A Thousand Words Thursday

An example of how being a mom to boys can be hard sometimes.

One day Noah's teacher walked him to the car with an ice pack on his face, he had fallen off the monkey bars and broke his fall with his face. This was a few days after, it looked much worse.

This one is my favorite. One night, right before dinner, I had just called Noah in to wash his hands when I heard fussing, I went outside to see Noah crying and holding his head. I soon discovered a big gash on his head and lots of blood, we left dinner, literally on the table and headed to the ER. Three hours, $300, and 3 stitches later, we were back home. What happened, you ask? He thought it would be fun to swing on his basketball goal, but we had recently moved and it was not weighted down, so it came crashing down, on his head.

And finally, his first black eye. This happened on Thanksgiving Day, when Noah thought it would be fun to ride the wagon in my father in laws basement. The wagon stopped, Noah didn't, and his eye made serious contact with the wagon handle. Good times. And he's my more careful one. Lord help me, Benjamin is not even two and falls down at least 20 times a day!

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Boys, pizza, baseball, and an almost tornado.....

Warning! - This post contains MANY pictures of super cute boys! Just wanted to let you know, you've been warned!

Tonight my sweet hubby, my sweet boy, and his sweet friend were supposed to go have pizza with Noah's baseball team and then watch a KU baseball game. All three boys were super excited and I was happy too, because I was hanging with my sweet SIL, eating dinner, when all of a sudden the tornado sirens start going off. I turn the TV on and find out that the town that my hubby and the boys are in is in a tornado warning! I call Chad and he tells me that he and the kids are headed to the KU campus where they will be going to a shelter.

Here is a picture of the clouds swirling, trying to form a tornado!

Noah at CiCi's Pizza, notice his hat, he thinks he is cool.

Apparently Brock thinks he is cool too! Notice the amount of straws in their cups!

Noah's friend Brock is incredibly sweet and bought some tokens with his OWN money and shared them with Noah. I guess his parents give him an allowance, poor Noah, I am so cheap!


Noah talking to me on the phone, as I try to sound perfectly calm, and not let him hear that I am totally freaking out because my baby is in the middle of a tornado!!!!


Still talking to mom.


How cute are these boys??

Again, super cute!

Here is Noah climbing a super high rope, with no mats underneath and his dad is taking a picture. I ask you, how does one catch a falling child with a camera in hand?

If your a boy, what better place to wait out a tornado, than a Big 12 college football indoor practice field.

They ran a lot!

All tuckered out.

This is the room where Mark Mangino and Bill Self give their press conferences! How cool is that?

Can you tell were big KU fans?

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

By the way, the baseball game was cancelled and Chad and the boys made it home safely. I finally stopped pacing the floor, but my diet was destroyed tonight, since I had to have cookies to relieve my stress! I am sure the scale will understand.

My Man

Today I am going to post about my most favorite person, my wonderful man! I am writing about Chad today to let all you awesome bloggers know about his new blog, The Jesus Coaster. Go check it out, and if you do, please show him some love and leave him a comment!

Now, let me just say that I love my man very much, and I think he is very intelligent, talented, and well written, so when he mentioned that he was going to start a blog, I got very excited! You see, when we first started dating Chad would write a variety of devotionals and send them to me at work, but eventually he got so busy at work, that it just wasn't possible. I loved his writing and I missed reading his emails very much, but now I get to read his thoughts again and I love it!

The Lord had blessed my husband with a great gift, and He speaks to Chad's heart and gives him some great messages. I hope you all enjoy Chad's writings as much as I do. Now, I have to warn you, my husband is an avid roller coaster fan. Fanatic would probably be a more approiate word, so while most of his posts are inspirational, be prepared for some posts about roller coasters and theme parks.

I am not a fan of coasters, but God has a great sense of humor, because ever since I married my husband our lives have been a crazy wild ride!

