Mandy, Abigail's mom, was driving last night too, and had been also going 60mph, and at one point lost a little control over her car, but she thankfully made it home safe and called us to tell us to drive slow.
Anyways, it just makes me thankful again that God has once again watched over me and the brethren on the icy roads, and thankful it didn't end up the same way it did last time.

A walk in the rain

Not quite sure where the green smoke came from,but that was one of the night settings on the camera. Kinda nifty.

Dad decided he wanted to go on a walk with everyone in the rain tonight. It was pretty cold, but after all the power walking that we did, we got all warmed up. Here are a few pictures that I got to take on the walk. Worked out great because I wanted to try out a few settings on the camera, and the boys were having a great time posing for me. ;D :

Timothy

Timothy and Russell. Looks kinda like fire beside them.Timothy and Russell with what looks like a shooting firework. <3

New Skirt

Yay, I finally finished the other jean skirt! This time it's made out of a pair of jean shorts! My sister-in-law helped me get it all cut out and get things all set for me to sew and mom helped me figure out which pieces went together and how to get it to come out the way it did! Looks kinda interesting, huh? Anyways, I'm glad I finally got it done! That was the last jean skirt project that I wanted to get done. Hooray for me! =D

My Family on Christmas

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! We had a nice relaxing and enjoyable time with everyone. This year my second oldest brother, Thomas, and his wife and little boy weren't able to come Christmas morning, that's why you don't see them in the picture above. But they were able to come later that night for our traditional Christmas breakfast (Eggs Benedict)! Here are some pictures of Christmas morning, and Christmas night that I got to take with my new digital camera!:

Mandy and AbigailTimothy II with his new toy vacuum!!Baby James and his Auntie Kristen

I know it's not a whole lot of pictures, but I was trying to figure everything out on the camera. ;D

Anyways! I've got some news! I know most of you probably go onto the Church forum, but to those of you who don't: "Last night, after church, Sis. Eileen came up to Sis. Dayna and was just filled with the Spirit. She asked Sis. Dayna if she could come over and pray for Brittany, Sis. Dayna said, "of course!" Sis. Eileen got there and prayed for Brittany and Brittany woke up and said, "I'm hungry!". Dayna said they scrambled to get her some food so fast! They got her some broccoli and cheese sauce and she was able to eat about 5 teaspoons. Then, at about 3:00 am, Brittany seemed agitated in bed and was wimpering. Dayna asked her if she was hurting and Brittany said, "no". Dayna asked her if she was having bad dreams and she said, "yes", and "Momma, pray". So, Dayna got Dave and they prayed for her and they just felt like the adversary, since he couldn't get her one way, was trying to get her another way. After they prayed, Brittany went back to sleep until about 7:00 am. Then she woke up again; so they scrambled an egg so that it was real soft. Brittany ate about 2/3 of that egg! Can you believe it Brethren! It's so unusual for Brittany to even wake up that early, she usually doesn't start stirring until early afternoon! Also, when Dave and Dayna had Brittany in the wheelchair, taking her in to the bathroom, they both saw Brittany trying to move her foot on the little foot holder of the wheelchair! These things are so encouraging, especially after two days of very little movement and not much eating at all. So, we are cautiously optimistic...and continuing!"

That's what was written on the Forum. Just so thankful for that news. Last night I was talking to a friend of mine and Brittany's and she had remembered that Brittany was real sick last time I talked to her (which was about 1 or 2 months ago) and asked about how Britt was doing. Of course I didn't want to lie to her about how things were going, but I didn't want to worry her alot either. She's really all for going to the doctors and can't see why Brittany would "do this to herself". It kind of was a sad conversation. After explaining why Brittany chose to not go to the doctors, she asked my how can people that are in so much pain be so selfish to not go to the doctors. Selfish because we won't go to the doctors to get healed for our family that has to take care of them. I was just able to explain to her that we are all putting our faith in God with this, just as much as Brittany is. Yeah, it might be hard to watch a loved one hurt, but God hears our prayers, and will take care of us if we have faith. She just said that maybe SHE didn't have enough faith in God that he could heal someone like that. It just made me sad that she doesn't get it. She was pretty upset about the whole conversation(or maybe the right word is she was worried), but at the end just told me to tell Brittany and her family that she loves them and will be keeping them in her prayers. It'll be an interesting conversation when Brittany is all better and the girl is able to hear everything God did for Brittany. I'll leave that one for Brittany to tell if she wants. It just makes me thankful that we have brethren who love us and a family(and brethren) that's willing to take care of us like Sis. Dayna and Bro. Dave are taking care of Sis. Brittany.
And by the way: none of this was me saying going to the doctors is a bad thing. Everyone has different views on it and each individual can decide for themselves what they want to do concerning doctors.

A little testimony

Last night I got a call in the middle of the 'young peoples' visit that Sis. Dayna wanted me to come over and brush Brittany's hair and be with her for awhile after they had cleaned her up a bit. I was pretty excited because I wanted to go see her all day, but I'd been going over there almost everyday to check on Brittany, and thought they probably wouldn't want to see me again! But anyways, on my way over to see Brittany, I had remembered a prophecy I had gotten a couple years ago that God would answer my little and my big prayers, so prayed that I could just see her wake up for just a second because the last few people that had gone over there had seen her open her eyes a bit and communicate with them,saying 'uh-huh' and 'uh-uh' to their questions.
So anyways, when I got there she was totally out, so I just brushed her hair, and continued to pray that she'd move or something so that I knew she knew I was there with her. After her hair was all brushed and put up, I sat down next to her bed and just talked her like I would if she were awake. In the middle of talking to her, I got a text message, and when I get a text message it makes this really loud noise saying 'Whoo-hoo alright! I just got a text message!" and that had her moving a little, so I ran over to get her a drink of juice and after she drank some, she opened her eyes and looked at me and squeezed my hand softly!! I just about cried! Feels like I have seen those eyes in a long time! It seemed like it was taking all her strength just to open her eyes to look at me, but she did it for just a few seconds.
After that she kept on swallowing like she wanted a drink, so I was able to get a few gulps of water in her, and she answered my questions when I asked her stuff, just saying uh-huh and uh-uh.
So Anyways, that was just awesome to me that God did that for me. Even if it was just a few seconds, that's all I needed to see. Just needed to know my Brittany was still in there somewhere, and knew I was in the room with her.

Baby Jesus

A friend from the Indiana Church sent me this today, got a little chuckle out of it:

" It was the day AFTER Christmas at the Church in Michigan. The pastor of the churchwas looking at the manger scene, when he noticed baby Jesus missing from the cradle. He immediately turned and went outside and saw a little boy with a red wagon walking down the street. In the wagon,was the figure of baby Jesus. The Pastor walked up to the boy and asked,"son, where did you get that baby Jesus that's in your wagon?" The little boy replied, "I got him from the church."
"And why did you take him?" asked the pastor. The little boy replied, "Well, about a week before Christmas, I prayed and told Jesus if he would bring me a red wagon for Christmas, that I'd give him a ride in it!"

