YIPEEE It's Friday

So the video post? Well...Apparently when you don't push record, nothing records. You think I'm kidding. Seriously. My poor husband. Sometimes he just shakes his head. Anyway.....

Chad and I had a great anniversary yesterday. The girls woke us up with breakfast in bed. (and they cleaned the kitchen while we ate!) He left for work and we got busy on our schoolwork. Once that was done, we all took naps. Yes we did. AND IT WAS HEAVEN. :)

This weekend we have No. Plan. Literally. There is nothing on the agenda. I think we will probably do some yardwork, but after that who knows. I'm thinking if the rain holds off I'm going to plop myself in the hammock and finish up the book I'm reading. (Healing Waters by Steve Arterburn and Nancy Rue a very good read by the way.)

Can I ask you to pray for two of my Freedom's Call ministry team members? A. and J. are both undergoing some medical issues this week and we are asking God to show Himself to them. We need Jehovah Rapha to stretch out His mighty hand and do what only He can do.

I'm going to enjoy this weekend with my family and take a blogging break. There are several things we need to do to get ready for summer. As the girls told me this afternoon, we really need to get the pool toys organized so that we can grab and go FAST when the pool opens this week. :)

I'll see you Monday!

A Day

I have been trying to do my video blog thingy but it just isn't happening. Why you ask? Well...

I thought I had everyone trucking away on their school work. Emma was in her snuggie reading "5 Little Peppers" and Chloe was working on her last history chapter. I knew that I had about 20 minutes to throw some towels in the washer, set up the camera and get this thing done and posted.

Just as I am finishing up the video I heard it. The screeching cry of my second daughter saying...."OUCH CHLOE!" followed by Chloe's little feet running down the stairs to tell me..."EMMA IS HURT AND I DIDN'T MEAN TOO."

My mind flashed back to summer 2004 when I heard this same sort of thing only to discover that they had been shoving drumsticks down each others throats. Yes, I'm serious. They told me they wanted to see how far down the things could go before it would hurt. Go on laugh..when I called Chad at work to ask if I should take them to the Doctor, he put me on hold while he called his entire staff in and then had me tell him again...ON SPEAKER PHONE.

Back to this morning...

I in a not so Christian tone, asked "What in the world is going on?" Chloe goes on to explain that they were..and I quote

"Well... First, we were jumping on our beds. Back and forth bed to bed. Second, as I jumped from my bed to Emma's bed, my thumb made contact with Emma's right eyeball. I'm sorry and she'll bounce back."

Made contact. Yes she said that. It was all I could do not say come here so my hand can make contact with your backside...

Meanwhile in the background Emma is moaning, and attempting to walk down the stairs with both eyes closed. (It really was quite funny now that it's over.)

Emma is fine and has,as Chloe said, "bounced back".

There are 5 days of school left and my girls are grounded GROUNDED from all things electrical. And I...I just want to go back to bed and start this day over!!!

Maybe I'll get the video posted Thursday! Until then, I'm going to be supervising my children as they copy pages out of the dictionary.

Saturday I found myself in Isaiah 6. I'm quite sure your familiar with it. (Isaiah sees the Lord seated on the throne...the train of His robe filling the temple...)

I have read this passage lots of times but on Saturday morning it struck me that after Isaiah had seen the Lord, He was very aware of His sin condition. He knew that He had unclean lips(vs 5) and that he lived with people who had unclean lips. He knew he was unworthy to be in the presence of God Almighty. But God made provision for that.

Verse 6 describes the seraph taking the tongs and touching Isaiah's lips with a coal from the alter, and saying "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Isaiah had just experienced the majesty of God, but he had also received the forgiveness of God.

This next part is what has me spinning. In verse 8 God says "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"

Isaiah responded with "Here am I! Send me!" I would venture to say it was without hesitation. Here he is in the presence of God Almighty and is still alive! (Verse 5tells us that he says "woe is me, I am ruined". He was probably thinking that since he had seen God he would probably die!)

"Here am I! Send me!" His immediate response was I'll do it! I wonder if he was jumping up and down both arms in the air, or was he flat on his face? Either way, Isaiah had an immediate response of YES. How could he NOT say yes after what he had just seen and experienced?

God reminded me that sometimes, he wants us to say yes before we know the entire plan.

I'm kind of living that right now. Maybe I'll share that later in the week. Not sure if I'm quite ready to blog about it yet. I just know that way back in January he had me say yes to this "thing" and it has captured my heart in a way that I can't begin to describe. It may require a video blog because I'm not sure I can adequately express in words what He has done to my heart.

And The Winners Are.....

I have to say that I have been so excited about this particular giveaway. Praise music and babies make my heart happy! (In fact I got to hold a precious 2 week old little boy yesterday. I barely remember my girls being so tiny!)

Okay..the winners are:

Heather- at Life at Sonic Speed. Heather will be holding her precious miracle baby girl Avery Kate in just 3 weeks!!!! I can't wait!

and.....

