Women of Faith Weekend

How can I begin to describe how awesome the Women of Faith conference was. There are no words that can describe it. All I can say is that if you weren't there, you missed a blessed event. The amount of spiritual encouragement that I received overfilled my cup. Lately, God has really put pressure on my heart to get up of my couch potatoe life and get busy learning about His Word. I have been going to Sunday night Bible Study now for 3...maybe 4 weeks and I LOVE IT! Can't wait until the R12 Campaign at church starts. At the conference mom purchased a book called Holding Fast by Karen James. Trust me you need to rush out and get this book if you feel your faith waivering. Or you just need to hear a good story of a wife and her spiritual journey. Well got to go for now! Will write more later!

God Bless Everyone and enjoy your weekend!!
Jennifer

The Days That Past

Well not much has happened since my last post. A week has gone by and really fast. Anyway last Saturday we went to Goltry to see my mom and dad for the day. We helped them clean out a storage shed and I found my doll house. (Jarod has been asking for one of these since he saw the ones at Hobby Lobby about 4 to 6 months ago) So I got mine out and let him play with it. He loves it. We ended up bringing it home and he plays with it occasionally. Sunday we went to church then over to my Mike and Peggy's (father and mother-in-laws) and Peggy trimmed my hair and highlighted it too. It looks really good. We went to Sunday school that evening and it was great. I am really starting to enjoy it. Monday of course came way too fast. But it was a pretty good day. Brinley was a little fussy but not as much as Tuesday. Tuesday was a horrible day for Brinley. She was a very upset little girl. I did everything I could but she just wasn't happy at all. Wednesday was a great day. The weather yesterday and today has been heaven. Brinley was the complete opposite today. She was extremely happy today. Greg and Becky both said that she was really gassy last night so hopefully that was her problem Tuesday. I also got some sewing done today that I have wanted to get done in weeks. I have a lot more that I would like to do but getting it done with two kids is a little difficult. Just like today, after ironing the material I unplugged the iron and set it on a chair. Jarod forgot that it was hot and touched it. He burned his first two fingers on his right hand. He cried for awhile and finally calmed down and took some tylenol and fell asleep on the couch. I feel horrible that it happened of course. Tonight I am going to the church to pay some bills, then back home. Tomorrow evening mom and I will leave for Tulsa when she gets off work and Kris gets home. Women of Faith this weekend!! Really excited. I love going to this. It is such a spiritual boost that I wish would last all year. So for know I need to get supper started. Hopefully it won't be so long between my next posts. And now a picture!! Which child of mine is this a picture of: Jarod or Garrett? Leave your guess in the comments!!

God Bless,

Jennifer

Another Monday

Well, today was the official start to my job for this school year. I will now be babysitting my cousins sweet little girl, Brinley, Monday thru Friday during the school year. And today being a monday was a little rough going this morning but got better as the day went on. Her daddy is a dirt track racer and Sunday night they had a race so she had a late night at the track. So, she was a little cranky today, but was mostly tired. Afternoon it got much better and the boys played with her and then she fell asleep and slept till her mommy came and got her. Garrett on the other hand woke up happy and went down hill all day. He, I think is having a little bit of a jealousy issue with all this. He doesn't like to share his bouncer, his walker or his infant swing, so he is cranky today. But I wouldn't have it any other way. A cranky baby gives me hope that soon there will be a smile and that is all worth the crankiness. Which is usually how Mondays are. Most people I meet on Mondays are in some way a little cranky. So on this wonderful weathered Monday I say to all the week has only began and tomorrow will be another Tuesday. And then another Wednesday and before you know it, it will be the weekend. So enjoy your week. On a good note our Women of Faith tickets are in. Just 10 more days. Yeah! I can't wait!!!
God Bless Everyone
Jennifer

Busy Week

Well this week like most weeks in my life seem to speed by. It seems like it was just Sunday. Anywho. Today is now Thursday, which is now almost over, and another weekend is upon us. Today I babysit Brinley, she was such a good baby and the boys just love her. Tonight is Cowboy Church at Winters' Livestock and Barry Ward is suppose to be there. Tomorrow seems like it will be a slow day, but things change so fast these days I will probably be so busy tomorrow I won't remember what I had for breakfast. Saturday is Grow and Build at Lowes and we are taking the boys to it. They are building a bug house this week. Then comes Sunday. Kris is preaching Sunday at church. Should be a fun and interesting service.

As the days fly by and another year passes my children get another year older. Jarod will be starting school next year. I am so not ready for that. But yet, I am very excited for it to happen. I really hope that Jarod likes school. Dropping him off at school and driving away will be bad enough, but he cries you can bet it won't be a good day for mommy either. Garrett will be talking soon, which I can't wait for. I can't wait to hear what his voice will sound like. And hopefully in a couple years we will finish our family with a third child. But for now we will love what we have and make the most of life.

I hope this finds everyone in good health and good spririts!
In God,
Jennifer

Our Childrens' Frustrations

As I sit here comtemplating lifes oddities, I can't help but think about how a day started badly can only get better, right? Today started out as usual, my oldest son, Jarod, waking up right after daddy leaves for work and climbing into bed with me and drifting back to sleep. An hour or so later my youngest child Garrett decides it is time for the world to enjoy his presence and calls out to me in that lovely baby babble. I crawl out of bed and walk myself into his room to see his smiling face. After receiving my morning hug I set his little feet on the floor and off he goes to start his day of disaster. However before even making it out the bedroom door he stumbles, falls and head meets door frame in a horrific sound that makes any mother gasp. And with that starts his day of troubles. Its odd how you can predict the course of your day by how the first hour of the morning goes. Rounding the door frame headed for the living room, he trips on a dog and hits the floor, crying even harder this time. I lovingly pick him up and try to give him my motherly comfort as he struggles and wiggles himself to the ground. He finally makes it into the kitchen for his morning drink and breakfast. I fix a sippy cup hand it to him and it drops to the floor smashing one of those tender little toes. Looking at me and asking with those adorable water filled eyes "Why is this happening to me?" , I almost cry too. This time he accepts mommy's comforting hugs and kisses and rests his head on my shoulder. After awhile he continues his day with not much else going on at least for a little while. We went to the church so I could pay some of the church bills and file some paperwork, when it all started over again. Within 10 minutes of getting there, he had his next run in with the bad day fairy (as I like to call it). First he climbed in a chair, while trying to climb down from it he fell head first into the carpeted floor. Then later climbed back into the chair stood up and the chair feel backwards. Then he crawls to me for the comfort he knows makes everything better and upon standing smacks his head on a drawer of my desk. Frantic to pick my hurting child up I close the drawer and smash his fingers in the drawer. Grabbing him (feeling like the worse mother in the world by now) and holding him tight I can't help but wonder "Should we all go back to bed and try this morning thing again?" After a lengthy comforting and relaxing time and drinks of water for everyone, he walks himself to the middle of the room lays down on his back sticks his ever so faithful sucking fingers in his mouth and just lays there. A good 20 or 30 minutes later he is back on his rampage but no bad day fairy.
Sometimes I wonder if the bad day fairy is God saying "Hey, you should start your day with me!" Maybe my mornings will start with a prayer with my kids for God to watch over and protect us in everything we do. God did say let the children come to me. And you know, watching Garrett lie there today with his arm resting on his forhead makes me wonder, were he and God talking? Did my 1 year old child figure out for himself what took me a lifetime to figure out? A day without spending time with God just isn't worth me going on!

In God,
Jennifer