God is Faithful...always!

It's been a few busy weeks in this household lately. And I see a few more busy weeks on the horizon. Jaden starts the 1st grade soon!! So we get to head out for a little bit of school shopping today, just me and him, I told him it's a date! I also get to do a little school shopping myself as I start the same day Jaden does!

Ken started this week and is already getting a little fired up about one of his teachers!! But I am excited for him to learn and grow and work toward his dreams of school too!

Yesterday I had my surgery done to remove a pesky kidney stone that would not go away!! It went well and hopefully in a few days I'll be back to normal. I will have a follow up in a few weeks and then we will decide what to do with my other big stones in my kidney that can't pass on their own! Lots of prayer for healing would be great! The less surgery I have to have the better!!!

Eli will be starting side by side preschool this year, and he is VERY excited to go!! I am too! I am praying that even though we will be busy again with everything in life, that we are going to sit back and enjoy the whole process, together as a family, with God leading the way!!

God has been SO faithful to us and I know He will continue to be, if we are seeking Him and His desires for us:)

I hope everyone has a splendoures weekend!

The Last 4 Years....

have been full of fun, excitement, wonder, challenges, changes, prayers, hope, fear, encouragement, work, giving, taking, hopelessness at times, God, blessings, arguments, talking, dreaming, soul searching, loving, wishing, praying, serving, selfishness and selflessness, growing, children rearing, dates, family vacations, celebrations, good, bad, and ugly, beauty, peace, humility, strife, and many many blessings, and much much love.......and most importantly they have been full of.....US!

Happy Anniversary Ken!!!! I am so honored that I have been blessed and chosen to spend these last 4 years with YOU!! The ups the downs and the in betweens!! I love you:)

*this is in fact a few days late. We celebrated our big day on the 20th!! And this past weekend we were able to get out for a nice romantic date down in Minneapolis. A stroll through the big city and a very nice dinner at The Melting Pot. It was PERFECT....

A LONG few weeks!

Well I am in the middle of what will be "a LONG few weeks!". You see my darling hubs is out of town working ALL week long for 3 weeks! YIKES!! He is home for the weekends so we at least get to see him for a few days:) You know that old saying or song!, "You don't know what you got, till it's gone" Man oh man have I been feeling like that! I do know what a great guy he is, but sometimes in the everyday scheme of things, you tend to take people and the things they do for granted. I miss him a ton and the boys miss him a ton!! I am looking forward to these "LONG few weeks!" to be done.

Our anniversary is coming up next week, and since he will be out of town for the BIG day, we are going to try and go out this weekend to.........The Melting Pot!!! YAY!! I am so excited for a little romantic dinner and date with my dearly beloved:) Still working out a few babysitter kinks, so if you feel so inclined.....pray for that for us!:)

I feel like I have SOOO many things to blog about, but I have been awake for WAY more than 24 hours and I am feeling a little sleepy typing this! Well....a LOT sleepy actually! Have an amazing night and wonderfully blessed day!!

Wild Olive Tees

You have to go check out Wild Olive Tees. I have their Unfolding shirt and LOVE it!! They are coming out with a new Wild Olive kids tee line just in time for school. I know for sure I will be getting a CHOSEN shirt for Jaden and Elijah:) They also donate a portion fo the procedes to charity!

So what are you waiting for???? Go check them out already!

Goodbye.....

Today was the day we had to say goodbye to my dear friend Amanda. Doug and Amanda and their daughter Sally are moving to Washington DC for school. Doug is going to law school and Amanda is a nurse and will be working out there while he is in school full time. They are preparing to be missionaries and are hopeful to work for IJM when Doug is done with school.
I am beyond excited for them and this journey the Lord has lead them down. I am however very sad that my best friend will no longer be just a mile down the road. I love her so much and she has been SOOO important to me and my family. My boys absolutely ADORE her!!! She is in fact Jaden's God Mother and has always taken that role very seriously. He told me today that he is gonna really miss her when she is gone.

She stopped over today before they leave town so she could say one last goodbye to the boys. They hugged and kissed and the boys each gave her a letter they made. Through the tears I was able to get a few pics of them.



Oh how I am going to miss her........