Jenmom- my precious friend who welcomed her 3rd baby girl just 10 weeks ago. Jen, I'm still waiting to see some pictures!!! I know she's beautiful just like her mommy.

Ladies shoot me an e-mail with your mailing address and the CD you would like, and I will pass your info on to Mandy who will be shipping these to you.

Congrat's!!!

Remember this Lady?

****Tomorrow I'll announce winners of Faith Hope and Lullabies giveaway!! Until then I'll be recovering from this morning's "Shred".(Apparently I have pulled a muscle or something that is supposed to resemble a muscle!) Hop down to the post before this one and leave a comment to register to win!****




Oh boy...I LOVE this photo!! I think Amy Grant is probably my all time favorite Christian female artist.

She has a gift for songwriting and she never ceases to inspire me to stay on my face before the Lord.

Go and check her out on iTunes you will not be dissapointed.

Copy and paste this to get there:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=312266687&s=143441

I'll be back Friday with something that God has been putting in front of my face over and over and over...not sure how eloquent and graceful that post will be...but it's what He is showing me.

How About a Giveaway???

I love giveaways, and this one...THIS one I am extra excited about.

About two weeks ago I received an e-mail promoting 2 new lullaby CD's. Since my girls are a little older I knew that they would probably be "over" this, but I kept reading because we have friends who are having babies and I figured I could pass on the info, if I liked what I heard.

I began to listen and let me tell you...I don't like it at all. I LOVE this CD!

Chloe, Emma and I have been listening to Faith, Hope and Lullabies Songs of Worship during our car rides, while we do chores and yes during our school time! This is not your typical "lullaby" music. The instrumental arrangements are wonderful and I have enjoyed it as much or MORE than my girls.

Speaking of my girls, here is what they have to say.

Me: "Emma what is your favorite song on this CD?"

Emma: "Here I am to Worship"

Me: "What did you like about the CD?"

Emma: "It was awesome because it has songs that I know, but without the words and it makes me think about Jesus."

Me: "Do you think all the mommies that read this should get this CD for their children?"

Emma: "Yes. If they want them to have sweet dreams."

Me: "Thanks."

Emma: "No problem...can I have a cookie?"


Me: "Chloe as a 10 year old what did you think about this CD?"

Chloe: "One word: Soothing."

Me: "What is your favorite song?"

Chloe: "El Shaddai."

Me: "Why that one?"

Chloe: "I just like the way it sounded. It made me relax."

Me: "Do you think that all the mommies reading this need one of these CD's for their children?"

Chloe: "Yes, absolutely."

Me: "Do you like it when we play this CD in the house?"

Chloe: "Yes because it is relaxing."

Me: "Thanks."

Chloe: "You're welcome."

If my two girls LOVE this CD, then I would say that your children or grandchildren will love it too.

Here is the deal...
First hit stop on the player in the top right of my side bar.

Listen to a sample of both CD's.

Faith Hope and Lullabies...

Faith Hope and Lullabies Songs of Worship...

Leave a comment telling me which one you would pick if you were to win.

That's it! Oh, if you have a blog and want to...just mention it. I'm serious when I say that you do not have to have an infant in your home to enjoy this!!

I will announce the winners (there will be two!) on Friday morning May 8.

Weekend = No Shred!

Happy Friday!!! I am thrilled to have two days off of the shred! Well...at least one day, I'll probably talk myself into popping the DVD in on Sunday afternoon. It's strange, I find myself looking forward to that 20 minutes. Sick isn't it?!?!?

I have a slight confession to make about this whole Shred thing. It's kind of funny, but one of those pride things God continues to work out of me.

A few weeks ago we sold our treadmill. ALL of our hand weights went with the treadmill. Great for the person who bought it, bad for me when I popped in the DVD on Day 1 and realized DUH, I have no hand weights.

I remembered hearing on a talk show YEARS ago that if you didn't have hand weights, to grab a couple of canned goods. Yes. CANNED GOODS. :) So as Jillian gave her pre-workout pep talk, I made a mad dash to the pantry and grabbed two cans of cream of mushroom soup. YES I AM SERIOUS. And so far, it has given the girls a good laugh.

The past couple of days I have felt so proud of myself for getting through the workout and feeling stronger....blah...blah...blah...of course, I'm still using my trusty cream of mushroom soup as my hand weights. Can I just tell you I am laughing at myself big time. :)

Today we made the weekly trip to Target. I decided that since I needed to use that cream of mushroom soup, it was time to purchase some real hand weights. As we turned down the aisle I saw the ones I knew were meant to be mine!

They ARE PINK and get this:

THEY WERE ON SALE!!!

Thank you LORD!

As I put them into the buggy (or shopping cart) I realized something.

There is no way I'm moving on to level 2! Those little weights are going to make me feel like I'm starting this whole process all over again!!!

Maybe I should have just invested in more soup!