Three of a Kind

Finally a chance to Breath or maybe not . . .

2010-01-09T15:30:00.001-08:00

This week has been a huge struggle, since there was only public school one day this week, the girls have felt like they should not do their schooling too. and we really struggled trying to get things done. Hope next week is better. Also with all the school closings I have been off work again with no pay so there is tension in the air on my part, I need it to get warmer so I can work but since I have not worked I have not been able to pay my gas bill which now has a shut off notice and if it gets above 32 they will shut it off, I called and they won't work with me at all (we have a new gas company that is not very nice) so I am stressing and the kids can feel it and my car is broke down again!!!!! Can anyone say "Lord grant me a reliable vehicle!!, It does not have to be new just dependable, AMEN!" LOL, Any way , , , , , ,

The girls had their basketball games today like every Saturday during the basketball season this year, Purity had fun and is getting pretty good, she just needs help on her shooting. but for someone so shy to play an aggressive sport I think she is doing wonderful! and Sissy made a basket today!! She is the only girl on her team and they never give her the ball so she just kinda stands around but today they did and she dribbled it right in and made a hoop!!!! Teach them to give her the ball! LOL, I think involving them in sports was a great thing to do.

The girls are off to stay the night at their cousins house (Della) they love staying there, I think since their dad does not take them on the weekends like he is supposed to for them to love going to his sister's house is a good thing. And they love their younger cousin Della and their Uncle Nate, And if anyone knows me very well I am very weird about letting my kiddos stay the night anywhere, I just feel better when they are home with me so for me to feel so comfortable with them going there, It should tell you that they are great people.

Well I am off to sit back and watch a quite movie by myself and enjoy some alone time before I get up and clean this house, ugh! Hopefully I get it done before the girls get home tomorrow though.

Have a good weekend everyone!
Love Lucky and the girls.

Starting School Again . . .

2010-01-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

We are going to start school again tomorrow . . I hope everything goes alright . . The girls have got out of a routine by now and I am going to need to crack down and get us going again . . . yes yes this means that I am going to have to go on withdrawals from face book . . LOL. . .I think I have become a face book junkie. . .Lord help me with that . . No Seriously!! So everyone pray that we have a smooth transaction back into school stuff and that it get warmer!! Keeping this short and sweet!! Bye for now . .

New year and BRRRRRRRRRR it is cold.....

2010-01-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

Well Happy New Year EVERYONE! No we did not make it all night. . we went to bed early. . well late for us we lasted until about 11 and then we were out! LOL but that is good for us we usually go to bed between 8 and 9! LOL The girls went and stayed the night with their younger cousin Della and did their Christmas thing finally with them. It was good they had a great time and I had a surprise for them when they got home! I set their rooms up while they was gone. From moving everything around downstairs all of their stuff was just kinda shoved in one room upstairs and you literally could not walk through it. . .I put it off over and over waiting for my old live in to come and get her stuff but I got tired of waiting she has been moved out for a month now! So I went in and cleaned her room and packed the rest of her stuff. Man it was gross! I came out of there with a 40 gallon black trash bag full of trash packed down. I even had little friendly mice running around from food that she had left everywhere!!!! Anyway on to the good I got it all cleaned and was able to set both girls up their own rooms! They was excited when they saw them. . .I have not seen a lot of them since LOL. They used to never be upstairs now I have to beg them to spend time with me downstairs LOL. The next step is to get them to actually sleep in their rooms instead of with me!! We will see . . . .

I was supposed to go back to work today after being off with no pay for the last two weeks. I got up got ready and a co-worker from work came and picked me up. . .when we got to work they cancelled school due to the cold weather . .and it is only supposed to be colder all week! Man I really need a paycheck and a heater . . . .BRRRRRRRRR it is cold!!!

Christmas and SNOW SNOW GO AWAY!!

2010-01-05T11:48:00.000-08:00

Well Christmas came in a flash, seriously I feel like I no longer turned around from Thanksgiving and it was Christmas! We got a foot and a half of snow for Christmas! Wow whoever dreamed of a white Christmas did a really good job. . . .My brother Bobby though has a big 4 wheel drive SUV and was able to come and get us and take us up to his house for our Christmas dinner with Dad. It was nice (the ride was not I closed my eyes literally! Bob scared the . . . out of me!!) but we got there safe and had a nice time and got home safe too!! but more snow came that night and we were snowed in for 4 days!! Anyway we celebrated the day after Christmas at my house and it was nice to sit back and take all day to do things. We got supper stuff on and then we put Jesus first on our minds! We did a little present game thing that I picked up while we were down in Oklahoma, and it went through the whole nativity scene in a fun kids way. We talked about what the day meant to us and what it meant to the world. We talked about how God came was born for us and then died for us, and talked about what we wanted to do for him . . .It was good then we opened the presents. . . .(kiddos really liked this part LOL) and we ate supper. . .which I had enough for an army because we were supposed to have dinner at my house that night and because of the snow it was only Eric, me and the girls! We had a whole turkey and ham, all the sides and tons of desserts!! LOL we ate the same thing until after the New Year!! Here are a couple of pictures of the girls opening their presents.

I had to put the pic of me with my Betty Boop clock. The girls was real proud of getting this for me. They know that I love Betty Boop and they went to the store with my mom and picked it out with a gift card all by their selves! How sweet!!

Then more and more snow almost everyday ugh. . .snow snow go away please.

House Overhaul.

2010-01-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

Well the Lord has been working on me with being satisfied! Can anyone say Amen! We always preach at our kids saying that they are never satisfied that if we give them a piece of gum they would want a pack and so forth, BUT what about us as adults. . Just something to think about . .The Lord has gave me several blessings in my life but I have been so focused on the problems of life and what I wanted out of life that i did not take the time to sit back and look at what all he has done for me. This lead me to a conclusion . . .I am no longer going to sit back and say when I get this or when I do that or even when this happens. . . . .I am not going to wait for the bigger better deal to come around I am going to be content with what I have, and wow what a slap in the face! I have two wonderful girls and a nice home. . .house . . .whatever you call it. but you see I have had boxes of stuff like new curtains and decorations for my kitchen and stuff like that that in boxes in my bedroom waiting for when I get my dream house (3 bedroom 2 bath on at least 3 acres of land out of the city LOL) That I did not look at the blessing I am in now! I have a 5 bedroom 2 bath home, yeah it does not have as big of yard as I would like. . .but that just means that I need to get out and take my kiddos to the park more RIGHT!! So I painted my living room, dining room, kitchen, and put up decorations. I made the spare room downstairs into our school room and both the girls now have their rooms upstairs set up (They have their own rooms now!! that i had my live-in move!!) So I am now just putting finishing touches on everything and am sitting back and really starting to enjoy my home, Yes I said home, not house because now that is what it is starting to feel like! I will post pictures when I get done.

Thanksgiving Vacation

2010-01-05T11:11:00.000-08:00

We went on our first family vacation down to see my sister, Shirley, and her family for Thanksgiving. It was a blast, 6 hours down really was not that bad. (kids slept most the way LOL!) It was nice to be able to enjoy Thanksgiving with a small family atmosphere. The kids enjoyed the fabulous weather they had down in Oklahoma the week we were there, They played outside everyday! Jumped on the trampoline and went to the park and just played played played!! I don't think my kids have ever played so much in 4 days as they did there (without fighting!!) It was really nice. I enjoyed talking to and getting to know my sister. We was not raised together and are developing a relationship as adults! I look up to her so much, she has a wonderful family and really well behaved children. She also home schools her kids and does a fab job of it! They always put the Lord in the center of their lives and I just would really love to strive to do better with everything too. Well Thanksgiving dinner was great and my sister did a wonderful job on the turkey it was perfectly done and was nice and juicy (not dry or anything!!) I enjoyed talking, playing games, and doing the girls hair for church. I hope to be able to visit more often! but next time is their turn. . . lol . . .waiting on you Shirley doors are open lol . . .

Sissy looks evil in this pic. . . .lol . . .(Shirley I picked out the best ones and I did not put any on that I thought you would not like! LOL)

Months later and my kiddos are still talking about their cousins in Oklahoma . .I think they enjoyed themselves hahah.

What an Awesome Service and Praise to God!!

2009-11-16T08:55:00.000-08:00

Well the weekend is over but it was a good one! We had a group come in to our church for a special service for Saturday and Sunday and let me tell you they were good! It was a group of 22 Youth and their leaders, They had the whole platform covered in black curtains and trash bags, then they would do a little talking and turn off the lights and turn on the black lights and these glow in the dark puppets and words and props would all come on singing Christan songs it was really dramatic and awesome!! It not only ministered to the children it touched the adults too! It was REALLY good! Our church taped it and I order a copy of it because it was that good! Put it to you this way it ministered and touched Purity so much that she received the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues!! We have an awesome God! and I am looking forward to what he has to bring me in my life and what I can do for him too!

Fun Fun and More Fun!!

2009-11-09T07:07:00.000-08:00

Well alot has happened since the last time I blogged I am going to try and hit the highlights of it though!! The girls and I went to our Renessons Festival that we have in Kansas City, they had a blast . . so did I there was old time rides for them and face painting, and everyone dressed up and my favorite parts was the fragrance oils and the roasted almonds YUM! It was kinda cold the weekend we went but was definitely worth it we had a great time! (Thank you Shelly for taking us!)

Then of coarse we have had alot of out door days !! This is my favorite time of year!! All the pretty colors and beautiful weather!!

