Pic of the Month haha: My Boy

I just have to say that I am so grateful to have my sweet boy. He has such a servants heart and is mostly part of the solution not part of the problem. Today I hurt my foot and he ran to me and said, " Mom are you OK?" There were five other people in the room and he was the only one who came to make sure that I was alright. He is growing inside because he used to not even take notice of such things. It's just nice to know that the time and effort we are putting into him is not in vain. Don't get me wrong, he is not perfect but he is not expected to be. We just want him to be who he is meant to be. Thank you God for my boy!

Lili Faith's 6th Birthday!

Today, June 24 th 2003 one of my biggest prayers to God was answered by a beautiful and chubby little angel. Lili was one of the cries of my heart. God so loved me that he gave me my own beautiful little girl. The sweetest thing about her is that she is purely herself with no apologies. I love that about her. I hope that she knows how precious she is to me. She should. I tell her every day that she is. These are Six Wonderful Things About Lili:

1. She has joy unspeakable! I mean that. When we were going to the doctor for her kidney issues, instead of complaining about how bored she was or how long it was taking, she said she had never had so much fun.

2.She is a dreamer! Nothing is too far fetched for it to be true.

3. She is very deep! You will never reach the bottom of her little spirit. It goes on and on.

4. She is nice to everyone even those that are hard to love. There was a little boy at her school and she would come home talking about how much she liked him and how he was in trouble a lot but she knew he needed a friend. I met that little boy and he was hard for me to love... and I'm a grown up!

5. She forgives almost instantly. She does not hold a grudge.

6. This little precious gift is mine and her daddy's! Yippee! What a wonderful day it is!

I pray that the Lord will bless you coming and going, Lili. That you will be filled with the joy that only comes from God all the days of your life. I pray that your heart will be set like a flint on the things of God and all of His wonderful and amazing purposes for your life. I pray that your life will be long and full of the miraculous! That that Holy Spirit would be with you every day whispering in your ear the endless love of God. I love you my precious angel! Happy Birthday!

I love you

Before you leave anyone that you love today, please tell them that you love them. Tell them how much they mean to you. Look in their eyes and tell them what it is about them that you adore. You may not have tomorrow to do it. For those of you out there that know me I want you to know that I love you and appreciate your differences and know that God has areason for you to be on this earth. I pretty much know everyone who reads my blog so I will branch out and say that each one of you has touched my life in some way and made it better. Thank you. Now go to someone you love and tell them how much they mean to you.

Pic of the Day : Dutchalicious

I think this might be one of my favorite pics that I have ever taken. Big compliment Pammy since I have taken many. I think you need to come back. I need to squeeze Dutchie's thigh. Nothin' like it! Anyway, enjoy this pic I know I did.

Pic of the Day: Family Pic With No Crying Baby!

I don't believe it! I finally got a family pic that does not contain a crying baby! Yippeee! My whole family looks reasonably happy and clean (even though we were'nt). I am so proud. We clean up good!

Pic of the Day: Through the Storm

I did not take this picture but I am so happy that someone took it. This is David on a daily basis. He works so hard and still manages a smile at the end of the day. I am so proud of him. He is moving on to another job in the next couple of weeks and I know that, in a way, it is hard for him. You know, when you have dreams that go unfulfilled it hurts. He has handled what hand we have been given with such goodness. He is always kind. He is a wonderful husband. He is my best friend and I pray that this new job is a great blessing to his life and to ours. When you go through tough times it is so hard to hope for anything good. The plans that you have made have failed so many times that you resist the urge to hope because that hope gets squashed. I am purposing to hope for him. Please pray for David. He is giving up part of his dream and I know this is hard for him. While I know we are probably going to have it easier, it's even hard for me to see this part of our life end. We have learned so much through it. God has proven Himself time and time again. He is always providing in the most creative ways. He has shown us that even without worldly success, we have managed to make some unbelievably good friends and how to be gracious under extreme pressure. I look back on our life with gratitude now instead of asking God why He did not let this dream happen for us. I know that I want His dream for us much more than I want ours. David is on the top of my list of hero's. I just want to be like him. Somehow he always manages to have the right attitude about every situation. Oh how I would love to have just that one trait. Anyway, I am proud of him and know that he is going to be blessed in this new job and do proclaim that this time of our lives is going to be good and flourishing and full of the things of God! Thank you God that though life , at times, has not been easy that I have been blessed enough to share it with the love of my life and a great man in my eyes. Through the storm he has smiled and seen You!

Pic of the Day: Who Is This Person?

O.K. so as a fun activity for me and Lili I bought both her and Samuel these big boxes of sidewalk chalk. I thought it would be something fun to do on the days where we were not at the pool or running around doing various summer activities. This evening I wanted to challenge Lili's artistic side and mine. I thought we could draw portraits of one another. Fun Huh? Who would have thought that it would test my self esteem to the core? Just kidding. She is only five so I don't know what I was expecting. I am almost finished drawing her portrait down to the last detail and she declares to me, "Mom, I don't think I am that tall." Looking over at the very detailed portrait she drew of me ,I say, " Well, I don't think I'm that fat." She laughed and said she did the best that she could and I told her it was wonderful! I dragged David out to see it. Thought he would like to see who his wife had become. He laughed and told me that I definitely needed to start working out more. Hahaha!