A variety of things ...

Ok so again I have been super busy and to be quite honest just not in the mood to write. Sorta been over whelmed with activities, family things and just stuff with the kids. But I wanted to post this link



And give you all some great links to Pastor Deanna Shrodes site. She is continuing the "Just Say It" Series and I want you to read it. I meant to post what she had written last week but never got around to it. So instead I am going to give you links to each topic. Make sure you check them out, there is so great stuff there!

Just Say It Series :

Honoring Your Pastor
Before and After Church Bombardment
How to Help Your Pastor when they are Bombarded
People will be held Accountable for How They Treat the Pastor's Children

Deanna is continuing the series so keep checking her blog. I will try to keep links to them coming your way. For now I have a house that is screaming in pain because it needs to be cleaned! So I am off of her for now.

Pushing Buttons

AAAAAUUUUUGGGGG!!!!!

Why? Why? Why?

Please, can someone enlighten me as to why

children seem to enjoy pushing buttons??

Not just computer buttons...

Sara loves pushing and clicking on every button

she can on the computer causing the computer

to almost shut down on me! I think it is as

stressed as I am today!

No....they know when Mama is hurt

and can't catch them! They know how,

when and what buttons to push!

They know what limits to break

and if they have the opportunity ~ they do.

Let me tell you something, just because our

kids are PKs (pastor's kids) they are not perfect!

We don't expect them to be and thankfully our

church body doesn't expect them to be either!

But today I sure would have appreciated it

if my children would have obeyed me a little

bit more. I guess to be honest they were

just being kids, having fun and enjoying the

last days of summer. They had a grand time

playing in the hose, making mud puddles

and spraying each other.

Then it started ~ mud fights.

There was mud flying everywhere. Now

understand, I was outside enjoying the fresh

cool air and sunshine while they were playing.

It was ok, I don't mind the mud. They are

kids and a bit of dirt comes with the territory!

There are too many parents out there that

do not allow their children to enjoy

sensory fun such has dirt, mud and even

finger painting! But that is another

tangent I will address at a later time!

Nope what started as fun turned into a battle.

Not just against each other!! No Sara & Eli

decide to include Mama into the fun against

my will! Now on any other day I would have

joined in ~ but lets remember it has only been

6 days since my surgery, I am wobbling around

on crutches (due to strong pain killers last week I did

not use crutches & now that I'm only taking Advil

I realize just how much my knee hurts again~ouch!! )

Anyway, my wonderful, loving, sweet, energy pack,

double mint twins began throwing mud at Mama all

the while giggling. The more I yelled the more they

threw. Then came the hose! By the time I got into

the house and away from them I was covered in mud

and was soaked to the bone. Thank goodness I had

sense enough to hide my stomach from direct hits!

I sent Kris and Jaron out to stop the madness.

Then it was to the showers for all 4 of them.

My stomach is screaming, my back is swearing

and my knee is past forgiveness!

CALGON TAKE ME AWAY!

Oh, JFYI ~ Sean is at work and my Mommy

flew back home today.....

THANK YOU MOM!!!!

With out you here I would never had gotten

through the last week and Sean would never

had been able to take those extra shifts!

Those extra shifts will help us out greatly!

THANK YOU MOM!

THANK YOU GOD

FOR MAKING MOM'S!

And Thank you God for giving me the chance to

be a mom even if I am not perfect!

A Great Man!

Today I just want to take time to tell you about a

great man! That man is loving, strong, faithful,

honest, caring, he's a good provider, a gifted writer,

a fantastic father & husband, my best friend.

If you truly get to know this man, you will know

his love for history-specifically WW2history,

his wacky sense of humor and his love for God.

You'll learn more in 30 minutes about the Bible

than spending time reading the Bible on your own.

He is called, "the Bible scholar" by some,

Pastor by others, Seany by his family,

Daddy by his children and Honey by me.

Let me introduce you to my husband..Sean.

You see I am very proud of him. He is such a

strong man of faith. When I have doubts he is

there to listen and encourage me the

best he can. He does his best as a father too.

He plays with the kids and tries to

spend time with each one.

Which with his crazy schedule is very hard

to do. He has two primary jobs, one and

the most important is his position as Pastor

of our church. The 2nd is a secular job.

But he also is a substitute teacher and also

subs for the janitorial and grounds keeping

dept. of the local schools. He has gone

above and beyond to provide for our family.

No one can accuse him of

being lazy or not trying!

Sean has two different honors. The first is a

Masters degree in Communications and has

over 25 years of experience as a reporter for

newspapers and a magazine. The other honor

he has is being a licensed Pastor through

the Assemblies of God.

You might ask - well why not get a job at a newspaper?!

Let me tell you he has tried!

It has been difficult because when we moved here

3 major factories closed with the first 2 months.

Jobs here are extremely hard to find unless you are

willing to be a truck driver.

There are high demands for that type of job here.

Sean does a fantastic job as a pastor! With all

pastoring positions you sometimes meet opposition

against change but we are seeing many

strides in that area. Sean is a gifted writer.

He has his own blog...

http://www.matthew16-3.blogspot.com/

called The Observer's Desk. He writes his own

newsletter called The Observer as well.

He has a wealth of info. stored in his head.

If he reads it he retains it. I only pray my

children get that gift! He is so smart you want him

on your team when playing Trivial Pursuit!

Now don't get me wrong no one is perfect! I am far

from perfection and so is he. But you know what

even if I could go back 10 1/2 years ago knowing all

that I know today I would stand at that alter

in Venice Assembly of God and confess my

undying love for him and repeat the same

vows I did 10 1/2 years ago!

Would I hope that things would be different

this timearound? Maybe, but if they were then

our marriage may not be as strong as it is now.

So many things might be different if I changed

anything, so I'm not sure I would change anything.

Well maybe two things, one being that

our first son would be with us and then there's

being a better steward of everything!

Don't we all need to be better stewards!

My husband, may not be the perfect man for

you but he is the perfect man for me

and the perfect father for our children!