Simplify!!

So the quest continues for us to find "the" church..after 10 years at Fellowship..it seems (to me) that they have "lost it" for me in the past few years. SO I am on a quest to find a good church!! Every Sunday we are going to a new church to "try" them out!!

Today we went to Faith Heights church...now as we walked in I was not impressed because we were obviously lost and new, but no one offered help..hhhmmm But the praise and worship was very good!! and the Message was just what I needed!! The pastor I thought was good--kinda reminded me of those tv pastors though--kept shouting can I get an AMEN--lol

But today I got ALOT from his sermon!!

1st--JOY...DO NOT loose your JOY, no matter what!! WHY?? because GOD loves you and you shouldn't care about anything else--you must Believe in God and Believe God has a plan for you!! You should be joyful at all times (YES I do struggle with this ALL the time) I get pissy throw a fit when things don't go my way--well guess what..that must mean it is not supposed to go my way--Good Point huh

2nd-Forget the past--Because it is in the past!! Great Point!! I try to really do this!! I have forgiven those I have needed to...It is also said that those who don't forgive us--forgive them and move on--if they don't forgive you that is THEIR problem now--not yours--Great Words (wish I had that part before Christmas!!)

3rd-SIMPLIFY you life!! get rid of all necessary events, clutter, kids activities and so on.  Serving and Worshiping God should be #1..if you are to busy or tired to do so--you need to get rid of some things! But never get rid of your GOD time.  GREAT words there too...this past year we haven't been to church much--why? because I would rather sleep in and be lazy--OK OK I am working on changing that too.  He went on to say that serving God should not cause you any stress--Stress comes from not doing Gods will or trying to cram his will into my busyness--Don't BUMP God out!!

So I am not sure if this is "the" church as we have others to visit--this message was awesome and just what I needed to start the new year!!!

2013--Simplify

How do you make cookies??

I asked Brooklyn...
her first response was..."um I am making tookies with Domma"
Me-Ok but how do you make them

B-with chocolate and stir it, mix a egg and mix it and put it in the over for 5 minutes in a hot oven with fire on it. then you put sprinkles on them and eat them
 Ok there it is folks!!!

I think I might change my name...

this is what I hear ALL DAY LONG...

mom, mommy, mom, mommy mom mommy mom mom mom---WHAT??/
um

then when K goes to bed and wakes up
mom, mmoooommy, mama mama mom mommy mmooooommmmmy mmmaaammmaaa mom mommy mom mama moooooommmy
good morning baby girl
eat

and they keep going until I totally look at them and answer--although I love my mom job and was totally stocked when they said mom the first time--it kinda makes me crazy hahahah

Rein "beers"

Pintrest strikes again...all the legal drinking boys got these for Christmas!!!!

Oh yeah we drink koolaid in style!!'

Christmas Feast

WOOWEE Grandma outdid her self with all the food--It was DE-LISH!!! Of couse I ate way to much, then went back to eat more--lol

Ok ooops I though I had a pic of the meal but I guest I was so hungry I forgot hahah BUT let me tell you it was YUMMY!!

Ice Rink

Not everyone has their own personal Ice rink at grandpa's house!!! But these kids do and they love it!!

 

Christmas Fit

First one of the day!!

Very Merry Christmas

All kids are Happy Happy Happy!!!
Zach got his game, iphone, xbox headset, undies, socks
Q-stereo, game chair, loki hoodie, basketball
A-game chair, nerf gun, scooter
B-karaoke machine, princess doll, doc mcstuffins doc kit, colors,
K-princess castle, baby doll, new cups
I am sure there is more but I forget--LOL

It's Christmas Eve!!

We had our annual Christmas Eve potato soup dinner at Ian's aunties--so yummy!!  Got some pics of the kids by the tree, and they got to open their jammies (although the boys didnt like them too much)

 

It's begining to look alot like Christmas!!

WOO has it been a busy weekend...all goodies are made-puppy chow, oreo truffles, pb bars, chex mix, white trash mix, peanut clusters--Done with all that!!!
We made sugar cookies with Domma (well she made them, kids decorated them)
I got all the presents wrapped!!
AND....the snow is softly falling steadyly--so pretty!!

Pictures to come!!!

What we missed....

 YES DIET PEPSI!! It is funny all of us girls preferred diet pepsi over diet coke--but what what did we get on the ship--diet coke and it started tasting bad after awhile--and the ONLY place we find diet pepsi--Jamacia!!!

and this is what the can looked like in Mexico!!

My Long time friends

So on our cruise we went with some of my good friends...

Meet Monte--Monte and I have known each other since kindergarten (yeah 31 years yikes) and we were fortunate enough to go all the way thru high school together--now we lost touch for many years but thanks to our social media we reconnected and he is one of my bestest friends!!

Now meet his better half Michelle-I met her "officially" like 5 or so years ago (or maybe more I forget) She is so fun to hang out with and she does a good job trying to keep Monte in line haha

Meet Jason--he is our friendly drug dealer--I mean pharmacist haha Now I think he went to middle school and high school with us.  He cracks me up on a daily basis, so glad we reconnected on FB too!!

 








 Now meet Lindsay--she is Jasons girlfriend (we tried to get them married many times hahahah) She is very sweet and fits right in with the rest of us crazies and she keeps Jason in line LOL I think she is a keeper for him!!

 

 

We had such a great time!! I can't wait to do it again with these great friends!!

 

 

Toes in the sand

ahhhh yes finally the beach!! In Jamaica we had 5 or so hours on the beach..and minus the drug deals going on it was perfect!!

he was enjoying his red stripe beer

Nebulizer or breast pump???

Mom when you gonna feed Kyndal boob milk??
Me: what?
B: that thing you got out for boob milk
Me: that nebulizer?
B:yes
Me: (laughing) that is to help Kyndal breath haha

Poor sick baby

We spent the afternoon in the ER for strained breathing....poor baby :( but its not rsv or pnemonia just a horrid virus. They let us go home cause I am an "experienced" mom lol

We clean up nice!

So we never ever dress up around here, so it was nice to do it for our dinners!! Not to bad!!