Random pics from Payson turning one! Can you believe that he's already having a birthday? Time flies whether we like it to or not. Pretty soon he'll have another boy cousin. Yay!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
*WEEKEND STUFF*
MY WEEKEND~
Friday evening I was SUPPOSED to go to Jeni’s to do a Father’s Day scrapbook for my dad but……
I am struggling with gall bladder pain off & (mostly) on with a fever which spiked a lot through out the weekend. I was miserable most of Friday night and went to bed.
Milo had said a prayer I would feel better and heal Fri. evening.
So when I woke up Saturday morning @ 9:00AM, I had NO PAIN! I said a “hallelujah” and proceeded with my day, until toward evening it came back full force! Jeena's chili killed me! What am I doing eating chili with gall bladder pain is yet to be determined!
But before that & earlier in the day….
Jeena and I went grocery shopping together. We were in a baking mood.
She made us homemade chili and cornbread, so I decided to make us a *Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake*
It was so delicious! You serve it hot with a whipping cream topping, YUM!
It was kind of a huge process, in that you don’t just put all the ingredients into the bowl and bake it. No, of course not! (Whining and complaining also synonymous with menopause)! No, you have to toast the walnuts while checking to make sure they do not burn, and it is sliced bananas, not smashed that are added in…and you make a brown sugar glaze for bottom of pan, etc. Layering it all.
Do I sound as lazy as this seems to be as I write it out? LOL!
Anyhoo…recipe coming soon!
I worked on my sweethearts scrapbook and it is quite the PROJECT I have undertaken. As I do this project I see the kids grow up before my eyes and it creates a deeper fondness for them. I love scrap booking!
Especially the baby pictures! I LOVE babies. (Insert squeal)
That night Jeena’s chili made my pain come back. You’d think I learn? Nah.
Then I had the hardest time sleeping Saturday and was up til 4:00AM in pain.
Sunday we get up to go to church and I am beyond tired- but I trudge along anyway. I want to teach Sunday school. Well, I think I'm teaching 4th grade - but they have no 2 year old teacher- so end up doing that. My step-son, Levi, helps me. We had a lot of fun and they sure were adorable but I was even more pooped.
We go to Red Robin for lunch.
Then on to Costco while I nap and the kids play with their IPods in the car! Our fearless leader, Milo, does all the shopping! Sainthood is his, I’m sure. He even came out with two bouquets of flowers! Oh ya, I'm likin' this guy!
We come home and me still being in pain, but not too unbearable, we lay down for a nap. I fall blissfully asleep for 2 hours and then we awaken to do the "night" shift.
I just finished going to our VBS Training Meeting at the church. I am so excited to teach these kids I can hardly stand to wait for it. My enthusiasm is bigger than life right now. It sounds like a fun theme. Bayou Bible School with a crocodile theme. We are even having a crocodile for our first day event, along with other exotic animals.
As I am headed home with a heart that has not always been as full of service for God as it used to be two years ago…I think to myself how blessed I am that God gives mercy to me through Jesus.
Our sermon today was about not just viewing Jesus as a "buddy", though he as close as a friend. But, to obey and lead a different kind of life.
I asked myself, “Would those who live around me know that I am a Christian by my lifestyle?”.
I mean none of us is perfect and I shudder at legalism, but we do need to appear as having something special that makes us do different things. Godly things! I want people to know I have grace from the joy I possess and radiate.
When I worked as a Kidney Dialysis Tech. patients used to ask me what made me so willing to be happy all the time and to give others cheerfulness. I honestly felt like the daughter of a king!! So, I would tell them it was all Jesus being reflected off me.
Then, I let sin into my lifestyle- and I knew better- so I have lived the past two years mostly in self-hatred and loathing. I have been unbearable to live with and so NEGATIVE!
God has been changing my heart to softness once again as I give service to others. I am filled with His love as I take the focus off of me and put it back on His will for me.
That made me think of those I call “family” and I felt a deep love for those who love me despite my imperfections.
I asked God to bless them and all mankind and keep us in His loving care.
Looking forward to my upcoming work week. It will be a 'work' week as I prepare my house for my mom & dad’s 40th anniversary party! Yikes!
Better just roll up my sleeves and pray that my pain will GO AWAY. I do not have the time to have a surgery right now. Offer G’ma D a little prayer for healing?
