We were headed home at about 5:30ish trying to decide what to eat for dinner when we got stuck in construction traffic on the highway. We were literally 10 or less cars from our road and we were stuck for at least 15 minutes. So as our dinner discussion continued we narrowed down our options and finally decided on Chinese. When the girls heard that, they immediately jumped on the idea and wanted to not only fix Chinese, but put the card table on the floor and sit on pillows while we eat. While that was a really good idea, going to a Chinese restaurant was sounding better and better the more we sat on the road stuck in construction right by our house. So we had a vote.......two adults vote restaurant and four kids vote home. Hmmm....kind of backwards from usual! We weren't happy with the results of the vote, so we texted my friend Becky and decided that if she was in the town where the Chinese restaurant was, we would go there with her, and if she was home, we would cook at home.
And the verdict was.....
home
Autumn and I lost. So we came home and cooked a great Chinese meal. We made stir fry, rice, and lo mein. The girls set up the card table, well really they just laid it on the floor, and they put pillows on the floor to sit on. Autumn made hot tea and we served them the food and tea while singing our best Chinese song (remember we don't really know Chinese, but we fooled the girls!) The girls were amazed at our Chinese speaking talents and wanted to know where we learned the language!
Our dinner turned into a little cultural experience and then to prayer for the Chinese people. We talked about China and how we all want to go there and S cried because she doesn't want to go and she doesn't want us to go without her! Go figure! The evening ended with a fun game that H accidentally started. After everything she said, she did this kind of fake nasally laugh for some reason. It was so funny that we just made it a rule. After everything we said, we had to do that fake nasally laugh.....it was SO fun and SOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a great night with few fits, fights and fusses thrown in!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
The wrong finger....again
So a while back, I wrote about my friend Becky giving the wrong finger. It's a funny story. Read it here: http://tinsleygirls.blogspot.com/2010/08/wrong-finger.html Well, it happened again. Not the same scenario, but it did happen again. Becky just couldn't keep her sweet little fingers under control. Let me reiterate to you that Becky is a very innocent, and rather gullible person. She really doesn't have a mean bone in her body, so just the thought that she might flip someone off just makes her panic. Well, onto the story. The scene?.....the first football game.
Becky walks through crowds of people as if she is in a parade, smiling and waving at everyone she sees, whether she knows them or not. That's just Becky. She loves people and she loves talking to people and being friendly to people. Football games are way more than just a game. It is the perfect opportunity to see everyone you want to see...well that's how Becky and I both see it. Anyway, back to the story...Becky and her husband Skip were walking, or parading, to their seat, greeting everyone on the way. They passed by the high school principal, so Becky, being the friendly person she is, smiles, greets him with a smile and hello, and lifts her hand to wave. The problem, however, is that with one hand, she was holding on to Skip, balancing herself as she made her way through the bleachers, and she had her phone in her other hand. No problem for Becky, she just waved to the principal, phone in hand, lifting a finger as she waved. Wait....noooooooo.....A finger? Yes ladies and gentleman, she lifted ONE finger...THE finger. She sure did. That's right, Becky flipped off the high school principal. And not only did she flip off the principal, she smiled as she did it! Don't worry, I don't think he noticed!
So......if anyone reading this blog has some really cute mittens that can be worn in any season, please let me know because Becky could really benefit from them. We might have to use oven mits!!!!
Becky walks through crowds of people as if she is in a parade, smiling and waving at everyone she sees, whether she knows them or not. That's just Becky. She loves people and she loves talking to people and being friendly to people. Football games are way more than just a game. It is the perfect opportunity to see everyone you want to see...well that's how Becky and I both see it. Anyway, back to the story...Becky and her husband Skip were walking, or parading, to their seat, greeting everyone on the way. They passed by the high school principal, so Becky, being the friendly person she is, smiles, greets him with a smile and hello, and lifts her hand to wave. The problem, however, is that with one hand, she was holding on to Skip, balancing herself as she made her way through the bleachers, and she had her phone in her other hand. No problem for Becky, she just waved to the principal, phone in hand, lifting a finger as she waved. Wait....noooooooo.....A finger? Yes ladies and gentleman, she lifted ONE finger...THE finger. She sure did. That's right, Becky flipped off the high school principal. And not only did she flip off the principal, she smiled as she did it! Don't worry, I don't think he noticed!
