We are feeling like this house is becoming more and more our home everyday. Austyn is meeting more and more friends in the neighborhood and also had Edgar from our old neighborhood over and his buddy Blake so that has helped him out. He is still in and out of the pool everyday and is so TAN!! He starts school on the 11th of August and also is in basketball, skateboarding lessons, and AWANA so he should be busy!! Haydyn has 11 teeth now so she has not been the happy camper in this house, and so she has not been sleeping very good at night either. She has been back to waking up 2 times a night and I have been struggling during the day. I put on my HAPPY face but deep inside I am TIRED and was feeling DEPRESSED. I give her Motrin and just listening to her scream is hard for me but I know there is nothing I can do. I have a wonderful girlfriend from church and she called me the other night to talk and we just prayed on the phone together that GOD would help my kids sleep and me too, because we all know that when mom isn't happy NO BODY is happy!! Well..... I went to bed that night in tears and fell asleep around 11 and GOD answered my prayers because Haydyn slept all night as well as Austyn. I woke up feeling like a whole new women!! LOVE AWESOME PRAISE REPORTS!! (Thanks Tanya)!!
Through all of this moving, lack of sleep, going back to work, adjusting to this new home I had a really hard time GIVING it all to GOD and I have such an awesome group of women from church and a awesome GOD and I just realized that God loves me and wants me to have his best, he insists we come to him, and we can be satisfied (Romans 8:32, 38-39).
Cory has been AMAZING with getting this house to feel like home and also working a lot, he wants us all to be happy, he is such my amazing prayer partner at night before we go to bed and I love him for that. He supports me in whatever I do, and I am speaking at church on Monday night at "EXpresso", getting nervous and he has helped to just give it all to GOD. Cory had told me last night before we went to bed that whatever I am going through , GODS grace is sufficient for me (2 Corinthians 12:9). As nervous as I am getting trying to prepare myself for Monday, I need to just let it go....and it will just fall in my lap!
Hope this didn't bore any of you, but just wanted to update you all on what's going on around here.
I love all my friends who have just listened to me vent and have prayed with me and for "US"!! I didn't realize how HARD moving is and what a "Challenge" it has become for us!! THANK YOU!! LOVE YOU ALL!!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Thoughts..
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Our new home....
We got moved into our new home this past weekend, and have been busy ever since. We had a tremendous amount of help with the move and couldn't be more blessed for the family and friends that we have. THANK YOU!! We are loving this house and especially love being "in town". Austyn is in and out of the pool at least 3 times a day and Haydyn would also if I let her. We have met a lot of people around here and are still getting to know the neighbors and finding some friends for Austyn to play with. He sure misses our old house and his friends. He has said numerous times that he misses his buddy Edgar and likes our old house better, so needless to say we are all adjusting around here. We went on a walk tonight and down at the park they had skateboard lessons going on so I went over and talked to a mom and she said Austyn could sign up for the next session. He was excited about that and wanted to start tonight!! The kid has no fear and already rides a skateboard down the street, so I think it will be good for him. Cory and I are part of the skateboard ministry at church and wanted to get him in lessons this year so we thought this would be a great opportunity to get him more into skateboarding and also a way to meet new friends. It will take time for all of us and a big adjustment, but we thank the LORD for finding this house for us and over time will become more and more comfortable!!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Happy Birthday "Princess" Haydyn
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Swimming Lessons
Miss Haydyn started swimming lessons this week and DOES NOT LIKE IT!!! Austyn and her go to Mrs. Carolyn and she is awesome. I started Austyn at 14 months and he screamed the first 3 weeks but now he is a fish and a great swimmer. Its hard seeing her cry and just hang on me when its not her turn but I know its for her own good and she needs to know how to swim. It's such a great feeling when your kids know how to swim, Austyn was swimming before he was 2 so hopefully soon she will be the same way. I give it a couple more weeks and hopefully all those tears will go away and she will come up smiling!!! I had to stand on the diving board and drop her in and I never knew how strong that girl was until that!! Her little friend Ava is in her class and she loves it so hopefully she will see Ava so happy and realize its not that bad!!!
Close your mouth!!
KICK KICK KICK 
Being a monkey
Just came up from going under the ring
Going under the ring in the deep-end Sunday, June 22, 2008
California 2008
We had such a wonderful time in California. The weather was beautiful and the kids had a blast. We stayed at a beach house in Ventura, so it was right on the beach and also a private beach, so it was very calm and relaxing. Haydyn loved going out into the ocean with her daddy,and Austyn would stay out on the beach for 6 hours everyday. Austyn is my tan banana. LUCKY boy, since his mom never tans. My mom, dad, sister and little brother also went and we are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and that we can go on vacations like this together and have so much fun!! Thanks guys for going with us. GOD is so good to us and we love him very much. He not only blessed us with this wonderful vacation and family, but also blessed us with a new house while we were gone. They accepted our offer and we move in on July 11th. PRAISE GOD!!
