MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
12/16/2005
6/21/2005
vacation!
we are counting hours till we leave now! i am so ready to get out of town.
i have most of my loose ends tied up at church. i went to staff meeting last night
and it freaked me out a little! i think this new guy is going to expect alot more from the leadership than i am able to do. we will see.
geoff's last turning point service went really well and i made it through without
crying to much!
hope is doing so good on potty training! she has been telling us when she needs to go
and has been staying dry most of the day. she loves the wizard of oz (or lizard movie
as she calls it) and does a great impression of the wicked witch! last night at dinner
i asked her if she wanted milk in her cup and she said "something with poison in it"
in her best witches voice! it was hilarious!!
!
and have a happy 4th OF JULY!
i have most of my loose ends tied up at church. i went to staff meeting last night
and it freaked me out a little! i think this new guy is going to expect alot more from the leadership than i am able to do. we will see.
geoff's last turning point service went really well and i made it through without
crying to much!
hope is doing so good on potty training! she has been telling us when she needs to go
and has been staying dry most of the day. she loves the wizard of oz (or lizard movie
as she calls it) and does a great impression of the wicked witch! last night at dinner
i asked her if she wanted milk in her cup and she said "something with poison in it"
in her best witches voice! it was hilarious!!
!
mike is finally over whatever horrible bug got in his tummy. poor kid i never thought
a fun trip to worlds of fun would make him so sick. he is having a great summer so far
i think. he would move in with tuncle an a flash if i would let him or with granny annie.
i couldn't let him go though he makes me laugh too much!
i will have lots to blog about when i get back so watch for my update
and have a happy 4th OF JULY!
6/02/2005
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to my MOMMY!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday tooooooooooo Yoooooouuuuuu!
I hope you enjoyed your day.We can't wait to see you and celebrate tomorrow.
Hope is bringing you a candle to blow out. She is concerned that you would not have one.
I love You!!! Happy Day! :-)
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to my MOMMY!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday tooooooooooo Yoooooouuuuuu!
I hope you enjoyed your day.We can't wait to see you and celebrate tomorrow.
Hope is bringing you a candle to blow out. She is concerned that you would not have one.
I love You!!! Happy Day! :-)
5/16/2005
5/09/2005
Mother's Day
I really love being a mother!
Both of my kids bring me more joy than I could ever have imagined.
I never understood how my mom could look at me and never see any flaws
and truly believe that I could do anything I wanted. But now I know.
I Love You Mommy!
Both of my kids bring me more joy than I could ever have imagined.
I never understood how my mom could look at me and never see any flaws
and truly believe that I could do anything I wanted. But now I know.
I Love You Mommy!
4/23/2005
4/18/2005
they loved it!
the prayer corner, or "prayer grotto" was very well recieved and made a wonderful addition to our worship gathering last night!
My first attempt at planning worship went okay but not as sooth as it should be.
transitions, transitions, transitions! :-)
i will be at the church today again to meet with geoff and then with kathy, debbie and nicole.
then i will go to sam's club, come home work on laundry, pick up the house and fix something for supper. looks like a long day ahead.
My first attempt at planning worship went okay but not as sooth as it should be.
transitions, transitions, transitions! :-)
i will be at the church today again to meet with geoff and then with kathy, debbie and nicole.
then i will go to sam's club, come home work on laundry, pick up the house and fix something for supper. looks like a long day ahead.
4/14/2005
roller coasters
I feel like I have been on many rollercoaster rides in the last week.
Last Thursday I got up with Kenny's alarm and actually got in the shower and got dressed like a grown up. I got the kids breakfast, took Mike to school ( because he missed the bus due to the fact that it takes me so darn long to blow dry all this mess of hair I have now) and took Hope to Kids First. What would I do without Kids First?!
I met with Geoff who prayed with me and I saw Joel on the way through who commented that my outfit was good( this was not harassment. I had previously consulted him on what to wear)
and that I would be representing Crossroads well.
Even with all this support and confidence,
I still felt like throwing up!
I was worried about being with all these educated people who knew what to expect, who knew what they were doing and were not walking into this alone.
Okay I know it was just a worship conference not a world peace summit but to me Thursday morning, it was a mountain to climb.
And I discovered that all these educated people who knew what was going on were there with the same questions I had and that in at least a few cases I was able to use our little worship gathering's experiences to give advice. It was an awesome experience! I met people from all over the country and who worship in every way you could think of and I learned so much from them I can't even process it all yet but I am trying.
I missed my kids terribly even though I was able to come home every night,they were in bed already. I think Kenny had a great bonding experience with them through it all.