Isn't St. Joseph beautiful this time of year??!!

The girls was also chosen to go have cookies and milk with our Mayor! They were chosen this to launch our cookie sales for this year! They were on the News and everything, (They think they are stars now! LOL)

Because of funds being low this year we did not have our usual Hallelujah Party instead of Halloween . .so I gave in and let the girls dress up and go trick or treating . . they had a blast I was disappointed I LOVE our Hallelujah Party but I hid my disappointment and tried to enjoy myself for the girls over all though it was a good night!.

The girls have also been doing ok in school been looking for new motivators for them though!! Purity hates to read and I want to find a way to get her to love it it will help her in so many ways!! Maybe she needs a reading buddy or buddies?? that would read the same books as her at the same time and then they could call each other on the weekends and talk about the books??? (Hint Hint D & R)

The girls also had their first dance class this week it is a Christan dance studio that I am so blessed to be able to take them to it. . . Their grandmother Shelly is helping me fiance it THANK YOU SHELLY!

The girls also both joined the YMCA basketball teams they had their first practice this week, For never playing basketball before I think they did very good! and they both really enjoyed themselves. Purity's team has 7 girls and 2 boys on it, where sissy's team has 2 girls and 7 boys!

We have also decided to go visit my sister Shirley for Thanksgiving this year and the girls are SOOOOO excited about it. Not only do they love their cousins and are excited about seeing them they are also excited because this will be our first family vacation!!!

TODAY is also my birthday YEAH ME!! I am 29 again for the 3rd year LOL! I am not doing anything special for today but I was teasing my girls that I was 29 again and they were sure to point out that I was not ! LOL

So how is everything going for you??

Wow a month already!!!! Today is September 23rd!

2009-08-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

The last month has been a barrel of tears, laughs, aggravation, happiness, and more tears! We jumped head first into our new challenge this year, our homeschooling!! When we first started last month it seemed like everyday was a struggle to get through and we had arguments and lots of tears. I take the blame for most of them I was so worried about trying to do everything perfectly and keep to an exact schedule that I drove us to our wits end! I was so wrapped up in making sure that I was giving them the best I could when it came to their schooling that I made it absolutely no fun for them and actually made it harder for them to learn. I was trying so hard and they were too (trying to make me happy) but it all ended in many upset and tearful nights. I knew that homeschooling is the way that God intended it to be and that I was doing the right thing, so why was it so hard and why was it not working right. I turned to prayer and advice from my sister, Shirley, and other homeschooling mothers.

I have learned so much this last month that you would think that I was the one getting home schooled!! I learned to BREATH! take it easy that homeschooling is supposed to be a bonding experience with my kids and we should enjoy each other. So we took a couple days off and enjoyed time together. Then over the next couple of weeks we moved the schedule around and around until we found a schedule that is finally working for us. We now enjoy our days and don't fret it we don't get everything done. We also use the best thing about homeschooling FLEXIBILITY ! If something comes up and we need to flip stuff around we do it, but most of all we try to have fun and enjoy what we are learning.

Our circulum has it's ups and downs. The girls enjoy their Rod and Staff - Penmanship and Spelling. They are really cute little books. We also enjoy our Mystery of History! It is packed full of small lessons that have so much info in them and are fun for the kids and not to long. They also have an activity that they enjoy at the end of each lesson. Our Botany on the other hand, has long drawn out lessons that makes it hard for the kids to listen for that long but they really enjoy the activities on it though! and are learning alot about plants that they did not know. I am really surprised how much they are picking up with it. I took some pictures over the last month of some of our activities that I want to share with you . . . .

First Day of our Homeschooling and the poor girls had to ride the school bus LOL . . .

Then we went home to get started on school!

We made our robot helpers that have a basic outline of what we should do everyday of the week. . .subject to change . .

The next day we had art class and Purity picked out a scissor collage I think it turned out really cute . . .

In our Mystery of History Class we learned about Adam and Eve and how it must of been difficult for Adam to name all the animals. . .so we made home made play doh and the girls made their own animals and named them . .

This is Sissy's and she called it a Pop' al.

Purity and her new animal and it is called a corta' sqwig. ( and that is how she wanted it spelled too LOL)

Then we built a light hut and planted some basil and wild flowers (that are now started to bud some!) in our Botany class.

Later on in our Botany we learned about plants and the fragrance oils that can be made out of them and we made home made soaps and they are sooo cute (I think we are going to give them away for Christmas presents!)

Well then the girls were worried about not having a picture day at school so we had one at home and here are some of them . .

The next two I had to add because I love them but I could not flip them for some reason sorry about that . .

Well that was only the highlights of the month hopefully now I will blog more and keep you updated on our daily adventures in life . . . . .

Like this morning when we was on the bus we were driving up on the 229 HWY bridge and it was really foggy out. (It looked like we were driving through a cloud) and Purity said,"Mommy it looks like we drove to heaven, right up in the clouds." I told her that, that would be a great way to go to know that we all were together and going to the promised land! I remember feeling so peaceful thinking about if that was true I would not have to worry weather my kids knew God or not because they were going with me so everything would be great . . . .Then I felt selfish and upset, I was driving a school bus and only taking us three to heaven, I wished that I had packed it full of people!! Then I came back out of my cloud of thoughts. . . LOL . . .just something to think about . . . .so how about you what is your thoughts??

Ready or Not here we Learn!!

2009-08-18T15:01:00.000-07:00

This is just my own personal thoughts and my girl's thoughts on our new adventure of homeschooling . . . .

Well public school around here starts tomorrow and it feels weird for us this year. This is the first year we are homeschooling and we are going to start on the 24th!! I have been reviewing some of my teacher's manuals and am trying to put together a lesson plan but have no clue what I am doing!! I have been looking through and them though and been trying to see about how much time should be spent on what and how many days a week on each and so forth. . . . . .wow there is alot more to it than I thought LOL! Then I have questions like I know for Missouri laws I have to have 1000 hours and 600 of them have to be on the core subjects but what consists of an hour????? Is it the actual 60 min or is it a lesson?? a unit hour??? What huh? I guess I will figure it out!

Purity says homeschooling is exciting and fun. She is looking forward to going on field trips with her friends though and going to the school for lunch once a week to spend time with her friends.

Sissy does not know what to think yet she is just glad she does not have to go back to school she was my one that did not enjoy it very much. I am hoping to change that and have her enjoy learning!!

We are looking forward to with anticipation and some worry LOL on our months to come . . .

Love you all
Lucky and the girls

Not today but a great day!

2009-08-15T14:27:00.000-07:00

Our Church does not do a yearly VBS instead we do a Saturday once a month VBS day! It is a fun thing. This time we did a fishing theme and then after VBS we took the kids to the conservation department they have a catch and release pond their that the kids could fish at. . .Here are some pictures of Purity and Sissy catching their very FIRST fish. . . (This all happened about three weeks ago but I wanted to add this because I finally got the pictures on my computer haha)

This is a funny picture Purity was so proud to catch a fish but was terrified at the same time but I died laughing because right after I took the picture the fish flipped and jumped literally right off the hook she through the rod screamed and took off running! LOL it was hilarious.

Watch close this goes fast Sis and her fish!!

Sis was the smallest one there and caught the biggest fish! She was so proud and sooo different from Purity she wanted to hold the fish and pet it and everything, She even got upset when we had to put it back, LOL, awwwhh!!

Anyway this was a past memory but a good one so I had to share it!

Love you all Lucky and the Girls!

Treats and Fun

2009-08-09T19:50:00.001-07:00

Today was a good day we got up and had breakfast and prepared for the day then we went to church and had an awesome service about revival in out souls. It was exactly what alot of us was needing to hear because you can tell that we are (mostly speaking of myself) needing some change in our lives. You can put your faith out there for so long that sometimes the human side of you says "Hey Lord, here I am, remember me the one listening to you and trying hard to do what is right, a little help please!!" but we do not know the big picture of what is going on so I just have to hold onto that and pray for the best. Sorry for rambling on about that. . . . . .

Anyway we came home and Purity had a friend stay over (Ashton) they played all three of them for a long time they even put on there swimming suits and played in the rain, LOL, I used to love to do that when I was a kid!! Sorry I did not get any pics. . .well then we are just chilling and watching movies it is nice just to have an easy day now and again!!

Their Grandma Shelly also stopped by and gave us school treats. . .crayons, markers, colored pencils, notebooks, paper, construction paper, scissors, and glue. . . .etc. . . it was very nice of her and I am blessed to have her in our lives, Thank you Shelly for all your support over the years with the girls!

Love you all
Lucky and the girls!

Getting Ready to start Home Schooling!!

2009-08-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

The girls and I rearranged and set up some things in the house today we made our dining room into a school room so that we would have a spot for our homeschooling this year. In doing this the girls got real excited about us homeschooling this year! I am very nervous but excited too and would appreciate any one's prayers to cover us in the next few weeks as we prepare to start this new stage in our lives. . . Here is some pics of the room, tell me what you think?. . ..

On top of that their Grandma Shelly offered to go and buy us some school supplies and came by and got a list from us so it will be exciting to get those things too, Also the girls check the mail everyday for our homeschooling curriculum that should be arriving within the next 10 days!! So we are getting ready for this adventure stay tuned and we will tell you all about it as we go . .

For now the girls are doing

*Math-U-See *Apologia-Botany *Mystery of History *Rod and Staff- Penmanship/Spelling *Typing *SOS-English (Purity Only) *Spanish *Art

So we have a big year planned for us . . . .How about you??

