Counting down till Spring Break!

The Variety Show was such a hit! We raised quite a bit of money and had a blast doing it. The Bandstand theme was quite cute and all the teachers put on quite a show! It was well worth the work!

The "theme" for this week seems to be doctors appointments. Carson has a dentist and eye doctor this week. My throat is very scratchy &I'm just hoping to doctor it myself for now.

I dont think I've blogged about it, but we are trying a new church & so far, We LOVE IT! The boys, Josh and I all do. So hopefully this is where we are meant to be. The preacher is wonderful as are the youth & childrens pastors. We really like the people- though we dont know 1/6th of them. LOL!



Friday starts Spring Break & I'm so ready for it. Don't really have much planned but ready to sleep late and catch up on some rest. I just hope the weather will be pretty. Its been rainy and dreary and so yucky. Im ready for warm days and sunshine!

Bryson has his very first baseball game for this year Tonight! I hope he does well. Well, Carson- we wont talk about his baseball experience right now. He's a hoot and just not into it right now. He'd rather blow kisses to mommy or play in the dirt. Its actually quite comical!

Lots going on this week!

The PTO president hat is cleaned and ready to go full blast this week!

Tomorrow, lots of hitting thrift stores looking for some costumes!

Tuesday, we have an Explorer Dome from Kidsenses visiting the upper grades and of course I will have to be on hand for that.

Wednesday, we will be decorating for our Variety Show. The teachers have lots of fun acts planned and lots of silliness and laughs! The theme is PG Bandstand, and I've been busy cutting out letters, looking for costumes, and making records to decorate with all weekend. This afternoon will also be dress rehersal as well!!

Thursday, will be shopping for the drinks and other foods we will need the night of.

Friday, SHOW time!!!! Curtains open at 7:00 and the rest of the day I will be running around with my head cut of, I'm sure!

Stress

Today I was really worried about a few things going on, so I opened my bible and found this:

I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8)

My is my God good!!

Negatitivity

It feels so good to get the negativity out of your life. Have you ever had a certain person that no matter what never had anything good to say, never anything positive? All they wanted to do was talk about others and gossip? It was always all about them and what they had,were doing and never cared on how it hurt anyone else..but they were always going to get what the wanted.

I had one in my life and finally enough was enough and I have pulled all forms of contact from them. The probably havent even realized it yet, but I feel like I have had ten tons lifted off of me. I will still pray for them every night and I hope one day the relationship can change, but for now I need to do this.

What a beautiful weekend!!

We've gotten quite a bit accomplished this weekend. Got the boys some tee ball & baseball gear. That starts this week. Practice on Mondays & Wednesdays for now, may go to another night as well. WHew! Hubby has fire class on Mondays and Thursdays so I will be solo a few nights.

I wish this beautiful weather would go ahead and stay for a while!I'm loving it!It makes me want to go start digging in the ground planting some flowers and laying by the pool!

Louder than Words

So as I've said on here plenty of times, I have a true passion to work with Special Needs children.



So while browsing the county library I see two books that just jump right out at me.



Jenny McCarthy's Louder than Words and the sequel..Mother Warriors..both are about her son that has Autism.



I know you are all thinking, A Jenny book? What? The playboy model, crazy blonde? She wrote a good book?



They both are amazing!!



For real, i had laughed, I have cried, i've been mad along with her. Its an amazing story and I admire all the moms out there with Special Needs children.



I have a wonderful bestest friend whose son has Down Syndrome and everyday holds new and more difficult struggles for them. Everyday is a new battle, some battles will never be won and more are only just beginning. But one thing is for sure, these children are wonderful. They are God's gifts to us. They are the brightest eyed and biggest smiles you will ever see. They can melt the toughest mans heart with just a little smile.



I admire Jenny for writing this story of her son and her life, it may not be pretty at times, it may be hard to stomach..but this is what so many moms and dads are going through on a daily basis. Something should be done..Why is it so hard for these children to get the access to the help they need?? So many of these parents dont know who or where to turn to!



Like Jenny stated, the pediatrician or the neurologists dont say, "Maam, your son has autism, or celebral palsy, or downs...I'm sorry. Now, here is your map. You are here, you need to be here". Noone does this.. You are left on your own. To hope you connect with someone that lives a like sorta like yours. To hope they have any experience.



This is why I have such a strong passion to work with Special Needs. They need an advocate. They need someone for the parents. I pray daily that something will be done to help these parents find a way to help their beautiful children.



*If God brings you TO it, He will bring you THROUGH it**

Tuesday..

Well this morning was a 2-hour delay! Whoop! Had a pretty little bit of snow fall yesterday & we got a much needed long weekend! But this morning brought Little C having a stomach bug. It seems so far that he's the only one.

I've been branching out on my blogs I have been following and reading and found a few local women with some wonderful blogs about their faith and their journeys with God. I find it so uplifting. I just wish we could all find more time to blog. Its a great stress relief and a way to keep others in touch with us. (speaking of which, I'm debating debuting my blog to some *gasp* family members). I really don't have anything super personal on here yet and so I think they might enjoying reading. Who knows.



I ran across my favorite most Bible verse the other day & it has been engraved in my mind ever since:

Philippians 2:13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him.”

This verse really hits home to me. For so long, like 5 years now, i had no clue where I was supposed to be, what i was supposed to be doing and didn't know how to go about finding it. One day I was offered a wonderful, soon to be life changing job. I was asked to be the media center assistant at the elementary school my kids attend. I thought, shoot, anyone can shelve some books. Sounds like easy money to me & working around my kids schedule! Awesome! Right on!

Little did i know, I was going to fall in love with those little kids. They are so wonderful.

Well, my position ended with summer and I wasn't eligible due to lack of schooling to be re-hired. One of those quirky school system things. (Who knows) . But our principal found me something, but not before lots of stressing, praying, wondering and more stress!! She also encouraged me to pursue school. What?? This mom of two doesn't have time, much less trying to make a smidgen of money and take care of an awesome husband and house. No way! Well little did I know the perfect school for me landed in my lap. I had searched and searched for a school to do from home that was legitimate and accommodating to my schedule. I was ready to give up and out of the blue I was told to look at one. This was a Friday afternoon and classes started the following Tuesday. Girl, you better get your act together and hurry! Just when i was ready to lose faith, God put me where I was supposed to be! And I've never been happier.

Sure, school stresses me some and is very time consuming, but it will be well worth it in the end. He WILL put us where he wants us to be. We work for HIM and he has a plan for US!

Night, All!!

Cleaning out..

Spring cleaning must be hitting early! Or maybe its just the fact I have lost a smidge of weight?? Either way, I like it!

I'm home today with the littlest boy. He has a stomach bug I guess. But right now he is laying on my couch watching some cartoons and sipping gatorade. His request. Poor sweetie.

So i'm cleaning out my closet. My biggest problem is what do I do with all these clothes I cant wear? Ebay? Is the shipping worth it? our local consignment shops arent taking anything at the moment. I really dont want to fool with a yard sale to only get 50cents a pair of jeans.

Help?

Couples..

So someone feel me in on the ettiquette for being friends with another couple. J's best friend was dating this girl who quickly became a good friend of mine. Well this weekend some stuff happened and they broke it off. How do we all stay friends? It's already gotten difficult and I really dont want to be in the middle, but I'd like to stay friends with all the parties. I'm just confused on how to make it work.

Lay low for a while till the storm blows over??