Weekends

I adore weekends they are so lovely we are always so busy and that is always my favorite thing about them. We have only one more weekend of soccer left and I really enjoyed it and it has been amazing and tiring and never ending but now that it is almost over I am a little sad. What will I do every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday? I know we will find something to do I have already been asking about basketball. Does anybody know were they play around here?We went to the October feast in Moody with the Mitchel's had a great time they had a little fair next to it the kids had a blast hang out with their friends. It was a beautiful fall day I wore a sweater so that always makes me happy. We went to church it was a wonderful Sunday school and service. We then went to Ty's birthday party the theme was the American Revolutionary War, Ty dressed up as George Washington wig and all it was way fun and Zachary thought it was way cool!! We bought a Jeep last week Darrin's mid-life crises it has a top that comes off (not easily it took Darrin a while to get the top off then back on) of course Darrin got a mid-life crises car all of us could ride in,thanks honey. We rode out to the party in it it was such fun the kids have never riding in open car before and they had a great time. They think we are very cool parents for buying such a cool car. We are very uncool but for now they think so and I am holding on to that. Because I know that before long my babies will be grown and my weekends and week want be so crazy busy and I want to enjoy every minute with them, I know that time flies that my Zachary will be 9 in about a month and that most days I enjoy every minute. I hope that they like hanging out with us as much as we enjoy them.

Great day

What a wonderful day today. Reasons why it was so wonderful.
1. I cleaned the house I mean really clean like all the way, vacuum lines clean.
2. School went well Math was fun!!
3. I didn't yell at the kids not once. ( I know some maybe shock that I ever do but sometimes I slip and I can't help myself)
4. Went walking with the boys and dog this morning everyone(including the dog) had a sweater or jacket on. It was cool and crisp and absolutely perfect. As Pooh would say a very blustery day.
5. I have on a sweater and I am not sweating. Yeah Fall is here.
6. Church is tonight I love Wednesday night church. Children's Choir and classes are so great.
7. I am not cooking supper tonight. Frozen dinners no mess (the house must stay clean for a few hours).
8. Had a great talk with my Mom today not that are talks are every bad just a really good one today.
9. Put up my summer shoes and official put my boots and winter shoes in the closet. Darrin will be grateful because he has tripped over the Rubbermaid box they were in for about a month now. Your welcome honey.
10. Oktoberfest has come to Moody! I hope I can find my beer stein for the festival!!
P.S. I have been told that it is not that kind of Oktoberfest I am crushed.
All in all a very wonderful, very Fall, very almost perfect day.

More than I thought

The retreat was so wonderful (I will be using that word alot). I thought that this weekend would be fun. I thought that that we would talk, laugh and hang out. Well we did all those things and so much more we learned the power of grace and the joy of being vulnerable and to trust or fellow woman to love us like Christ would. To know that there was no judgement and only love was very freeing and something that as a new member I am truly learning. I want to put a big neon sign over our church ( I know a little Vegas like but I think it would be effective) that says come here to know and feel God' s joyous love that he has for you and wants to love you, not make you feel guilty or ashamed but glorified and accepted as is true Daughter of the King. I got to know some wonderful ladies that I had not meet and some that I got to know even better. It was a truly wonderful and beautiful time in fellowship. I want to grow more in my knowledge of the gospel like I never have before so that I can share that wonder and love of Jesus. It was a very wonderful time and thank you to the ladies who put it all together and to all the ladies who brought all the chocolate.

Sock hop and soccer

We had a fabulous time at the sock hop the kids played and ate coke floats. Our cover school is really wonderful. So thanks Cross Christan School.

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Retreat , Retreat I say

I am so excited the wonderful ladies from our church are going on a retreat this Friday and Saturday I am so very excited about it. Did I mention I was excited!!!! At first I was looking forward to the time away from the boys but now I am really looking forward to spending time with the ladies. They are all so fun and funny that are so joyful and love to laugh. Fellowship is a wonderful thing. Getting together and eating and laughing is always so great. I am also very excited about our bonfire, hayride at the Mitchell's for Community group on Sunday. It makes it feel like Fall when you can have a bonfire to make smore's which I have never actually made by a campfire I made them once here at my house in the microwave, marsh mellows will explode by the way, boiled eggs still in the shell will also explode in the microwave very messy. I have also put metal in the microwave nothing happened and since Mythbusters said it was okay Darrin was okay with it. Me and the microwave have mean stories. Anywho can't wait until the retreat and hangin with the ladies. Fun times are ahead and I hope mean more.

Hopefully growing

I woke up Saturday in a fairly good mood got up cooked breakfast and thought Darrin was out running, then I realized he had told me he had to go into work and I was so angry not at him for working hard but because it messed up my schedule. I don't usually tell anyone my schedule it just is what I think is the most logical course of action that everyone should know. So I got very angry and was rude to the kids and then rude to my husband who had gotten up at 5:00 a.m. on a Saturday so he could be back by 9:00 for Eric's soccer game. So why do I get so angry when thinks don't go my way? I want to be in control of all things including time and everyone around me because I know best, but then God steps in and reminds me that being angry and in control is not a good place to learn from and he shows me in various ways what can happen when I sin in my anger. Last time I was in this mode I had a wreck and thought I learned my lesson on being in control and in charge of all things. I am thankful that this time my lesson was a let less traumatic but it was so much more powerful. I went to the grocery store after dropping off the boys at the house, there was a nice man out in front of the store he was in his mid-twenties, my first angry thought and reaction was that he was selling something and so I tried not to make eye contact. He wasn't selling anything, he was asking for a donation for his Aunt who was suffering with ovarian cancer. Here I was being angry ,prideful and complaining about my life, that is filled with a wonderful health family and this sweet humble man was asking for help for his Aunt. God speaks to us everyday and I hope I can learn to listen and even when I am sinning and being angry and horrible, stuck in my little me world that I will always be thankful that he is in my heart and loves me and treasures me and is always teaching me and that I am hopefully growing and learning to be more humble and letting God be in control all the time. I know I will keep struggling with this but I am grateful for grace and for my Abba Father teaching me.

