A Thorn Among Roses

And we are chilling outside until the next thunderstorm! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

We are having the best time ever at the beach... Both sets of grandparents are here...we have one of our fav hs students, bekah, along with us... And its THE BEACH!!!!! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

Jada and sofia were creating their own "movie" starring spongebob and mickey mouse.. And i think its going to be a big hit. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

A few things me and the fam did not do... I DID NOT get the worst ear infection i had in years last week. I DID NOT have a ruptured ear drum and two ear infections with a sinus infection. Sofia DID NOT randomly say on the way home from church, "i do like like broccoli, mom. Just so you know." I'm sure there was thought behind that, but its unclear to me. We DID NOT have jada's 6th bday rockstar party saturday. There was NOT mommy juice for the adults so the 15 kids could be in check during karaoke and dancing and tattoos. Brook DID NOT take an AR test for a book shes been reading and score 100%! It is not amazing to see her finally succeed at something in school and be just like the other kids. Sofia did NOT pray this week in the car, "dear lord, thank u for basketball. And for yummy food and sometimes the rain. Amen". Brooke: "would u look at the size of that weiner?" Jada: "did u say weiner?" Brooke: "yep! That weiner d...

Sometimes you just need starbucks... I have a double ear infection, sinus infection and well, I am just plain exhausted. Sofia on the other hand, she's just always in need of sweets... So sometimes you just need a little starbucks to make it. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7

Don't you just want to go down the swirly slide so you can find this joy? Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7

i'm not sure if it's the long winter or that there's just 6 of us in this house, but it's a flipping mess...always! i get frustrated when i look around...bc as soon as i clean up, there's another mess.  i mean, i have some really awesome "helpers"...but as you can see, there's some ba-junk-da-junk that could use a cleaning up. i'm having a hard time this morning being really upset about it...because i'm rejoicing in finding my "fountains" or strength in what matters.   passion 2011 rocked my world...like i mean, rocked my world...and the CD just released {with me singing off key in the crowd} and i'm praising God along with Chris Tomlin and 3000 other peeps to "all my fountains"...and i'm feeling the joy, man. and then i turn around and i see the world i live in.  i mean, that's hard for me in the midst of this... and this... but in the end, what matters?  i'm really trying hard to keep that focus...m...