So......if anyone reading this blog has some really cute mittens that can be worn in any season, please let me know because Becky could really benefit from them. We might have to use oven mits!!!!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
revival
We had a revival at our church this past week. Let me tell you......God did some wonderful things in my life! I will briefly, or as briefly as this wordy girl can, tell you about it. It started out with prayer cottage meetings. We met several times in different people's homes the month before the revival just to pray. With school starting, it sometimes became a harder choice to go to these meetings, but I enjoyed getting to pray with people and know people more. One meeting, however, we took the girls. Children usually don't go to these, and I was a little nervous to take them. I don't know why I worry about these things, but we gave them the huge lecture before we walked in the house. It went something like this: Don't touch things in their house, don't be noisy, don't jump into people's lap, don't ask questions, don't breathe.....well, I didn't say don't breathe, but I might as well have. We walked into a sweet older couple's home, and the people were so sweet to the girls, asking them about school, and so on. The girls had minor fussing about where they say, but nothing major. After a little chit chat, we began to pray. The floor was open to whoever wanted to pray. The girls were quiet and still. Every time there was silence, A looked at us and mouthed, "I want to pray". We mouthed back to go ahead, but she was scared. Finally, after everyone had prayed, the leader asked if anyone else wanted to pray. A stuck her hand up in the air, which was great except that every one's eyes were closed and didn't see her. Then, our brave 6 year old voiced a sweet, sincere prayer. She prayed for sick people, prayed that our church would be well again, and prayed that people would come to church. H followed suit and prayed too. I was so proud! I think how intimidating it would be for a child to speak up with all of those adults to pray...and they did it!
So then revival began. Sunday morning was great and people were excited. We came home from lunch and went down for our Sunday nap. During our nap, H came running into our room saying, "Mr. O is at our door!" You see, Mr. O is a man we met...we aren't sure if he knows the Lord, and a few weeks ago his dad went to his house to see him and Mr. O was unconscious. He was in a coma and really not doing well for several days. He was totally out of it in ICU. We don't know this man really , but we prayed for him. One day (look at my post "One of those Days") we went to the city to one task, but that did not work out, so we went to the hospital and visited Mr. O. He was out of it, didn't know we were there, and we honestly didn't think he would make it. Each girl prayed for him in his room. Well, Mr. O came to our door. Not long after our visit, the Lord did a miracle in him. Praise to the Lord....the ONLY one who can do miracles like that! The girls went and told him that they prayed for him, and that God did a miracle. He agreed with them, and he was in a church that morning! They invited him to revival. He did not come to revival, but I am glad we invited him and I am just thrilled that the Lord healed him!
I can't go into every detail in what I learned and the cool things that happened, but it was a fun week. One more story: There is a wonderful older woman in our church named Miss Ruth. Miss Ruth is also a nurse, and earlier in the year, she talked to our AWANA kids about the flu bug and washing your hands and so on. A talks about flu bugs all the time. She thinks about flu bugs now....thanks Miss Ruth! A also LOVES Miss Ruth. She goes and hugs her at church, which totally makes her day. Well, on Tuesday night of revival, we were sitting in service, and A crawled on my lap in tears. She wasn't just whining, she was in tears. "What's wrong?"
"I don't want Miss Ruth to die!" She thinks about the oddest things. She is fascinated with the aging process....which makes for very embarrassing questions or statements to people. (We just secretly hope their hearing is bad and maybe they don't understand her) She thought about Miss Ruth the whole service. Of course Miss Ruth wasn't there, so she was so worried that she was sick or had died....so we called Miss Ruth as soon as the service was over. As the phone rang, I prayed she would answer, or it would be a horribly long night for the poor girl! Luckily she did answer, and luckily she has a tender heart and understanding and I don't think she was offended. She loves the girls and I think she was surprised someone missed her that much at church! Well......guess who showed up the next night at church.......yep, Miss Ruth and her husband AND they sat right by us! A was delighted!
