Feel Sorry

Do you ever walk through the grocery store and see "THAT MOM"? You know the one.... her kids are screaming, fighting, begging for anything and everything, and she looks like she was hit by a freight train. No makeup, sweats, hair messed up, face red, and she looks like she needs a nap.

Well today that was me.
But it wasn't near as bad as it apparently looked.

Today was my day off. I have proclaimed that my day off would be the library, gym, grocery store day with the kids. It is a way that I can maximize my errands and spend time with my favorite little people (Ok so 2 of them are my height, not your average "little people")

First stop- The Gym. Workout, kids swim, etc.
Second stop- The Library
Third stop- The grocery store

The kids were a little hyped up from the gym. I had promised candy to well behaved children. (Bribery= frowned on by the idealistic dreamers. Treasured by the realistic parents who need to accomplish things in their day.) Most of the way through the store the little kids were singing (maybe a little loud. But I enjoy the songs over the whines) and they were naming off what kind of candy they wanted because they were being so good. (ok ok, and little bear was walking backwards through the entire store.) By the time I got to the register most of the other costumers new that we were in the store :-) I giggled inside as I watched onlookers give me the "Wow, she's really got her hand full" look. Then I just had to laugh out loud when I got to the parking lot and a couple of people gave me the "I feel really sorry for her, she looks like a mess, and her kids are crazy" look. Because the truth is.... we were having a blast. And I looked like a mess because I had been working out with my kids and enjoying my day.

So the next time you want to feel sorry for someone, think about it for a moment. They might really be having a hard time and need a little love or they might love what is going on and exactly what it took to get them there.

Just a glimpse into my day.
Much love.

Pirate Night

Family night strikes again!

Catch up on my other blog.

Finally Home

It gives me great pleasure to finally be able to post about Hubby's new job. It has been a loooooong and painful road that we have traveled to get us "here". It is a little hard for me to post because there is SO much packed away in my brain. I feel like if I just spill everything it will look some thing this:

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So I will post little bits and oneday you will get the entire story.
We have been through alot of emotion and heart ache in making our decision. It has to be one of the hardest yet easiest decisions ever.
The hard side of it comes because we had to turn another church down. A church full of loving, compassionate, full of life, people and we had to make a choice that would hurt them. The easy side comes because we got to say yes to a place that we already called home and serve in (now Hub just gets a paycheck for it.)
I recently read a post about ministry and it asked the question: Would you choose to worship in the church that you are on staff with? Meaning... if you didn't get paid and HAVE to be there, would you worship there?
I can whole heartedly say YES! It is pretty cool to me, that we chose to worship there and now we get to be on staff.

There are 2 moments that really stand out to me through this whole process of figuring out where God wants us to serve.

#1 The first time we flew home from Indiana (Just me and Hubby). Our plane was coming in for it's landing a Reagan National. (side note: best airport to flew in and out of, because you fly right over D.C.) anyway.... I was staring out the window at the Capitol Building, Washington Monument, etc. and I had this flood of emotions. Tears rolling, I began to reflect on how much I love this area and how sad it would be to leave. D.C. is one of my FAVORITE cities. I really love it here.

#2 The second time we flew home from Indiana (Hubby, 2 kids and me). We flew into Richmond. It was late and we were all EXHAUSTED. Right after we landed we all made a bee line for the restrooms before we headed for the car. The airport was pretty dead (it was about 11:30pm) and it was very quiet. As we came out of the restroom I heard to overhead music playing "I'm Going home". Hubby and I chuckled and went on. But deep inside, my heart was being tugged on and in my emotional females ways, tears welled up.

Thinking back on different moments through this crazy journey of almost 4 years, I am amazed at how God works. I am in aw of and thankful for the opportunities that He has given us, that have helped us to grow.
Indiana vs. Virginia was definitely something that we agonized over. We fully recognized the hurt that we could cause, but our decision wasn't and couldn't be based on emotions and feeling. The worst thing that we could have done was to say YES to a church because we didn't want to hurt someones feelings. Our ultimate goal in all that we have done and gone through is to be where God wants us. And to serve in a place that we can call home.
I am so thankful that GOD to be on staff in at Lifepoint. It truly is HOME.

Always a way out!

Ok. This video was sent to me by my mother-in-law. Now... if you know my mother-in-law then you will even get a BIGGER kick out of this. I love her dearly and knowing that she shared this little piece of bathroom humor with me...well....IT ROCKS!

Thanks Milla

A glimpse

Little glimpses into our little world. Hope you enjoy.

My Little Ninja Turtle. This is how he watches his movie. Sword in hand, ready to fight!

Fun in the snow!

Love!

This is one funny kid.

How do YOU eat a doughnut???

My dainty little princess.

It is always very hard for me to post pictures because I want to tell the stories behind each one. The kids are SO different and each shot always ends up being a small minute glimpse into their personalities. We laugh so much around here. We have the best kids ever! (sorry if you have kids and disagree with me, but this is MY blog :-)