Our yard sale was sooo good

Today we kicked off our first yard sale fundraiser for my Ally's cheerleading. They were to have the original one at the gym sight but because I'm too lazy and way too mcuh stuff.We decided to have it here at home.Well I have to say 195.00 later we did a great deal. We even had our neighbor adding his stuff and not asking for the money,I traded here and there as well,for an old baby jogger I had.
It was a ton of fun,my husband loves to wheel and deal,too bad it does not work when he has to use it.
I'm so proud we did such a great job.

This poem "Wait" has really touched my heart

This poem a friend on a site I belong to posted this.It brought tears to my eyes,because it is sooo true.
Thank you Paige.

In all this time we have waited for our miracle,God has really worked on me.I think for the greater good.I see much straighter these days.

WAIT. . . .
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate...
And the Master so gently said, "Wait"
"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your word."
"My future and all to which I relate
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?
I'm needing a "yes", a go-ahead sign.
Or even a "NO" to which I can resign."
"You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord I've been asking; and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply.
" Then quietly, softly I learned of my fate.
As my Master repied again, "Wait".
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, "So I'm waiting for what?"
He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine. . .
and He tenderly said, i could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.
"I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want, but wouldn't know me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
"You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.
"You'd never experience the fullness of love
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that i give, and I save, for a start,
But, you'd now know the depth of the beat of My heart.
"The glow of my comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that' beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.
"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But, oh the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you."
"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft my answers seem terribly late.
My most precious answer of all is still. . . Wait."

Potty Training

Well, we are on our third day of potty training.I believe she might get it. A few months past when she was around 18 months,she started showing and interest so we thought,cool she'll be like the others,well did we get a surprise.She wasn't,she was just wanting to do what sisters were doing.
We have a dry night and a few accidents,not alot but only when playing she forgets and then says she has peed her panties.
So, we are no diapers,only panties.
She is now 26 months,so we think the time might be right.She has done very well.
We are taking it easy and letting her lead the potty training time.

Gosh it seems as forever when my hubby went under the knife for a vasectomy reversal

I can not believe here in about 3 months will be our 1yr anniversary of my hubby's vasectomy reversal.It seems as forever this happpened and here we still sit waiting for that miracle God will gives or not.
We have been so blessed already with such great kids. I can not believe how time flies when your kids are growing older.It seemed as if yesterday our Catey turned 2yrs old in March.
June 9th will mark the 2yrs since my hubby had his vasectomy,right after our Catey turned 3 months old.
I'll never forget the emptiness I felt as we left the clinic at the Army hospital.

Thunderstorms and power outage

Well, this morning was not fun especially trying to get kids ready when there is a huge thunderstorm and your power goes out and now all the kids can eat is cereal which is not their first choice.
SO, now I have got the kids off to school and one to homeschool,plus awards this morning at one academy child,plus our women's bible study is canceled.I'm a bit freed up but really wanted to attend the baby shower for a great friend of mine. In fact I even enjoyed shopping for the baby.I could not stop shopping.I guess my wanting for more children and it taking a while must not be that bad because i can still shop for other people's babies.

My favorite book to read to my little ones

Our summer time fun on Memorial Day

Daddy and his girl


My boy and daughter


Our beautiful backyard


Sisters

Homeschool Journal for May 26 "What does your backyard look like?

Today our homeschool journal is "What does your backyard look like?
Ally wrote her backyard is big enough for a horse.
She feels like she can go pick a flower,it's so pretty.


We have a ton of homeschool things to tackle today,like for instance math,language arts and phonics.

4 days left of school

I can not believe my 7yr old Ally will be finished 1st grade already.
I can not believe she is growing up so much.It amazes me how much she has grown and how much knowledge she has.
I'm homeschooling her next yr God willing.I don't know how but I'll do it.It has gotten very expensive sending her to a private Christian academy and putting her back in the public school is out of the question.
So, in 4 days it will summer for her.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

Thank you to all who serve and have served. Being an ex military wife I know exactly what the families are going through when your loved one leaves for war.
I pray daily for all who are serving and have served.

THANK YOU!!!!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

Selfishness

Well, this word came at me during our sermon at church Sunday.It hit me like a ton of bricks. I have been wanting another baby for so long. My husband on the other hand has no,well low and behold God changed his mind after having a vasectomy. But I still felt I was being selfish in my needs/wants and desires instead of my families and my kds. Especially my husband.
I'm trying a new technique and upholding God in my daily walk as I should have been doing as well as lifting up my husband to God daily. My husband should be my priority after God and he has not b/c my desires have not been met