August 4th

2009-08-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Breanna and Sierra! We love you and hope you enjoyed your birthday!

For those of you that was not there it was a nice party their dad rented them a hall and a D.J. and I did all the food and decorations. It was a cute birthday I love you girls and hope you remember this as a good birthday even with all the sadness in your lives right now!

Love you both from Aunt Lucky and your little cousins, Purity and Serenity!!

Weekend Over all ready??

2009-08-02T20:54:00.000-07:00

Well this weekend went by fast, I had alot of company here, My brother Chris and his family came and stayed a couple of nights so they could look for houses to move back here and to just hang in St. Joseph with friends. During this time we planned a birthday party for the twins. Breanna and Sierra. They are turning 16 and we are throwing them a Sweet Sixteen Party. We rented a hall and have hired a D.J. with all the lights and everything. The girls are going to have to much fun. Well the real work of it starts tomorrow for me at least I have to go and get all the decorations and it is going to be fun, LOL, Sierra wants her tables set up with Lime Green and Pink, and Breanna wants hers Red and Black. and you could imagine how many cupcakes and food I am going to have to make!!!! Wow I better go to bed so I can be ready LOL. but if it gives the girls memories that are going to last a lifetime you better believe that I think it is worth it. I will take pictures and post them after it. The party is Tuesday night so be looking for them Wednesday or Thursday!

On other news, We had friends over for a Mexican dinner tonight, we had chicken enchilada's, hot corn, Mexican lasagna, and I made taco cheese dip and homemade salsa, with chips. It was soooooo good. The kids had fun playing and Purity went and stayed the night with her best friend Ashton! I am a typical mom though I am worried about her.LOL I know she is ok i trust the Cheshire's with all my heart, but . . . .I am just overprotective LOL!! Love you Purity have fun and I will see you tomorrow. (Sissy had a huge problem with Purity going without her she cried for like an hour, it broke my heart she wanted Purity to be with her but I tried to explain to her that Purity needed time with her friends too, and when that did not work I told her that it was a good thing because her and I needed a night to ourselves, so we ate ice cream together and watched one of her favorite movies together, High School Musical 3, and cuddled up together I think this helped some, she still asked about Purity before she went to bed though. I love the fact that she loves her sister so much it makes me smile.)

So how did your weekend go??

Claiming my Victory!!

2009-08-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

Well to say the least I have had a lot of things stressing me lately. Trying to fit all the pieces together before school starts and get things done. I feel as if I did not accomplish any thing I wanted to this summer. WoW then I went to church and we had a wonderful sermon today that spoke to me. There was some points that just have stuck with me, like, if I was walking acrossed the water to Jesus and I believed then I would stay walking on water but like in the bible when he doubted and paid attention to the storm around him he started to sink! I believe that is what the Lord wants me to do to stop paying attention to the storm around me and to keep my eyes on him and I will succeed but if I concentrate on the storm then I am going to sink. So Lord I am claiming my Victory and keeping my eyes on you and going to watch only the miracles that you do in my life and then I will give all the glory to you. Thank you Lord for my blessings in life.

Where I am . . .

2009-07-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

This morning I woke up to this song sent to me from my dear sister, Shirley, Thank you so much for this, it is exactly where I feel I am in life and you have blessed me with it. So I thought I would share it. . .

Love you Shirley and family!! Miss you all.

Aunt Lucky and my precious girls Purity and Serenity

Family and Living life

2009-07-30T19:19:00.001-07:00

I have been thinking alot about family and life and trying to decide where I am going in life and have come up with some decisions and dreams. . . .It has been along time since I have actually thought about what I want in life so this was a stretch for me.

First I want to start living life instead of just surviving it. I really want to enjoy everyday the way I see others do. But you have to have dreams and goals to do that. So I made some . . . . Wow 30 years old and starting over with new dreams it is exciting. . .

* I want a stronger walk with God
* I want to home school my kids
* I want a stronger relationship with my family all of them!
* I want to take family vacations at least once a year (maybe to Oklahoma. . .Hint! LOL)
* I want to start a Business

To expand on that I had to really soul search and find what I really enjoyed doing and you know what I came to realize. I enjoy helping people make memories of their life. Like weddings, birthday's, parties, and events like that. When I realized that it was like a whirl wind of things that came to mind. . . . I would love to find a place that I could buy like a hall. So I could rent it out with alot of options. . .my girl's great uncle owns a restaurant that does catering. .. We have entertainment in the family. . .Clowns. . .Dancers. . . LOL stuff like that. . .My mom has all the qualifications and college for a professional photographer. . . .I can do hair, nails, cakes, flowers . . .and decorations. This could be a real family thing. . I just need the Lord to guide me in the way to do it. . .. but boy is that a dream or what? Well what do you think????

ONLY 24 Hours!!!

2009-07-20T19:49:00.000-07:00

On Friday the 17th of July, Angel came to me and asked me to help with her daughter, Taylia's wedding. I think of Taylia as family, my niece and was happy to help with it. I enjoy doing stuff like that anyway LOL, but boy was it hard to pull a wedding together in 24 hours. it was beautiful though. It was a beautiful simple little wedding at a park. And I enjoyed preparing for it even though it wore me out!! Angel and I was up all night until 4:30 in the morning doing the food, cake, and decorations. Wow then we had to get up early and get stuff together and to the park and set up. (Also this was my daughters birthday, Serenity, and we had to get that stuff ready too. WOW) alot crammed into one 24 hour period but I think the Wedding turned out great what do you think?? Here are some pics . . .

Six Years ago I gave birth to a wonderful little girl, Serenity Grace Sowell. She was and has been such a blessing in my life I love her so much and we as a family came together after the wedding to celebrate her sixth birthday as well. It was at the house and we had lunch cake and ice cream. They played in the sprinkler and did water balloons. They really had a good time and I am so glad that we were able to cram all this in one day!! Because both are very special days in a persons life.

Love you Sissy! Here are some pictures of that day. . . . .(We did miss the family that could not be here maybe next time though. . .)

I thought this kitty was just perfect because when we were up all night one of the neighborhood stray cats crawled up our screen and we let it in and Serenity just feel in love with it. It is a really sweet cat that was potty trained in 2 days!! so hey "Angel" is our newest member of the family! She is an adorable cat and wants alot of loving. . . .even when you are trying to sleep. . .ahh!!

Tears keep flowing. . . .

2009-07-15T18:03:00.001-07:00

A lot has happened in our lives around here since the last time I have blogged but I think the biggest thing is that my brother Chris and his fiance' Angel's two year old daughter Brooke passed away from heart complications. My niece was a vibrant little angel that only God could of sent to us. She had so much personality and spunk that she could make anyone around her smile. Her bright blue eyes and long eye lashes could get her anything with just a bat of them. She was one in a million and we will all miss her until we are able to be with her again in heaven. In this tragedy the one peace that I do have is that I know with all my heart that she is with God in heaven. She was so young and innocent that is the only thing my mind can grasp. I just want the Lord to be with all my family through this grieving process and I hope it pulls us all closer together and closer to the Lord.

Brooke was named after my father and she went beyound living up to the name she had personality like his, and knew how to work the crowd. LOL. She has changed this family and I believe that even in her death she has helped this family start healing from old wounds. She has brought us all togther and closer than ever.

Brooke I regret not getting to know you the way a Aunt should. but I still loved you and you will always have a special place in my heart.

Some People wrote poems that we put together onto a dvd with a whole bunch of pictures for the funeral. It turned out so good! (Thank you Dusty for your help with it) I cold not get it to upload onto this but I added some pictures and peoms from it.

Brooke LeAnn Dube-Tovey-Banks

Sweeter than cotton candy, almost 3 years old.
A heart so strong, worth more than gold.
The most beautiful smile, with bright blue eyes.
She's now our angel looking down on us, from heaven in the sky.
With the strength of a lion, and the power of a bear.
She never once gave up trying, for she had no fear.
When she was in the coma, doctors said she couldn't hear.
Mommy disagree's, when SHE spoke, Brooke shed her last tear.
She will always be remembered, for all of the precious things she did.
She was gifted with the name of a HERO, fought everyday she lived.
Confused of what to do, now that we are apart.
The darling memories we have of her, will always warm our hearts.
Brooke loved music and made up her own dance.
Adrian tried to take her spot, She gave him NO chance.
We were there when she needed her little cover.
Now were all here today because we need to hover.

"Loving memory of Brooke LeAnn Dube..." R.I.P. BABY GIRL

Written by,Aunt Lori& Cousin Feather~Tovey

God’s Angel

God gave us his child to share for a little while

She lit up our lives with her smile

She made us laugh and sometimes cry

Her heart was weak , and kept an uneven beat

We prayed to God not to take her at twenty weeks

Our prayers were heard , giving us a couple more years

Then he called her home and we now shed our tears
Lord even though I don’t understand I thank-you for placing your angel in our hands!

Grandma Joyce

REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU

Remember that I love you,
as your lifeless body I hold.
Remember that i love you,
as you walk down streets of gold.

Remember daddy loves you,
he's been very sad since you've been gone.
Remember daddy loves you,
in his heart you'll always live on.

Remember your brothers and sisters,
they love you so much too.
They can't wait to see you in heaven,
when they can play with you.

So now it's time to say "goodbye,"
until I see you again.
I will try not to cry everyday,
If you promise to remember when.

Remember when you were here,
with mommy and daddy at home..
Remember how deeply you are loved,
and that you'll never be alone.