Saturday we only met for half the day. I was only home for a couple of hours when the phone rang and it was Megan wanting to know if she could come out and bring me a copy of the CD she just recorded. It is a glorious thing and I can't hear it without crying! I know she is destined to do big things for the lord and I will be able to say I knew her when!
Sunday instead of having Turning Point we took a field trip to a church in downtown KC. It is an emerging worship community that has two gatherings on Sunday and draws 500 or so per service. I loved most of it ! The best thing for me was to see that we are not to far off what is happening out there! I am way too Methodist to ever suggest a two hour long service though!
Monday I spent a lot of time using my new knowledge of worship planning to try to get ahead a little.
Tuesday we had a really good practice, even though we were all so tired.
Kenny has been working so much this week I feel like I haven't seen him in two weeks! He will have to work tomorrow even though he is supposed to have Fridays off now. They are having a big shut down and construction which they will try to get done tomorrow so that they will not have to work on Saturday. Either way, he is so tired already that I imagine he will be sleeping anytime that he does have off and wake just in time to go back to work Monday morning.
I spent today at the church putting together a prayer corner in the sanctuary. I will try to get pictures on here this weekend.
This afternoon was beautiful and when Mike got home we all went outside and played together. Everything is starting to turn green and little sprouts of things I had forgotten are shooting up everywhere! I love it!
The garden has lettuce, onions, beets, carrots and peas coming up. No sign of potatoes yet.
Tomorrow the kids and I will head south to Stark. Mike is ready for his granny and grandpa to spoil him. Hope wants to stay too but not enough to go pee pee in the potty. Maybe soon!
I am just hoping for a cheeseburger and a nap!
Last Thursday I got up with Kenny's alarm and actually got in the shower and got dressed like a grown up. I got the kids breakfast, took Mike to school ( because he missed the bus due to the fact that it takes me so darn long to blow dry all this mess of hair I have now) and took Hope to Kids First. What would I do without Kids First?!
I met with Geoff who prayed with me and I saw Joel on the way through who commented that my outfit was good( this was not harassment. I had previously consulted him on what to wear)
and that I would be representing Crossroads well.
Even with all this support and confidence,
I still felt like throwing up!
I was worried about being with all these educated people who knew what to expect, who knew what they were doing and were not walking into this alone.
Okay I know it was just a worship conference not a world peace summit but to me Thursday morning, it was a mountain to climb.
And I discovered that all these educated people who knew what was going on were there with the same questions I had and that in at least a few cases I was able to use our little worship gathering's experiences to give advice. It was an awesome experience! I met people from all over the country and who worship in every way you could think of and I learned so much from them I can't even process it all yet but I am trying.
I missed my kids terribly even though I was able to come home every night,they were in bed already. I think Kenny had a great bonding experience with them through it all.
Saturday we only met for half the day. I was only home for a couple of hours when the phone rang and it was Megan wanting to know if she could come out and bring me a copy of the CD she just recorded. It is a glorious thing and I can't hear it without crying! I know she is destined to do big things for the lord and I will be able to say I knew her when!
Sunday instead of having Turning Point we took a field trip to a church in downtown KC. It is an emerging worship community that has two gatherings on Sunday and draws 500 or so per service. I loved most of it ! The best thing for me was to see that we are not to far off what is happening out there! I am way too Methodist to ever suggest a two hour long service though!
Monday I spent a lot of time using my new knowledge of worship planning to try to get ahead a little.
Tuesday we had a really good practice, even though we were all so tired.
Kenny has been working so much this week I feel like I haven't seen him in two weeks! He will have to work tomorrow even though he is supposed to have Fridays off now. They are having a big shut down and construction which they will try to get done tomorrow so that they will not have to work on Saturday. Either way, he is so tired already that I imagine he will be sleeping anytime that he does have off and wake just in time to go back to work Monday morning.
I spent today at the church putting together a prayer corner in the sanctuary. I will try to get pictures on here this weekend.
This afternoon was beautiful and when Mike got home we all went outside and played together. Everything is starting to turn green and little sprouts of things I had forgotten are shooting up everywhere! I love it!
The garden has lettuce, onions, beets, carrots and peas coming up. No sign of potatoes yet.
Tomorrow the kids and I will head south to Stark. Mike is ready for his granny and grandpa to spoil him. Hope wants to stay too but not enough to go pee pee in the potty. Maybe soon!
I am just hoping for a cheeseburger and a nap!
