Happy Birthday Sara

I know it has been forever since I have blogged. Things have been crazy. My nieces Kaleigh and Jessica have been here from CA. We have been busy playing, bowling and going to Universal. My camera is broken so I did not want to blog without pictures!
Sara turned the big 2 on Monday! It is hard to believe. When you ask her how old she is she tells you, "I two" and she holds up one finger. It is very cute. On her birthday we took her to the play land to play with her cousins and friends but she was scared of the tunnels and would not go in. I was a bad mother that night and I had to go to class on her birthday. She spent the evening with Dad, Emily, Christian, Grandma, Grampa and Uncle Mike. They gave her a little party and she had a blast. The next night my family came over for dinner and cake. She got lots of Dora presents and had a great time. The best part of the night was when she was so excited about her Curious George panties that mom-mom bought her she put all three pairs on over her clothes. Happy Birthday Sara. I love you and welcome "offically" to the terrible twos!

God is good!

My life has been full of emotion and craziness for the past few days. Don spent all of Saturday and Saturday night stuck in an airport trying to get to Dallas. He finally got there on Sunday morning just in time to rush to the hotel and take a shower to go to the church he was visiting. Since Don was going to be gone on Saturday night I had three of my high school girls spend the night with me and were coming to check out C3 with me in the morning. I was up late with the girls talking and my mom called me about 12:45 a.m. to tell me that I needed to come to her house because she called 911 and she thought my Dad was having a heart attack. I quickly left the house and took my mom to the hospital. We were there all night in the E.R. then they moved him into the open heart ICU. I got home at 5:00 a.m. to find my high school girls waiting up for me because they were worried about me. God knew that I needed them there that night. If they were not there to watch my kids, I would not have been able to go be with my mom and dad. They also were there to listen to my worries and concerns. God used those girls to show me that He will always work things out for His good for those who love Him. My Dad is home now. They had to do a stint in one artery and the others are also 60% blocked. He goes back in three weeks for a check-up and to see if they will have to put another stint in. The ball is in his court now to make changes to take better care of himself. I was bummed that I missed church on Sunday. I was telling Sandi that I knew that God put the girls in my house that night for a reason and that God would not give me more than I can bear and she told me that is what the sermon at church was about on Sunday. God is good all the time!

My Hubby

I was sitting here think about my hubby. He is going to Dallas this weekend to visit a cool church like ours. He is going to check out the Children's ministry because were are using their curriculum in Power House. When I think about Don's ministry is Power House I am amazed. If anyone had been in Power House you will see what I am talking about. He is so good with the kids and he makes it fun and makes Jesus real to our kids. Many times I have seen a new child come in very shy and by the end of Power House they are dancing and begging their parents to come back. I am so proud that Don shows an example of what Jesus would be if he were in our Churches today. I don't think Jesus would stand in front of the kids and read them a story. Jesus would be right in the middle of the kids dancing and singing praises to His father. I am thankful that my children can see their Daddy making a difference in lives for Christ. Honey, you rock!

Beach Fun

Today we went to the beach with the Conrad's (of course). When we finally got to the perfect spot with a shower to clean off afterwards(just for Sandi). We started to make our way down to the beach and we had walk down the steps to the beach, Sara saw the sand or in her words the dirt. She decided she did not want to go on the beach because she does not like dirt. I had to carry her across the sand to find a spot. Th rest of the kids were ready for sand and boggie boards. Sara finally warmed up to the beach which is a good thing since we are going to the Keys in a few weeks for vacation. After lesson from Mrs. Sandi, Emmi did great on the boggie board. Christian stayed in the water the whole time. We had a great day and I think we are going to go back on Friday.

4th of July

Today we had a 4th of July party at our house with our home team from C3. We had a bounce house slip and slide and a kiddie pool for the babies. We had 10 kids ranging in age from infant to 8 years old. All in all we had a great day. I was so afraid that it was going to rain because it has been raining in the afternoon all week but it was so nice out. Sandi brought snow cones and of course they wre a hit with the kids and the adults. After dinner we were all sitting outside watching the kids play and I said, "I am so glad it did not rain today." Then the heavens opened up and it began to pour. Everyone ran inside to get out of the rain but Christian, Caleb and Luke stayed outside and played on the water slide. They had so much fun. It was so nice to spend the day with friends and to relax. Thanks guys for a great day!