P.S. Not a whole lot new with Sis. Brittany. Went and saw her tonight and she was still sleeping, but she drank a little bit of soup that we blended up for her. So they were going to keep trying to feed her that when we left. So hopefully she was able to get enough in her tonight and keep it in her. Still needs the prayers.

Sickness

As most of you know, my friend, Sis. Brittany, is not doing too great health wise. I'm really not too sure what's going on, but her stomach is in a lot of pain. It's been hurting her for a couple months now, and I was thinking it was getting ALOT better because I wasn't hearing a whole lot of what was going on with her. But on Monday we got a call late at night to pray for her because she got really bad, and was fainting and throwing up a lot. I guess it really didn't hit me how serious this was until mom and dad came home from praying for her, and told me all that she was going through. I went and saw her last night, and all she could really say was my name in a whisper. She's just really weak and can hardly keep a conversation going or look at you. My heart is so sick for her. I wish I could take it all away, I hate seeing that she's in pain! I feel so useless, and not knowing how in the world I can help her when I'm with her. I know all I can really do is just pray for her, but it's just hard to sit and watch. And nights are when it seems like the pain is worse for her. But she's able to sleep whenever she passes out, which is (sad to say) a good thing because that's when she has relief from the pain from what I hear...
Anyways, please just keep her in your prayers. I know you probably all are. Love you lots Brittany!

Eyes

Yikes! Today I went and got my eyes checked because I had gotten a letter in the mail from the eye doctor saying I could come in and get my eyes checked on to see if anything has changed. Well, everything was going great until he was checking to see behind my eye. I guess he saw something that got him a little worried, so he did a lot of tests on me...like putting numbing eye drops in my eyes and poking them and checking the pressure of each eye..and other weird things. And I kept asking, "What's wrong with my eyes?!" And he wouldn't really give me an answer, just kept saying, I'm just doing some more tests on your eyes to check on some things. Sigh. I was thinking my eyes had gotten 10x worse then the last time I was there. And so we left the room and he said he wanted to do 2 more tests, and left me with a lady that did the tests, while he went and talked to my mom about what was wrong. I guess I have veins behind my eyes that are bigger than they're supposed to be. Which I don't really know what that means, but he was worried about it. As far as I know, I didn't have it the last time I went in for an appointment. So, I hope and pray that it'll go away before my next appointment with him,because mom kinda has the same thing that I do, and he's been trying to get her to go to other eye doctors to get it fixed. And it'd be a bummer if everytime I went in for an appointment that he'd bug me about going to doctors and stuff. I know the guy is sincerely worried about us, and doesn't understand that we want to trust God in this.

It was interesting also, in the middle of me getting my eyes checked the doctor asked about my family and stuff (because alot of them go to him for check ups too) and asked if I was close to any of them. And I just told him we were all super close, and always hung out, and that the ones that don't live here anymore are almost always over here. That seemed to shock him a little, and he asked me what our secret was to that. How did it happen that we all are still close after all these years? My stupid answer was, " We just love each other, I guess." I was kind of afraid to just say it was all God because he seems to not like getting on that subject too much. So then, while he was talking to my mom about my eyes, he asked her the same question: Why are we so close? And how did she get us to love each other and get along? And she was told him what I should have said when he first asked. It was just interesting to me that he'd ask how he could get his kids to do the same someday. :/Guess I got pretty lucky with my brothers,and my parents. Couldn't have asked for a sweeter, loving family. I probably don't deserve them, but I sure am thankful that I'm loved by each one. Wouldn't trade it for anything. Love you all. :)

A Quilt

That's the actual picture of what my quilt will look like when finished...not the same colors though!!

I'm making a quilt and mom is teaching me as I go. My first quilt is actually going to be a big project. I'm making a queen size comforter quilt to go in my hope chest...IF it makes it in there. I probably won't get done with it any year soon. Lol. But I decided I want to quilt it all by hand, because I saw some of the quilts my mom made when she was younger, and they were all quilted by hand. Now, I'm not saying I'm totally going to make it through quilting it all by hand...but that's my goal. Just feels a little more special-er doing it that way, but we'll see! ha. I'll try and post picture of what I get done..slowly. I finally (after about a year and a half) got all the cutting done so that I can start the sewing part. Yahoo!

Oklahoma!!

Yippee! Timmy and I are going to Oklahoma in January! We're gonna stay for 5 days. I'm super excited to go see them again! :D We're leaving Jan. 2 and getting home Jan. 6(2 days before my b-day!). Can't wait to see everyone again over there. Worked out great because normally, I'd have to stay here because of work (it's the starting of tax season) and usually my bosses need me to baby-sit as much as possible for them, and don't normally let me just take a day off for a trip, but they ended up giving me a couple days off because they were going to be doing stuff that week. :DD Yippee Ki Yay!

Surprise!

Last night Poppi and I planned a surprise b-day party for Timothy and Sis. Kristen. We actually had decided about a week ago that we wanted to plan something special for Timothy this year, and didn't really get around to planning anything until the day of his b-day! Yikes! It was crazy, but we went shopping while everyone helped Thomas and Amy move (Sorry guys!). And got everything done in time before he got home. He just thought I needed some 'guidance' from Poppi for a b-day present for Timo. heehee! Anyways, we ended up making up three games for the party. The first one we did was a musical game where Kristen and Timothy picked their groups and everyone had to play an instrument (even if they didn't know how to play it). We got the instruments from the dollar store, and they all worked perfect! There was a tambourine, 2 recorders, 2 maraca's, a saxophone, trumpet, a triangle bell thing, a little guitar, and I think that was it. Anyways, you had to make a band out of those instruments, and then play a song everyone knows and a made up song after that. That was pretty hilarious to watch, cause none of us knew how to play anything! :D
The next game was a painting game. You had to duct tape a paint brush on your partners hand and use their arm like you would while painting. We had to paint a christmas tree ornament and who ever got done the fastest and looked the best at being done fast, won. That was actually a hard game, but it was fun watching everyone! :D
The last one was a cotton ball game. We moved the table out of the kitchen and 3 people got on their tummies on the floor, with their hands behind their backs and a straw in their mouth and had to blow a cotton ball across the room. That's alot harder than it sounds. You could hardly get yourself moving on the floor! At the end of the room you had to make it into your little cup that was lying on the ground. The guys really liked this game. ;)

Anyways, it was a fun night being with some of the brethren and celebrating Timothy and Kristen's birthdays.

