Joshua slammed Annabelle's finger in the door and the door jam gave her a bunch of splinters. This is Adam trying to take them out without hurting her. It was hard to watch. So sad.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Pics from my sis!
Yes, these are my gorgeous nephews. I love them and miss them so much! Alex was actually talking to me on the phone the other day. I have talked to him lots before but it was the first time he talked back. Bernadette was telling me that Eric knows almost all his colours already and his numbers to 10. And Alex loves to say ABC. I wish I could be there to watch it all.
What can I say, he is just gorgeous!
Eric is such a big boy, he loves to do this for mommy. What a sweety. I can't believe the snow!!! Yay for snowmen and snow angels!!!
Little Eric has always loved to read. I got the very special privaledge of seeing him come into this world and from the very first time I held him, I never wanted to let him go. I wish we could see each other more so he would be more used to me. Oh well, he will soon remember from visit to visit. Alex is such a smart little pumpkin and I love him so much, too. I think he likes me, too! Hehehe
This reminds me of me and Annabelle seeing the horses soon. I love getting to show the kids new things. Berna and I are a lot alike that way. What a joy.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Mom, beautiful at 51!!! I love you!
This was at my mom's birthday with the family. I love this picture. It is taken in the kitchen of her brand new place. I am so proud of her. It is beautiful and so much "her". 10 days after her actual birthday I did a house warming/ birthday party for her and invited friends. I wanted her to be more comfy in the house before doing it. It was awesome. What a blessing to have so many people come and celebrate with us! I will be taking more pics of Mom's house soon to show off. That is my mom's little brother Lloyd, better known as Unc, beside her, and my Grandpa over by the fridge. You probably all recognize the rest of them. Adam was there too, but taking the picture. Thanks Love!
God's masterpeice!
Just another glimpse at God's beautiful creation. When Adam comes home with these pictures, I can see what he means by, "fishing is even better than church". He really meets with God in the midst of the creation. What an AWESOME God we serve!
Jesus alone!!!
Remembering that He, and He alone is my life line. Without faith, it is impossible to believe and without belief it is impossible to be saved.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Check this out! It is a great thing to think on.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Check this out! It is a great thing to think on.
Interesting thoughts. My Utmost for His Highest.
October 18, 2006
The Key to the Missionary’s Devotion
. . . they went forth for His name’s sake . . . —3 John 7
Our Lord told us how our love for Him is to exhibit itself when He asked, "Do you love Me?" ( John 21:17 ). And then He said, "Feed My sheep." In effect, He said, "Identify yourself with My interests in other people," not, "Identify Me with your interests in other people." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 shows us the characteristics of this love— it is actually the love of God expressing itself. The true test of my love for Jesus is a very practical one, and all the rest is sentimental talk.
Faithfulness to Jesus Christ is the supernatural work of redemption that has been performed in me by the Holy Spirit— "the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit . . ." ( Romans 5:5 ). And it is that love in me that effectively works through me and comes in contact with everyone I meet. I remain faithful to His name, even though the commonsense view of my life may seemingly deny that, and may appear to be declaring that He has no more power than the morning mist.
The key to the missionary’s devotion is that he is attached to nothing and to no one except our Lord Himself. It does not mean simply being detached from the external things surrounding us. Our Lord was amazingly in touch with the ordinary things of life, but He had an inner detachment except toward God. External detachment is often an actual indication of a secret, growing, inner attachment to the things we stay away from externally.
The duty of a faithful missionary is to concentrate on keeping his soul completely and continually open to the nature of the Lord Jesus Christ. The men and women our Lord sends out on His endeavors are ordinary human people, but people who are controlled by their devotion to Him, which has been brought about through the work of the Holy Spirit.--
The Key to the Missionary’s Devotion
. . . they went forth for His name’s sake . . . —3 John 7
Our Lord told us how our love for Him is to exhibit itself when He asked, "Do you love Me?" ( John 21:17 ). And then He said, "Feed My sheep." In effect, He said, "Identify yourself with My interests in other people," not, "Identify Me with your interests in other people." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 shows us the characteristics of this love— it is actually the love of God expressing itself. The true test of my love for Jesus is a very practical one, and all the rest is sentimental talk.
Faithfulness to Jesus Christ is the supernatural work of redemption that has been performed in me by the Holy Spirit— "the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit . . ." ( Romans 5:5 ). And it is that love in me that effectively works through me and comes in contact with everyone I meet. I remain faithful to His name, even though the commonsense view of my life may seemingly deny that, and may appear to be declaring that He has no more power than the morning mist.