So it's a short good-bye until then,
i look forward to holding you.
Have fun with Jesus, family, and friends,
and once in a while, think of us too.

Love You Brooke; Mommy

REST IN PEACE BROOKE LEANN DUBE-TOVEY!!

You were loved by many and will be missed by all! Until we see you again in heaven you play and have fun sweetheart were there is no pain, tears, or heartache. Our love is with you.

Brooke LeAnn Dube-Tovey

August 30, 2006 - July 9th, 2009

I DID IT!!!

2009-06-18T07:47:00.000-07:00

Well I did it, I have been trying to figure how to change my background for like three days!! LOL I am getting old and I think maybe slow haha, just kidding but I did it yeah!! and now that I know how expect it to change often hahaha!!

Well just a quick catch up on us, we are all doing fine the summer is here and only one week left of summer school!! yeah, then our summer will actually begin! it will be weird not working but I am going to embrace it and try to enjoy the summer with my kiddo's!

Here is a small list of some things the kids want to do . . .
*Go to Worlds of Fun
* Lot's of days at the park
* Go swimming alot
* Fishing
* Go visit family
* have lots of game nights
* have play dates with friends
* Go to the movies
* have friends stay the night

This list is what they want and I think we can get most of it done for sure and maybe even throw in some more things as surprises for them. . .

Well last week Purity's friend Ashton did not get to stay the night and Purity was bummed about that but she quickly got over it because she had a play date after church on Sunday Ashton and Serenity's friend Kylie came over and the girls had a blast! Then the next day after school they went to their house for another play date and stayed until like 9 at night they had sooo much fun. (and if you know us 9 is late so they were really enjoying themselves LOL)

Lately we have been staying up later taking naps in the day and just trying to enjoy ourselves and life, it has been nice.

Tonight we are having a game night at my house. I LOVE game nights so do the girls. We invite different families and friends and the adults play games like 'Catch Phrase' 'Pit' 'Battle of the Sexes' 'Balderdash' etc. . . . It is soo much fun . . and the kids all love it because the parents of the families we invite bring their kids and they have someone to play with too. Tonight the girls will have Ashton, Kylie, and Aiden to play with so we are expecting a fun night. . . .
but with having people over comes the unfun part cleaning, so I am going to cut this short because I have to straighten the house, go to the grocery store, and make snack food for tonight. . .it will be worth it though! yeah or at least it will be yeah when all the work is done and the fun can begin LOL. . . .

Love you all
Lucky and the Girls

Not Exactly as Planned . . .but

2009-06-12T09:42:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday the kids went to summer school then we came home and relaxed for awhile and waited until Eric got off of work.

Then we went to the kids grandparents house for a cookout. The kids always enjoy spending time with them. the kids played outside with blocks and play dishes and things with their grandmother, Shelly. Their grandfather, Rex, started talking about sports so that was my cue to leave, haha, Sorry Eric I left him there to listen. (And if any of you know my brother Eric he loves sports about as much as I do LOL) anyway . . .

Sissy found a bat and ball there and asked me to pitch it to her, well Sissy is not the most graceful kid there is, so I was thinking that this would be a difficult thing for her, but. . . .

OH MY !!! WAY TO GO!! SISSY!! Probably 4 out of 5 pitches every time she would hit the ball, it was so fun to find something that she liked so much and was so good at. She really has a good arm on her too she was tossing the ball back and forth like it was just meant to be. . .

I wish I had my camera to show you some picks but. . . .

Purity bless her heart tried to so hard but this is something she is going to have to practice at because it was pretty hard for her, she would swing so close but miss most of the time. . . This was a difficult thing for her because she is usually the one that gets things right away and has to help Serenity understand them. . .well with it being the other way around she had to swallow her pride and try and let her sister help her. . . .

We all had fun anyway. . we then went home and tried to get ahold of Ashton but no answer, I tried to tell her that they just got here that Purity needed to give them a few days to get settled and then she could come over and stay. . .She was not happy about that but understood and we all watched a movie together instead and then went to bed. . . .

Although this was not exactly as we planned today it ended up a good day. . .

Love you all,
Lucky, Purity, and Serenity

WELCOME HOME!!

2009-06-11T06:51:00.000-07:00

A little over a year ago a family in our church, The Cheshire's, moved back to their home area in Texas. Our family's had gotten pretty close and we were very sad to see them go. My daughter Purity considered the youngest one, Ashton her best friend so it was particularly hard on her. I really looked up to Regina and Gerald as spiritual leaders and great friends in my life that I could go to any time I was having troubles or just wanted a friend around.

. . . Along with them left one of their older daughter's, Candee and her husband Don and their kids. . . . Well a part of my families heart went with them we just felt or wanted them to stay so badly . . . . but then

a couple of months ago Candee and Don, Little Aiden and Kylie all moved back I was so overjoyed to have them back. . .I love this family as if it was my own! and Candee as if she was my sister, she is such an amazing person, and Don her husband is so crazy that you just have to love him!!! Serenity my daughter has grown close to her daughter Kylie and considers her her best friend!! but Purity was feeling so down and upset. . she would say momma you got your friend back and sissy got hers but I don't have mine. . (talking about Ashton) . . I had no clue what to tell her. . . . .BUT. . . .

Then yesterday June 10th, 2009!!!!!! They moved back!!!!!!! A little girls prayers were answered! Ashton and her played at church last night and Purity just light up she was smiling from ear to ear. At first she did not know what to say because it had been so long but that did not last very long by the end of the night they had made plans and Ashton is supposed to come and stay the night tonight! I love to see my kids happy.

WELCOME HOME!
Gerald, Regina, Brandon, Courtney, Ashton, Candee, Don, Kylie, and Aiden!!!!!

I feel as if you are all a part of this town and our hearts and hope that you plan on staying for a long time, we love you and can't wait to have a game night together and have some great laughs together. LOL

They also brought with them Regina's sister, although I have not meet her yet I am sure that she is a beautiful person, after all I have not meet a person from this family that I have not liked yet! LOL

God seems to be bringing the people in my life that are the closest to me close to me LOL maybe we just all need each other in these ending days!

(just missing one family now, my sister Shirley and her hubby and kiddo's, there is always a spot for you guys here! LOL)

Love all
Lucky and the girls

Weekend and Monday Mishaps!!.....

2009-06-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

Weekend. . .

Well lets see what did we do this weekend. . . .
On Saturday we went to my brother, Bobby's house and visited and cared for my dad, he was not having that good of a day, all he did was whistle and sleep, I could not get him to take his medicine and or eat. It seems like he is like this a lot lately and it makes me sad. I think that he is giving up and is ready to go home to heaven. Although this makes me emotional I also have a peace about it because I know in my heart that he would not want to be here like this. Does that sound cold or heartless?? I hope not I just remember how independent he was and how proud he was and I know he would not want this if he was in his right mind. . . .Do you think that is way he refuses he medicine so much?? . . . . I love my dad don't get me wrong I just hate seeing him like this.

Well after that we went home and the girls got their scooters and we went to the park for them to ride around some. . . . .

Then we got a call from Eric and mom and him were out to eat at Chinese and they had a discount going on for kids 3-10 only 1.99 well you can't even buy a happy meal for that so we went out and joined them. . .and of course overate . . . we came home and watched movies and cuddled on the couch. . . . .

Sunday. .
We had two services today for church, a church across town and ours was doing an exchange service were our preacher preaches at theirs and then their preacher preaches at ours.. . . .it was a good thing but our church gets pretty loud and I don't think they had seen one like that. . LOL. . . It was very moving how the spirit flowed and people got ministered to. WE had FOUR get baptised in the name of JESUS CHRIST today so all in all I think today was a great day!

Monday Mishaps . . . .
Well today we overslept and had to hurry to get to work on time and get things done it was a crazy morning with none of us wanting to move. . .
Then after morning route I got a call from my work and the school had called and cancelled one of the summer explorers buses so I got cut. . This means that I will be without a job for 2 months no income whatsoever. . .because my kid's dad also called to let me know that his unemployment was up and I would not be getting any more child support until he found a job. . . on top of that I took my camera back to walmart to try and exchange it were Feather broke it and because I had the warranty I thought that everything would be OK. . . wrong they would not exchange it they said I would have to call the maker of it . . .. the kids just kept fighting too. . so to say the least I was in tears and ready to snap. . . Then here it came. . I got home and I forgot to put up our dog when we left because I was so upset and she had tore trash up all over the house !! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I screamed and yelled and cried and everything all at once I just had a BAD day today!!

The girls though God Bless Them . . tried to make mommy's day better they stopped arguing and went in and cleaned their room and then helped me with the living room, dining room, some of the kitchen. . .Then they played sweetly with each other and let mommy have some alone time. . .Then they got a trash bag and went and cleaned out my car! Yeah how sweet of them huh?? So yes I am freaked out and worried about how I am going to pay my bills, get their school stuff, and just everything but I know that God will provide. . . . . but I am human and probably will have breakdowns all summer long until I know things will work out. .

Any Prayers you can send are NEEDED. Thanks everyone

Love Lucky, Purity, and Serenity

This video is very graphic!! but it made me think how small my problems are and how great my God is and what he endured for me is so amazing and I just thank him everyday and know that is did that so I would not suffer but have ever lasting life, so if he did that much for me already I know that he will not let me fall now and will provide my every need. . . Thank you Lord . .I love you and will put my trust in you !

MUSIC, praise, worship, and think. . . .

