Monday, March 28, 2011
Happy 50th Birthday MOM!
Bayleigh pretty much some this one up at the end of her song to her Grammy. Happy 50th Birthday MOM! We LOVE you! Love, Jenn **On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Also, you can bookmark this page to your favorites and check back often for updates without having to look up the blog address. When you click on a picture it opens larger. Just click the back button on your browser to return to the blog. If you get to a video in the blog, you must scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and pause or stop the playlist music player or the sounds will play at the same time. Feel free to post comments too!**
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Heaven is For Real By: Todd Burpo
Well, I have just finished this amazing book and I had to share. I believe I have the picture above linked to the Amazon.com page for it. So, go ahead and click it when you finish reading and it will give you the description and the option to purchase if you'd like. :)I seen a video clip on my aunts Facebook page with Colton and his dad on one of the news shows. I was curious, so I purchased the ebook from Amazon for my Kindle yesterday and finished it yesterday too. I have to admit I was crying many different times for a few different reasons.
1. I could not imagine seeing my daughter in the state that Colton was in when he got sick. My heart broke for them and for little Colton.
2. The description of Heaven is breath taking. I was crying because I can't wait to see it!
3. Then, I was crying because I fear.
Fear, I hate that word. I KNOW that we are not supposed to be afraid. Fear is a sign that we don't have faith and that we don't trust in the Lord. I DO! I PROMISE I dO! There is a descriptive chapter called "The Coming War". It scares me. PERIOD. I don't want to see the war. I don't want my loved ones to participate. I just want to put on my rose colored glasses and live my life until it is time for me to go to heaven. I'm not one to watch scary movies. I am not into blood, guts, disaster, and war. I like my comedic dramas, dramas in general, and Disney movies--don't judge, I think most moms secretly love them. :) The description is one that you would imagine in a sci-fi thriller. NO THANKS, I don't want a ticket to watch and I CERTAINLY don't want a role in the film...OR my family and friends to have roles either.
I almost hate to admit this on my blog because I am afraid that others will read and will judge me and say the same things about me that I say about myself. HOW, How in the world can you believe and have faith and fear so badly?! I don't know. I just do. I hate it. I feel like God is one of my bestest friends ever. I can tell him anything and everything and I know he is listening and forgiving and loving me for me because that's how God rolls.
I guess I know my relationship with God and how close I feel to him, but do loved ones have the same faith? Have they let God in their hearts and accepted them in lives to be able to go live for all of eternity in God's beautifully described kingdom? I hope so. Do I live my life to the standards it takes for myself to get to live in this same kingdom? I hope so. I think so. I pray for my sins to be forgiven. I pray for my loved ones sins to be forgiven as well. Is it enough? I believe so because God is so forgiving. All you have to do is ask and you shall receive. I know this is true. It's in the bible and I've seen it happen far too many times to not believe it. God is good. NO! God is GREAT. I wish everyone would just see that and believe it as well.
I believe that my fears come directly from the devil. To have fear means that I have let the devil in my heart and in my head and that is a tough pill to swallow. Now, how do I put my fears to rest? I can tell you that I've been trying for a long time for that to happen and the only advice I can continue to give to myself is...."Give it to God". So, that is what I will continue to do. Give it to God and one day I know I will be a peace and I will live in His beautiful kingdom with the ones I love so much.
So, I know that this blog isn't really about this book UNLESS you have read this book and know exactly what I am talking about. SO, with that being said, I HIGHLY suggest this book to everyone. It truly is beautiful. AND, even after reading it, if you still do not believe then at least just consider that the posibility of all that is described is there. :)
Feel free to leave comments or message me on Facebook and tell me what you think. Until next blog!
Love,
Jenn
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Heaven is For Real Video
I found this link to this video on Facebook and it was posted by my aunt. What a BEAUTIFUL STORY! Please click HERE to watch. Until next blog,
Love,
Jenn
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Love,
Jenn
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Beautiful Spring Days!
The past few days have been absolutely beautiful and allowed for some much needed play time at the school playground. Thankfully, my two wonderful friends had my back and packed their cameras! Thanks Jen and Jodi!
Bayleigh and Mason, Taken By Jodi!
Bayleigh and Chaille, Taken By Jen!
Bayleigh and Mason, Taken By Jodi!
Bayleigh and Chaille, Taken By Jen!Thanks ladies for capturing some of the fun for the memory books! Until next blog!
Love,
Jenn
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Spring, is that you? Oh, Strep....
Talk about some wonderful Spring weather we've been getting here in Indiana!!!! The days and evenings have been beautiful!!!! Last night and the night before we spent the evening at the school playground with friends. AND! Last night we signed Bayleigh up for Little League!!! (I LOVE it)!
Bayleigh has picked up, what I thought was a cold or allergies. I sent her off to school this morning and just had a really bad gut feeling that I should not have sent her. She didn't sleep very well and couldn't breathe because she was so stopped up. After sending her I decided to call the doctor's office to ask their opinion. I noticed when I helped Bayleigh dress for school I noticed she was a little warm, but just thought it was from her jammies--helped kicked in the gut reaction.
