I'm Back!

Last week I left for a trip with my husband to Vegas. I was really looking forward to spending time with him and traveling, because I love to travel. Well, I am sorry to say but this trip was not great, it was not even good.
I may be one of few but I REALLY do NOT LIKE Vegas. That town/city is horrible. The best places I went were the M&M's store, the free circus show (for kids) and a wax museum. It was a basically a hot city with a lot of drunks and naked people. Above and Beyond that I could not believe all the parents that brought their kids there! What are they thinking!?
I also did not get to see much of my husband because he had his pool tournaments to compete in, which I knew from the beginning, but I thought that would be fine, I would keep myself busy in Vegas, that was before I realized how much I would not care for Vegas. So all I can say is that I've been there, done that, and now thank goodness I am home.
So today I brought my daughter into the Dr.'s because for the 3rd time she split her chin open. This happened when she was at my dad's and so had been over 24 hours, but it had mushy fat coming out of it so I wanted to see what the doctor could do......well long story short I will use my son's word:
"This stinks, $100 in copay alone, for the doctor to clean a boo-boo."
and still we have no groceries in the house because I figured after the kids sat first in the Dr.'s office and then the ER for over 3 1/2 hours they probably would not take to grocery shopping very well. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.

An Awesome God

God is truly amazing. For a long time I have been praying that God would lead us in the right direction regarding what we should do for "E" for school. Then I was praying that God would either help to change "B's" thoughts on the problem or bring me to his way of thinking. I thought God had answered our prayers when we came to the same decision; and do not get me wrong he did answer my specific prayer. But it was just today when I realized that God went even further than I asked him to. We sat "E" down to tell her that she was going to have to repeat the first grade...I was really nervous but I just said a quick prayer that God would give me the right words. I was literally blown away and speechless when "E" did not cry, just said okay and looked as though the world was taken off her shoulders. I wanted to cry. It was not till later when I was talking to one of the mentor moms at my MOPs group that I realized that God was not only working on "B" and I, but that he had also been working on "E," opening her mind and heart and having her realize that this was the best way to go also.
I have always known that God is great and that he answers our prayers, sometimes with a no and sometimes not the way "WE" want them to be answered,. But today my eyes were open to how much further he goes, he goes further than we even think to ask. Our God is an awesome God and today I was reminded to ask him for more than I can imagine, sometimes His answer will be no but other times they will be such a BIG YES and our lives will be more than we could ever imagine. But God knows,he knows what our lives could be like and he is just waiting for us to ask and sometimes doing for us what we have not asked for or doing something for us before we have even asked. So today I am just saying THANK YOU GOD for giving us this blessing.

A little bit of everything...

YIKES! There is only two weeks left of school. I woke up this morning and realized this fact. I also realized that "B" and I leave for Vegas in a week and a half. So I pulled a "dorinda" and made a list for every day so I could get organized and get stuff done. Now realize I did not put write on blog down for today so I am already off my schedule.

"B" and I did come to the difficult decision to keep "E" in the first grade again for next year. It was a very difficult decision. Please keep praying for us and for her as we deal with everything that comes with this decision.

We celebrated "F's" 1st birthday a couple of weeks ago....unbelievable that he can already be 1. I will update pictures but not today.

"C" is getting ready for summer camps (both boyscout and bible) and he is going on a mini mission trip. Please pray for all these activities that he is going to be involved in.

I should also update you on "D" but seriously there is not much going on with him right now. He will be going to his first bible camp this summer. Please pray that he will be brave enough to stay! First time over night for camp!

Summer is almost here......YIKES!