4/03/2005
radical hospitality
Tonight's scripture, Mark2:13-17
we had a meal during our service. the food was okay.just an extended family having a meal together and enjoying some good music. it was relaxed and happy.
the sermon right on!
then, communion.
we had one long table for us all. the bread and the cup started at one end and made its way down, each person serving communion to the next. Michael was across the table from me and i watched him(very proudly) as he took the bread and cup and then passed it on to the person next to him. we all watched in silence as the elements came around the end of the table. gary served me. hope was in my lap. the bread and cup came to me and i served hope and then kala on my right. then we watched as it reached the end of the table going from one person to the next and it was beautiful! there was some whispering along the way but mostly silence.
this is my favorite communion memory
we had a meal during our service. the food was okay.just an extended family having a meal together and enjoying some good music. it was relaxed and happy.
the sermon right on!
then, communion.
we had one long table for us all. the bread and the cup started at one end and made its way down, each person serving communion to the next. Michael was across the table from me and i watched him(very proudly) as he took the bread and cup and then passed it on to the person next to him. we all watched in silence as the elements came around the end of the table. gary served me. hope was in my lap. the bread and cup came to me and i served hope and then kala on my right. then we watched as it reached the end of the table going from one person to the next and it was beautiful! there was some whispering along the way but mostly silence.
this is my favorite communion memory
daylight savings
i was never aware until i got married that there are people in this country who never do this time change thing. they happily go about there lives getting up and going to bed at the same time , they never spend weeks getting there bodies or their kids sleep schedules to adjust. they just don't do it! today i wish i lived there!
driven is going on the road this morning! we had always intended to do it. but the farthest we have ever gotten away from the church was to the community park swimming pool to play for our own church members. today we are going to independence to play at chris's new church. it is exciting to think of spreading the message to that many more people( about triple what we normally play for) it makes me a little nervous to sing in front of that many people i don't know.
this morning when i signed on my computer was full of love! it made me happy :-)
thanks nicole!
i love you to megs!
driven is going on the road this morning! we had always intended to do it. but the farthest we have ever gotten away from the church was to the community park swimming pool to play for our own church members. today we are going to independence to play at chris's new church. it is exciting to think of spreading the message to that many more people( about triple what we normally play for) it makes me a little nervous to sing in front of that many people i don't know.
this morning when i signed on my computer was full of love! it made me happy :-)
thanks nicole!
i love you to megs!
4/01/2005
just swimming
yesterday I was in the kitchen doing my thing. i was vaguely aware of hope sitting in the living room in my red wingback chair, watching television. i think it was dora. when i finished what i was doing i went to see what was going on and there sat hope, butt naked and all i could hear was a drip drip drip noise. i immediately started yelling "did you pee in the chair?"
she very calmly looked up at me , smiled and said " no, i'm swimming" It was then that I saw the empty bottle of water laying on the floor beside her.
how can you stay mad at that kind of creativity?
she very calmly looked up at me , smiled and said " no, i'm swimming" It was then that I saw the empty bottle of water laying on the floor beside her.
how can you stay mad at that kind of creativity?
3/21/2005
update
okay here is the update.
Basketball season is over. Adrian white team finished third. Mike recieved a very cool medal and is already looking forward to next years season. I will try to get him in a basketball camp this summer.
They will do the first part of his tests to get into the gifted program any day now. The school counselor does the first test and the gifted program coordinator does the second part. I asked her when they would do it and she said sometime between now and the end of the school year. I will be so relieved when it is done.
Mike has also decided to become a drag racer and is obsessed with cars these days. All I can say to him is "go talk to your dad about that" If it goes very far beyond turning the key and pushing the gas or the brake I am lost. Last night at church he started drawing pictures of the car he wants to drive someday and trying to sell them to everyone there for $1. We had a talk on the way home about how I would really like it if he didn't do that at church anymore and if he wanted to sell his pictures to maybe put them on the front of greeting cards. He thought that was a great idea and will be hitting you all up shortly to buy his cards.
Hope is the reason they invented cabinet locks and electrical outlet covers. I swear she is trying to give me a stroke some days. We have given up potty training again. I know she is ready but with the virus she had it was too hard to stay in big girl panties. I just haven't gotten the gumption up to try again. I am shooting for next Monday. I will let you know how it goes.Dora be ready for a phone call!
Her new favorite phrase is "whatever" and she rolls her eyes when she says it.
I took the kids to the Easter egg hunt that the church put on. They had this person in a bunny suit and it scared her to death! she got tons of candy and had alot of fun but when we got home
the only thing she could talk about was that BIG bunny. I was afraid we would be up all night but so far no nightmares!