The key to the missionary’s devotion is that he is attached to nothing and to no one except our Lord Himself. It does not mean simply being detached from the external things surrounding us. Our Lord was amazingly in touch with the ordinary things of life, but He had an inner detachment except toward God. External detachment is often an actual indication of a secret, growing, inner attachment to the things we stay away from externally.
The duty of a faithful missionary is to concentrate on keeping his soul completely and continually open to the nature of the Lord Jesus Christ. The men and women our Lord sends out on His endeavors are ordinary human people, but people who are controlled by their devotion to Him, which has been brought about through the work of the Holy Spirit.--
Monday, October 16, 2006
Angel... fly away
Well, one of the hardest things I have had to do for a long time, I had to bring our kitty, Angel, to the pound. We don't have money to get her fixed and while she is in heat she has many many "accidents" all over the house. I have gotten so frustrated and I guess the straw that broke the camel's back was when she pooped on Joshua's foot the other night. Since then, we took the weekend to think it over and make sure it was what we wanted to do. In that time I cleaned up about 5 more messes and realized, this is just too much! I have been so discouraged about it because I really do feel responsibility to any animal we are to take in to our home. We all really loved her and it was hard for everyone. Especially Adam I think but he could see there was a real problem too and there just wasn't the money to get her fixed and just hope that the problem would stop. So, I took her in and the ladies at the pound said, "oh don't worry, she will be adopted soon, she is really beautiful!" And I felt like grabbing her back because she is so stinking pretty that I didn't wanna get rid of her. I almost cryed while signing the papers. But as I left the pound, I took a sigh of relief. I am finally free of the messes and all that work! She was gorgeous and great with the kids but I can't have my house getting wrecked to keep a pretty kitty.
We took Angel in one day when a neighbor brought her to us. She had found her and Angel was close to death. We took her and bathed her, fed her. In the next days we had to get flea meds, ear mite meds, polysporine for her eye infections, and worm pills as se had brought all these things into the house. I was frustrated but soon grew to love her. She grew up and the kids have loved every minute of her. Well, we took a sick little kitty and got her well and big, now she can be a kitty for someone else. I told them at the pound that she needs to be fixed and that she has accidents when she is in heat so they wrote that on the paper work. I am glad I was honest and now another family will really know what they are getting. Also, they don't kill the cats after any amount of time except if they get sick. I asked them to call us when she gets adopted so we can tell the kids. I pray someone finds her and loves her soon. What a hard day.
We took Angel in one day when a neighbor brought her to us. She had found her and Angel was close to death. We took her and bathed her, fed her. In the next days we had to get flea meds, ear mite meds, polysporine for her eye infections, and worm pills as se had brought all these things into the house. I was frustrated but soon grew to love her. She grew up and the kids have loved every minute of her. Well, we took a sick little kitty and got her well and big, now she can be a kitty for someone else. I told them at the pound that she needs to be fixed and that she has accidents when she is in heat so they wrote that on the paper work. I am glad I was honest and now another family will really know what they are getting. Also, they don't kill the cats after any amount of time except if they get sick. I asked them to call us when she gets adopted so we can tell the kids. I pray someone finds her and loves her soon. What a hard day.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
(Can ) Father-son bond of Dick and Rick Hoyt
Read about their inspiring story at http://www.teamhoyt.com/
Read about their inspiring story at http://www.teamhoyt.com/
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Arg!!!!
Okay, well, I do not really like to complain but I have to share about the last 2 days.
Okay, yesterday was Adam's first day off after his 4 night shifts. YAY!!! He got up at 9:30 and took care (snuggled on the couch) Joel while I took Joshua and Annabelle to swim lessons. That was great because I didn't have to worry about dealing Joel being so bored while we were there. So I got home at about 12:00 noon and Adam went back to bed as he was still recovering from his nights and was up late the night before. I woke him at about 2pm and we went through some books that my mom had given to us. Then I went and visited my friend Gwen for an hour or so and dropped off a few things for her. Great visit! I love to get together with her. So then I got home and we thought that we would go out for supper at Dairy Queen and then go do a little shopping. We needed to get Annabelle a booster seat. Left Walmart and got home at about 9pm. We were going to get the kids in bed and then watch a movie. Great plan! As soon as we got home Adam's work called and he needed to go in for a night shift starting at 10pm. OKay, I was a little disappointed but, it is overtime and I know that God is providing for our needs so, off to work he went. Okay, that was all fine.