2009-06-05T09:54:00.000-07:00

Today I was just in a musical mood. Above are just some of mine and the girl's favorite Christain music songs there are so many more but i would not know where to stop. . so this is were I am calling it quits. LOL. There are songs, and sign language presentations from our church, some of one of my favorite bands DC Talk and of course that means Toby Mac too and the girls really like Jesus take the wheel. I also enjoy casting crowns, and I even threw in a great reggae song for you Eric. So I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do. . . while listening to them don't forget to think about how great our God is; and to be thankful of where we are in life we are living in a place that we are free to worship God everyday of our lives. . .their are so many in this world that don't have that gift. . .and please send up a prayer for all those that don't know the Lord and for those that have to follow him in secret scared for their lives.. . . . . .

Just think.. . . .and praise. . . .

Hump Day and I feel in a SLUMP!

2009-06-03T18:06:00.000-07:00

Today was a decision making day in my life. I have had it on my heart for a long time to home school my kids. Well and between leaving Sissy there yesterday (which I still do not think is funny at all) and the school calling me today because they lost her and could not find and wanted to know if I was bringing her to school when she had already been there for an HOUR! (they found her she was in a wrong or different class something like that) I think this is all just conformation that what has been laying on my heart is what I need to do.

So I started looking up homeschooling stuff, I had done this several times in the past and had lots of notes on things so I kinda knew what I was leaning toward. Then I spoke to my sister Shirley who home schools her wonderful kiddo's and she gave me some advice on getting started. Thanks Shirley! So away I went again looking up stuff and deciding on an exact curriculum for my girls. . .

Well here is what I decided on. . .

Rod and Staff - Spelling and Penmanship for Purity and just Penmanship for Sissy
Math-U-See - Premier for Sissy and Beta for Purity
Mystery of History - Volume I for both girls
Apologia Science - Botany for both girls
Switched on Schoolhouse - L.A. for Purity
How to Teach your child to Read in 100 easy lessons - for Sissy

Also Shirley said that she had a link to a program that will help me keep track of all of their grades and hours and stuff.

I am excited and scared at the same time, I want my kids to have the best education possible. and by doing this I am not saying that the public school system is bad I am just saying that I believe God wants parents to teach their own and that is the path I have chosen to take.

Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Also I found a couple of worksheet links and Shirley is going to forward more on to me. . .Thank you so much for helping me with this sis! ( A children's typing one too)

So I think that I am making a great decision "So why am I in a SLUMP?" you ask. . . I am going to need around $500 dollars if I calculated it right to get started. . .to some this may not be a lot but for me it is quite a bit, I am going to just pray and put it in the Lord's hands and have faith that something will come through.. . .I would appreciate any advise or prayers anyone can send thanks!!

Love Lucky Joy / Purity / Serenity

Weekend-May 30-June 2nd

2009-06-02T13:32:00.000-07:00

Well Saturday we did the routine start of house cleaning that we lagged so much on the last week. . .but then the girls had a play date with their cousin Della from their dad's side of the family. . .They look forward to these day's they really enjoy going to their Aunt Rachael's house and playing with their two cousins-Della and Trevor. .they played on their trampoline and in their small pool and had a blast . .This gave me a little time to get stuff cleaned and cooked we were going over to Melissa's again tonight for a cook out because we had so much food left over from yesterday LOL I made baked beans, an apple crisp, pickled cucumbers, and some sour cream and chive mash potatoes. She had Hamburgers and hot dogs, and I brought some chips and dip. It all went over good the kids played on the trampoline again and in the sprinkler. All this fun in one day the kids were wore out by the time we got home hahah. It was a good day sorry I have no pictures of it. :-(

Sunday. . .
WE had a GREAT service at church today the spirit really moved. . here is a song that was sang and I really enjoyed it. . . . hope you do too . . .

After church we went to Hilary's graduation!! Congratulations Girl I knew you could do it I am SOOOO proud of you. You have come through so much and this is not an end it is a wonderful beginning to a wondrous life that the Lord has blessed you with continue on you will make someone great of yourself! . . . . .

Monday . . . .Time of relaxation and just being together. . . The girls and I played games all day and watched movies and just had a wonderful relaxing day at home . . . .I love these days!!!

Tuesday. . .Off to the first day of summer school. . . My route is really long and crazy they are going to have to split it in two!! hopefully it gets better and to make things worse all the kids were loading and the it was time to leave and so I pulled off and started delivering kids. . .Purity was over half way back and was talking with a little blond that I thought was Sissy. . .I was WRONG. . Oh MY GOD!! I forgot my daughter at the school and they announced it acrossed the CB radio on ALL the buses!! I felt so bad MAN I AM A BAD MOTHER!! This sucked I went back to the school to get her and they had already called my mom, my brother, and her dad!! Mom was there to get her I apologized to her and still feel sooooooooooooo bad. I went in to my work and they was all laughing at me but I did not think it was very funny. . .

I love you sissy and PROMISE to never leave you again!!!

May 26-29

2009-06-02T13:16:00.000-07:00

Well we were all pretty wore out from the weekend before so we had relaxing days for the next few day's just school and work. . . .until Friday the last day of school. . . .

The kids got up and went to school I went to work and then straight to the school for their awards ceremony!!!

They all did very well. . . Sissy got perfect attendance and an award for reading!!. . . Zaden got perfect attendance and an award for reading too. . .Then Purity got an award for all homework tuned in on time and another for reading and another for Principles Honor Roll straight A's all year long!!! The only one in her class to accomplish this! I am so proud of all of them way to go guys!!!

What can I day I am a proud Momma!!! and Aunt!! LOL

That night we went to yet another Birthday Party LOL. My God Son Payton turned 1 year old! I love you pay pay!! we went over to my friend Melissa's house and the kids jumped on the trampoline and had fun. . . this was a good ending to a good day!

Where oh where do I start??-Sorry for a long blog it has been awhile. .

2009-05-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

Where oh where do I start. . .lets start on my daughter's birthday weekend. .. May 22-25. . .

Friday the 22ND

My kids were off to school and my niece Feather came over for me to do her hair for her sixth grade tea she turned out cute. . then I did some last min shopping for birthday supply stuff for the next day. Then I went home and was feeling very anxious about the day.

Well what do you think??

Well then I was waiting for my sister Shirley and her family to come to town. They finally arrived! and I went out to greet them and gave everyone a hug. Her youngions probably thought I was weird because 3 of them had never meet me and the oldest I had not seen since she was a year old. It had been almost 15 years!! Wow, but I could not help myself!

Anyway it cracked me up how shy and hard it was to get them to talk and visit. They reminded me so much of my kids in that way. The rest of the family's kids are very bold and completely not shy! Well in the meantime Purity and Serenity arrived home from school and they to was being very shy, oh no what was I to do to get people to talk??? I know I had to prepare things for tomorrow (Purity's Party) SO up I started and oh how quick they all jumped in!! Thank you all for your help. They all helped make 20 lbs of potato salad/ six dozen deviled eggs/ a gallon of baked beans. And 6 dozen cupcakes (because I burned 3 dozen oops!) There was a couple of good laughs we had and it really broke the ice. Everyone was visiting. One of the funnies that comes to mind was when my niece Emilee was peeling a potato and she dropped it in the trash can and said Aunt Lucky you are going to have to rinse this one off I dropped it in the TOILET! Ha ha everyone laughed I think it embarrassed her a little but it was cute and I will always remember it. Love you Emilee!!

Then Eric my brother went and picked us all up Papa Murphy's Pizza it was good! They went to the hotel and we were off to bed we had so much to do tomorrow!!

SATURDAY PARTY DAY

We were up early cleaning and doing last min preps for the party Eric then cooked breakfast and Shirley, Brenda (Shirley's Mom) and the Kids all arrived. We ate breakfast and visited a little but there was so much to do. .. . . . . .

Finally Party time. .We had it all set up at my church (thank you TPSJ) for letting us have it there, We had a big moon bounce, a cake walk, basketball, and a cookout, and cake and ice cream. Purity had a Luo theme Flip Flops, grass skirts ans Luau's it was fun. About 65 people was there WOW right it was huge and everything went over good, Her dad's side of the family and my side was all there and she had 4 of her friends from school show up this was wonderful. .. . . (The only down side was that I let Feather borrow my camera the day before for her sixth grade tea and she was supposed to bring it today and forgot it at school :-( I was not happy). . but I was able to get a few pics of the party from my mom's camera here are some. . .

It was a good day!

Sunday - Up and going early again!!

It was Zaden and Makayla's birthday party today! We all meet up at the Park and had a cook out and the kids played and had a good time, they had a Pinata and played on the slides.

I love you Zaden and Makayla HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

And to ALL THREE BIRTHDAY KIDDO"S!!

We then went to church and then to Monkey Cove water Park the kid's had fun it was the first time my girls had been there Sorry I did not have my camera to show you picks but they enjoyed themselves, we then came home and Eric made Pork Loin Stir Fry with rice and Egg Drop Soup. And I have to admit that it was delicious Thanks Eric!! It was a great night all the rush and preparations of the birthday's over and time to actual relax together and talk!!
Purity got a sand kit for her birthday and wanted to share it with her two cousins Dawson and Rylie so that they would not forget her. . . how sweet. . . so they did that together. It was fun.

The next morning we all meet at Ryan's and ate breakfast buffet, and it was time to say good-bye for now. . . .It was sad the kids were finally starting to play and enjoy themselves together. . but I guess that just means we are all going to have to visit more often!!

