October 13, 2007

Today is a day that I want to remember forever.

I decided to go out to my parents' house with the kids to relax.
Just the suggestion of relaxing was relaxing.
On the 30 or so mile drive out there, the radio stations were playing the best songs.
I was worshipping so sincerely that I almost forgot that the kids were with me.
J. started asking me questions about God.
I answered them as well as I could. I have been trying to be sensitive to God's timing with J. because he has asked questions before but then told me he wasn't ready to pray the prayer.

We got to my parents' house and had a great, relaxing afternoon.
Everything seems to be a little more laid back and happen more slowly in a small town.
It was just what the kids and I needed today.

On the way home, J. started right back in where he left off asking questions about Jesus and God and heaven and laws and sins /"black marks on your heart."

Then came the moment that every Christian dreams about.
He asked me if he could pray the prayer to ask Jesus into his heart.
I could tell that he really understood.
Maybe not in it's full complexity, but as a 4-year old understands friendship with God.
I was so happy.
As a mother.
As a Christian.
As a friend of God.

I have not stopped crying from pure joy.
That moment was so wonderful.
I hope I never forget it.
I want to frame it in my heart and mind forever.

Then the thought occurred to me:
What must be going on in the heart of God right now?
There is a huge party in Heaven tonight - just for J.

I am so thankful.
I am thankful that I got to be there.
I am thankful that I got to answer his questions.
I am thankful that J. got to tell his daddy all about it.
I am thankful for a child that truly loves God.
It is, after all, every mother's dream.
To see your children love God.
What more is there?

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15

I am...

I am a tryer and a doer.

I wonder why I have been blessed so much.

I hear children singing praises to God and giggling all day long.

I see God smiling.

I want to be a child again and bless His heart.

I am a tryer and a doer.



I pretend that I'm a kid sometimes.

I feel so young, but so weighted by life.

I touch the marshmallow clouds with eager, childlike fingers.

I worry about things like 1/3 of a gallon of milk left on Tuesday.

I cry when I cannot try enough, do enough, be enough.

I am a tryer and a doer.



I understand that my best is all I can give.

I say I want to finally have nothing to try or to do...

I dream about being snuggled up with nothing on my mind but snuggling.

I try to make things happen that cannot be forced by my hand.

I hope for that day I will have tried and have done it all.

I am a tryer and a doer.

Genius child.

Little A. is on the pot singing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, between grunts...
So cute.
I, as a musical person, am more proud than ever.

Messages...

Thanks Wendy!

You're the best!

What is it like to have a friend who's willing to bend over backwards to make your day better?

I'll tell you, It's pretty darn sweet.



Meems- I have felt like a tease all day!

I really am sorry. I think I get in such a rush with life that I don't take the time to communicate things well. You were so sweet too! I'm a jerk. Sorry.



KJ- I need your email stat. Can seph or crys give it to me?

Slumber Party.

I am going to a slumber party on Friday night.
It's very exciting!
J and A want to have a slumber party.
I know you're all jealous but YOU'RE NOT INVITED!!!
nanny-nanny-booo-booo.
I will most likely be kicked in every possible organ.
And I will be very tired when I wake up.
But I will have been tickled and have sweet nothings whispered to me all night long by two very sweet babies.
They are so funny!
They like to 'hide' under the covers for long periods of time...and it's only fun if I'm under there too.
I hope I don't have a heat stroke!
I love having slumber parties with them!

Mornings at casa mio.

Thanks for all your kind words about the updating that I've been working so hard to get done! It's been keeping me so busy that blogging hasn't been at its best - I'm sorry for that.

I need to catch up on some kid stories.

J. is usually the sweetest thing in the mornings. He cuddles. He just is so wonderfully sweet, but yesterday morning when I woke him up, he looked at me all annoyed and said, "Is this completely necessary?"
I couldn't help but think of all those times in the middle of the night when I was abruptly awakened by a little person and fought back the "Is this completely necessary?" response...
This morning when I woke him up, I sat down on his bedside and a rush of something cold and wet was all over my backside...
He hasn't wet the bed in so long I was shocked!
I asked him about it and he said, "I really thought I was awake. I was outside peeing on the tree. And then I wasn't. I was really still in my bed."
I laughed. We've all been there, done that. Haven't we?
But that did not change the fact that I was sitting in a puddle of pee. On Thursday. When all my clothes are dirty. And the only thing I had to wear was what I already had on, which is now pee-ey. PEE-YOOOO!!!
Anyway, I went the whole day looking like a ragamuffin...

Dining room/kitchen update.

Things of note:
-We have 3 chairs. The other three are in the 'chair graveyard.' If you have any chairs that you need "taken care of"- an afternoon with my son would be in order.
-I will be sanding and refinishing the table post haste.
-Also, I am planning to lay new tile flooring over Christmas break. If you would like to learn how to tile [lend a hand] clear your schedule... ;}
-I don't have tiebacks for the curtains yet, what you see there are rubber band decorator tiebacks...
-I realized that I centered the family portraits on the wall, not necessarily with the coffered ceiling - I'll have to address that, in my free time, uh-huh.


Otherwise, the list is remarkably shorter than it was only a week ago.
I am ready to sit back and enjoy it. I also need to paint my toenails.
My dad is my hero. He came today to hang the light for me. I love the chandelier!

Sidenote: The chandelier is the one I watched at Sam's all summer long.
It was a $125 Hunter chandelier. I am not a $125 chandelier buying person. I wanted that one though.
I finally went back to visit that chandelier and it had been marked down to $24.71.
That, my friends, is a bargain.
I love it!

For Nana.

I'd like to buy Nick Folk a coke.

Wendy - would tomorrow be ok to schedule pictures for invitations?

Or I can take the pictures and send them to you...

meems - the ladies up at school are LOVING silpada. I hope I'm not jinxing it.

I am so excited! My dad is gonna help me hang my chandelier tomorrow. I was no match for the Hunter "EZ Install" fixture. So much for my handy side.

Dining room is finally finished! (except for the fixture) I did not know that painting a room red would be so involved. Why did those of you with red rooms (marme) not warn me?

I feel like all I ever talk about lately is home improvement. This too shall pass...

Vaqueros de Dallas.

They pulled it straight out of their hineys.
It was so stressful.
It's kinda funny that I let myself get all nail-bitten over it - but geez, that was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad game that somehow ended well.
5 and 0.
Now that's something!

I think they did it to spice things up a bit.
It was getting boring just watching them thwack the competition.
This game was Monday night twilight zone at its best.

Here we go!