I hate Ragweed!

Each ragweed plant is capable of producing billions of pollen particles every year. The pollen is distributed by air currents that allow the plant to disperse its pollen to other ragweed plants. Ragweed pollen can travel hundreds of miles in the air, triggering symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis.Each ragweed plant is capable of producing billions of pollen particles every year. The pollen is distributed by air currents that allow the plant to disperse its pollen to other ragweed plants. Ragweed pollen can travel hundreds of miles in the air, triggering symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis.

Now that you are educated on this most dreadful plant, I hope that you are not experiencing any side effects from it as I am! I'm miserable today! I drove through fields of these beautiful yellow plants yesterday and now my throat is swollen, the glands in my nose are swollen, I am sneezing and just miserable.

If you have seasonal allergies, I feel your pain!

Mi Mi from Oklahoma!

Today is Mi Mi's birthday! Happy Birthday Mi Mi! We love you!

Time for sports!

Isaiah is participating in his first organized team sport....T-Ball. At first, he did not think it had nearly enough action and continued to ask why he wasn't playing soccer instead. Well, mommy missed the soccer sign-ups for spring, so he is playing T-Ball. His team is very much about learning the game and learning to enjoy the game and work as a team. His coach is great and very "low pressure". Isaiah is beginning to like it and is doing well. Billy is helping coach and is enjoying being involved in the sport with Isaiah.

Up to Bat....

....And his very proud and loud sister witnesses it all!!!

Sadness and Pain in the World....

Many of you know that after our house fire we were so incredibly blessed by friends and family and overwhelmed by the way that God provided for us emotionally, mentally, financially, etc. Last year at Christmas Billy & I wanted to give back to someone else and show them the same kind of love. Via KLRC we were given a family to sponsor for Christmas. The dad had cancer a couple of years ago and had been in remission. The day after Thanksgiving 2007 he went in and they found several inoperable brain tumors. The family had already been financially wiped out on the first go round of cancer and they were not going to have a typical Christmas. We had so much fun picking out things for all four family members and delivering the gifts to their home. The dad was so optimistic saying he knew that he would get through this and that God had a plan for him and for his family. They definitely ministered to us during our visit. Sadly to say, we helped this family have one last big Christmas together. Only three months after they found the recent tumors the dad went home to live with Jesus. Today I received an e-mail from the mom and I wanted to share just a small portion of it as she is spreading such a testimony and I know that her husband and God is proud of the way she is "seeking" Him in all of this.


"....A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend of mine and my husband's at church and I was sharing with him some details of what God has been doing in my life over the last few years in order to bring me to the point that I am at today. He listened very attentively and had a smile on his face the whole time I was sharing with him. When I came to a stopping point he looked at me and asked me if I knew what a jeweler does when he is working with gold and silver. I said no not really. For a moment I wasn't sure where he was going with this, but it didn't take me long to figure it out. He began to explain to me that the gold or silver has to be heated up it has to be put through the fire so to speak so that the jeweler can work with it and mold it into what he wants to make. After it is shaped the jeweler begins to polish it. Then, my friend asked me "Do you know how the jeweler knows when it is ready? I said no once again. He said the jeweler knows when it is ready by being able to see his reflection in the piece that he has made. ----I quickly saw the relevance of his story to my life, and anyone else who has gone through or is going through a fire needs to recognize that God is simply refining us so that he can see His reflection in us. God gave me the scripture Zechariah 13:9 before I had heard this story and it is talking about the cleansing of Israel and it says "I will refine them like silver and test them like gold". The verse has much more of an impact now knowing the story of how the jeweler creates his piece of work. Whenever we face the different trials in life that come at us we need to persevere. God doesn't want us to give up, but Satan does......"


Such a good reminder when we are going through something hard. Please lift up a little prayer for this woman and her two children as they have an uphill battle ahead of them.


Blessings to you today!

The first of two shows I watch regularly on my DVR. I love that DVR!

Yes! Today's posting is a bit shallow, but can I just share my disappointment with our Bachelor of the season! If you watched at all I'm sure you were grimacing at the high pitched squeals and fake "almost fainting" of Shayne when Matt proposed last night. I have to say I thought that it would be Chelsea without a doubt as she was very real and Shayne appeared to be acting the entire time. Oh well, some men like the "Monkey" ditsy type.

Mothers Day!

Mom, Mother, Ma Ma, Mommy, Mum........No matter what your children call you it is such a blessing to be MOM!

Yesterday morning we were at my in-laws house and I'd not slept too well for various reasons. The sun started to creep through the curtain and I covered my head with a thick soft blanket while I grimaced at the thought of starting the new day. Then I heard it....."Mommy, need you. Morning time Mommy". How sweet was that voice? I rolled out of bed and picked up my little one whispering, just lay with mommy a minute while I wake up a bit. As soon as I hit the covers, another little one crawled right in throwing his leg on top of me and nuzzling up on my pillow. So there we were Daddy, Mommy, Isaiah and Alyssa all in one full size bed. Billy rolled over with a sigh, "Happy Mother's Day!", he said and we laughed. I laid there for a moment all smothered with my children and thanked God for my overflowing blessings. This was going to be good day!

To all the mom's out there. You are so amazing to keep up with all you do and so blessed to get to do it.

Uh-Oh You Found Me!

Yesterday I started my day by reading one of my dear friends blogs and I was motivated to "comment" on her blog, which I had never given much thought to previously. In order to accomplish this very simple task I had to sign in to the blog world. I quickly typed in my blog sign-in and posted a couple comments never thinking twice about the fact that I had just revealed my blogging identity to those that previously did not know I existed!

You might wonder why I would you have a blog that I didn't want anyone I knew to look at? Sounds suspicious! However, I am just a closet perfectionist and my first attempt at a blog was just not good enough to share with those that I care so deeply about. However, to my horror, two of my sweet friends have now found my blog, therefore I will have to get with it and bring this blog some personality and post some new information. I'd hate for them to get bored and not revisit now that I am found out!

So.....my friends check back again some time and hopefully you'll see that I actually can be a blogger, though probably never as eloquently as the two of you.