whew!

Well, we found our dog! I prayed and prayed that she would be safe and we would get her home, and once again God exceeded my expectations. Why I should be surprised, I don't know. Sure enough...she was taken up maybe an hour after she got out, and was with a family that love dogs all weekend long. They put out the flyers for a found dog 2 days before I put out the flyers for a lost dog. So we were linked by our flyers, and we have our Dazy girl back! whew!

Feelin' a little blue...

Been a little sad lately, that is why I haven't posted anything. Our dog Dazy has been missing since Friday afternoon. No word from anyone, and we have driven around endlessly looking for her. I went and put flyers up around our neighborhood today. Hopefully that will bring her home. Please pray that we find our dog!

Staying Home

One thing I love about staying home is the time that I get to spend with other moms, and then the time my kids get to spend with other kids. Other moms are inspirational to me. I observe and watch how they interact with their kids and notice how I also want to interact with mine. When you stay home after being in the career field like I was for 5 years, it can be really hard in the beginning to feel fufilled. Like what you are doing is actually making a difference. Well...I had my aha! moment just other day. On Sunday at Newspring, one of the moms up on stage spoke about how our children pick up on what we do and then they do it as well, whether it is positive or negative. Well, thankfully, Josiah picked up on a positive thing I do and imitated it a few days ago. He and Jordan were coloring and I was making dinner. I overheard him say to her, "Good job Jordan, I am so proud of you, give me a high five." You see, I say that to him all the time. Now I know that my words of encouragement really do sink in and mean something. It truly was an "aha! I am doing the right thing as a mom" moment and what I am doing is making a difference.

I love Spring!

I love Spring! I can't say it enough. The only thing I don't enjoy about South Carolina springs are that they are NOT long enough. It seems that we jump right into summer here. I love the mid 60 to mid 70 degree weather. I love the new flowers, (my tulips are coming up) the pear trees, the grass turning green, playing outside with my kids, working in the yard with my husband, washing my new (not brand new, but new to me) car, feeling the sun on my skin. I love spring! God is awesome for showing me how things can be new and refreshing every year once spring comes around. Thank you Lord, your blessings are new every day!

My first post

Yes, I have finally figured out this blog thing and joined the world of bloggers. I am VERY excited about this and hope it goes well. I started this blog because I enjoyed reading other people's blogs and realized...it may be nice to have my own one, so I can share a little about me. So her it goes....I'll be telling a little about my days and how it is to be a mom and and wife and so many other things.
Today...I woke up with great intentions of going to the gym. Packed the kids up and headed out. We decided to stop at the church where they were holding a consignment sale over the weekend. (I went on Saturday and bought a shirt that I realized I did not pay for because the tage was still on it, and they take the tag off when you pay). I wanted to be sure to pay for the shirt I purchased. So I stopped by. I happened to see a friend there volunteering, and so I offered to stay and help organize as long as my kids weren't going to be in the way. Well, my kids were great! And I was able to help for a couple hours. It felt great to volunteer my time, but to top it off, the lady who ran it decided to pay me a little something for helping out.
Talk about awesome! The kids and I and my friend and her son went to McDonald's for helping someone else out for a couple hours.
What a great day that started out without much planned. God is good!