Saying a Blubbery Goodbye

At the beginning of the summer my husband and I decided that maybe the Lord was calling us into a more full time ministry. We visited a church that was looking for a youth pastor wondering if we should put our resume in. We decided, "Sure, let's do it!" So due to our busy summer it took several weeks for my husband to complete/prefect his resume, but we finally got it in. We didn't hear anything back so we assumed the Lord had different plans for us, then... we got a phone call. The pastor of the church called to set up a time to meet with him, so we had our "meeting" and within 2 weeks (if we decided "yes" which we did) we would take over the youth group for 2 months and then in November the church would vote on us. TWO WEEKS!!! Well yesterday was our last Sunday at our church of about 6 years:o( I knew it was going to be hard and well, I was right! I made it through the service pretty unemotional, I thought, "all right, I did it, no tears!" Then our pastor had my hubby and I, along with 2 other couples who are moving, stand at the back of the church to shake hands and say goodbye. Let's just say that the first person who gave me a hug and said, "we'll miss you" was when "confident" "stable" me trickled my first couple of tears:o/ Aaand, It went all downhill from there, I was a blubbery mess! I'd like to blame it on pregnancy hormones (because, we ARE pregnant!) or claim allergies (my husband is struggling with them right now), but well, the fact is, I/we just plain LOVE our church and the great friends we've gained through going there. Faith Baptist Church will always hold a special place in our hearts! What made me feel even more pathetic as I cried like a baby was that one of the families who was leaving was headed across the country and the other was headed several hours away, we aren't even moving, just changing churches. All that to say, "did I see any tears from either of them?" No, just me, the one who gets to stay in the area and still see our friends here and there:o/ Can we say attached? So the dreaded last Sunday is over and now we're on to a new adventure which we truly are excited about! God is good and I'm sure within no time at all we will develop new relationships at our new church and love it just the same (and I know church isn't all about your friendships, but it is nice to bond with other believers). I guess everything isn't official yet, because the church is still going to have a big vote in November so until then we wait, we serve, we train, we create new friendships and we'll see where the Lord leads!

Piece of Cake?

1st month of pregnancy with Curly (#2)

Pregnant? Or not Pregnant? That is (or should I say has been) the question for the past 2 months or so. My hubby and I kind of assumed having babies was a piece of cake, considering we have 3 kids who were each a surprise to us, not to mention 2 of the 3 kiddos were transitions from nursing birth control to normal birth control (which we no longer use). So... now that we aren't on birth control (and haven't been for the past 2 years) and are officially "trying" to get pregnant we realized it's not that easy:o/ We've learned a lesson through this though and have decided that the Lord is humbling us and while being humbled we are reminded that He is in control. His timing is perfect and it is totally up to Him:o)
It's funny how easily a girl could convince herself that she must be pregnant:o) No longer can she just have a chubby day, it totally has to be related to pregnancy; or being extra tired has nothing to do with the fact that she got to bed late, woke up early and has 3 little ones to take care of... nope it's definitely an indicator that she should probably buy a pregnancy tester; heartburn can not possibly be caused from the spicy food she ate for supper; ridiculously sweaty armpits *blush* aren't because of the fact that she (or maybe just me in this case) is just hot (and I'm not talking about looks); and her strange cravings or extreme sweet tooth has nothing to do with the fact that she is normal (right?); and those crazy weird dreams are just one more "sign" pointing to the fact that she IS indeed pregnant:o)
So there you have it... we're trying to get pregnant and still haven't succeeded, BUT that is okay because it's God's timing and He is in control. So we'll just wait on the Lord and enjoy the little ones we have!


Last month of pregnancy with Curly - I can't find my pregnant pics with Smiles (on our hard drive), so I figured a comparison of month 1 to month 9 (of Curly) would be fun instead?... And yes, I took fun month to month pictures of my growing stomach for all 9 months with all 3 kids. Pretty crazy and very unflattering, but fun to look back on:o)

Funny Without a Clue

Last night after church my hubby and I cleaned out a closet with some large VBS stuff in it that needed to be broken down. Needless to say it took awhile and we were the LAST people to leave (which really isn't that uncommon, but usually it's because we can't stop socializing). So, when we finally finished cleaning up we turned off all the lights and my hubby was locking up while Curly was sitting on the floor putting on her shoes. She can be really slow sometimes so I urged to hurry up, then Brains says, "If you don't hurry up you'll be locked up in the dark church all by yourself!" I assured her that sister was just being mean and that such a thing wouldn't happen. I needed to run some stuff to the car so I hollered to my hubby that Curly was still working on her shoes so don't leave without her. I then told Curly, "Mommy is going out to the car, but papa is still here and he won't leave you alone okay, but hurry up with you shoes!" Well... double checking the doors and expecting your almost 3 year old to open them back up for you isn't the smartest idea of 2010. Thankfully we had a key, but my husband had to round the corner and get it from me. Yep, Curly was in tears once she was rescued, poor girl! On the car ride home little Curly sat in the backseat interrupting my husband and I while we talked, "mommy, mommmmy, MOMMY!" Finally I asked, "What Curly?" She matter of factly states, "Papa locked me in." At first I was thinking, "what is she talking about." Then my husband and I burst out laughing, it was so funny! A total after thought, but I'm thinking she was holding a grudge:o)
On the same car ride home Brains told Curly she was naughty (whatever? not sure and don't care), but offended Curly tattles up to the front seat, "Brains says I'm naunty!" We told Curly not to tattle, then told Brains that she doesn't need to be the one to tell Curly things like that because she isn't the mommy or papa. Then we told her that she was actually being naughty in telling Curly that she was naughty (is this confusing yet?). Anyway, Curly hears us say that and still offended looks over at Brains and says, "Yooour naunty" while pointing at her and smirking her lip. Oh boy! Curly has some really funny faces and says the most random funny things, that girl is such a source of laughter! This might be a "you had to be there" story, but we got a good chuckle out of it. We tried to be inconspicuous of course, didn't want her to know that she was funny since she was doing exactly what Brains was just told not to do.