About 1 minute after he left I thought that I would go and see how the kids were. Went upstairs and there they are with broken glass all over and quite a lot of blood too! I was shocked and scared and I didn't have any idea what was happening! So, Joshua starts telling me. They took the small glass jars from the basement that I keep game pieces in and brought them upstairs. When they got up there they were playing with the stuff on Annabelle's bed and Joel decided to throw a jar off the bed (dealing with throwing right now) onto the princess table. It smashed and instead of coming to get me they decided to clean up on there own. I was so angry as they are not aloud to touch the jars, let alone take them upstairs, let alone throw, and they all know that glass is danger and if there is any danger they are to RUN to mommy and tell me. I grabbed them all and put them in the bath. I cleaned up glass and blood and washed them up. They promised that if there is danger again they will tell me. After finding that there were no serious cuts I was really angry about the whole thing. Anyway, they went to bed and I called my mama because I was really shook up by this all. I felt better after a little encouragement from mom. I put on Sister Act which always makes me feel good and then was ready for bed. As I walked up the stairs to give the kids one more kiss goodnight, I smelled something. Oh no, Joel must have pooped I thought so I went in to check. As I walked in I noticed, no not Joel, worse... the stinking cat pooped on Joshua's bed, not just on his bed though, on his FOOT!!! I was so mad! I am starting to like these cats less and less!!! So I cleaned his foot with a hot soapy cloth and put him into my bed and did the laundry.Finally time for bed. Looking forward to Adam being off the next day.
Got up this morning and came down to see Adam. He was home and on the computer with his brother. So I visited for a while and before Adam went to bed I thought, hey I should have a shower so he can watch the kids. Just as I was going up for my shower, Adam's work called. Could he work again tonight? OKay. I was a little disapponited but again, God is providing so, okay. Had a house warming/birthday party for my mom and it went great! As I was leaving I buckled the kids in and Joel started puking and puking and puking. So, I got a cloth and cleaned a little and then drove home. Brought him in, chair and all. I unbuckled him and scooped off the puke from his clothes. Stripped him down and threw him in the shower with Adam. As they were showering I thought that there was a bad smell up there so I looked around. ARG!!!! The cat had pooped on our floor in our room. Better than the bed I guess but, WHAT THE HECK!!! Come on I thought. I have had about enough of bodily fluids for this week and to top it off (I think the reason for the pooping too) Angel is in heat! And so annoying. She keeps me up at night meowing. I really wanna get her fixed and that will remedy the annoying behavior and then we could put her outside sometimes and I would hope there would not be so many "accidents" but it is a lot of money that we don't have. I know that it may sound crazy that this cat even lives in our house still but we are just not ready to get rid of her yet as she is our responsibility. So, I cleaned that up, gave Joel his bath and ran down to get Adam a snack and coffee in his thermas before work. So now I am relaxing and just reminissing. I say again ARG!!!! Anyway, thanks for letting me rant and rave. I am done and giving up on complaining for a while. Have a great night all and GOD BLESS!!!
Okay, yesterday was Adam's first day off after his 4 night shifts. YAY!!! He got up at 9:30 and took care (snuggled on the couch) Joel while I took Joshua and Annabelle to swim lessons. That was great because I didn't have to worry about dealing Joel being so bored while we were there. So I got home at about 12:00 noon and Adam went back to bed as he was still recovering from his nights and was up late the night before. I woke him at about 2pm and we went through some books that my mom had given to us. Then I went and visited my friend Gwen for an hour or so and dropped off a few things for her. Great visit! I love to get together with her. So then I got home and we thought that we would go out for supper at Dairy Queen and then go do a little shopping. We needed to get Annabelle a booster seat. Left Walmart and got home at about 9pm. We were going to get the kids in bed and then watch a movie. Great plan! As soon as we got home Adam's work called and he needed to go in for a night shift starting at 10pm. OKay, I was a little disappointed but, it is overtime and I know that God is providing for our needs so, off to work he went. Okay, that was all fine.