A Thousand Words Thursday

January, 2006 - Noah was four years old when these pictures were taken. He and daddy were on their way to see Sesame Street Live. They were very close then, best buds, they even dressed alike. These pics make me sad, because things are so different now. Noah is 7, and it is amazing what can change in 3 years. Noah has been through more in the past 3 years than any kid should have to endure for a lifetime. I'm not going to go into detail or spill out our big sob story, but if you see these pictures and feel led, say a prayer for my boy today. I don't see that sweet smile anymore, that is on his face in these pictures, and I miss it.




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He Has Risen!

Arise My Love

Not a word was heard
at the tomb that day.
Just shuffling of soldiers feet
as they guarded the grave.
One day, two days,
three days had past.
Could it be that Jesus
breathed His last?

Could it be that His Father
had forsaken him?
Turned his back on his son
dispising our sin.
All hell seemed to whisper
'Just forget Him, He's dead.'
Then the Father looked down
to his son and he said..

Arise, My love.
Arise, My love.
The grave no longer
has a hold on you
No more death's sting
No more suffering
Arise...Arise...my love.

The Earth trembled
and the tomb began to shake,
and like lightening
from Heaven the stone was rolled away.
And as dead man
the guards they all stood there in fright
As the power of love
displayed its might
Then suddenly a melody
filled the air
Riding wings of wind,
it was everywhere
The words all creation
had been longing to hear
The sweet sound of victory,
so loud and clear.

Arise, my love.
Arise, my love.
The grave no longer has a hold on you.
No more death's sting
no more suffering
Arise...arise....

Sin, where are your shackles?
Death, where is your sting?
Hell; has been defeated.
The grave could not hold the king!!

Arise, My love.
Arise, My love.
The grave no longer
has a hold on you
No more death's sting
No more suffering
Arise....Arise....Arise

A Thousand Words Thursday - Ella's big debut!

Every year our church puts on an amazing Passion Play. This year Ella was asked to play baby Jesus!

Here she is in her swaddling clothes.

The angel handing Jesus to Mary

How precious. This scene makes me cry every year, but this year I really cried! I am very proud of my sweet little girl, but more importantly, I am so thankful for God, and the sacrifice that Jesus made for me and the entire world. May He richly bless you this Easter!

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My quest for the perfect easter dress.

I waited a long time to get my baby girl, 33 years to be exact. There are many things I love about having a girl, one of those is the fact that she wears dresses. One thing that I always remember my mom doing, a tradition of ours, was getting my Easter dress. So, this being Ella's first Easter, I wanted something special, pretty, poufy and perfect. I started my quest about 3 weeks ago. I have been to Kohls, Target, Gordmans, Childrens Place, The Gap, Gymboree, Macys, Burlington and Babies R Us. Nothing, nada, neicht, zilch. Tonight I decided to go back to the mall, even though I had been there before and found nothing. I walked into Macys and spotted a pretty, simple pink dress on the clearance rack, it was on sale, it was sweet, it would work. I asked the sales girl to hold it and moved on. I walked to Burlington Coat Factory, blech, horrible dresses. next, Gymboree, love the clothes in this store, do not love the prices, so I was super excited when I found a pretty little pink dress on sale with an additional 20 percent off! Jackpot? No, upon further inspection the dress looked like it had been returned, not what my little princess would be wearing. I proceeded on to Childrens Place, horrible colors, to bright, not dainty enough, next stop the Gap, where I fell in love with the most precious dress, but once I bought the dress and sweater that went with it, I would have been in serious hot water with the hubster. So, begrudgingly, I left the pretty perfect dress at the Gap, and started my way back to Macys. Then I cruised past JC Pennys and decided to look in there, while walking in I prayed that there would be a dress that I loved and that it would be on sale. Then I saw it, a dress I loved, it was perfect. But not Ella's size. COME ON! I bought it anyway and prayed all the way home, that it would fit. It did, thank you Jesus! Did I mention, it was on sale???!!!!! Look for pictures of my sweet princess soon!

A Thousand Words Thursday

October 2008 - Benjamin enjoying some ice cream. He is a boy after his mama's heart!

Again, food overload, need sleepy. I can identify. Love this boy!


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