Church

Last night we had an awesome church! A brother from a church close by, came to church last night, which was a nice surprise, and there were 5 prophecies. I've never heard of getting more than 2 prophecies in church, but this was awesome. The first one went to the whole church, just saying that God has prepared a place for us all in heaven and that, and He just told us all to prepare ourselves for the time is closer than we think. And to the young ones to seek Him for spiritual gifts. So that was pretty cool. It had been on my mind the last week or so, that we're supposed to seek God for gifts, but I was just thinking how can I ask God to give me a gift when I don't feel like I'd deserve one? It just scares me that I'd do the wrong thing, or be lifted up in it (God forbid). But it's good stuff to think about and pray about.

I also received a prophecy last night, and it just answered all my fears and worries in the trial I'm in. Last night I was letting myself get into the depths of despair, and feeling like the adversary was just there putting doubts and worries in my head all day. So I'm thankful God heard my prayers last night and took all the worries and silly stupid things in my head away that the adversary was trying to put in my mind.

Glasses Found

Yesterday I had been praying that I'd find my glasses somewhere in the house, and wasn't really having any luck. And last night I went to bed,again praying that I'd find them somewhere. When I woke up, it came to my mind that they might be in my car in a jacket pocket, so I rushed out there as soon as I got up, and kept doubting that I was going to find it there. But sure enough, they were in my jacket pocket! So, thankfully they are now found. :D Just reminds me again, that God can even hear the smallest of my problems.

Lost Glasses

I can't find my glasses! I only wear them when I'm driving to see signs far away, but I've searched the house high and low for them, and can't find them anywhere. And I can't remember where I last set them down!! I always feel sick to my stomach when I loose something that's alot of money. So today, I'm going to still search the house as I clean it, and see if I can find it.

1. Anyways, last night we had a birthday party for Abigail, and for Tiffany. I had alot of fun just watching Abigail. She opened the first few presents, and they were clothes, so she pulled them all out and threw them behind her and searched for more things in the boxes. Once she got to a book that was in one of her presents, she took it and ran to the corner of the living room and sat down to read. Lol, she would've been just happy with a little book. Anyways, I got some great pictures of Abby making weird faces. She didn't want to just smile, she wanted to look like a puppy she said...O_o

Things that need to get done today....

✓Clean my room, so it's spotless
✓put away all secret sister stuff so that people can go in my room
✓Make White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake
☐Make Garlic Mashed Potatoes
☐Look for glasses
☐Clean house for when family comes for Thanksgiving
☐Take a break ;D
✓Finish up any secret sister projects
☐Make dinner

Car Accident

We're fine, We didn't get hurt, but Mandy and I got in an accident today. I don't know if you can really call it an accident, but someone hit the back of Mandy's car when I was driving. Thankfully there were no dents on either car, but that's the first time I've ever been the driver when I've gotten in an 'accident'.
What happened was, we were on this big turn to merge onto the highway when down below there was another (way worse) car accident that had happened a few minutes before. In one of those cars, a dog escaped and was running around the turning merging lane that we were in with the owner running after it and yelling, so people of course put their brakes on for the owner and their dog, so I did the same. The person behind us must not have been paying attention, or was driving way to close to us, and hit us when I hit the brakes. When it happened all I was thinking was, "They're going to be mad! Their going to be mad! Jordan is going to be mad! I don't wanna see anything!!" I didn't even think to stop and say a little prayer that they all wouldn't be mad at me for it. The guy got out of the car and came to my door and was really sorry and just said he couldn't see anything wrong with both our cars...I really thought it was going to be worse. I though there would be a scratch or a dent because of how loud it sounded to me! The guy just kept saying over and over how sorry he was and we traded info and stuff and went on our way. I'm so thankful God watched over us, and didn't let the guy get upset at me. And of course I should've known better that Jordan wouldn't get upset at me, but it's their new car, and I was the one that got it in its first 'accident'.And thankfully we were hurt way worse like the car accident below us. My wrist hurts a little bit, but if that's all that's wrong, I'm glad! >.O

Things that make me happy

1. When the whole family gets together for a birthday or just because.
2. Cold rainy days
3. The smell of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies
4. River dancing
5. my brethren
6. The music video to "Pop Goes My Heart"
7. Finishing a craft that's been unfinished for a long time
8. my family
   

Depths of Despair

Even in the most depth of despair, I can find strength. When I feel like I can't hardly get out of bed, God comforts me in some way, whether it be someone texting me or calling me throughout the day, or just relieves me of all the worrying that I feel even if its for a few hours. It's nice to know you can go to God with all your cares, and He'll be there for you in a second.I don't know if I could find a sweeter,better friend to go with my cares.

I was at work today, just trying to be happy even though I'm feeling like I'm in the depths of despair, I just prayed that God would give me the strength to get through the next hour when its seems impossible. And just prayed that brethren that I haven't heard from in a long time or normally don't talk to would just send me a text or call, and not even 5 minutes later I get text message after text message from different brethren that never text me, just telling me that they love me, and to go to God with every care of mine. God's too sweet to me. I just want to get through this trial,and not fail God in anything or get so discouraged and mope around. I want to be happy and have the confidence that God will get me through this in His good time. And He'll bring me something better if I just lean on Him and trust Him with my whole heart. So I'm going to find happiness in my trial. :)

Family Fun Center?

The boys(Russell, Timmy, Jonathan,Danny and Jason Jonathan's friend) decided they wanted to go to this family fun center in Salem this weekend, and so Kristen and I decided off and on that we wanted to go too. The Family Fun Center is just an arcade game place with go karts,mini golfing, water bumpers, and more arcade games. It was crazy there. They had cool games there that i've never seen before! Russell and I played "Percussion Master" which is like "Dance Dance Revolution" but with sticks and 3 drums. Lol, it was pretty funny. I'm not at all good at drumming or figuring out how to go along with a beat well. But somehow I managed to clear all three stages! :D Too fun Russell, too fun!
Kristen and I finally decided we wanted to go after the boys all left. It's about a 1 1/2 hour drive from where we are, so by the time we got there the boys were looking like they wanted to go home! But I played 2 arcade games, and then went go kart racing twice with everyone. I don't know if you can win at that,but I don't think I even finished my laps! :P I got a cheesy go kart and it wouldn't start for a while after everyone zoomed off. Pretty much after that Kristen and I left because we thought the boys were going to get ready to leave. We just went out to lunch and then stopped at a mall that we both have never been to before. It was kinda cool just to walk around and look at all the store signs. heehee.

Oh, just got a call from Sis. Kristen saying she wants to come over and make a skirt with me. It'll be interesting to see if I can figure it out without mom's help. >.<

Wowzer

This is a big change,huh? I was taking a break from some of my projects that I'm doing today, and started looking up pictures of rain drops, and found some really cool pictures. Anyways, it's different then the cheerful looking polka dots,huh? I'll probably decide to switch back to the polka dots, but for now this'll be what it looks like for a bit.