Oh, and one more.........H has been in tumbling the last few years. It was great for her....it improved her coordination, confidence, and so on. However, at the end of last year, we just decided that we weren't going to put her back into tumbling this year. The girls have been in different things: M did horse riding, A did art, and S isn't in anything yet. H is so creative and loves to create things with scrapbook paper. She also loves to help cook, well really she loves to bake and she LOVES all of those cake decorating shows. Her dream is to open her own bakery. She also loves to design, and she is really good at it! When she draws, she will draw different outfits, and some of them are really cute! I would buy her clothes for sure! Anyway, with all of this in mind, we were praying for a lady that H connects with that might spend some time with her and cook with her or sew with her. Well, in the Lord's awesome style, He answered our prayers. A week or so back, we were at a church service, and a friend of ours sat in front of us and was talking with us. She was visiting with the girls and found out that her first and middle names are the same as H's two middle names! They instantly connected with that discovery. Well, H and J have seen each other a few times and they talk about various things. I'm not sure exactly how it came up, but one night before the revival service started, H came and told me that J said they could decorate cupcakes together! I am telling you....H BEAMED!!!!! She just could not contain her excitement. She sat down and wrote her a note telling her how happy she was about making cupcakes....H was praising the Lord for this answer to prayer. Now, I am not so sure that J knows what she is getting into, and I don't know that she knows she really committed, and I keep trying to tell H that, but she is so excited. She has been working extra hard at her chores and doing extra chores to make more money so she can pay J to teach her to decorate cupcakes! H has it pictured......she knows exactly who she will give cupcakes to first....I really think the girl might explode from excitement! And.....she is so pretty anyway, but when she is excited, her eyes just sparkle and are the most beautiful things ever.......SO PRETTY!
So these are just a few things the Lord has done for us lately! Thank you Lord for your blessings! Thank you for the way you bless us in the little details of life!
So then revival began. Sunday morning was great and people were excited. We came home from lunch and went down for our Sunday nap. During our nap, H came running into our room saying, "Mr. O is at our door!" You see, Mr. O is a man we met...we aren't sure if he knows the Lord, and a few weeks ago his dad went to his house to see him and Mr. O was unconscious. He was in a coma and really not doing well for several days. He was totally out of it in ICU. We don't know this man really , but we prayed for him. One day (look at my post "One of those Days") we went to the city to one task, but that did not work out, so we went to the hospital and visited Mr. O. He was out of it, didn't know we were there, and we honestly didn't think he would make it. Each girl prayed for him in his room. Well, Mr. O came to our door. Not long after our visit, the Lord did a miracle in him. Praise to the Lord....the ONLY one who can do miracles like that! The girls went and told him that they prayed for him, and that God did a miracle. He agreed with them, and he was in a church that morning! They invited him to revival. He did not come to revival, but I am glad we invited him and I am just thrilled that the Lord healed him!
I can't go into every detail in what I learned and the cool things that happened, but it was a fun week. One more story: There is a wonderful older woman in our church named Miss Ruth. Miss Ruth is also a nurse, and earlier in the year, she talked to our AWANA kids about the flu bug and washing your hands and so on. A talks about flu bugs all the time. She thinks about flu bugs now....thanks Miss Ruth! A also LOVES Miss Ruth. She goes and hugs her at church, which totally makes her day. Well, on Tuesday night of revival, we were sitting in service, and A crawled on my lap in tears. She wasn't just whining, she was in tears. "What's wrong?"
"I don't want Miss Ruth to die!" She thinks about the oddest things. She is fascinated with the aging process....which makes for very embarrassing questions or statements to people. (We just secretly hope their hearing is bad and maybe they don't understand her) She thought about Miss Ruth the whole service. Of course Miss Ruth wasn't there, so she was so worried that she was sick or had died....so we called Miss Ruth as soon as the service was over. As the phone rang, I prayed she would answer, or it would be a horribly long night for the poor girl! Luckily she did answer, and luckily she has a tender heart and understanding and I don't think she was offended. She loves the girls and I think she was surprised someone missed her that much at church! Well......guess who showed up the next night at church.......yep, Miss Ruth and her husband AND they sat right by us! A was delighted!