Thank you for coming Shirley, Brenda, Keith, Haliegh, Emilee, Dawson and Rylie we all enjoyed having you here and love you all so much!

Love Lucky, Purity and Serenity!

MONDAY AAAAHHHHHHHH

2009-05-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

Well it is Monday already???!!! I have so much to do this week! I went upstairs and got out my kids summer clothes from the storage closet, and cleaned it out while I was at it, then started cleaning the upstairs rooms, which I have neglected for a long time, (the girls and I usually stay downstairs) So shampooing carpets was a necessity (my dog) do I have to say anything else? I was surprised though how well it all came up, there are still some pesky spots but isn't there always??

Not enough time. . . . .
Monday kinda blurred together with Tuesday. . as I thought to myself what did I do? cleaning out that upstairs closet had me redoing and moving stuff everywhere!! My house looks worse now then it did when I started. What am I going to do? I have SOOOO much to do and not enough time, Eric keeps laughing at me telling me to calm down, but how can I?? I know I know I always get this way before people come over or visit or anything, Eric tells me to stop worrying, but I just like things to be clean. My house is never Overly clean, but just picked up so people don't think pigs live here?? LOL

On top of all of that I threw my hip out again. OUCH!! Now What??????

Wednesday. . .
Ok I took a minute to breathe. . . . I am better now LOL. I went to the chiropractor this morning OUCH AGAIN but I am feeling a little better. I have to go back about 4 o'clock pray that he will get it in please!!

The girls are getting so excited about this weekend. Especially Purity. It will all turn out good, I know that but still I have a lot to do and I just wish I did not hurt so I could get things done.

Purity and Serenity though are being sweet and helping me try and do things. Thanks girls. Purity does stuff without me having to ask most of the time, now sissy on the other hand needs some more than gentle reminders. LOL but Mommy does appreciate all their help.

Sorry I am to embarrassed to show you pics of the house. but when it is done I know I will feel better. LOL

Weekend news or lack their of!! LOL

2009-05-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

Friday
When the girls got home they were not to bummed about not going on the field trip it was rescheduled for next Friday so they are OK with it.

It has been storming all day like really dark storming, It has looked like it was midnight all day I think why this has been a really sleepy day for all of us, So nap time took us all over, LOL.

Saturday-Alone Time

Today the girls and I played on the computer, and then watched some movies together. "Bridal Wars" and "Taken" we cuddled up on the couch and snacked and watched these together. Bridal Wars was a cute movie the girls got a couple of laughs out of it and was wondering how such good friends could be so petty! I just laughed when I heard this because sometimes it is exactly that that we as humans are just petty when it comes to caring about others. Some reason most of us put ourselves first when it should be the other way. Anyway then we watched Taken, fair warning to any child that wants any kind of freedom from their parents DO NOT let your parents watch this!! I tell you what my daughters will not go to another city without me now let along another country. Poor girls, LOL. Only if they can find a protector like that dad!! LOL no really it is a good movie, but it makes you really think twice about where your kids are!

Well we had just a real lazy day for real, and boy did we have to pay for it on Sunday!!

Sunday
Well you see on Sunday's we have a Sunday dinner that I look forward to all week. We have friends over and just have good fellowship! So double time, the girls and I had to clean all morning, until church, but boy they are troopers and really helped!! Thank you girls mommy loves you and is proud of you for your help without me having to yell! LOL Well then it was a normal Sunday from there, church- spending time with God is always awesome, then supper, we had Roast chunks in gravy with garlic sour cream mash potatoes, green beans, and rolls. It was GOOOD. we ate then we all (adults) watched a vampire movie while the kids played, except Purity she has grown attached to my Farm Town on my Facebook she played on that for 2 hours LOL. Then it was bed time.

That was our weekend how was yours?????

Love ya Lucky Joy and the Girls

Look at me i am playing Ketchup I mean catch up AGAIN! HA HA

2009-05-15T07:32:00.001-07:00

OH MY GOODNESS! Here I go again. I just got done doing this whole blog when my computer shut down and it did not save!! AAHHHHH so here I am going to redo all of it. . . .

Thursday and Friday was just normal days cleaning and spending time with each other. We went to bed early on Friday because we knew that Saturday was going to be a big day and it was. . .

Saturday

Purity and Serenity woke up early 6AM on a SATURDAY!! excited about the day to come and no matter how hard I tried to roll over and get some more rest their happiness prevailed! LOL. Anyway we got up, took bathes, got dressed, ate breakfast and waited for all the other girl scouts in their troop to arrive. You see today is the day that they worked so hard to earn. They sold a lot of cookies and earned a trip to the Zoo and Build-A-Bear! So when everyone arrived we were off and the girls were so happy. It took about 1 hour and 20 min to get their so when we got there they were ready to get out and run, here are a couple of pics of that day at the ZOO

This I had to put in and explain why. As we were walking past this old truck that they use as a refreshment stand sometimes, Purity says, "Hey Momma, Look Did someone wreck their truck there?" She said this as serious as she could and I couldn't help but giggle and I had to take a picture of them beside it. LOL

Sorry these where the best ones I could recover. As I was uploading them to my computer my computer shut down and I lost 90% of my pictures from that day :-( I just about bawled!! but at least I was able to get a few of them, and worst of all it erased them off my camera so I can't even reload them later!! Sometimes I think technology hates me LOL.

Off to Build-A-Bear
Then we loaded in the car and drove the 35 min to Build-A-Bear that turned into the hour to build-a-bear because we hit Kansas City traffic and got stuck in a traffic jam behind a wreck!! but the kids never lost their spunk they were still having a great time!!

Finally Build-A-Bear, when we got there they got to pick their bear, monkey, unicorn, whatever and pick a heart and love on the heart and then put it into it and go have it stuffed and give it a bath and pick out clothes for it and dress it. They loved all of this and I have to admit I thought it was really cute. Purity though bless her little heart knew exactly how much money they had earned and is quick to know that if we go over Mommy would be the one paying the bill so she was very reserved and did not want to get the rainbow bear that she REALLY wanted instead she picked a cheaper one that she still loved, but I wanted her to have the one she wanted! She worked so hard for this. (So here is a little secret to keep between you and me I went behind her back and had them stuff a Rainbow bear and put a Happy Birthday sound box in it and got it a Lou grass skirt and flip flops to dress it in for her birthday!!) she was so busy doing her bear right then that she did not even notice me doing it!! I will be excited when she gets this for her Birthday! Here are some pics that I was able to save from it. . .

Well then we came home and was pretty wore out so we watched a movie and cuddled on the couch with our new build-a-bear friends. and fell asleep.

Sunday

We got up and you see Saturday's is usually the day that we straighten up the house and do laundry so we had to play catch up that day the girls did wonderful and really helped get everything straightened up before church then we went to church and had a good service. after service though while we were out to eat with some church family, I got a text message from my niece Sierra, (My brother Chris's daughter) she said that Brooke her little sister was in the hospital at Children's Mercy in isolation. That she had pneumonia and contracted the H1N1 for all of you that don't know what that is it is the swine flu. You see Brooke has severe heart problems and all of this was putting a lot of pressure on her heart. After I talked to my brother Chris I felt as if a prayer chain was needed immediately!! So I went to our church website and posted it there and to my facebook and posted it there and everyone I talked to for the next two days it was all about Brooke. I know that there was prayers being sent up hundreds of miles from here to the Lord about this blessed little one. The doctors were saying that she was really bad off and did not know if her heart was going to hold out, but only three short days later she was released to go home and was recovering well!! Now isn't our God and Amazing God. He can do all and I just wanted to let the whole world know how much I appreciate every prayer and continued prayer for this little angel, the Lord hears our prayers and answers them!! This is an old picture I have of Brooke and her sister's Sierra and Breanna. Although it is old I love it so much!!

Tuesday Night

I went to women's prayer night at the church and then we had some friends over for supper Eric was so kind and cooked while I went to prayer. Thank you Eric!! When I came home both of my girls were sleeping already. . . . sissy on the chairs waiting for supper. . . and Purity in the box that I bought my lawn mower in. . . .LOL. . . .

Wednesday night we had bible study and then Thursday Purity had I lot of homework to get done so that is pretty much how things went.

Friday

The kids were supposed to have an all day field trip and I was supposed to drive them, it was going to be fun, but unfortunately they got rained out and it was post poned until the next week. so now I hope the girls are not to disappointed I will see when they get home from school, but on the upper hand Purity took her Birthday Party invitations to school today and was real happy to hand them out!!

Thanks for reading and sharing in our life's the good the not so good and the well . . . you know

Love you all

Lucky and the girls!

Wednesday

2009-05-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry not a lot to write about today boring day, the girls and I were very tired and went to bed real early they were out by 6pm!! Me by 9. I got hooked into my new craze (facebook) anyway hope to spend more time tomorrow and have more to write about.

Love you all
Lucky Joy

Tuesday Bobby Birthday

2009-05-07T09:33:00.000-07:00

Today is my brother's birthday BOBBY.May 5th. I just wanted to say Happy birthday!!

Although we argue alot, I still love you!!
Love Lucky Joy and the Girls!

Bus go Bye-Bye into the River!!!!

2009-05-07T09:05:00.001-07:00

Monday!!! NO!!!!

Well what can I say it was Monday, and none of us wanted to get moving. We got ready though and off we trudged. After morning route I can home and had a migraine behind my eyes and had to go and straight lay down. Barely got up for after noon route migraine was eased up enough to try and go to work.(I should of stayed home and this is why). . . .