Anyways, I got lots to do today! I'm going to get ready up ahead of time for secret sister stuff, and than I want to make another skirt or two out of a pair of jeans and a pair of shorts. I'll try and post pictures of them both if I remember! :P

My Friday

Today is my friday! :D It feels so nice to be able to stay home ALL of friday with mom and Jonny! Hooray! I've been working alot more than I used to for my bosses because they're getting ready to sell their house and just got finished moving their CPA office down the street to another building. It's been a crazy couple of months for me and for them. Anyways, I'm just excited to have an early friday this week! :D

Hmm, not a whole lot has been going on here. A week or so ago I was arm wrestling my sis-in-law just for the fun of it to see who was strongest...well we ended up equal, and we were really struggling to beat each other, and in doing that my wrist got tweaked and started hurting pretty bad. So when I pick things up with my right hand it feels like it's about to break sometimes. >_< Ick. I've gotta wear an arm brace thingie to keep my hand straight for when I'm picking up little kiddies at work and at church. Last night my sis-in-law called me after church and told me her wrist had been hurting ever since we arm wrestled. I think we both agree that we won't be doing that anytime soon, or at all. Lol. It's kinda funny when you have to explain why you're wearing the brace though. Bro. Ed got a good laugh at it at church last night. He said, "If that's the dumbest thing you've ever done, then girl, you're doing alright!" Heehee, I love bro. Ed. ^-^

Hope you all enjoy the music. I didn't do gospel music this time. I though Yanni was a little more quieter to listen to while you're lookin at the blog. I find myself singing along with everyone's music instead of reading their blogs. Lol! But maybe this'll make you fall asleep real fast. ;D It is Yanni! :P

Halloween Party!!!

Me, Sis. Catie and Jonny As: Dorothy, Wicked Witch, and Scarecrow!

Alright! The Halloween Party turned out to be ALOT of fun! When everyone got there, we sat down for dinner (Which was white chili, salad, and cornbread. Yummy!). Then we got set up with a few games. We started off with Sis. Kristen's "Box of Doom" game, where you stick you hand in a box and it's got something nasty feeling inside and you have to guess what it all is. Then we played Sis. Lorri's game that was called "Trick or Treat" it was a trivia game on stuff about Halloween. If you got it wrong, you got a trick (you got sprayed by silly string) and if it was right, you got a candy bar treat! That was a cute game. The last game was "Pin the face pieces on the pumpkin". And then there was the Costume Contest! Poppi was the winner of that. :)
Danny and Kristen as Mad Hatter and Alice and Wonder Land

Timothy II as a Tiger!

Amy's sweet punch she made us

Poppi, Winner of the costume contest, AS....Speed Racer!

Branden as Indiana Jones ^-^

Poppi and Timothy as Speed Racer and Wesley from "Princess Bride"

Mandy as Little Red Riding Hood

Mom and Sister Dayna as Martha and Mary (From the Bible)

Sis. Catie, sis. Lorri, and Sis. Eileen as Wicked Witch of the West, good witch, and Black Widow!

That's alot of pictures...and not even all of them. There are a few people I didn't get pictures of, or there were a few I DID, but they didn't turn out at all. :( Abby and James went as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan, but I couldn't find a good enough picture of them. Sorry!

Hmmm...

On Sunday at church we heard some pretty interesting stuff that has been on my mind all week. What was talked on(that I can remember), was that we should go to God with all our cares, even the small ones. And going to God for your brethrens cares and remembering to bow down and pray for them when they ask, and not forgetting about it. That's all been kinda on my mind lately. Sometimes I forget I can just go to God for things. Sometimes He's the last person I go to , sometimes because I forget totally, or because I think it's such a small thing that it probably doesn't matter much to God. But I had remembered a prophecy I got the day I was baptized that said He'd answer the great things and the small things that I asked of him, and it just got me thinking after that was talked on in church. I guess I just think that I shouldn't be asking God to take away a headache because I think I should be suffering through it without a word, because Jesus suffered alot more than I've ever suffered,so why can't I suffer through a bad headache? Weeelll, most the time with me, my headaches hurt so bad that they feel like your head going to explode, and the first person I go to crying, are my parents! And after suffering with the headache for hours, someone'll ask me, "have you prayed about it yet?" and then it's like...no...I didn't even think about it!! :/ After the first couple times (you'd think I'd learn the first time) that happened I prayed after each time, and not 5 or 10 minutes later,the headache that was painfully bad ALL day was gone so fast! Now, If I would've asked earlier maybe it wouldn't have gotten to the point where you can hardly bear it. I guess I'm probably failing in that. God has done so much for me, why isn't He the one I go to first with my cares? I'm still learning to cast all my cares on God, but some seem so silly or something I can suffer through, or I just can't even begin to put into words HOW I feel.I'm still learning how to do this....

Anyways!


Tecumseh(our dog) is back! heeehee, I don't think we'll ever get rid of him. Everytime I hear that he's lost in the woods and isn't coming home, a couple days or hours later we hear that he was found. I should just stop believing it!! He's never going to pass away. Lol. He's probably got 20 lives or something like that.

Well, I'm taking a little break from my day and relaxing. I worked at the library today, and there was a Halloween story time there, and all the little kids dressed up in their costumes, it was sooo cute! Mandy, Kristen and I dressed up too in our costumes. ^-^ Kinda embarrassing, but it was fun. After story time Kristen and I rushed home to get out of the costumes, and ran over to the church to meet Tiffy and do some decorating for the halloween party before Kristen had to go to work. The decorating still isn't done, so Kristen and I are going there later to finish it all up, but it's looking cute.

1993-2007

Tecumseh our dog isn't coming home. :( Yesterday dad and timmy went hiking in the mountains with Tecumseh, and when they started to walk down he didn't want to come with them. Even with a leash on he didn't want to move. And where they were at was a dangerous place to be pulling a dog down the mountain, so they called him and he still wouldn't come...so he's still up there somewhere!
It's sad,but it was probably the best way for him to go. He didn't seem happy in the city like he was happy in the country, so maybe he'll pass away a much happier free-er dog then he was here in the city. Its weird not having him around though. I already forgot he wasn't here, I was getting ready to throw some extra food out to him, and was like, Wait a second! He's not even here!!! :(

A song

I liked this song alot. I heard it for the first time today on an old CD mom had of Paul Overstreet's Christian CD. I just thought it was a sweet song. I couldn't get the music to it,so I'm sorry you'll just have to read the words...

"I won't take less than your love"

"How much do I owe you?" said the husband to his wife,
"For standing beside me through the hard years of my life.
"Shall I bring you diamonds, shall I buy you furs?
"Say the word and it's yours.

And his wife said: "I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
"No, I won't take less than your love.
"All the riches of the world could never be enough,
"And I won't take less than your love."