Oh, and one more.........H has been in tumbling the last few years. It was great for her....it improved her coordination, confidence, and so on. However, at the end of last year, we just decided that we weren't going to put her back into tumbling this year. The girls have been in different things: M did horse riding, A did art, and S isn't in anything yet. H is so creative and loves to create things with scrapbook paper. She also loves to help cook, well really she loves to bake and she LOVES all of those cake decorating shows. Her dream is to open her own bakery. She also loves to design, and she is really good at it! When she draws, she will draw different outfits, and some of them are really cute! I would buy her clothes for sure! Anyway, with all of this in mind, we were praying for a lady that H connects with that might spend some time with her and cook with her or sew with her. Well, in the Lord's awesome style, He answered our prayers. A week or so back, we were at a church service, and a friend of ours sat in front of us and was talking with us. She was visiting with the girls and found out that her first and middle names are the same as H's two middle names! They instantly connected with that discovery. Well, H and J have seen each other a few times and they talk about various things. I'm not sure exactly how it came up, but one night before the revival service started, H came and told me that J said they could decorate cupcakes together! I am telling you....H BEAMED!!!!! She just could not contain her excitement. She sat down and wrote her a note telling her how happy she was about making cupcakes....H was praising the Lord for this answer to prayer. Now, I am not so sure that J knows what she is getting into, and I don't know that she knows she really committed, and I keep trying to tell H that, but she is so excited. She has been working extra hard at her chores and doing extra chores to make more money so she can pay J to teach her to decorate cupcakes! H has it pictured......she knows exactly who she will give cupcakes to first....I really think the girl might explode from excitement! And.....she is so pretty anyway, but when she is excited, her eyes just sparkle and are the most beautiful things ever.......SO PRETTY!
So these are just a few things the Lord has done for us lately! Thank you Lord for your blessings! Thank you for the way you bless us in the little details of life!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Aunt Bethany
Happy Birthday Aunt Bethany!!!!!!!!!! So sorry that I am posting this at the very end of your birthday, but at least it is ON your birthday! Bethany is a great and wonderful aunt to the girls. In honor of her birthday, I am telling a story involving the girls at her house. When we lived in the same town, she would pick them up at a moment's notice, keep them while we ran errands, whatever we need. That is a little more difficult because she lives an hour away, but we are so thankful it is only an hour, and not 500 million hours away! Right before school started, Bethany offered to have ALL FOUR girls spend the night at one time! I don't know what Jarrod was thinking! The girls of course LOVE to spend the night at her house. They love watching as much tv as they want to, fishing with Jarrod, eating homemade ice cream (at 10:00 at night) and whatever else they do while they there! They actually spent 2 nights there, so that was double the fun!
There was a smoke alarm in the room where the girls slept, which totally freaked S out. S is SCARED TO DEATH of fires. I mean, this girl will sometimes just start worrying that our house is burning down, which kind of freaks us out because we think maybe she knows something we don't, but so far it hasn't burnt down. So we go through our fire escape plan often and have fire drills in our house. We have even waited until they just fall asleep then set off the fire alarm and practice getting out. Practicing seems to make S feel better.
Anyway, back to Bethany's house....S sees the alarm and and asks Bethany what that was cause it looks different than ours. Bethany told her it was a fire alarm........oh dear........you did NOT just call that a fire alarm. That of course did not go over well with S....she worried. Bethany prayed with her, tried to comfort her, and so on. Well, at 4:30 in the morning, S was still worried about that fire alarm!
The next night, Bethany changed her terminology and called it a smoke alarm. She went over the fire escape plan and prayed, and bedtime went MUCH smoother. So, lessons learned:
1. it is called a smoke alarm not a fire alarm, to S anyway
2. have a fire escape plan
3. don't worry about it..........they are at Bethany's....she can handle it!
We love you Bethany! Hope your birthday was wonderfully great!
There was a smoke alarm in the room where the girls slept, which totally freaked S out. S is SCARED TO DEATH of fires. I mean, this girl will sometimes just start worrying that our house is burning down, which kind of freaks us out because we think maybe she knows something we don't, but so far it hasn't burnt down. So we go through our fire escape plan often and have fire drills in our house. We have even waited until they just fall asleep then set off the fire alarm and practice getting out. Practicing seems to make S feel better.
Anyway, back to Bethany's house....S sees the alarm and and asks Bethany what that was cause it looks different than ours. Bethany told her it was a fire alarm........oh dear........you did NOT just call that a fire alarm. That of course did not go over well with S....she worried. Bethany prayed with her, tried to comfort her, and so on. Well, at 4:30 in the morning, S was still worried about that fire alarm!
