It was a set up

Last night, Ronnie and I were having a conversation ( a very rare thing before 9:30 these days) in the dining room. A few moments later , with my "mommy radar" I heard cabinet drawers open from the bathroom. This is someting else I have been having trouble with Caleb with. He loves going in the bathroom and playing, in the toilet , in the drawers or whatever he can get those tiny little hands on. So I have made it my pet peave to tell the kids to close the bathroom door behind them, I will even check it out throughout the day. If you know me pretty well, you know that I have just a touch of OCD :)

So when I heard the drawers slamming last night I immediately thought "Caleb", since he was not in the room with us at that moment, another rare thing! So I, without a thought in my head dropped the conversation, and took off running! Now I hate toys in the living room. You would not think that this would be an issue for me seeing I have 7 kids but it is. Well Caleb had brought in a toy, I didn't know or else I would have either picked it up or at least not have stepped on it as I was running just bringing myself to the ground!!!! I am not sure I have taken a fall like that since I was a child! Even through agonizing pain, I still hollared "Where is Caleb?" Wouldn't you know, he was with Ashley playing in his room! The child was never even in the bathroom, it was Luke brushing his teeth!!! I just thought ok this feels like a "set up"! Caleb brought out the toy left it in just the right place then a noise was made as if from him! I don't really think that a 15 month old can set that up, but do you see the coincidence?

I spent the rest of the evening on the sofa with my foot propped up with ice and a heating pad! I knew that the baby inside of me was ok cause he never stopped moving! Still moving this morning,too! I can walk this morning I am just a little sore.

Psalm 95 1-7

1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God the great king above all gods.
4 In his hands are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come let us bow down and worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

How great is our God!!
The ONE who set the universe into motion has not only done so but continues to do so. He did not set everything then walk away from it patting his hands together as to get some dust off of them. These verses remind me that God is in control over all things, all the time and deserves honor and praise.
What a mighty God we serve!!

15 years ago today

Ronnie and I have known each other all of our lives. Our families attended the same church. Our families were quite close but we were not really. There was a 4 year difference between us, and when you are young that is HUGE! As time went on, me 14 him almost 18 (still huge, I know) We noticed each other, finally. We were just friends at first, talking often and spending alot of time together. But on June 20,1993, Father's Day,( didn't realize then the significance of it, fathers day, him eventually becoming a dad of 8 kids!) I was at home our family was packing for a family vacation, Ronnie stopped by to ask me if we could start dating. And the rest is history.

We could have never seen it coming. Just the 2 of us has now turned into just the 10 of us! God has truly blessed us beyond measure!

Climbing Caleb

Caleb has just discovered that he can climb and on EVERYTHING!!! First thing this mornng he climbed on the rocker.

He was so proud of himself when he got up there!

Next it was the sofa! Oh the sofa, the biggest issue of the day! He is always trying to get up there. He makes me soooo nervous!

Though THIS time all he wanted to do was chill by his big sis!

Time to go outside. And climb again.....and again

He is enjoying himself!

Then there is Mom's favorite climb. The climb to her lap for a nice 2 hour nap!
Til we climb again!

Just the Girls!!

Off To Camp

Well this morning I sent my baby ( he's almost 14) off to youth camp. I cried my eyes out as I watched him leave on that big bus along with all of the other youth from our church! I did make him go, so you would think I wouldn't be so upset. He is the one that didn't want to go but I just know that he will have so much fun when he gets there! I almost changed my mind yesterday as we were packing his things. But you have to hold yourself together and let them go sometimes. I am just not use to being away from my kids, I guess this is something I need to get use to as the years roll on! I can't wait til he gets home and hopefully tells me how much fun he had!!! More importantly I pray that the Holy Spirit will move in all of the hearts there this week, and that there will be life-changing decisions made for Christ.

Water Fun

Well we finally broke down and decided to go ahead with a pool for the backyard. Though we are members of a public pool the convience was why we decided to get one at our house. Just getting everything packed up, going there and then staying a couple hours,it was almost not worth it.

And when Caleb was done with the swimming,you know what had to do!!! IMAGINE!!! :-)