"How much do I owe you?" to the mother said the son.
"For all that you have taught me in the days that I was young.
"Shall I bring expensive blankets to cast upon your bed?
"And a pillow for to rest your weary head."

And the mother said: "I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
"No, I won't take less than your love.
"All the comforts of the world could never be enough,
"And I won't take less than your love."

"How much do I owe you?" said the man to his Lord.
"For giving me this day and every day that's gone before.
"Shall I build a temple, shall I make a sacrifice?
"Tell me Lord and I will pay the price."

And the Lord said: "I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
"No, I won't take less than your love.
"All the treasures of the world could never be enough,
"And I won't take less than your love."

"I won't take less than your love, sweet love.
"No, I won't take less than your love.
"All the treasures of the world could never be enough,
"And I won't take less than your love."

"No, I won't take less than your love."

I mostly liked the end of the song when the man asked the Lord how much he owed (is that a word?Lol.) him. It a simple thing the Lord tells the man He wants in return. Easy to say, hard to prove it sometimes. Just got my brain thinkin'. Anyways, there ya go, that's my song of the day.

Birthday!

Yesterday was moms birthday! We didn't do too much for it, sadly. Philip and Tiffy are in Idaho, and we thought mom would love it if the WHOLE family was there to celebrate her birthday, so it's just going to have to wait until Monday. Amy and I got dinner all planned out for mom on monday so that she doesn't have to think about anything, and dessert is being taken care of. I can't yet tell what were going to have, because it's a surprise...or really it's to keep mom from having to think about it at all! ;)

Anyways, today is a big sewing day...for mom. She's finishing up my costume for the Halloween Party (Since I don't know how to sew yet....)and starting Jonathan's costume! I'm really excited to see how they both turn out! ;) Were going to team up and be Dorothy and the Scarecrow! ;) I personally think Jonathan should be the cowardly Lion! Not because he's cowardly or anything, he just looks more like he'd look good as a lion! Lol! But it'll look cute. I tried getting Timothy and Russell to be the other guys, but no such luck. ;) Would've been too cute. Jonny and I will have to come in Skipping or something. Lol!
Sometime next week before Halloween, Tiffy, Kristen and Sis. Lorri (amy's mom) and I are going to decorate the church and get it all ready for Halloween. There's alot to get ready for this week. Mom and I are in charge of making White Chili for the Halloween Dinner.Yummm!!! I'll definitely will post pictures of everyone at the Halloween Party, and post the pictures of the winners of the Costume contest!!

Yippee!

Today is a good day. I worked all my 5 hours at the library (I usually work 2.5 hours on Tuesday and 2.5 on Thursday) so that I could go into town with Amy on Thursday. Feels nice to not have to worry about going into work on Thursday. So i got home and decided I'd make some tortilla soup for everyone and monkey bread. Yum yum! When I cook, it's a good day. I have alot of fun trying out new recipes, or deciding what's for dinner for the family. It makes me happy.

A few nights ago Amy came over and had found a website on how to make an old pair of jeans into a jean skirt, so I decided I'd try it too with her! We both don't know how to sew, so mom helped me alot with some parts. I got an old pair of straight tan jeans and started tearing it apart,basically.
That's what it looked like (these pictures i got online..not my pants or Amy's.) Next,we got fabric to go in between the legs of the pants. I picked fabric that was red and had little flowers on it. Then you pin them on the way you want it to go.
You could put the fabric on both front and back, or just in front. I wanted to do just the front, but we kinda messed up and had to do both front and back. (the directions weren't easy) And instead of making it be a floral fabric you can do a jean type fabric. In the end it turned out pretty cute. And it's a cheap way to make a skirt, if you've got extra fabric sitting around, and pants that are either too tight, or too short, or whatever it may be on you. That pair is my finished project! Now, Amy's gotta finish hers!

Is it worth it?

*sigh* i straightened my hair today, got it most the way straight, and I'm sitting here thinking, was it worth it? Was it worth my time today? Probably not. It's probably all vain anyway, and a definitely a waste of time. For the people who know me good, I've got REALLY poofy hair. Let's just say, dad was able to have an afro when he was younger..so he's passed down afro-y/curling hair to me and most of the boys. I used to struggle with this every once in a while, where I'd want to just 'accidentally' chop off my hair in my 'sleep' one day and call it good. Get rid of the hair that I've been made fun of since I've been in my teens. I learned a couple years after I turned 13 that my hair was in fact curly, and not JUST afro-y. Some of my cousins got the same hair as me from their mom (my aunt) and so they kinda showed me how to sorta get rid of the poof and get more of the natural curl that was in my hair hiding. But even when it's curly it's THICK and long, and hot. So, I straightened it this morning, and I'm thinking why did I do that when I could've let my hair just curl!? I guess I'm not very content with what I have sometimes. I get so frustrated with my hair because I've gotten made fun of alot for it...called Afro America, or Puff the Magic Dragon, isn't the greatest. Then, I see girls with straight hair that are trying to get curly hair. Or I talk to a girl that has really thin hair that wants thick hair like me...I guess we kind of all want what we can't have. Really what it all comes down to, I should be thankful that I have hair, and thankful with what God gave me. Some days I'll be walking down the street feeling like I look like a wild woman, and someone random will come up to me and give me a compliment about my hair, and its like, wow, I needed to hear that, because half the time before I hear something like that I'm JUST thinking I wanna cut my hair off now and kinda asking God why I got stuck with crazy hair like mine. It's all vain stuff.Stuff that doesn't matter one bit,because it doesn't matter WHAT you look like, whether you look like a wild woman or a fancy one God doesn't care one bit about it I think. Thankfully I haven't 'accidentally' cut my hair off in my 'sleep' and don't plan on it. Who are you really trying to impress? I can't really answer that, because I don't think i'm really trying to impress any one, it just gets on my nerves sometimes, or gets old curling it everyday.

I wasn't posting this to say the people that straighten their hair are bad for doing it, I do it maybe once a month,or once every two months. These are just my thoughts, and you can do what you want with your hair. :)

5 Days, and safety pins....

Alot can happen in 5 days! I went to baby-sit today, and Sarah is already walking everywhere! When I left here she was just learning to take a few steps, and now she's not crawling at all!! It's kinda sad that I missed all that! :'( But this makes things ALOT more fun, now I can go for walks with her without the stroller! YIPPEE! We walked all the way down their road to go pick up Natalie at the bus stop, and she walked the whole way. ^-^ So so cute. Although, now this means she's getting into anything and everything, so I have to keep a close eye on her. Today she found a safety pin somewhere in the house and was carrying it around OPENED. I about had a heart attack! She was just starting to put the needle in her mouth when I caught her. Thank the Lord she didn't fall with that thing opened. Phew.Anyways, that's about all that happened today. Just had fun working. :)

Oklahoma Trip

This is Stephine and Mary, two of the girl I hung out with.