The next night, Bethany changed her terminology and called it a smoke alarm. She went over the fire escape plan and prayed, and bedtime went MUCH smoother. So, lessons learned:
1. it is called a smoke alarm not a fire alarm, to S anyway
2. have a fire escape plan
3. don't worry about it..........they are at Bethany's....she can handle it!
We love you Bethany! Hope your birthday was wonderfully great!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Birthday Celebration
I love birthday celebrations. We always celebrated a lot growing up, and the tradition has continued. Now, it doesn't take much to make a party. I mean, come on, you can pass out carrots, but if you say its a party and make it fun, it can be the best party EVER! So yesterday was my 31st birthday, and we had a day FULL of celebrations, and no, we didn't have a carrot party!
The day started with our birthday tradition...the whole family (except the birthday girl) wakes up early and fixes breakfast and decorates the kitchen/hall/birthday person's door. So I woke up and got to break through a maze of streamers just to get to the bathroom! We had a lovely breakfast of eggs, bacon, great coffee for EVERYONE (sorry teachers) oh, except for Autumn cause she can't have caffeine, and a great rendition of the happy birthday song! I got my birthday present way early....it was my underwater camera. And the girls enrolled me to a cake decorating class!
I got a couple of early morning birthday texts from Becky and Pam, took everyone to school, got a call from my dad and Bethany, worked for the morning, got flowers from Bethany, Jarrod and B. I came home for lunch and checked the mail, and I was so happy to only find "fun" mail! There was no junk, no bills, just some birthday cards, thank you notes, and birth announcement! That was a good surprise!
Then I got on the computer and got on facebook and found that I had 64 notifications! I love getting notifications on facebook! It's like opening a present every time! I read every sweet birthday note from my friends (and they kept popping up all day! I love that!). I got a couple more birthday texts and calls from friends, enjoyed my tarimasu crepe that Autumn got me (my favorite), and a nice little nap before going to get the girls from school.
We came home, got ready and loaded up to go to a nearby time to one of my favorite Mexican restaurants to meet Bethany, Jarrod, and B to eat. We love this place and go there fairly often. It has good food, plus it is a good meeting spot, not too far from Bethany and the fam. People at Mexican restaurants always notice the girls...well, actually, wherever we go, we are pretty noticeable because we are kind of a circus....anyway, Mexican places really notice them cause the girls are Mexican and they try to talk Spanish to them and so on. Anyway, we go in, say hello, and sit down and order our drinks. A loves to talk to people and spout out random information to people in about 10 seconds after meeting them. She looks at the waiter and spouts out that it is my birthday...no big deal. I was not worried about this at all because of all of the many times we have been to this place (and on my birthday before) we have NEVER seen them do any kind of embarrassing things for birthdays. Some places come out singing and so on, but not this place......or so I thought!
We got our dinner and were enjoying eating, when all of the sudden we hear whistling...LOUD whistling! Hear come like 10 waiters (they are all men, no women) and they are whistling so loud that I thought at first it might be a fire alarm. They surrounded me, put a sombrero on my head, and start singing something to me in Spanish! All I could think is...why have we never ever ever seen them do this to ANYONE else! During their grand song, they start swaying me back and forth, then they come out with a sopapilla with whipped cream on top. Oh wow...how great! I am now thinking this is worth the embarrassment! But then something happened that I have NEVER seen at a restaurant.......they shoved that whipped cream sopapilla in my face! Yes they did! I could not believe it! I am sure that my eyes about bugged out of my head because I was so shocked! I mean, I have gotten many pies in my face at VBS, but never expected this in a restaurant! It didn't go on my hair or anything...just my face!
Autumn, in the midst of all of the birthday chaos, grabbed my camera and started shooting. My camera is on manual, so she was frantically trying to get pictures, but there are no windows in the place, which is terrible lighting for pictures, and I never use the flash, so it was a little tricky getting it all done. So she got pictures, although the lighting isn't the greatest. In her hurried effort to get pictures and capture the moment, she totally missed the moment. When we were talking about it later, she kept saying, oh I missed that cause I was trying to get a picture!
