Shh...don't tell anyone.

So we are driving home from church and Jerry starts talking...with the music up. Kids know no boundaries, they will just keep talking louder and louder over the music, while I'm praising the Lord, until you acknowledge them. Anyway... I divert.

I turn the music down and say, "Oh sweet son of mine, whatever did you say, I am so sorry I did not hear that you were speaking?" Ok, I didn't say that. It was more like "Whaaaaat Jerry?" :)

He said "Don't talk when we get home."

Don't talk, what do you mean don't talk.

He says, "Don't talk I have a secret to tell you."

Oooh, what it is?

"I can't tell you yet."

Then Gia says with just a twinge of jealously in her voice, "We shouldn't have secrets."

Why not?

She responds, obviously unsure what proof she has for not having secrets, "Well we should make it a rule in our house, you can't keep secrets."

Jerry then adds, "Gia, I'm not keeping it, I'm going to tell mommy."

Humph! Problem solved then. Funny things is, the kids are in bed and fast asleep and I still don't know what the secret was... :-( Maybe we will make it a rule, so I can actually hear them, lol!

And here I am

Moments in life seem to pass without ever thinking about them, but then...then there are those moments that seem to grab hold of you from the inside and reveal...just reveal.

JT and I are going through many changes right now with changing of jobs, areas we are involved in at church and I cannot help but be overjoyed and excited to see what God has in store for us. We hear so much in church about valleys and mountain tops and how we cannot appreciate being on the mountain tops without going through the valleys. I sometimes feel that if we weren't in the valleys and were able to see all that is beheld from a mountain top, we may not follow the path God has for us. Sometimes it is better not to know what is beyond that mountain top, because in our flesh we will probably screw it up, so we must wait until God says move and the only place to BE STILL is in those valleys.

I have learned a lot about myself lately, some things come as no surprise, some things I already knew, but are just now sinking in. Sometimes I just want to scream out loud all my shortcomings and areas God is dealing with me in and because of that I am reminded just how much I need God and how much He does not need me, BUT He wants me and that is AMAZING GRACE.

I long to love Him more, serve Him more. My prayer is that wherever God leads our family, that His power is glorified through it all because at this point, that is all I have. His strength. I'm ready to get out of my comfort zone and relying on the security of this world, and I am ready to be plunged into a complete dependence on God's grace and total surrenderance to His mercy.

This world will fade, eternity is forever...

Jerry's 1st day of school

Jerry started pre-k yesterday. He actually has the same teacher that Gia had in pre-k, Ms. Matthews. He is only going half-day, from 12:15-3:15. His first day went really well. I was a bit nervous dropping him off because sometimes he is very clingy with me and I thought he was going to be a bit more hesitant for me to leave him, BUT he wasn't. He had no problem whatsoever.
He was such a big boy and went to class and said his goodbyes with no problem. I was very proud, yet a little sad he didn't want me more, lol. Good thing is that I haven't cried yet. I cried the first 2 days when Gia was in pre-k, even though she is much more independent than Jerry.

He even drew his first picture. It is a picture of daddy, Jerry, and a monster that we mistakenly thought was a bird (silly us).

I asked Jerry what he wanted for his "first day of school dinner" and he said ramen noodles. After laughing and making other suggestions for him, he excitedly decided on popcorn shrimp, mac and cheese (his favorite) and corn. Then we went out for some ice cream at sonic. All in all, it was a very good first day of school for him.

Mod Podge

Well, I finally did it! I used Mod Podge and I have to admit...I LOVE it. I have been constantly thinking what else I could Mod Podge. My first project was my (soon to arrive) nephew's name, NASH! It is not perfect, but I am very happy with the final outcome, except for the 'N' because I messed up and still need to go get more paper to finish it. I learned the hard way that when you trace the letter on the back of the paper, you need to trace it backwards, as well. :-/ Oh well, it was a ton of fun and can't wait to send it to my sister. Big shout out to my neighbors for inspiring me. :-)

BEFORE

AFTER (except the N, lol)

Well...

Well, I guess it's that time again. We have not been doing much, not really able to with this terrible heat, but Praise the Lord, we got some good rain last night/today. It was glorious!

It's about that time for school begin again.

Gia will be attending the school at the church, and she is very excited. When asked what part she is looking forward to the most, she replied, that she was excited she gets to pray and learn about the Bible IN SCHOOL. Jerry starts half-day pre-K and he actually gets to have the same teacher Gia did, so they were both ecstatic when hearing that news.

Tonight at dinner, JT asked both kids what they wanted to do in the future to help better the world around them. Gia said she wants to get her Bible and knock on people's doors to tell them abut Jesus or whatever God wants her to do. (So proud). Jerry, gave a very...somewhat admirable, but definitely testosterone driven "boy" answer. He said he wants to go around and catch all the robbers and kill them so they can never steal again. After, discussing other alternatives to the killing part, he finally agreed that he would just catch them and give them to the cops. He then added that while they were in jail he would tell them about Jesus, but he said, "I don't know ALLLLL about Jesus, so daddy can tell them that part." :-)

Another bit of exciting news is MOD PODGE. I have just been introduced and not even used it yet, but I got some and my first craft and you better believe I will be bloggin about that! Very, very excited!