Oh boy, where do I begin? That was so much fun! I made a lot of new friends there. So, lets see...

Wednesday
We got into Oklahoma round 9:20ish at night and were met there by Bro. Mark and Sister Rosalie and their family and Bro. Justin and Lindsey. After we got our bags and stuff, we went straight to Bro. Josh and Sis. Rachel's house where a lot of people were waiting up to see us. Bro. Michael and Sis. Cindy were there with all their kids and bro. Jake. We just chit-chatted with some of the ladies there, while the guys visited a little until 11pm. The first night I was really nervous and shy, so I didn't say too much to the girls that were my age...they seems kinda shy too. SO, then we went to Bro. Mark's house to send the night. Mary, Sarah, and Me!

Thursday
Once I got up, Sis. Cindy was over for breakfast at sis. Rosalie's house. And later on Bro. Michael came in with a rooster he had killed earlier that morning. It was really funny. We all got woken up by this annoying rooster the kept crowing non stop it seemed like, so they got rid of it. Kinda sad, but kinda funny. They crack me up. Anyways, we all had breakfast and left to go see Sis. Shelly and Bro. Everett. They had pet deer in their backyard that they take care of and stuff, and the week before sis. Shelly had gone out to feed the deer, and got attacked by the buck. (Which supposedly they're really aggressive during mating season, which is right now I think) She looked pretty messed up. Her whole body was covered in bruises! I've never seen bruises that bad on someone...
And she had a few bad cuts on her legs and her arms. Some of them were pretty deep, but thankfully she wasn't feeling the pain of them that bad. But anyways, she was a very sweet sister, and it was nice getting to know her for a bit. Me and Stephine!

Later that night we all went to one of the younger kids' birthday, and all the Owen's were there...I thought it was the whole church...but it wasn't! So, that was cool getting to see everyone. I got to talk with Bro.Tim for a long time. He's awesome. He's got alot of good stuff to hear,and you could just see how much he loved our family. Then I talked to sister Sherry! She had been to Oregon one time in the summer, and so I already knew her. She's really sweet!!
After that alot of the teens went over to Josh and Rachel's house to play bible trivia. That was nice, because then I kinda got to know each of the teens alot better than I did the night before.
Sis. Cindy and Bro. Michael. :D

Friday
Mom, sister Rosalie, Katie and I went shopping at a cute little clothes store in town the next day. I got a cute hat here. It's different. And then they took us all over to sis. Cindy and bro. Michael's house to stay the night there. They had a few girls my age, so I hung out with them alot. I don't think i've ever felt so at home any where. The brethren were so sweet to us. And the girls (Stephine, Megan, Mary and Sarah) it felt like I knew them my whole life. They were just really good girls. They had alot of the same kind of thoughts I had on clothes and stuff, which was really cool. I could just be myself without feeling like they thought I was stupid for what I thought and for just being ME.
That night we went to church and got to meet the rest of the brethren. But I'm not going to write all that was talked on there because then this post would be huge.

Saturday
We had stayed at Bro. Michael's house that night. Woke up and alot of people came over for a BIG breakfast! (Eggs, breakfast burritos, bacon, biscuits, gravy, fruit, soup....etc)It was yummy! Wow, I don't remember what happened the rest of that day...I think we went back over to bro Lindal's house for a church dinner kind of thing, and just played volley ball and stuff. And earlier that day I THINK us girls, stephine,megan,sarah,rachel and I went shopping at the mall...but I forget if it was that day, or the a different day. Sorry. but that was fun to hang out with them. Annnd, I don't remember anything else. The days are all kinda mixed together for me.

Sunday we went to church and then went out to lunch and came back to take a quick nap at bro. Michael's. Later that night we all headed over to Bro. Timmy's and Shawna's house for Indian Taco's. YUM. That was awesome! That night they had a thunder storm come in, which was really cool. Jonathan got sick that night,with a fever and a really bad headache. So once the thunder started getting really loud we went back to get him and take him to sis. Rosalies for the night.

Monday all the teens went to a place called 'Incredible Pizza'. It was a pizza place AND a arcade/mini-golf/bowling/go karts/bumper car place. It was fun! After that we went and saw the bombing memorial in Oklahoma City. That was pretty sad. I don't really know the whole story about it all, but it was interesting. There was a tree there that was one only tree that survived the bombing, it's called the Survivor Tree. And it was burnt in a few places, but still looked as healthy as could be. Someone later sent us all a text message with the picture saying, "If only our faith in God ran as deep as these roots...the Tree that has stood the test of time...we should be as this tree planted by the water...in God we trust....by faith in him we Stand." just kind of something to think about I guess.

After that we pretty much went back to michael's house, packed and then went to the airport. This trip went by way too fast. I miss the brethren really bad. I wish they lived here, or we lived there. It just felt like home! I'm definitely going to have to plan another trip down there to see them!

Anyways were back, and home safe! Missed everyone here! Sorry if this is long and boring. I don't know how else to explain it, but it's not boring to me! :D

Pumpkin Patch!

I went to the pumpkin patch today with Sister Mandy, Sister Kristen, Brother Danny, Jonathan, Abigail and James. It was sooo much fun! :D I was trying to remember to bring my camera today,but Mandy got to my house faster than I thought she would, so I wasn't able to grab it. So I guess my phone camera will do...but it's a little blurry because it's probably time to wash the lens. Anyways, we put James and Abigail in a wheel barrel and took them down a long road to get to the pumpkins. James was having soo much fun! The whole way he was opening his mouth saying "Aaaaaahhhhh!" as we went over the gravel road. It was pretty funny. You might be able to hear him in the video that I took...IF the video works. Anyways, I found a tiny tiny pumpkin in the patch, I almost took it home for the fun of it, but I didn't want to pay for it. ;D The pumpkins were about 25 cents a pound, so that'd maybe make that 1/2 a penny or less...if that's possible! I'm not gonna think too hard on that one.I don't know if you can tell what the guys are doing, but it's an outhouse with a picture of a mans legs(on the left) and a womans legs (on the right) and then it's got a hole on top for your head to poke out. It looked pretty silly.

Anyways, tomorrow we're (mom, dad, timmy, and jonathan and I) going to Oklahoma for 5 days! It'll be my first time flying in a plane and i'm really super nervous. But I'ts going to be alot of fun. I can't wait to meet all the Oklahoma brethren! :D I haven't started packing yet, so I better get to that soon! Tonight the whole family is coming over to have dinner and say goodbye to us. That'll be fun! Maybe we'll pick who our secret santa's are! :D Since our family is getting bigger every year, we draw names with the siblings and on christmas day we guess who gave us out present. It's a lot of fun. :D But sometime the boys are hard to shop for. :P Maybe I'll get a sister-in-law this time!!! Anyways, I better get cooking, and packing! Don't miss me too much, I'll be back before you know it. ;) Just kidding.

