BEAUTIFUL ADVICE

Learn from yesterday, Live for today, Hope for tomorrow.

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Learn from yesterday, Live for today, Hope for tomorrow. This is the most beautiful advice I have ever received in an email .... Please don't close or delete this one before reading! An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.' 1. Pray 2. Go to bed on time. 3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed. 4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health. 5. Delegate tasks to capable others. 6. Simplify and unclutter your life. 7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.) 8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places. 9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together. 10. Take one day at a time. 11. Separate worries from concerns . If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety . If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it. 12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases. 13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc. 14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble. 15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday. 16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line. 17. Get enough rest. 18. Eat right. 19 Get organized so everything has its place. 20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life. 21. Write down thoughts and inspirations. 22. Every day, find time to be alone. 23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray. 24. Make friends with Godly people. 25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand. 26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good 'Thank you Jesus .' 27. Laugh. 28. Laugh some more! 29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all. 30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can). 31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most). 32. Sit on your ego. 33 Talk less; listen more. 34. Slow down. 35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe. 36 Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before. GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU. 'If God is for us, who can be against us?' (Romans 8:31)

January in Pictures

In no particular order,here are some highlights of January



Buddy learned how to walk!! YAY!!!

Kyla being goofy as always


Winter Carnival at church


More from Carnival


Again


Mommy and Kyla being bored


Sick Day(had quit a few a those)


Grandma came to visit


And so did Jordan


Emma making a weird face


My handsome man


Sisters and little cousin who snuck in the pic


Family Reunion-cousins and 3rd cousins






Sisters together after a long time apart


Emma at Ethans Birthday party


Kyla at his party


The Birthday boy!!


Want some mommy?


Eating his cake


Whats this?


Hi Mom!


Ethans cakes

Attempt at doing a photo shoot with the kiddios

Well I tried to do new photos but the kids had other ideas here are some of the outcomes.

Ethan Alexander

The Girls

Emma Paige

Miss Kyla Jade

Walking and such

So my big boy is walking now. He is still working on balance but he is doing it all on his own with a few stumbles along the way. He is growing up so fast. Just watching his little short self walk is so cute and brings a smile to my face,something that I am very much in need of at this point in my life.
He also is starting to pick up on his vocabulary,he now says mama, dada,baba,hot,bad,and something that is similar to Kyla lol. Sometimes you just have to slow down on all your daily life activities and stresses and see whats really in front of you and my children help me do that.

Anyway just wanted to give an update on my big boy

The girls are doing great too. Kyla is still loving school and Emma is still wanting nothing to do with it lol. They too are growing so fast and getting so smart and unique each in their own special way. Its amazing how three beings from the same genes can be so different.

Relieved and Confused

I went to the doctors today for all the problems I have been having with my chest and breathing. I was told on Thursday that I had a wider than usual and enlarged heart that could be caused from anything from a viral infection to cancer, of course you can imagine what I have been going through waiting for the results, which didn't get back until today. I have also recently been waking up in the middle of the night with what I am told are anxiety attacks that make me fear for my life.

So, I go to the Drs today and he tells me everything is normal. My heart looks fine and all my blood work came back clean. He thinks I have a respirtory infection and anxiety attacks. I am so relieved and thank the Lord. I pray that I get better very soon. I have never had any of this happen to me before and it scares me. I can feel my body slowly getting to the point where I can't take it anymore. I have gotten to the point where I am afraid to even fall asleep at night in fear of having what I now am told are these attacks that make me feel like I am going to die.

I am so thankful for all the support I have gotten from friends and family. Your prayers and concerns are greatly appreciated and needed. I couldn't have gotten through these last few days without you. Please pray for my healing and strength for whatever lays ahead of me to get this out of my system.

It does make you think and start examing your life in a different light. And I must admit there a many aspects of my life that I know I need to work on. I need to do things that I know I should be doing but am just to lazy to do. I know I am not living my life to the fullest and being the best mother,wife,daughter,friend,sister that I know I can and should be and I am going to work on that. I HAVE to work on that. I am going to try my hardest to be a better person for myself and those around me. I pray for all the families out there that have to go through sickness and especially life threatening ones. I can only imagine what they have to go through and it saddens me to even think about it.

So sad

I just found out that a lady from one of my online parenting boards has passed on today from cancer. Although I am happy that she is with the Lord and in no more pain, I am sad at the same time. Its funny, I never knew the lady and here I am bawling my eyes out over her death. My heart aches for her little children who will no longer have their mommy there to tuck them in at night, read them a story, pick them up when they fall and tell them it will be alright. I can not imagine what those poor babies are going through.

People are always saying how they can't wait to go be with the Lord and they can't wait for this life to be over. I on the other hand feel the opposite.Does that make me a horrible person? I know that I am saved and have a wonderful Savior waiting for me to live forever in glory but that doesn't change the fact that I want to stay here on earth with my family as long as possible. I want to be the mommy my kids know and watch them grow and learn and one day have children of their own. I want to be a wonderful wife and grow old with my husband who I have been blessed with and know I do not deserve. I want to live life to the fullest here on earth before I go spend eternity with my Lord where I will no longer be the mommy and wife to my wonderful family. I know Heaven is wonderful and I won't worry about all these things while I am there, but I can not grasp the fact that my family will not be "my family" in Heaven.

I know God has a perfect plan and we were not put here for our own glory but His and whatever He has planned for us is His choice, but I find it so sad when children so young have to lose a parent.

First Blog

Well this is my official first Blog. I used to have a journal when I was younger to write my thoughts done in and it was very therapeutic for me, so why not try it again.

I guess I can start by saying that I have a wonderful family whom I love more than life itself and hope to be able spend many years with them. I would not be complete without my wonderful husband and children and I thank the Lord every single day for allowing them to be in my life.

Off to get lunch ready and put the kids down for nap.Will post more later.