Kenny is on vacation this week from his paying job. He has a list longer than my leg of things to do here so I don't plan on seeing him too much. He loves driving Hilda Honda to work everyday. He also loves his new garden tiller. He put almost as much work into it as he did into the car and it is a beautiful thing! Our garden is ready to plant any day now.
I have been very busy with stuff for the church. The kids choir is awesome. We has our first performance with seven beautiful and talented girls. I am so thankful for these girls who know what they are doing so I do not have to teach them to much. They are actually teaching me a few things. Last week we got one new girl and Mike. Hopefully next practice we will have Justin too. I dreamed last night that i got to practice and there were 100 kids there.
I have also been doing alot of reading about Emergent or Emerging worship. It has become a bit of an obsession of mine. I am going to a worship conference on it in April and cannot wait!
I have alot more to add but no more time right now!
Basketball season is over. Adrian white team finished third. Mike recieved a very cool medal and is already looking forward to next years season. I will try to get him in a basketball camp this summer.
They will do the first part of his tests to get into the gifted program any day now. The school counselor does the first test and the gifted program coordinator does the second part. I asked her when they would do it and she said sometime between now and the end of the school year. I will be so relieved when it is done.
Mike has also decided to become a drag racer and is obsessed with cars these days. All I can say to him is "go talk to your dad about that" If it goes very far beyond turning the key and pushing the gas or the brake I am lost. Last night at church he started drawing pictures of the car he wants to drive someday and trying to sell them to everyone there for $1. We had a talk on the way home about how I would really like it if he didn't do that at church anymore and if he wanted to sell his pictures to maybe put them on the front of greeting cards. He thought that was a great idea and will be hitting you all up shortly to buy his cards.
Hope is the reason they invented cabinet locks and electrical outlet covers. I swear she is trying to give me a stroke some days. We have given up potty training again. I know she is ready but with the virus she had it was too hard to stay in big girl panties. I just haven't gotten the gumption up to try again. I am shooting for next Monday. I will let you know how it goes.Dora be ready for a phone call!
Her new favorite phrase is "whatever" and she rolls her eyes when she says it.
I took the kids to the Easter egg hunt that the church put on. They had this person in a bunny suit and it scared her to death! she got tons of candy and had alot of fun but when we got home
the only thing she could talk about was that BIG bunny. I was afraid we would be up all night but so far no nightmares!
Kenny is on vacation this week from his paying job. He has a list longer than my leg of things to do here so I don't plan on seeing him too much. He loves driving Hilda Honda to work everyday. He also loves his new garden tiller. He put almost as much work into it as he did into the car and it is a beautiful thing! Our garden is ready to plant any day now.
I have been very busy with stuff for the church. The kids choir is awesome. We has our first performance with seven beautiful and talented girls. I am so thankful for these girls who know what they are doing so I do not have to teach them to much. They are actually teaching me a few things. Last week we got one new girl and Mike. Hopefully next practice we will have Justin too. I dreamed last night that i got to practice and there were 100 kids there.
I have also been doing alot of reading about Emergent or Emerging worship. It has become a bit of an obsession of mine. I am going to a worship conference on it in April and cannot wait!
I have alot more to add but no more time right now!
3/17/2005
Rock
ROCK
Michael
Hard and cold
I am everywhere.
Strong and Bold.
People tread on me.
If I'm jagged
OW!!!
Run away
crying.
Michael
Hard and cold
I am everywhere.
Strong and Bold.
People tread on me.
If I'm jagged
OW!!!
Run away
crying.
2/28/2005
2/22/2005
i know, i know, iknow!!
okay, i know it is not monday and i am supposed to check in on mondays. but i just couldn't make it happen yesterday. so here i am to tell everyone how pitful my attempt at healthy living is going. i did manage to do 10 minutes on my elliptical trainer sunday, and yesterday i ate rasin bran for two meals( it says on the back of the box you can drop ten pounds if you do this) but i made up for it with my yummy chicken dijon last night for supper. yum!! lots of pasta and french bread, can't beat it. :-)
i really wanted to lose my ten pounds before we went to the allison krauss concert but i don't think it is possible now.oh well. kenny is so excited about this concert he is telling me everyday before bed how many days are left. i don't think he would notice if i gained ten pounds before it. he is a very happy camper these days. he drove to work today in hilda honda. he will go at three and get her inspected and then try to get her tags before he has to come home. She is almost as good as new, very shiny,new tires, new stereo and speakers, and the windshield sprayer thingys are working so no more windex bottle out the window! The best thing of all is that she smells awesome inside. he really outdid himself on this project.
