2 Months

Yesterday we celebrated our 2 month mark for having the kiddos. It has been quite the experience... Here are some things i have learned from having them with us.

• The Foster system is extremely heartbreaking to be apart of, but also very rewarding
• I love kids
• I need more patience
• Diapers smell... Especially Jazmines
• Little boys have 7 energizer bunnies living in them... and they never go out of batteries :)
• Never judge a kid by their appearance. They will surprise you
• Dont make the baby angry... She can make your life miserable.
• To go with the previous, Dont spoil babies... otherwise they are no fun to be around
• Ive come to cherish nap time
• GOD reveals himself through children in the most unusual ways
• I dont want to see these kids go
• Its hard to have other people living in your house... But totally worth the struggle
• A lot of progress can happen in 2 months
• Cant wait to see what month 3 brings :)

This is one of those experiences where i have felt so Overwhelmed and stressed and frustrated and pissed off but at the same time i have seen attitude changes in these kids and have been so blessed by their sweet hearts! Its the little things like watching them fold their hands to pray before Dinner, or running up to me giving me a hug, or telling me they love me that makes it all worth it! :)

Wish i could show you their sweet faces! :) You'll just have to take my word for it that they are stinkin cuteeeee!!!

Verse Book & Encouragement

A few years back for my birthday my Aunt Christy sent me this journal that is very beautiful on the outside i think :) Anyways on the front of this book it has a pinkish flower and on top of the stem of the flower are 6 words:

Inspire

Dream

Hope

Believe

Imagine

Create

Immediately i fell in love with it and wanted to do something different with it than an ordinary journal... So i made it my Verse Book. My goal is to fill the entire book Cover to Cover with Verses that i have been inspired by, or that others have been inspired by. So far there is at least 1 verse on every page. And i am currently working page to page filling it completely before moving on. My hope for this book is to find encouragement through it and give encouragement to others as well... That is why, once it is completely filled i want to give it away to someone that i don't know.

The words in the Bible have been such a blessing to me and have shown so much truth, love, restoration, hope, and peace. So i wanted to share a verse with you today that really caught my attention today, and i hope will be an encouragement to you where ever you may be at in your life.

Psalm 91

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my GOD, in whom I trust."

Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you make the Most High your dwelling--

even the LORD, who is my refuge-

then no harm will befall you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

He will call upon me, and i will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy him

and show him my salvation.

No matter where you are at, what is going on, or how hopeless you feel. We have a GOD that loves us and will deliver us from any situation. He longs to sit with us in the midst of turmoil and comfort us as he carries us through the tough times. We have ever reason to shout his name at the top of our lungs for how great and mighty our GOD is!!

From a song by Chris Tomlin... "And if our GOD is for us, then who can ever stop us. And if our GOD is with us, then what can stand against?!"

Lets lift him up today :)

Be Blessed

Ouch...

My evil step sister is in town, and she is causing me serious pain right about now...

But my Linen dress for our family vaca to Cobo in December came in the mail today! :) Uber excited for our little trip to Mexico.

So that makes the pain a little better

Well, i am tired of being on the computer. Hasta la Pasta

Prayer Night

Tonight is the 2nd of 3 prayer nights at Rivercity, and i am looking forward to tonight a lot!

Last night at College Group i really got to thinking about how i should pray more and seek the Lord more in Fasting and silence and stuff, It is just remembering and not putting it off to the side that has been my problem lately. Ya see, i dont know what happened to me once i graduated but for some reason, i used to have a really good memory and always remember everything! But now, i seem to be forgetting things ALL THE TIME! It is so frustrating, i am 19 and should not be losing my mind this early! i dont think thats normal! :)

Anywho, i am excited because i am going to have at least an hour that is 100% uninterrupted time with GOD, listening and praising him for all that he has done for me lately!! I know that he has some pretty amazing plans for me, i just dont know what they are! So tonight i am hoping to get a hint at what and where he wants me to go with my life so i can start to focus on what i need to do to better prepare myself for the upcoming exciting events in my life!!

Fostering is going AMAZING! CJ my little broseph has been praying at dinner these past few nights so that has been very cool to see GOD working in his life, it has been encouraging in that sense, so lately i have been very pumped!

GOD IS GREAT!!!!! :)

Bring on the Rain!!!!

Hermine has officially shed some major tantrums over Texas today. This is one upset little lady let me tell you... Just when you think she has simmered down and gotten over it, oh boy she lets out a wail!

I had to work today... My job is cleaning pools for my dads pool company, I am proud to say that i went out and cleaned those pools today in the buckets of water Hermine was letting loose. I was soaking wet and even brought a change in clothes... Those dry clothes lasted a total of 10 min and then i had 2 sets of drenched attire. I will say it made my job a little more interesting today. I am grateful that i was able to go out today and get those pools over with for the week. GOD was good to me today!

So far it has been a wet wonderful day :)

Be praying though, we have a leak in our ceiling by our front window due to the extreme weather. The winds have been blowing like crazy making the vast amounts of water smack against our house in every direction!

In other news, my dad just informed my mamma and I that he ordered a truck load of boulders... Interesting i know... BUT... it is actually very exciting because that means that we are going to begin the digging process of our pool in our backyard... For those of you who dont know, my Dad owns a pool company that employs me called Fossil Creek Pools... We have owned it since 2007 and have not had a pool since he opened the business. Sad that the pool owner has no pool! BUT THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE!!!! Wooop!!! Maybe my dad will hire me to clean our pool too...

Then again, i dont know if i want that kind of pressure! hehe!! ;)

Blessings and Safety through this crazy weather!

If I Die Young

There is a really awesome song that i love called If i Die Young by the Band Perry. Anyways, i was looking up the music video and stuff of this song and i stumbled across the explanation behind this song... Basically the song is about reflecting on their lives and a declaration from them saying, if we were to die right now we would be very happy with all the things we got accomplished.

So it made me think... If i was to die right now, would i be happy with everything i did/didn't accomplish in my life?

I know that in my life i have no regrets. Because everything that has happened in my life has been significant in getting me where i am today. Of course i wish i was better at reading my Bible and praying and serving GOD with all that i am, But every time i screwed up on those things i learned from them...

The topic 'Death' is not necessarily a fun happy go lucky topic to dwell on, but i think sometimes it is a good thing to think about just to prepare for it. I've thought about it and think it is something to rejoice over... I mean, that is the day we will meet our Almighty Father face to face! The word Death has become so painful to hear and think about, when in all reality it is something that does not need to be feared for followers of Christ. Our future has been foreseen, We have been promised paradise and paradise is what we will receive.

So whether i have 50 minutes, 50 days or 50 years left in my life i am choosing to live out each moment to the fullest and the embrace the pain and joy that awaits me. I know that my life has a purpose, though i don't know what that purpose is, i know it is going to be pretty awesome! I am choosing to give all reigns to GOD...

"I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered Himself up for me..." (Galatians 2:19-20).