At the very end of the song and at the moment that they shoved that treat in my face, B got scared and started crying. Jarrod picked him up and B just clung to him.....he didn't want anything to do with me! It immediately brought back a memory of when I was 4 or 5 I think. My dad had dressed up like a woman (it was for something for church, not something he just did for fun, just so you know). Tracye was babysitting us girls and I guess brought us to the church and dad came out with my mother's dress on, and I just clung to Tracye. I wouldn't even go to my mother until my dad was all the way looking like himself again. That is what this reminded me of. B was scared, I was getting the cream off of my face, and Autumn was still trying to take pictures! It really was funny!
Finally, he came to me, we hugged, and I assured him that it was done and those men were all gone! We sat down to finish our dinner, and I look across the table at A. She slouched down in her chair, leaned against her uncle Jarrod, looking so sick to her stomach, and she said, "I'm sorry I told them it was your birthday!
Oh. My. Goodness....I laughed so hard! SO FUNNY! We finished dinner, went to walmart, then to braums to get some ice cream to go, and came home and I got a couple more calls from friends and family! It was a great birthday!!!
I keep forgetting and I upload my pictures backwards....this is right before we left. The car can bring hours of entertainment....it is like a fun house mirror!
M being silly.
I really like this picture....I like the lines and the colors in it. It is A playing outside the restaurant.
Some of the girls went inside and were entertaining B who was outside.
S and B.
Love this picture of A!
That orange background with her dress looks great!
Playing outside the restaurant.
Autumn, me, Bethany.............LOVE this one!
I really like this picture!
A friend told me to be sure to turn the camera and make sure I was in some pictures.....so I did. Love my little guy!
I like these next few.....me and the gang!
I really really like this one.....his little hands and fingers.......they don't stay little for long!
This is after the big song......he finally came to me.
Clinging to his daddy......a little traumatized!
Me and the big huge sombrero.
This is after they shoved it in my face! You can see the whipped cream on my shirt!
The day started with our birthday tradition...the whole family (except the birthday girl) wakes up early and fixes breakfast and decorates the kitchen/hall/birthday person's door. So I woke up and got to break through a maze of streamers just to get to the bathroom! We had a lovely breakfast of eggs, bacon, great coffee for EVERYONE (sorry teachers) oh, except for Autumn cause she can't have caffeine, and a great rendition of the happy birthday song! I got my birthday present way early....it was my underwater camera. And the girls enrolled me to a cake decorating class!
I got a couple of early morning birthday texts from Becky and Pam, took everyone to school, got a call from my dad and Bethany, worked for the morning, got flowers from Bethany, Jarrod and B. I came home for lunch and checked the mail, and I was so happy to only find "fun" mail! There was no junk, no bills, just some birthday cards, thank you notes, and birth announcement! That was a good surprise!
Then I got on the computer and got on facebook and found that I had 64 notifications! I love getting notifications on facebook! It's like opening a present every time! I read every sweet birthday note from my friends (and they kept popping up all day! I love that!). I got a couple more birthday texts and calls from friends, enjoyed my tarimasu crepe that Autumn got me (my favorite), and a nice little nap before going to get the girls from school.
We came home, got ready and loaded up to go to a nearby time to one of my favorite Mexican restaurants to meet Bethany, Jarrod, and B to eat. We love this place and go there fairly often. It has good food, plus it is a good meeting spot, not too far from Bethany and the fam. People at Mexican restaurants always notice the girls...well, actually, wherever we go, we are pretty noticeable because we are kind of a circus....anyway, Mexican places really notice them cause the girls are Mexican and they try to talk Spanish to them and so on. Anyway, we go in, say hello, and sit down and order our drinks. A loves to talk to people and spout out random information to people in about 10 seconds after meeting them. She looks at the waiter and spouts out that it is my birthday...no big deal. I was not worried about this at all because of all of the many times we have been to this place (and on my birthday before) we have NEVER seen them do any kind of embarrassing things for birthdays. Some places come out singing and so on, but not this place......or so I thought!