Ode to Toad

We went to the play Wind and the Willows yesterday it was Eric's first play. So I gave him the speech about to be quiet and listen and don't talk. Well the someone I want mention any names (Crissy) mention the Toad was a little shall we say "sweet" so every time he would twirl or skip Crissy would die laughing and then that got me laughing and then she would say she was trying not to snort laugh and then she would snort laugh and I would laugh so hard at that that I had tears streaming down my face. Then he would twirl again and the whole thing would start over again. Then Toad put on a dress disguised as a washer woman to get out of prison and lets just say he was right at home in that dress. Then he started to flirt with the police officer (which by the way I had to explain to Zach that the policeman thought he was a woman) So thank you Toad for a really great laugh and thank you someone whose name I want mention (Crissy) for a truly wonderful and fun afternoon. Twirl on Toad twirl on.

What do I want to be when I grow up?

What do I want to be when I grow up? I have asked myself that for years and I always seem to come back to nurse. There is this wonderful night/weekend program at Jeff State (thanks Paige for teaching me how they say it on the street) I always wanted to go but never wanted to change what I am doing at home I love my first job of being a wife and mother and tried briefly to go back to work when Eric was about two and it just didn't work out. So I found this program and I started Monday with this class that helps you navigate how to start and succeed in college I think that it is the answer to all my hopes of having a little something all to myself and can't wait to get started and start and new adventure in my life. I hope that with all the love and support from my husband and children (which I have) I can do something like this. I told Zachary about it and that I will incorporate Biology and A&P into our homeschool schedule and he was very excited and I think it will make me a better wife and mother. So wish me luck and I hope I can remember how to study and take tests.

Walking on the beach

I have always loved the beach my PawPaw took me every summer. This weekend Darrin and I went down to Gulfport and then drove over to Fairhope and got up very early (a sign of how much I love the beach because I truly am not a morning person) around 5:30 and drove down to the beaches. The goal was to watch the sunrise but we got a little lost so we saw the sunrise from the car. We finally made to the beaches and walked and enjoyed the morning sunlight it was very beautiful. We got some shells and talked about being beach comers when we retire which always remains me of how much older I am getting because I actually do think about retiring on a fairly regularly bases.Darrin said he would not like to retire at the beach because of the crowds (he is getting older to) and I think we may be snowbirds. I truly love growing older and more in love with my husband he really is a fun and thoughtful person to be willing to drive an extra hour just so he can make his sweetie happy and walk on the beach with her hand in hand. We so rarely get moments to our self when day to day life of work and kids and soccer are always pressing in but this moment of walking on the beach was really great I will remember it as one of my favorite beach moments.

Wrestling with boys

I love my boys so much (don't worry this is not going to be a mushy blog about my devoted motherly love) they love to tackle wrestle and attack on a regular bases. This morning in attempted to delay the start of school we all were cuddling and wrestling and all was well until Zachary thinking I was going to tickle him kicked me in the chin which I did not handle well and we all ended up crying, me from pain Zachary because he caused me pain and Eric because he did not want to be left out. I often wonder if the ancient warrior/knight/cowboy is always there. When Zachary was little we did not have any guns because I thought that would encourage the warrior/knight/cowboy to emerge then I realized that he was there all along because any stick was a gun or sword. So by the time number 2 son came along the warrior/knight/cowboy in Eric joined forces with Zachary's ancient three and I was out number and out flanked. So when Eric had a pirate (also want of the ancient man people) we had swords as party favors but much to my sons delight I forgot to send them home with the party goers so they could indulge their inner man. So the next Mom group that I was in was at my house and a new Mom was there with her one angelic little girl and Eric/warrior/knight/cowboy/pirate came down the stairs and with a shotgun on one hip and a sword in the other hand ready to do us all in. We never heard from or saw that mother again. I know that my boys are good boys and they don't attack on a regular bases but if you ever conner them and act like you might tickle them they may attack.

I have a blog

I now have a blog for all my random thoughts. So my first thought is where is Fall as soon as the temp went below 86 degrees I started preparing I got out my boots polished them okay wipe them off got sweaters out and fluffed got all my jeans out and was so happy to see all my fall/winter things and then it was hot again 90 something. I wear a long sleeve shirt and sweat just so I can wear it. I don't want to see a flip flop until at least May but I am still wearing them. I do this every year I have lived in the Alabama all my life and you think a girl would learn but when the calander says October it the leaves should be falling not from heat but from the change in season. So maybe fall is not just about sweaters and boots maybe its about carmel apples and fun with friends. Maybe its about knowing that after moving away from everyone I had every known that God has given me more wonderful friends that I thought I could ever have and that by trusting Him this fall maybe one of my happiest despite the fact that I know that it probably want feel like fall until winter.