I'm Back

So I may be back. LIfe is so hetic and I am not sure what to write but I got a new camera so I may start doing a picture blog. I am wanting to learn to use it better and want to do more on this blog so I may just marry the two together.

Got to go and take care of my sick ones right now.

Amy

New Stuff & Haiti

So I haven't blogged for a while and I don't know why I am doing it now but I have a few ideas that I would like to have out there.
1. Fiesta Bowl- I went and YES it was a blast. 4 nights and 4 days on the road with my hubby doing new adventures, it was like we were young again but missing the kids tons! We reconnected and had a blast. I will do a blog totally on it with pictures soon.
2. Having twins in school. to have them in the same class, different classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon so many decisions and they tell me that every year 30 kids get bussed to other schools!! Kindergarten what are we going to do.
3. Haiti- so much loss, pain, rescues, I am glued to the TV but am so sad to see what is going on and now that the food and water is getting to them and there is so much miscommunication and this is LIFE AND DEATH we are talking about. It just makes me get on my knees and pray!!
4. What I want to do when the kids go to college. Help out in situations like Haiti. All they need is a person going around and take pictures of the dead to document who died so that the families can know what happened with their loved ones. These mass graves need someone just to be able to do this. With technology today this should not be happening! it shouldn't have to take an organization to do this.

More to come and as you can see Haiti is really on my mind. My friend at Until Paradise said some beautiful words on her blog please read it then please pray.

until next time,
Amy

Confessions

My friend Bethany did a like of "Not Me" post like McMomma does at mycharmingkids.net does on Mondays but her husband said that the "not me" was kids of hard to read (and I kind of agree sometimes) so Bethany did a confession type post and this was much easier for me to read and copy. So I hope it is ok for me to do this but I am "stepping into the confessional"
-i confess that it was easier to talk my best friend into taking my kids overnight last Friday then for me to get up early and get a babysitter so that I can do the registration for a conference (Thank you Jennifer)
-I confess that when I woke up at 6 this morning I was so relieved that I had another hour of sleep and I enjoyed it more then the whole night
-i confess that I get giddy when I see my husband come to Awana to pick up our extremely whiny, hot, tired, hungry crew of children to take them home and leave me there to go home by my self (ahhh the sound of silence)
-i confess that i love that my hair right now can go a couple of days with out being washed, all I have to do is put some water in it and it curls right up
-i confess that I love throwing the covers off of Aubri to wake her up in the morning. I even get a little giggle when i have to threaten her with water on the head...te he te he
-i confess that i am glad that all the conferences, fundraisers, start ups and retreats are over so that now I can finally have a weekend to my family

that is it for this week. I am now stepping out of the confessional. Its your turn...

I may be back...

So I haven't posted for a very long time...yep I have been busy. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it. September took me by surprise and I can't believe that we are almost in the middle of October. So I think I may be back but I don't think that I will be an every day kind of gal unless it is a really good day (like today when I have lots to say or get caught up on). So stay tuned I have a lot to say and a whole day to say it.

Amy

Time passes by

So I just have finished a week of a sumer cold!!! Yes a cold. I can't believe that I would get a cold in the middle of the summer but I did. Now I know why and it was God's way of slowing me down but now all I can do is catch up on everything that I needed to do for the past week. Have I mentioned that school starts in 25 days?

I am a stress case. I know that I shouldn't and I try not to but it doesn't work. Now I have Awana, PTO, a third grader and two pre-schoolers starting all with in the month. YUCK!!! Oh an did I forget BSU football? Yes we are avid fans or should I say AVID fans. GO BSU!!! sorry that just came out.

Well I better get going on my 'to do before school starts' list or I will be really behind.

A whiny Amy

Helper, doer, Prayer

I am a do'er. When someone comes to me with a problem I want to help-do something. I most cases I don't but sometimes I do and most of the time it gets me into trouble because I don't have the time, money, permission, etc...right now I am thinking of helping someone I don't even know but the need is great. I know that they would appreciate the help but I just don't know how to swing it. How do I know if it is something that should be done or what and more importantly if God wants it to be done? Right now I don't have time, money or resources but I just feel like this family needs help. PRAYER is the only way I can help right now I guess and sometimes that is the only way I can help.

Smiles

I know why God created children, to make us adults smile. I was having a hard day on Monday and I cried out to the Lord "help me just get thru the rest of the day" and that was around lunch time. A little later after that prayer I got a call from my mom that we were meeting later than first was talked about..."thank you Lord"... I can have some sit down me time, well none of that happened. First the Aubs came in and sat with me hugging me..."thank you Lord for these hugs"... then Benjie cam in with more hugs and loves..."thank you lord for more hugs I can really feel your love commin down on me right now"... then our scoops came in and sat with me. Yes all 3 of my kiddos came in and we watched a movie...ahh just peace...then at the end there was a fun song playing for the credits scoops got up and started playing the air guitar..."thank you Lord for the laughter and fun"... it was so fun to see him strummin and dancing then Benjie started doing a mash pit action, it was just what I needed for a bad start of a day...a smile...