Thank you and have sweet dreams loved ones!!
Friday evening I was SUPPOSED to go to Jeni’s to do a Father’s Day scrapbook for my dad but……
I am struggling with gall bladder pain off & (mostly) on with a fever which spiked a lot through out the weekend. I was miserable most of Friday night and went to bed.
Milo had said a prayer I would feel better and heal Fri. evening.
So when I woke up Saturday morning @ 9:00AM, I had NO PAIN! I said a “hallelujah” and proceeded with my day, until toward evening it came back full force! Jeena's chili killed me! What am I doing eating chili with gall bladder pain is yet to be determined!
But before that & earlier in the day….
Jeena and I went grocery shopping together. We were in a baking mood.
She made us homemade chili and cornbread, so I decided to make us a *Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake*
It was so delicious! You serve it hot with a whipping cream topping, YUM!
It was kind of a huge process, in that you don’t just put all the ingredients into the bowl and bake it. No, of course not! (Whining and complaining also synonymous with menopause)! No, you have to toast the walnuts while checking to make sure they do not burn, and it is sliced bananas, not smashed that are added in…and you make a brown sugar glaze for bottom of pan, etc. Layering it all.
Do I sound as lazy as this seems to be as I write it out? LOL!
Anyhoo…recipe coming soon!
I worked on my sweethearts scrapbook and it is quite the PROJECT I have undertaken. As I do this project I see the kids grow up before my eyes and it creates a deeper fondness for them. I love scrap booking!
Especially the baby pictures! I LOVE babies. (Insert squeal)
That night Jeena’s chili made my pain come back. You’d think I learn? Nah.
Then I had the hardest time sleeping Saturday and was up til 4:00AM in pain.
Sunday we get up to go to church and I am beyond tired- but I trudge along anyway. I want to teach Sunday school. Well, I think I'm teaching 4th grade - but they have no 2 year old teacher- so end up doing that. My step-son, Levi, helps me. We had a lot of fun and they sure were adorable but I was even more pooped.
We go to Red Robin for lunch.
Then on to Costco while I nap and the kids play with their IPods in the car! Our fearless leader, Milo, does all the shopping! Sainthood is his, I’m sure. He even came out with two bouquets of flowers! Oh ya, I'm likin' this guy!
We come home and me still being in pain, but not too unbearable, we lay down for a nap. I fall blissfully asleep for 2 hours and then we awaken to do the "night" shift.
I just finished going to our VBS Training Meeting at the church. I am so excited to teach these kids I can hardly stand to wait for it. My enthusiasm is bigger than life right now. It sounds like a fun theme. Bayou Bible School with a crocodile theme. We are even having a crocodile for our first day event, along with other exotic animals.
As I am headed home with a heart that has not always been as full of service for God as it used to be two years ago…I think to myself how blessed I am that God gives mercy to me through Jesus.
Our sermon today was about not just viewing Jesus as a "buddy", though he as close as a friend. But, to obey and lead a different kind of life.
I asked myself, “Would those who live around me know that I am a Christian by my lifestyle?”.
I mean none of us is perfect and I shudder at legalism, but we do need to appear as having something special that makes us do different things. Godly things! I want people to know I have grace from the joy I possess and radiate.
When I worked as a Kidney Dialysis Tech. patients used to ask me what made me so willing to be happy all the time and to give others cheerfulness. I honestly felt like the daughter of a king!! So, I would tell them it was all Jesus being reflected off me.
Then, I let sin into my lifestyle- and I knew better- so I have lived the past two years mostly in self-hatred and loathing. I have been unbearable to live with and so NEGATIVE!
God has been changing my heart to softness once again as I give service to others. I am filled with His love as I take the focus off of me and put it back on His will for me.
That made me think of those I call “family” and I felt a deep love for those who love me despite my imperfections.
I asked God to bless them and all mankind and keep us in His loving care.
Looking forward to my upcoming work week. It will be a 'work' week as I prepare my house for my mom & dad’s 40th anniversary party! Yikes!
Better just roll up my sleeves and pray that my pain will GO AWAY. I do not have the time to have a surgery right now. Offer G’ma D a little prayer for healing?
Thank you and have sweet dreams loved ones!!
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