We got our dinner and were enjoying eating, when all of the sudden we hear whistling...LOUD whistling! Hear come like 10 waiters (they are all men, no women) and they are whistling so loud that I thought at first it might be a fire alarm. They surrounded me, put a sombrero on my head, and start singing something to me in Spanish! All I could think is...why have we never ever ever seen them do this to ANYONE else! During their grand song, they start swaying me back and forth, then they come out with a sopapilla with whipped cream on top. Oh wow...how great! I am now thinking this is worth the embarrassment! But then something happened that I have NEVER seen at a restaurant.......they shoved that whipped cream sopapilla in my face! Yes they did! I could not believe it! I am sure that my eyes about bugged out of my head because I was so shocked! I mean, I have gotten many pies in my face at VBS, but never expected this in a restaurant! It didn't go on my hair or anything...just my face!
Autumn, in the midst of all of the birthday chaos, grabbed my camera and started shooting. My camera is on manual, so she was frantically trying to get pictures, but there are no windows in the place, which is terrible lighting for pictures, and I never use the flash, so it was a little tricky getting it all done. So she got pictures, although the lighting isn't the greatest. In her hurried effort to get pictures and capture the moment, she totally missed the moment. When we were talking about it later, she kept saying, oh I missed that cause I was trying to get a picture!
At the very end of the song and at the moment that they shoved that treat in my face, B got scared and started crying. Jarrod picked him up and B just clung to him.....he didn't want anything to do with me! It immediately brought back a memory of when I was 4 or 5 I think. My dad had dressed up like a woman (it was for something for church, not something he just did for fun, just so you know). Tracye was babysitting us girls and I guess brought us to the church and dad came out with my mother's dress on, and I just clung to Tracye. I wouldn't even go to my mother until my dad was all the way looking like himself again. That is what this reminded me of. B was scared, I was getting the cream off of my face, and Autumn was still trying to take pictures! It really was funny!
Finally, he came to me, we hugged, and I assured him that it was done and those men were all gone! We sat down to finish our dinner, and I look across the table at A. She slouched down in her chair, leaned against her uncle Jarrod, looking so sick to her stomach, and she said, "I'm sorry I told them it was your birthday!
Oh. My. Goodness....I laughed so hard! SO FUNNY! We finished dinner, went to walmart, then to braums to get some ice cream to go, and came home and I got a couple more calls from friends and family! It was a great birthday!!!
I keep forgetting and I upload my pictures backwards....this is right before we left. The car can bring hours of entertainment....it is like a fun house mirror!
M being silly.
I really like this picture....I like the lines and the colors in it. It is A playing outside the restaurant.
Some of the girls went inside and were entertaining B who was outside.
S and B.
Love this picture of A!
That orange background with her dress looks great!
Playing outside the restaurant.
Autumn, me, Bethany.............LOVE this one!
I really like this picture!
A friend told me to be sure to turn the camera and make sure I was in some pictures.....so I did. Love my little guy!
I like these next few.....me and the gang!
I really really like this one.....his little hands and fingers.......they don't stay little for long!
This is after the big song......he finally came to me.
Clinging to his daddy......a little traumatized!
Me and the big huge sombrero.
This is after they shoved it in my face! You can see the whipped cream on my shirt!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sweet Prayer
I love to hear my girls pray. It is just the sweetest thing ever, and I love to hear their perspective when they pray. I learn a lot from them when it comes to prayer. I love the way they just talk to the Lord and tell Him about their life....I need to be more like that. I love it that they just ask him for things with faith that yes, he will answer them! For example, S once prayed for our friend....she prayed that someone bring dinner to his house. Later that evening I checked with that friend to see if the prayer was answered....wouldn't you know that "randomly" someone DID bring dinner to their house! I love it that they are persistent. I love it that they love the Lord and they express that to Him.
Our church is about to start revival meetings next week, so this month we have been having prayer times in different people's homes each week. The girls haven't made it to all of them, but they did go the other night. I was just a little bit nervous that they might not sit still during the prayer, or they might throw a fit, or something. While we sat and waited for everyone to get there, the girls talked to everyone about school and such. Then we started to pray. There was no order, just left open to whoever wanted to pray. The girls were still for the most part. A kept looking up at us and mouthing to us that she wanted to pray. We nodded our approval, but when one person got done praying, she just couldn't get the courage to jump in and someone else would pray. This cycle went on.....then it was silence.....the leader asked if there was anyone else.....A raised her hand.....but everyone still had their eyes closed, no one saw her. Autumn gave her a little nudge and this sweet little 6 year old began to pray out loud in this group of adults. Very courageous! And her prayer.....so sweet! She prayed for sick people to get better, she prayed that people would come to know the Lord, and she prayed that our church would quit going down and get God. A few tears trickled down my face, but I held back the waterfall that so badly wanted to come out! After she prayed, H prayed as well. She prayed a very mature and sweet prayer as well. So proud of my girls! SO PROUD!!!!!