About 1 minute after he left I thought that I would go and see how the kids were. Went upstairs and there they are with broken glass all over and quite a lot of blood too! I was shocked and scared and I didn't have any idea what was happening! So, Joshua starts telling me. They took the small glass jars from the basement that I keep game pieces in and brought them upstairs. When they got up there they were playing with the stuff on Annabelle's bed and Joel decided to throw a jar off the bed (dealing with throwing right now) onto the princess table. It smashed and instead of coming to get me they decided to clean up on there own. I was so angry as they are not aloud to touch the jars, let alone take them upstairs, let alone throw, and they all know that glass is danger and if there is any danger they are to RUN to mommy and tell me. I grabbed them all and put them in the bath. I cleaned up glass and blood and washed them up. They promised that if there is danger again they will tell me. After finding that there were no serious cuts I was really angry about the whole thing. Anyway, they went to bed and I called my mama because I was really shook up by this all. I felt better after a little encouragement from mom. I put on Sister Act which always makes me feel good and then was ready for bed. As I walked up the stairs to give the kids one more kiss goodnight, I smelled something. Oh no, Joel must have pooped I thought so I went in to check. As I walked in I noticed, no not Joel, worse... the stinking cat pooped on Joshua's bed, not just on his bed though, on his FOOT!!! I was so mad! I am starting to like these cats less and less!!! So I cleaned his foot with a hot soapy cloth and put him into my bed and did the laundry.Finally time for bed. Looking forward to Adam being off the next day.
Got up this morning and came down to see Adam. He was home and on the computer with his brother. So I visited for a while and before Adam went to bed I thought, hey I should have a shower so he can watch the kids. Just as I was going up for my shower, Adam's work called. Could he work again tonight? OKay. I was a little disapponited but again, God is providing so, okay. Had a house warming/birthday party for my mom and it went great! As I was leaving I buckled the kids in and Joel started puking and puking and puking. So, I got a cloth and cleaned a little and then drove home. Brought him in, chair and all. I unbuckled him and scooped off the puke from his clothes. Stripped him down and threw him in the shower with Adam. As they were showering I thought that there was a bad smell up there so I looked around. ARG!!!! The cat had pooped on our floor in our room. Better than the bed I guess but, WHAT THE HECK!!! Come on I thought. I have had about enough of bodily fluids for this week and to top it off (I think the reason for the pooping too) Angel is in heat! And so annoying. She keeps me up at night meowing. I really wanna get her fixed and that will remedy the annoying behavior and then we could put her outside sometimes and I would hope there would not be so many "accidents" but it is a lot of money that we don't have. I know that it may sound crazy that this cat even lives in our house still but we are just not ready to get rid of her yet as she is our responsibility. So, I cleaned that up, gave Joel his bath and ran down to get Adam a snack and coffee in his thermas before work. So now I am relaxing and just reminissing. I say again ARG!!!! Anyway, thanks for letting me rant and rave. I am done and giving up on complaining for a while. Have a great night all and GOD BLESS!!!
Twelve Rules For Raising Delinquent Children
1. Begin in infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living.
2. When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he's cute.
3. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he's 21 and then let him "decide for himself."
4. Avoid the use of the word "wrong." It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later, when he is arrested for stealing a car, that society is against him and he is being persecuted.
5. Pick up everything he leaves lying around. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on others.
6. Let him read any printed matter he can get his hands on. Be careful that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his mind feast on garbage.
7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In this way they won't be shocked when the home is broken up later.
8. Give a child all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn his own.
9. Satisfy his every craving for food, drink and comfort. See that every sensual desire is gratified.
10. Take his part against neighbors, teachers, policemen. They are all prejudiced against your child.
11. When he gets into real trouble, apologize for yourself by saying, "I never could do anything with him."
12. Prepare for a life of grief. You will be likely to have it.
Houston, Texas, Police Department
2. When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he's cute.
3. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he's 21 and then let him "decide for himself."
4. Avoid the use of the word "wrong." It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later, when he is arrested for stealing a car, that society is against him and he is being persecuted.
5. Pick up everything he leaves lying around. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on others.
6. Let him read any printed matter he can get his hands on. Be careful that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his mind feast on garbage.
7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In this way they won't be shocked when the home is broken up later.
8. Give a child all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn his own.
9. Satisfy his every craving for food, drink and comfort. See that every sensual desire is gratified.
10. Take his part against neighbors, teachers, policemen. They are all prejudiced against your child.
11. When he gets into real trouble, apologize for yourself by saying, "I never could do anything with him."
12. Prepare for a life of grief. You will be likely to have it.
Houston, Texas, Police Department
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Greater Vancouver Zoo... and my very best friend
I love this! I wasn't sure we would have enough time to see Heidi while we were in Surrey. She lives in Langley so we decided to meet at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. We invited George along because, quite frankly, he's a good fun guy to hang out with, and we had a great day all together.What a blessing it was to see Heidi as I never get to see her unless she comes to Terrace which is maybe 2 times a year. If you read this Heidi... thank you so much for coming out with us. It was such a great time and I always love to catch up. God bless. An added bonus... I think that Heidi and George got along great. And we couldn't have asked for better weather!
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