Off to first middle school to pick up kids and out from behind my mirror flies a WASP!! I can not stand WASPS!! So I drive and am trying to watch it at the same time until I can get to the school and jump out!!!! Well I got there and did just that, One of my students laughed at me got on the bus and killed it. YEAH right, well I get on and sit down and as soon as I did another WASP started crawling up the window behind my head!! So off the bus I jumped again, by this time I have a crowd of hysterical teenagers laughing, Once again the same student got on and killed it. Grateful to him I gave him a rice crispy treat I had in my purse!! Well we loaded and was off but before we came to the first stop yet a THIRD WASP flew out from behind my mirror I am of course driving now and am not at a place to pull over the kids were all yelling and swatting at it, boy it was a crazy site!!! But again it was killed. I couple more drop offs and there is one sitting on my trash can right beside me. OH MY GOODNESS!! by this time I am convinced that there is a hive somewhere on the bus. It to was killed and I pulled over and looked for a hive. NONE to be found. but I was jittery by then. All the kids are laughing and making buzzing noises by now, can you picture it?

Well we did not get far and our state of the art new high dollar security system malfunctions!! So as I am driving this 8 ton big yellow school bus down the street the horn is honking every two seconds. . . .honk. . . honk. . . .honk. . . . honk and I tried to disable it but it would not go. So I am having to deliver the kids like this. . . HOW EMBARRASSING! people are coming out of their houses trying to see what was going on and here I am honking over and over again!!

NOT ONE MORE THING!! or I am going to drive this thing into the river I say. I shouldn't of said that. because as soon as I did the back window (I drive a rear engine bus the one that looks like a box with no front hood) buzzer malfunctions!! So on top of the honk . . honk. . .there is a steady buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! By this time my head is thumping My nerves are shot and I am ready to go jump in the river myself. LOL but of course that was not it. MY 8 way lights to drop off the kids stopped working!!! Finally they decide to bring me a different bus so I get to the elementary school to trade buses and OH NO. They leave but the bus I get into the seat is stuck all the way up and was jammed it would not go back!! Well if you all know me I am by far not the most slender person in the world but I force myself into the seat knees to the dash and drive!!! This in itself must of been an hilarious scene for others!! Well got done. and took bus back! YEAH!!!!!

Then I went and picked up the girls and Zaden and took them to the schools PTA night at the skating ring!! They had fun and it gave me a minute to calm down!! I of course had to vent about my day to my friends Angie and Candee, They got a chuckle about it. Thanks Guys!! LOL

The kids had fun, but by the time we got out of there it was too late to try and go home and cook supper and all that so we went to Cabana and the kids got a happy meal and ice cream. We stopped by the little park by my house they ate and played then we took Zaden home! It was by then a better day. BEDTIME!!!! lol

Sorry no pictures although you probably got some good ones in your heads!!!

Lucky JOY- not

Crazy Week!!

2009-05-04T09:36:00.000-07:00

Well let me tell you what happened!! On Wednesday night I received a phone call from EXTREME HOME MAKE-OVER yeah crazy right. See I nominated my mom and dad for this to get her house re-done and they wanted some more information. So I was on the phone with this guy for over an hour answering questions and talking about my family. Yeah I know that there are thousands and thousands of applications they receive but man just to have them call made me SO excited!!!! This on any means does not mean that we are going to get it but hey at least they noticed us. . . So Thursday and Friday was rather a blur. . .I had to get together so much information and pictures of the family and house and fax and e-mail them to this one guy. It was absolutely crazy!! but hey if it means that somehow by me doing all this that my mom and dad have a sound home to live in I would have done SO much more!! I just keep praying that God use myself and the Extreme Home Make-Over people to give my mom and dad a miracle! Man that would be so awesome!!! so anyone who is reading this please please keep praying for God to bless my mom and dad! Thank you.

Friday Evening. . . .. . . . ..

Straight to the school carnival, the kids had a blast doing all the little games and jumping in the big bounce around they really enjoyed themselves. They played the candy walk(cake walk), Plinko, got balloon flower hats from the clown, mini golf game, ring toss, bean bag toss, piggy racing, and lots more. . .then

Well the girls and I was off to a Youth Revolution Service. Martin Gnat was there preaching (he is the President of the Missouri Pentecostal Youth) for any of you who don't know who he is. He preached about moving forward not looking back but to stand out and be the one that makes a difference, That it only takes one to start a revolution. Man it was powerful!

We then came home and Sissy had a little friend stay the night Kylie. But sis and Purity fell asleep and Kylie stayed up until 4:30 in the morning watching movies with me. LOL man I think I had a little friend stay the night with me, haha but it was one of the first time that she had ever stayed with someone other than family so it was OK.

Saturday:

We all got up early tried to get some cleaning down around the house but the kids were to busy playing mostly, LOL Zaden (Lori's boy) came down to spend the day with us. we all got ready and went to our town's biggest parade that we have every year (the Apple Blossom Parade) the kids had fun and I enjoyed the theme of this year's parade. It was 'having fun with reading' so all the floats and stuff was centered around books. It was fun. My favorite was the Cat and the Hat float and some of the Church floats that had scriptures on Huge Bible's. That is a way to get thousands to read a word from God Right!!! Anyway I think the kids enjoyed the candy the most!! I liked that one of the floats gave out books instead of candy and it was based on their grade gave each kid a book on their level! Wow that is a lot of kids. I hope they do that every year. Purity got "The Bridge to Tarabitha" (Sorry if I misspelled that) but she already had that book so she traded with Feather and got a Judy Blume book.

We went to the grocery store after that and got some things came home the kids played while I made some sour cream and chive mash potatoes and a cake to go to the Church picnic. Of course you know I was running late but we got there all the same had good fellowship and food! It was fun, the kids then played basketball in the church gym for awhile and then we went home still heavy two (Zaden and Kylie) Ha ha. They love us and want to stay with us. They played for awhile and Mom came by helped me unplug my vacuum (THANKS MOM) then she took Zaden home. (I love you little man and really enjoyed spending today with you and missed you so much please come down more on the weekends that the others are at their mom's. LOVE YOU) Anyway then the girls put in a movie (The Bee Movie) and it wasn't even 10 minutes into it and I had 2 asleep on me Kylie and Purity. Sissy stuck it out until Candee came and got Kylie but it wasn't even 10 min after that that she was out.

Sunday. . . .

We got up and the girls really helped mommy so much they right away started cleaning and helping around the house. Wow did they wake up on the right side of the bed or what!!!! We got the downstairs straightened up and the meatballs made for tonight's supper. Then yes again off the Church we went. It was a good service about being glad to be in the sanctuary of God. We came home and Kylie came with us again. ha ha she loves us!! I got the rest of supper going with Eric's help, we had spaghetti with homemade meatballs, garlic bread, and ratatouille. Purity while we were doing that made our dessert. Her first (on her own) decorated cake. It is her little lamb. I love it and put pictures below. (I love making my kid's own birthday cakes)Well Kylie's mom and dad came over for supper. It was a good time. I love you guys (Candee and Don). I really enjoy spending time with friends, and Eric has become good friends with Don and it is good for him to have someone to talk to. Don and Eric are such opposites that they both balance each other. I think it is great!

Overall it has been a busy and crazy week!! Love all thanks for reading

Lucky and the Girls.

Whoa!! Playing Catch up!!

2009-04-29T07:33:00.000-07:00

Wow, this week has been trying! Let's Start with Friday, got home the girls did nothing but argue about everything! Clear down to "she's looking at me" I thought I was going to go crazy!! I could not wait to put them to bed, I was certain all they needed was a good night's rest!! Right????

Saturday. . .Good Morning. . . Right. . . Wrong. . . The girls woke up right away started in again with each other, it seemed that everything I said or did just made it worse. I thought well maybe we just need to get out of the house so We went and picked up my best friend Melissa, and took her around to some garage sale's (which I love doing) during which we ran into this wreck WOW huh. My question is how did that car get completely under that truck!! Only one wheel of it was left on the ground.. . .

All this got the girls to stop arguing for a minute but then. . . This continued all day and clear into Sunday morning. . . Finally MOM LOST HER TEMPER!!!!

GROUNDED!!!!! YES!!!! I grounded a 5 year old and a seven year old, What to them is grounding?? No Computer, No T.V., No games, No outside, No junk food. No friends over. Wow now that is a serious grounding for them!! but I was serious I could not take this anymore. . The way they were fighting and disrespecting me by not listening to anything I had to say. .WAS DONE!!! (Just to let you know they are usually really good girls so this was sooooooo driving me crazy)

Anyway after I yelled and told them of all of their grounding rules I left the room. What to you know within one hour they cleaned their room, the bathroom, and got in the tub and ready for church without me having to say a word to them.

So off to church we went and all went good service was great! I really enjoyed it. We had a guess speaker and he talked about God always having an open door for all who want to enter into his kingdom, but also of the dangers of that door always being open that you can just walk out any time you want too. but just like any good thing there comes a time to an end and one of these days the door is going to close (when the trumpet sounds) and if you are not in that door (living right for God) than it will be to late. It made alot of sense to me, and made me think of all of my friends/family that are not living for God but always tell me that they want to, It made me hurt for them because when that door closes I don't want to see them lost and left behind!

Then after church we had sign practice for our mothers day song we are doing. It is going to be Blessed. WE then went to eat Chinese YUM! and went home. The girls got ready for bed and set out their clothes for school and went to bed no arguing. . . . They even sang and danced together.

