My BABIES are home!!

For the 3rd year, Kyle has taken the kids to Orlando for Spring break. They just love it. They stay at the Nick Hotel & Resort. A week full of Nickelodeon fun, Disney World Magic and Universal Studios excitement. They left Monday 3/16 and I usually do well Monday - Wednesday with them gone BUT...... Come Thursday I am just sick to my stomach with missing them. I know a break is good for me from our day to day life BUT those are MY babies and NO one loves them more than me. I missed them SO MUCH! Thank you Lord for bringing them home safe!

Birthday Bash! Happy Brthday Everybody!

March is super busy for our family with birthdays.

My Mom - 3/06
My Dad - 3/07
My uncle Juan's puppy Coqueta - 3/10 :0)
My uncle Juan - 3/14
MY WONDERFUL HUBBY - 3/15
My Aunt Santa - 3/20
Gavin(Henry's son) - 3/28

Instead of having to go through major unnecessary drama in trying to plan dinner for each of them I just had one HUGE party for them all. We had everyone bring a side dish and Lee Roy and I provided the meat. It gave my family a chance to be together and enjoy family that we do not get to always spend time with very often. My cousins came in from Tech and we ate and ate and enjoyed our time together. Oh did I mention it was all done in the dark.. actually by candlelight.. yeah not funny! Lee Roy had just brought in the meat and we were seating and serving when... OUT GOES THE POWER! URGGHHH!!! I was so upset but EVERYONE still had a blast and didn't let it kill the party BUZZ!

Just a little something to think about

A Daily Word from Pastor Graham
March 9, 2009
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled.
-- Hebrews 12:15
We’ve all been hurt or mistreated by others. It’s part of life. And the truth is, we can’t change the past. And it does no good to ask “Why?” All we can do is move forward.

Yet one of the things that holds most people from moving on from hurts in life is unforgiveness.

If your heart has been broken, but you want to get on with your life today, you must forgive. You can never fully realize the grace of God in your own life if you are harboring hate, bitterness, resentment, or pain from your past.

But what if you don’t forgive? Today we’ll look at the consequences of unforgiveness. And tomorrow we’ll see how you can begin the process of forgiveness.

The first consequence of unforgiveness is that it will contaminate your personality with bitterness.

It’s like a weed that grows out of control in your life. When you become bitter, you become negative and critical. Anger and resentfulness can grow unchecked, and before you even realize it, joy and happiness has been choked out of your life.

If left unchecked, unforgiveness will devour your relationships and jeopardize your future. Bitterness can spread to your marriage and be passed along to your children from generation to generation. Worst of all, unforgiveness can rob you of a growing relationship with God.

YOU CAN NEVER FULLY REALIZE THE GRACE OF GOD IN YOUR OWN LIFE IF YOU ARE HARBORING BITTERNESS FROM YOUR PAST.