i am trying a new family schedule today. after watching super nanny last night i decided it was much needed to help with the consistency she says we need to help with hope. the naughty stool really helps alot so maybe this will be the thing to get some of my sanity back.if it doesn't help i am going to send in a video and try to get on the show. let super nanny try to deal with her for a while!
so by the schedule my computer time is over. this may really suck! i will let you know how it goes next week.
i really wanted to lose my ten pounds before we went to the allison krauss concert but i don't think it is possible now.oh well. kenny is so excited about this concert he is telling me everyday before bed how many days are left. i don't think he would notice if i gained ten pounds before it. he is a very happy camper these days. he drove to work today in hilda honda. he will go at three and get her inspected and then try to get her tags before he has to come home. She is almost as good as new, very shiny,new tires, new stereo and speakers, and the windshield sprayer thingys are working so no more windex bottle out the window! The best thing of all is that she smells awesome inside. he really outdid himself on this project.
i am trying a new family schedule today. after watching super nanny last night i decided it was much needed to help with the consistency she says we need to help with hope. the naughty stool really helps alot so maybe this will be the thing to get some of my sanity back.if it doesn't help i am going to send in a video and try to get on the show. let super nanny try to deal with her for a while!
so by the schedule my computer time is over. this may really suck! i will let you know how it goes next week.
2/14/2005
monday
this has been a long long long day and i am so tired! I began my day by moving beds out so carpet could go in and ended my day by moving beds back in! i won't go into the details of what went on in between but lets just say hope was in high gear and never got to take a nap.
it wasn't pretty!
i would definatly count today as a work out day even though it wasn't on my elliptical.
i did okay with my food today and my water intake. will try to keep going tomorrow.
our valentine's was celebrated on friday. kenny got a big gold star in his crown for my surprise!
diamonds are a girls best friend!
i did ask him if i would have to wait 13 more years for the next one. :-)
church on sunday was awesome! everything sounded great, despite colds,headaches, and sore throats! the band was great the sermon was great and everything seemed to flow really well for a change. i am ready for more of the same!
mom you already know my favorite memory of hilda honda. it is definatly not when i was in labor with mike and going 113mph to liberal. it trully is a wonder that he took so long to come out after that trip!
it wasn't pretty!
i would definatly count today as a work out day even though it wasn't on my elliptical.
i did okay with my food today and my water intake. will try to keep going tomorrow.
our valentine's was celebrated on friday. kenny got a big gold star in his crown for my surprise!
diamonds are a girls best friend!
i did ask him if i would have to wait 13 more years for the next one. :-)
church on sunday was awesome! everything sounded great, despite colds,headaches, and sore throats! the band was great the sermon was great and everything seemed to flow really well for a change. i am ready for more of the same!
mom you already know my favorite memory of hilda honda. it is definatly not when i was in labor with mike and going 113mph to liberal. it trully is a wonder that he took so long to come out after that trip!
2/13/2005
new home for hilda
well it has started! hilda honda has begun her extreme makeover! last night she was tucked into bed in her cozy new garage home with the latest in air purifiying technology treatment. This morning first thing she had her consultation with dr. kenny. he is coming up with his plan of treatment now.he seems very optimistic about the chances for a beautiful outcome.
hilda seems very happy. i think i even saw a smile. i will keep you all posted on her progress.
hilda seems very happy. i think i even saw a smile. i will keep you all posted on her progress.
2/07/2005
monday morning
Okay girls, I really blew it last week. I am using my illness as my excuse and am on a mission to do better this week. Nothing in my closet fits right and it is making me crazy!
Today I am going to Stark to paint for mom so I will get back to my workouts tomorrow. I hope you all had better weeks.
Mike's team had thier first loss this weekend to Drexel. The score 51-12 was pretty hard for them to take, but it hasn't made him want to quit. He is determined to do better next week.
He did tell me last week that he has" been thinking of doing homeschool again next year"
HA! Over my dead body! I sometimes have a hard time keeping myself from running out to the bus and kissing the bus driver when she gets here in the morning!
Today I am going to Stark to paint for mom so I will get back to my workouts tomorrow. I hope you all had better weeks.
Mike's team had thier first loss this weekend to Drexel. The score 51-12 was pretty hard for them to take, but it hasn't made him want to quit. He is determined to do better next week.
He did tell me last week that he has" been thinking of doing homeschool again next year"
HA! Over my dead body! I sometimes have a hard time keeping myself from running out to the bus and kissing the bus driver when she gets here in the morning!
2/03/2005
quiet morning
The kids are still asleep, I have full cup of coffee, Fox and Friends is on the t.v. and Hope slept again all night! Two in a row now! I definatly feel better today!