Then Monday came and back to the bickering and arguing back and forth I really did not know how much more I was going to take. . but I was standing firm on their grounding. . That they was not going to get to be ungrounded until they start behaving right and respecting me. .Then I started praying Lord help me I love them but need your help wow. .

Tuesday came yeah Tuesday!! Girls got up ok got ready went to school came home and started cleaning and playing with each other in this big box that came from our lawn mower and just having a bawl no fighting/ did homework/ and when mom said no on certain things they did not complain it was just no. WOW my girls were back. . . !!!!! Finally!! We had a good night!! They ate and got ready for bed . .and when they woke up (Wed. morning) I could not believe what I was seeing they helped each other and was nice to each other and even decided to dress exactly alike clear down to their skimmy's. LOL I had to take a picture of this!! And it makes me thank GOD! He knew I was at my wits end and gave me back my girls!! (I had one friend say that for me to watch out that this was only a preview of how they will be when they become teenagers!! Oh goodness I hope not! LOL)

Some times I see that I have to be more firm with them to get my point across ed. I want them to grow up knowing how to respect the people over them, If they start off like this at this age how will they ever respect a boss at a job, or a husband as the head of a family?? So I think with this grounding and the Lord's help it is changing for now. . . . . . . So if they come home and have a good night listening and no arguing what do you think should I let them be ungrounded????

Sorry to all I haven't posted in awhile I hope you understand now why. . . Let's see about tomorrow. . .ha ha.

Love Lucky and the girls

Thursday. .tree

2009-04-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Today when we got home from work/school we were two heavy. . .lol. My niece's Makayla and Bobby Joe came over to visit and play, but when we saw how pretty and purple our tree in the front yard was getting what did momma do . . I whipped out my camera and told them to climb the tree and have fun so I could get some pictures. . I did not have to tell them twice up they went ha ha here are some great pictures of that. . .

Sorry so many but they are good so I wanted to share them. . They sure are camera hams. . lol. . I think they might just enjoy the camera as much as mommy does. . maybe not ha ha.

Well after that and some swing set time we came in ate supper, did homework, and I went to church were we were watching a Dave Ramsey Live for Hope thing about the recession. It was good. The kids were bored out of their mind though so they went out and played on the playground while I watched it. That made them happy :-)

We came home and got ready for bed. . . .

With Love The Three of a Kind.

Wednesday

2009-04-23T09:28:00.000-07:00

. . .it was a typical day a guess not a whole lot going on work/ school etc. We did decide though as a family we are going to try and plant a garden this weekend. . .well we will see if that happens. .ha ha I really want to I just need to go and price things first.

We all ate supper and decided to go for a drive and then come home and watch a movie together instead of straightening up the house (sometimes you just have to let go of things and be together) so we drove to my friend, Melissa's house, and talked with her for a few minutes as we dropped off some laundry that we had done for her. Then Purity wanted to see where I grew up at so I drove her by the house that I lived in from 3rd to my 9th grade year. I think she was so curious because we were talking last night about my childhood and my neighbors back then. You can really see how times have changed when I was a kid everyone on the block knew each other and helped each other out when needed, now it takes everything I have just to keep peace with our neighbor. I think that is one of the reasons I would like to move back out to the country, then I would not have to worry when my kids were outside playing in the yard, now . . well . .

anyway back to what I was saying we then came home and cuddled up on the couch and watched Wall-E, for anyone who hasn't seen it. it is a cute Disney movie, that kinda scared me. . it made me think that that is the way our world and us as humans could really end up. Wow what an appropriate movie to watch on Earth Day HUH. LOL

Just thought I would add a pic of the girls with Purity's dog "Sparkle"

Monday/Tuesday

2009-04-22T09:15:00.000-07:00

Monday,

Well Monday went by pretty quickly. But I was actually glad to go back to bus driving today, being off last week with my back I was really starting to get financial worries, but I know that the Lord will provide.

I also have been under some convection lately, You see I have three vehicles (take it none of them work right they all need some repairs) but there is a single mom in my church that is without a car right now and is needing one badly but does not have the funds to purchase one. I am just praying that the Lord will open a window where I can fix one of mine up enough to bless her with it. Please pray for this with me and lets see the Lord's miracle work happen.

Anyway a typical Monday just rushing around trying to get the week started.

THANK YOU LORD MY BACK IS HEALING AND I AM ABLE TO MOVE AROUND MORE AND MORE AND IT IS HURTING LESS AND LESS!!

Purity got on the computer today and e-mailed a friend that she hasn't talked to in a long time (Ashton) she was SOOOOOO excited when she got an e-mail back so fast! It has been almost a year since she has seen her.

Tuesday

Well today was a hard day to get going the girls or I did not want to get up this morning, but we made ourselves. Once we were going everything was ok though. school work and homework. Then after that sissy had a Spring Concert at school with all the Kindergarten and they sang some songs. . .

Here's sissy right before the concert. .

(Shelly if you look real close two rows up from sissy is Jon-Jon)

I love my new camera, I figured out how to use the video tape part on it. WOW now you all will be able to really feel like a part of our lives. I am so excited about it.

Well after the Concert we went grocery shopping for after school snacks for the girls, Then it was such a nice day that we ate ice cream and went driving around looking at our town. Playing I spy! Wow we are so goofy but it was fun. . .now we are ready for tomorrow and see what's next. . .ha ha. .

OH and here is a pic of Purity so she don't feel left out.

Love ya,

Lucky Joy and the girls.

Weekend!

2009-04-20T08:15:00.000-07:00

On Thursday we had girls scout meeting and did face painting it was fun following are a couple of pics on that before I go into what happened over the weekend. Purity. . Makayla. . . Serenity.

Well what can I say the weekend went by way to fast. The girls and I cleaned house Saturday morning, then watched movies and played games in the evening. It was great spending time with them. We were invited to go to a game night that night but unfortunaetly did not go, my back/hip is still been acting up; although it is healing it is still very tender and I am scared to do to much and through it back out. Anyone who has had back trouble would understand. but the Lord is great and I am on the road to recovery.

On Sunday my brother, Eric cooked the girls and I breakfast, eggs and bacon. To any single mom you know how great it is when someone else cooks or helps pitch in in any way. Thanks Eric! Then the girls got in one of their sweet moods! They started cleaning and doing things without being asked, Yeah WOW huh!! They have really been trying to help me so much lately, knowing that I have been hurting, They make me want to thank the Lord more and more everyday for blessing me so much with them.

Then we got ready for church, went and picked up some friends to go, and went and had a great service. The youth are still so very fired up, and full of passion. I thank God for that, our youth has gone through so much and to see them again happy and thriving in the Lord makes me smile. I really have been worried about that because I want a strong youth group for my kids to go into when they get older, so that they will be spiritually feed and grow deeper in the Lord. I was not seeing that, but now WOW what a start. Thank you Youth Group for inspiring me. Don and Candee what you are doing with the youth is wonderful keep it up help them grow more unified! Anyway the spirit flowed in the service which lately it has been every service, Thank you Lord, I feel that we as a church have finally broken that yoke off our backs that has been weighing us down. I feel so many positive things are going to happen soon . . .

We then came home had supper (meatloaf) and the girls got their clothes out for school, we were getting ready for bed when I got a knock at the door, I had 2 people there wanting hair cuts so I did that and then off to bed right, wrong LOL we were almost asleep when knock knock, My neice was at a friends house and her friend chopped on her hair, WOW it was quite a mess. But Aunt Lucky fixed it up and as long as she styles it the way I showed her no one will ever be able to tell. LOL BEWARE all of you out there of 5 year olds and sissors. Ha Ha .

Anyway we finally got to bed 2 and a half hours late!! So this morning getting up and going was hard, but we managed, still we are tired! How was your weekend.

Love Lucky and the girls!

Our First Blog

2009-04-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

First of all I think this Blog stuff is a great idea!

This blog, I hope in the future, my family can look back and enjoy our memories as well as letting others enjoy our lives with us. Thank you Shirley and family for yours I love being a part of your lives!

This is a great week to start our blog for this week was a life changing week for our family!

On Wednesday the 8th of April 2009, my girls (Purity and Serenity) and I, headed out of town to Overland Park Kansas. I was taking them to their first Missouri Youth Convention. We were all very excited! When we got there and to our first service the girls were in awh, They could not believe how many people were there. About 2000 teenagers praising the Lord. Wow right? I couldn't help but wonder if mine were to young to pick up on what was going on around them, but the Lord opened their hearts and it wasn't long before they were praising and praying!!! That in itself was such a blessing for me! Below are some pictures of the next three days that we were there and the amazing time we had worshiping the Lord!

Worshipping, Praying, and having a blast!! You can go to you tube; mo youth convention 09 and see more!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U83i6gbK5YE

Well every thing about the trip was good except I my right hip slipped out the last day from sleeping on those hotel beds. Ouch!!

Then on Sunday (Easter) though in pain we got up and got ready for church!! we went the girls sang a wonderful song with their kids zone group in front of the church. This was a huge step for my oldest Purity she is very shy, but she held the microphone and you could hear her so well.

Then we did a hands of praise worship:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-wTkH-moD8

We had an excellant word from God then delivered to us by our dear Paster Billingsley. After service Purity was Baptised.

After that the kids had to be kids of course and had an easter egg hunt and got their easter baskets. We all went out to eat together. It was a good day.

Well everything went good, but next week when my hip and back feel better I do still want to color eggs with the girls and have a home cooked easter meal. LOL

Hope you all enjoyed our week together will post more in the future.