Oh no!

For the last week or so the little girl I've been baby-sitting for a couple years has started going to the bathroom in her pants...and shes never really done that in the past. I've been having a hard time with her every time I'm there. I'm having to check and see if she's gone, and keep making her get up and go even if she says she doesn't have to.But in between times, she's already gone in her pants. I really don't know what to do, so I called my mom and she wasn't able to get to the phone, so I called Sis. Mandy to ask her what she would do if Abigail went potty in her pants. The first thing Mandy said was, "well, did you pray about it?" I guess I've never really thought about doing that for something so little like that. I was getting frustrated that this kept happening and trying not to show it when I was, and couldn't think of anything new to say to the girl, but "that makes me really sad when you do that!"But when Mandy said that it made me cringe and think, is God looking at me shaking his head wondering why I didn't go to HIM in the first place? I went to someone else before I even thought to go to Him. I guess sometime I feel like little things like that aren't important enough to answer, but sitting here thinking about it, If she were my child and she was doing this over and over again that I'd probably be on my knees praying about that, so why not be praying for this little girl. Any body else have suggestions on how to get a 6 year old to stop going to the bathroom in their pants? I really don't want to embarrass her too badly because I don't want her alway remembering me as the baby-sitter that was mean and embarrassed her about going potty. But maybe a little embarrassment will help with it? Not really sure HOW to go about this.
Mandy also said, that i could always bring a little surprise for her, like a piece of candy or a book from the library to look at, but only give it to her at the end of the day IF she didn't potty her pants. So I might try it. I think part of the reason why she's doing it is because she just started school,and her moms best friend just passed away, and she was pretty close to the lady. So, i'm going to assume thats the reason why this is all happening all of a sudden.
Watching these kids are teaching me alot about what its going to be like having my own kids..I know i'm not there ALL the time with them, but I'm with them 24 hours or more a week. Its kinda nice seeing what I need to work on before I have kids of my own. Where I need more patience,and where I need to be more firm and not to let any of my frustration show in the way i talk to them or let it show in my facial expressions.

Game Day

It was game day for the boys today. They had brother Danny over to play some computer games for half the day. As soon as I got home for work they all looked at me and were like "soooo...what's for lunch lorraine?" HA! When I told them I was leaving to go into town, they started to make me feel guilty and Timo even used the "But...but...but...I'm your little brother! I'm actually two times your little brother! Aren't you going to take care of me?" and made a sad face. Sigh. I'm a sucker. I ended up telling the boys I'd ran into town REALLY fast and be home in about 1 hour with some pizza for them. I love my brothers. :)

After I got home and they all ate their food, they ran to the computers to play their games, and I just sat in the door way watching them having fun. And communicating where they should meet, and how they were going to plan their next move. They're actually really funny to watch. But there's nothing like the sound of happy men enjoying their days off work! :D

Nothing too exciting happened today. Which is a good thing! :D I just sat in bed with a good book and opened my window to listen to the pouring rain, shivering in my covers! It got cold fast here!! The leaves are already starting to fall. YAY! This is my favorite time of the year! When it gets super cold, and rainy. Cold enough to break out yummy smelly candles, scarves and hats! It said we were going to have thunder and lighting today,but it hasn't happened and probably won't. Thanks alot weather guessers!! ;P

Well, I'd best go get dinner cooking before all the family gets home! Later gator.

Grumpin' along

I don't know why, but almost every time i get home from baby-sitting I'm grumpy. I kinda don't want to talk to anyone when i get home, I just want to sit and stare off at nothing and think about whatever without being interrupted. I know it sounds like I'm selfish or bratty, and I hope I'm not either of those. But I snap out of it REAL fast. Once I get a shower and get all the baby-sitting grime off me and say a little prayer that I'll snap out of it, by the time I'm out of the shower i'm happy as can be and up and about making dinner for my guys.

Why I'm telling you this, I don't know. It's pointless and stupid, but so is this blog sometimes (MOST of the time.)

Shopping til you drop

Weeeelll, the topic tells you all. I shopped till I dropped today with Jonathan. I found out that it was Natalie's (one of the girls i baby-sit) b-day today and I thought it was in November! Ooops! Sooo, I went shopping at Toys 'R Us and Wal-mart looking for a Easy-Bake oven. Those things are sooo cool, I have great memories doing that with Brittany! But unfortunately they were out both places I went. And I think I know why. Just recently they had a recall of all toys made in china because they painted their toys with lead. BUT i was reading on wikipedia about this:
She looks so happy. That's what it was like when I cooked with my easy baker! ;D

In February 2007, Hasbro and the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 985,000 Easy-Bake toy ovens after finding that kids' hands and fingers can get caught in the oven's opening, thereby posing serious risk of burns. Since the February 2007 announcement, an additional 249 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught in the ovens, including 16 reports of second- and third-degree burns. As a result, Hasbro recalled all front-loading Easy Bake ovens sold since May 2006, even those that were repaired with the free kit distributed after the February 2007 recall. This unfortunate turn of events was the result of Hasbro's apparently ill conceived redesign of the original time tested Easy-Bake Oven

Now, that sounds pretty silly. I never put my fingers in my oven. People shouldn't be giving their kids a toy like that if the kids aren't smart enough not to put their hands in it. They have a tool to get the food out, and the tool is NOT your fingers. Lol. And it's common sense to not stick your hand in a REAL oven anyway. Hmmmm. Anyways, it's sad, but thankfully I kept my easy bake oven in my closet all these years, waiting for the day I can take it out with my little girl, OR my niece(nieces? ;D) and cook something with it.

OH! But now they have these new ovens that have the disney princesses on it, and it's called a COLD bake oven or something like that. You put ice in it and somehow it cooks it. Don't ask me how, it's probably magic anyways. ;)

So! There you go, now you know that you probably can't find an easy bake oven in stores any time soon!

Other than that though, shopping got done pretty fast. Shopping just makes me sleepy really fast, so after about 30 minutes I'm a zombie walking around.

Idaho Company!

Last weekend we had some brethren over from Idaho! It was so great to see sister Charlotte again and to meet her sister, sister Charleen and Lashanna (spelling?) and John. We had a nice visit over here on saturday night, just listened to some testimonies that were really encouraging. I love hearing what God has done for his people. It's so amazing the things He does for us.

