Computer Blues!!!

Our computer has seen better days... but I am afraid it will not see any more... Yes it is sad but true it is gone. So until we are blessed with another one we will be kind of out of pocket. Sorry to all our online friends and we hope to be back on really soon!

Tough Day

News of the death of any child is very hard, especially so when you have been touched by the life of that child. I looked at my children differently today when the news of a passing came today. I know this child is in a much better place now, no longer suffering, no longer struggling and somehow it still hurts to see him go.
How blessed am I to have six wonderful children who are all healthy and bringing joy to my life! For this reason I send out many prayers to this family in their loss and hope that every word said to them will bring comfort and encouragement in this time!

Home At Last!

Quick note.. WE ARE HOME!!!!! It does feel quite good to be home at last! We managed to get the van unpacked mostly and all the kids are in bed! With church tomorow and the weekend soon ending I will have to enjoy the rest while my husband is home... then it is off to get the house back in order after we brought home all our stuff!

Friday... Oh yes it is Friday!

We finished our fourth VBS since coming to Texas 3 weeks ago. Now we are all tired and yet excited about our trip home tomorrow! We truly never imagined that we would stay thing long though it has been a lot of fun! Many Thanks go to my parents for allowing us to stay with them.. feeding us.. alot.. and even lending us gas money to get from so many points A to points B.
It is time now to begin our drive back home but first we will make a stop to see my grandparents that I do not get to see very often. It will be nice to see them again and let them see how much the children have grown.
Now I am off to pack up clothes, wash one last load of clothes and and see if I indeed can get it all to fit back in the van... it will be a tight fit!

Almost Home...

We shall be home on Saturday and it seems so close and still so far. I have really enjoyed this year in Texas and I do feel refreshed! The kids are excited about getting home and though I am too... it means back to being a family in the normal sense. Although I have been helping out here in many senses it is just not the same as having to do everything. I miss my home all the same especially all the things that need to be done!
A very special Thank you to my Dad, Mom, Bethany, and Foster Brothers and Sister for putting up with us for three weeks ! We have had a blessed blast! Hope to be able to come for many years in to the future!
To all our friends at home... Thank you for putting up with us being gone if it was that hard! We missed everyone like we miss our family all year long and it was nice to be able to fellowship with them!

Helping at Hillcrest!

I went to church at a new place this morning with my mom to help her decorate for VBS this week in her 1st grade class... then as it turns out they needed a 4th grade teacher and I get to take the part! Yeah!

John came over this weekend to see the kids VBS program from another Baptist church and we had a wonderful time! Only one week more and we will be home in Mississippi! Kids are all excited about that and at the same time thay are looking forward to one more week here.

Hard to believe we have been here two weeks already, the time has flown by so fast... getting back to our routines will be a nice change and hard at the same time!

Journey of Summer...

Kids started another VBS today so it was Levi and I for a few hours. They love going to VBS and I love that they love to go! My husband says enough is enough... he is planning a trip to steal us back! Actually he is going to surprise the kids this weekend and then we will just have one more week away!
I miss being home in my bed, bumping into someone else... or just doing nothing... or doing my things! Soon we will be home and things will return to normal... or what we know as normal! To all our friends who miss us... We miss you too!

Ah... the Weekend!

As we finished the first week of VBS we are tired yet had a wonderful time! Looks like the kids have talked me in to staying another two weeks for more Bible Schools. It shall be interesting to see how my darling husband takes this news... actually he is okay with it though I do miss him a lot!
I took my oldest four plus my sister and foster brother to see Wall E tonight! It is a wonderful movie for any family to see... very clean and a uniques point of view on life in the future!
I have decided it is time to wean my youngest son... he does not really "need" it any more and I need the time it takes to nurse him to do other things! Being here at my mom's makes this a lot easier, it keeps him busy to be somewhere new and with the VBS' we are gone enough to keep him occupied too! Makes me sad to see that my youngest is now old enough to sustain life on something other than me! Ah how they grow up so fast!

To Stay or Not to Stay?

I am faced with the delima of staying another week in Texas or going home to Mississippi... I am torn! I would love to get home to my husband and are usual surroundings, yet the children and I are having a wonderful time!
I promised my children if Selah, our bright 3yr old, could go to VBS the next week we would stay... turns out she can. I know it will not be as busy as this week and the kids will love it! Guess as it turns out I will be staying here in my home state of Texas, just for one more week though! I
This week at my parent's small church, I volunteered to teach the kids the motions in music and I am having a blast! Even though Levi who is almost a yr and a half is not taking to me not giving him my undivided attention, it has been good for him(and ME). Hard to believe he is growing up so fast!