Thank you Lord for their examples! Thank you Lord that you shine so brightly through them!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
proud moment
Our girls have come a long ways in so many areas. They have progressed so much. However, it is very hard to see this progression most days when one child has a bad attitude and another is crying about absolutely nothing! It is hard to see progress when it is so gradual, but then there are those moments when they make the right choice, when they have compassion on others, or just act grown up. Well, let's just say that this has been a week where it is very hard to see the progress. Going back to school just wears them out, and we all know that we do not act our best when we are worn out and tired. Getting new teachers and new rules also means that especially our two youngest will test the rules and push the teachers. Needless to say, I am worn out. Luckily, we have wonderful teachers that are consistent, so hopefully it won't take too long before they realize the rules won't change no matter how much they push.
Anyway, the Lord knew exactly what I needed today. My friend Susie has a little girl A's age and last year she took A to her house on Wednesday afternoons to play and brought her to church that night. It was great for A. Our girls don't get a lot of time without their sisters, so this special attention was very good for A. Since school started again, the Wed. afternoon plan was on again. Susie picks A and S up everyday and transports them to Autumn's school, so today S was the only one that got out....A got to stay with Susie. As you can imagine, this was SO exciting for one girl, and SO NOT exciting for the other. We knew we would have one unhappy camper, but we all felt this setup is so good for A that it is worth a "little" fuss. So we prepared S yesterday that she would not get to go, hoping to diffuse the situation. Well, the preparation did no good. S put her best pouty face on and here came the tears. Susie later told me that while I was dealing with the fit, A looked up at her with her tender, compassionate brown eyes and said that she would go home if S really wanted to go that bad.
WOW!!! Going to Susie's house on Wednesdays is not taken lightly by A, so giving that up is a HUGE sacrifice! WOW!!!!!! Yes, this was a VERY proud moment. Thank you Lord for speaking to my girls. Thank you for your grace. Thank you for not giving up on us. Thank you that you keep teaching us. Thank you for the greatest sacrifice ever.....the sacrifice of your son!
And just so you know, A did get to go to Susie's house, S did not....we stuck to our guns and did what we thought was best for her. Also, thank you Susie for taking A each Wed. and for pointing out her sweet moment to me today!
Anyway, the Lord knew exactly what I needed today. My friend Susie has a little girl A's age and last year she took A to her house on Wednesday afternoons to play and brought her to church that night. It was great for A. Our girls don't get a lot of time without their sisters, so this special attention was very good for A. Since school started again, the Wed. afternoon plan was on again. Susie picks A and S up everyday and transports them to Autumn's school, so today S was the only one that got out....A got to stay with Susie. As you can imagine, this was SO exciting for one girl, and SO NOT exciting for the other. We knew we would have one unhappy camper, but we all felt this setup is so good for A that it is worth a "little" fuss. So we prepared S yesterday that she would not get to go, hoping to diffuse the situation. Well, the preparation did no good. S put her best pouty face on and here came the tears. Susie later told me that while I was dealing with the fit, A looked up at her with her tender, compassionate brown eyes and said that she would go home if S really wanted to go that bad.
WOW!!! Going to Susie's house on Wednesdays is not taken lightly by A, so giving that up is a HUGE sacrifice! WOW!!!!!! Yes, this was a VERY proud moment. Thank you Lord for speaking to my girls. Thank you for your grace. Thank you for not giving up on us. Thank you that you keep teaching us. Thank you for the greatest sacrifice ever.....the sacrifice of your son!
And just so you know, A did get to go to Susie's house, S did not....we stuck to our guns and did what we thought was best for her. Also, thank you Susie for taking A each Wed. and for pointing out her sweet moment to me today!
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