Lashanna was soo cute! She's a sweet girl and very well behaved. :) And sister Charlotte, if you read this, I didn't mind helping you out with stuff on Saturday night! I love you! ;D I can't wait to see you all again! :)

OH MY! i had something really funny happen while i was baby-sitting. Normally if i see a spider that Aaron (the 4 year old) can reach, i have him get it for me. He loves being the manly man and saving me from BIG HAIRY spiders. Weeellll, today the spider was on the ceiling crawling around, and they always end up falling at some point during the day, so I though I'd save myself from getting a huge spider on my head at some point...that didn't happen. I got a napkin and a chair, and was right below the spider (NOT SMART) and thought I squished it and took my hand away, and dropped right on my head and was still alive. This spider was BIG and fast. I screamed really loud, did a little jig and probably scared Aaron and Sarah half to death. The spider did end up getting out of my hair after a couple seconds and then I stomped on it till it died. Sorry people who don't like squishing spiders, but I they gotta die if they're in the house!!!

OH and THEN, out of no where another spider landed right next to me on the couch later on. And was coming at me FAST. These spiders are out to get me now...*shudders*

Death...

Today wasn't the greatest day...I arrived at my baby-sitting job at 8:15 this morning and got out of the car and the dad said, "'Marie' (I'm not going to name the real names...some of you already know who my bosses are...) isn't feeling well today" and I asked why and he told me that one of her bestest best friends died in a car accident last night, and she had just gotten a call this morning about it. And as soon as I walked in the house, Marie was crying really hard on the phone trying to figure out what had happened to her best friend. My heart just about dropped to the floor, just sick for my boss and the loss of her friend. I can't even imagine what it'd be like to lose any of my brethren like that OR my bestest best friend.

What ended up happening to the woman was that she was driving with her husband (he was driving) and she was talking to her daughter-in-law on the phone, and a car on the other side of the road hit some gravel and over corrected itself and went head on into the womans car. Killing her instantly and killing the 19 year old, who was driving the other car, instantly too. The husband survived the crash, and came out with broken ribs and a concussion. What's worse was that the daughter-in-law on the phone was hearing the whole car accident when it happened! I can't even begin to imagine...
the other thing that makes me sad is that the daughter-in-law is pregnant with the womans first grandchild and she was so excited about the baby due next month... :(

Marie had heard around that the 19 year old coulda been texting on her cell phone when it happened. No one will probably know and it probably doesn't matter too much at this point. Anyways, that was really hard to see my boss crying so hard all day while baby-sitting. She ended up staying there with me all day and I watched her kids for her and made her cookies. I felt so helpless the whole day.

It was actually really interesting to see how Marie's oldest daughter took it when she heard that that person had died in the car accident. She just laughed and said , "That's okay! I'll see her in heaven someday and I'll see Raine in heaven too! But that means no more lunches with her, but I'm okay with that because we can do that in heaven!" That was kinda sweet/cute that she was so sure that they'd meet again one day in heaven. Maybe WE should have that attitude when someone we know passes away?

Anyways, everyone be smart while driving. I know you can be the safest driver around and still die in an accident, but texting and talking on the phone can wait until you're parked or at home!

Here is a article of what happened http://www.kezi.com/content/contentID/17631

don't know how long that'll be at that addy, so i'll check it and delete it if it changes.

CPR Class

Well, I took the CPR class. BUT i'm not certified yet. I wonder if that means, if a man or woman falls down in the mall and they aren't breathing if I'm not allowed to try CPR on them? I know i have the choice not to help them at all because of germs, but that's when I'm certified....right? It just seems wrong not to help someone when you see them on the ground not breathing and no one else is moving to help them. If people are so worried about germs, maybe they (the fire station people) should hand out those CPR fake breather things for us to use on people. You could carry it in your purse, or wear it as a hat! But once the fire station people get there, the person probably would have brain damage because of how long they didn't breathe. Would that be YOUR fault for not helping?

I went over to some of my sister-in-laws house to see the niece and nephews of mine. Today is Timothy's 1st B-day! He was so cute playin' outside and eating lunch. Then after I saw him I went and saw Abby and James. I love my nephews and my niece!They always put a smile on my face!

OH! I forgot. If any of you get the chance to play a game called "Would you rather....?" THAT'S a fun game! I was hanging out with Brittany on Tuesday night and we got this game at Borders and brought it home to play with sister Dayna, and we got some good laughs from it. We got some funny questions likeee..."Would you rather as a man, get beat up by a wimpy guy OR by a female pro wrestler?" Britt and I didn't agree on this one until the last second, but it's a fun game.Anyways, i think next friday we're having a sisters game night when some of the guys go camping. Should be lotsa fun!

6:00 PM

Tonight is the CPR class. This will be interesting! I'm supposed to meet my boss there at 6:00 PM! Annnd I'm gonna miss HALF of church! Or all of it. :( I'm really bummed out about that. I think the class is about 2 hours, but we'll see. Nothing too exciting to report today...

Although...Sarah (the little 1 1/2 year old I baby sit) took her first few steps today with me! That's pretty exciting. For a while she was using a stroller to keep herself up and moving and wasn't ever trying to figure out how to walk on her own, so that's part of the reason why it's taken her so long to start walking.Now I have to hide the stroller and anything else with wheels or chain them up so she can't get to them.

Anyways, I gotta run and get dinner ready! Wish me luck on the CPR class!

Laugh Out Loud

I went shopping with Russell to get a wig in case I wanted to be Alice in wonderland, aaaannnnd this was the best wig we both could find! Alice has longer hair, I know, but i don't care at this point, its just a costume. :D Raine doesn't look good as a blond!!! This is really embarrassing, so don't laugh TOO much. LOL! And if this doesn't work for me, then the boys can use the wig for a movie sometime.
I should probably just be Dorothy. lol

Tea Party

Yesterday we had our Mother-Daughter Tea Party! It was so much fun! There were alot of ladies that showed up for it this year. I think we had about 60! We had some of the brothers help us serve...they were sooo handsome! :D The ladies always seems to enjoy the guys serving them.

Everything went really good though. We didn't have anything wrong happen. But my feet hurt really bad! I got new shoes the night before and didn't get used to them before I spent all day in them so, I got alot of blisters on my pinky toes! But it was all worth it. :) Here are some pictures of the tea party...
The shoes that hurt my feet most the day....ouch!

My brothers...aren't they so cute?! I love when they all get dressed up fancy!
That's everyone that helped with the tea party! Thanks for the help everyone!!!

Also, after the tea party we normally clean up the mess and then have our own little tea party with the ones that helped, and this year some of the sisters stayed behind and helped clean up, and two of the young sisters stayed and asked to serve US! That was so sweet of them to do that! That meant a whole lot! :)

Then after our tea party I went shopping with Sis. Tiffy and Sis. Kristen for Halloween party stuff! We're going to plan a halloween costume party at the church with everyone. Its going to be alot of fun! :D Its nice just getting to hang out with my two sisters. :)

Now I'm gonna go shopping at Joann's fabric to look at halloween costume ideas. I don't know what I should be yet!!! Any ideas anyone?