Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!

Life is starting to slow a bit. We are finally in the new house. We are slowly unpacking boxes and getting things put away. School is going well. I love my job. The girls are doing great. Jeremy loves his job. PRAISE THE LORD!!!! We got our Wyatt puppy and he is so much fun. He has already learned to play fetch! I am going to the women's retreat for our church tonight and tomorrow. Mom is going with me. I am really excited. I need to refocus and get my relationship with God back on track, it has strayed a bit lately. The scrapbook retreat is in a month, I am super excited! It will be nice to have a couple of weekends with no stress! I absolutely love our new home. It is coming together quite nicely. It is also nice to purge and get rid of unnecessary "stuff". Well I better get running. Until next time, God Bless!

STRESS!!!!

Well the house has finally closed. With that has brought about moving. Oh and it wouldn't be my life if that was the only thing going on. I started a new job. Extremely part time at the local scrapbook store. One or two days a week three and a half hour shifts. Its nice because I can have a little me time but still be home with the girls. Oh then of course there is school, church, directing the play... Tomorrow we go to Spokane to pick up Wyatt, our new Golden Retriever puppy! I am so excited about that and will be putting pictures in my slide show soon! So we are packing boxes, cleaning the apartment, ripping up old carpet, painting walls, and moving in general. It has been an exciting month that I can't wait to be over. I'll be happy when life settles down for the winter. I seem to relax better when we aren't going ninty miles an hour and that's hard to do with three feet of snow on the ground. Well I am going to head to bed. Until next time, God Bless.

Am I Crazy?!?!?!?!

Okay so I don't have enough hours in my days as it is. So what do I do? I go and get a part time job! It's mostly for me though. I had selfish reasons in mind when I talked to the owner of the local scrapbook store. It will be a few hours a day I get to interact with adults. It will allow me to expand the knowledege of my passion. It will allow me time to create and teach others to create. It will allow my husband to spend some much needed nurturing time with our girls. It will allow me to pitch in with the financial aspects of our life. Okay so maybe not all my reasons were selfish. It's a part time job so I will be home with the girls in the afternoon. This means I have to stay on top of my homework so I don't get behind at school. I will work some Saturdays but hopefully not too many.
We are so close to the house closing I can taste it! I don't want to get to excited though because then something might go wrong. I just have to put my complete faith in the Lord and know he will do what is best for us and his glory. I pray that he will give me the courage to accept what he wants for us, even if it isn't what I want for us. I have the hardest time with that one. You know the one where God says, "Amy this is what is best, it is for your own good and My glory". And I say, "But God..." and He says, "Don't question, just accept." and I say, "Yes, Lord". I am learning though that things happen in his time and not mine. For his glory, not mine. For my own good as he sees fit.
Well I have rambled enough for tonight. Until next time, God Bless!

Time gets away from me!

Wow, where has the time gone? Relay has come and gone, my baby girl turned a year old, Jeremy and I have been married 6 years now, Alyssa had her first dance recital... The time slips away to easily! I am now doing some independent study courses before my Christian Ministry classes start in September. I have been singing on the Worship Team at church. I am also directing a Christian Play that we will be performing at the end of August. My life has been so busy but I am greatful, I know that I am doing what God has planned for his glory. I have never felt more alive and focused. I know it is the Holy Spirit working through me. I adopted a soldier, he is over in Afghanistan. We have been talking and I am helping him in his journey to the Lord. My mom has come around and is going to talk with Pastor Ken tomorrow. I am just witnessing God's miracles left and right and I am simply amazed! I am watching the two beautiful miracles he has given to me to raise for him and they astound me. I have never been more comfortable, at ease, and in love with my husband than I am with my relationship in HIS hands. I have given it over to him completely and he is showing me how beautiful his glory is. OH, another answered prayer... We are getting a house! Oh I could go on all night, but I am going to close for now. Until next time... God Bless!

Another Day in Paradise

I have been a busy beaver the past couple of weeks. The highlight beeing the scrapbook retreat that I got to go to with my mom. It was so much fun and I can't wait to do another one. I managed to get 45 pages done, had a relaxing two days and had a ton of fun.
I have also been busy with Relay for Life. I am a committee member this year. I am in charge of the survivor's dinner and I am so excited to be able to do something special for the people who have fought the battle and won!
I am also busting my buns at school. Trying to keep caught up with everything else that is going on in life is proving to be a challenge but one that I love. I am really enjoying my course work this month and have decided to change my major over to religous studies.
Jeremy and I are becoming more involved in church. Alyssa is really enjoying Sunday school, as am I. I am trying to get Jeremy interested in a Sunday School class, I think it would do him some good.
Well I better run for now, Alyssa is throwing a fit and my family should be here any minute for lunch. Until next time... God Bless!

Oy where does the time go!

Okay so I am a little behind. Much has happened in the past month. My Lissie turned four! How can that be? It feels like just yesterday that we welcomed her into the world. Abby is already 8 months old! Being a mother is cruel, we slave to get these miraculous beings here, we nurture them, love them, cuddle them, and they go and grow up on us!
I have been plugging away at school. I am in Psychology this month, my third trip through this subject, maybe I'll get it right this time! Home Interiors is there, I haven't really been doing much with it. I NEED CUSTOMERS!!!!
The biggest thing going on in my life right now is Relay for Life. I have become a committee member and am in charge of the dinner for the survivors. It is such an honor for me to do something special for the people who have fought so hard for their lives. I am really looking forward to doing this special event. I WILL be hunting people down for donations and fundraising!
We got excellent news today!!! Dad's PSA level is back down to 1.6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That means the radiation did what it was supposed to. Now he has to be monitored every 6 months. Thanks be to almighty God for the wonders he works in our lives!
I have been going to church most Sundays now and have even started going to Sunday School. We are reading this spectacular book called "Captivating". It is teaching us how to have the woman's heart that God gave us and tells us we deserve.
Well I have chattered enough tonight. I'll do better at keeping up!

A new year has come! And with it new promise and hope for life. One of my new year's resolutions is to build a better relationship with God and I intend to do just that. I have begun to pray daily and turn over the things I can to him. I know with him all things are possible. Another resolution is to get my house organized and running smoothly. The reorganization should be in place this weekend, the running smoothly part should come over time. Resolution number three is to put aside time for me each week to scrapbook. This is my passion, the hobby I love doing most, if I don't put aside time to do it it gets lost in the shuffle of my busy life. The fourth resolution is to spend more time with my girls and less time in the everyday madness. They are so important to me and I need to show them this everyday. Well its off to start on resolution number two.