Sometimes, you run into senerios where God's hand is just flapping in front of your face...today was one of them. 1. I only had Trent today, which is a rare event only having one child. 2. The gut instinct was just so clearly there. and 3. When I called the doctor's office, the lady that answered thought that maybe I should not wait out the weekend which was my other option as to what to do. I then asked if Bayleigh's doctor had any appointments available and low and behold...the call before me was someone canceling at 10:40. I mean seriously, it doesn't get much better than that.
So, I go pick Bayleigh up from school--sorry to her teacher for the interruption to the class and the mess she left behind. :( We get up there and--let me just tell you why I am SO thankful that we switched to this office--They weigh her, 41.0 pounds (exactly 1 pound more since November). They take her temp. 101.7. Shoot! I know that on the way there she was acting like she felt better so, I was second guessing my choice to take her. Now, at this point I was then very thankful we went. The nurse asks if she's allergic to any medicine's so I tell her and she leaves the room. She comes in and gives Bayleigh a dose of Alieve to help with the temp. Never have I heard of a doctor's office doing this, but I LOVED it. They were already getting Bayleigh on the road to recovery. :) The doctor comes in and finds her throat to be more red than she would like to see and she had fluid behind her left ear, which could easily lead to an infection. The doctor then decides to run a strep test. The nurse came in and swabbed her throat and gave her and Trent a sucker--much to their delight. (Helped take her mind off of being gagged). It came back positive. :( So, luckily we caught this very early and were able to start her on the antibiotics. ((Don't be leaving me hate comments about antibiotics, we all have our own opinions about them)). SOOOO, this is how our Friday went. I'm very happy that we caught this early and she can feel better soon. Hope your weekend is great! Thanks for checking in!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Also, you can bookmark this page to your favorites and check back often for updates without having to look up the blog address. When you click on a picture it opens larger. Just click the back button on your browser to return to the blog. If you get to a video in the blog, you must scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and pause or stop the playlist music player or the sounds will play at the same time. Feel free to post comments too!**
Bayleigh has picked up, what I thought was a cold or allergies. I sent her off to school this morning and just had a really bad gut feeling that I should not have sent her. She didn't sleep very well and couldn't breathe because she was so stopped up. After sending her I decided to call the doctor's office to ask their opinion. I noticed when I helped Bayleigh dress for school I noticed she was a little warm, but just thought it was from her jammies--helped kicked in the gut reaction.
Sometimes, you run into senerios where God's hand is just flapping in front of your face...today was one of them. 1. I only had Trent today, which is a rare event only having one child. 2. The gut instinct was just so clearly there. and 3. When I called the doctor's office, the lady that answered thought that maybe I should not wait out the weekend which was my other option as to what to do. I then asked if Bayleigh's doctor had any appointments available and low and behold...the call before me was someone canceling at 10:40. I mean seriously, it doesn't get much better than that.
So, I go pick Bayleigh up from school--sorry to her teacher for the interruption to the class and the mess she left behind. :( We get up there and--let me just tell you why I am SO thankful that we switched to this office--They weigh her, 41.0 pounds (exactly 1 pound more since November). They take her temp. 101.7. Shoot! I know that on the way there she was acting like she felt better so, I was second guessing my choice to take her. Now, at this point I was then very thankful we went. The nurse asks if she's allergic to any medicine's so I tell her and she leaves the room. She comes in and gives Bayleigh a dose of Alieve to help with the temp. Never have I heard of a doctor's office doing this, but I LOVED it. They were already getting Bayleigh on the road to recovery. :) The doctor comes in and finds her throat to be more red than she would like to see and she had fluid behind her left ear, which could easily lead to an infection. The doctor then decides to run a strep test. The nurse came in and swabbed her throat and gave her and Trent a sucker--much to their delight. (Helped take her mind off of being gagged). It came back positive. :( So, luckily we caught this very early and were able to start her on the antibiotics. ((Don't be leaving me hate comments about antibiotics, we all have our own opinions about them)). SOOOO, this is how our Friday went. I'm very happy that we caught this early and she can feel better soon. Hope your weekend is great! Thanks for checking in!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Also, you can bookmark this page to your favorites and check back often for updates without having to look up the blog address. When you click on a picture it opens larger. Just click the back button on your browser to return to the blog. If you get to a video in the blog, you must scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and pause or stop the playlist music player or the sounds will play at the same time. Feel free to post comments too!**
Friday, March 11, 2011
Daddy/Daughter Dance 3.11.11
Tonight, Friday March 11, 2011 ended up being another proven reason why I have the best husband EVER! The Sunshine Society at Waldron High School is hosting a Daddy/Daughter Dance. For $5 a couple they get a dinner, pictures, and a dance. The proceeds go to Riley Hospital.
I have to admit that I was honestly shocked when Larry asked Bayleigh if she wanted to go. Don't get me wrong, Larry is the most wonderful father in the world, but let's face it...he's not really the get dressed up and go dancing type.
The dance started at 7 so when he got home from work her and I headed into town to get her hair done up. She sat there SO SOMBER the whole time. When Teresa turned that chair around and she seen her hair....smiles from ear to ear. I loved it! She loved it too!!!
When we got home, we didn't have too much time to take pictures, but we all know that I wasn't letting them out the door without them. :) When Bayleigh and I came in Daddy was standing there with a corsage in hand waiting on her. After helping her with that we headed outside to take a couple of pictures and then they were off. I am sure that while I sit here watching SuperNanny--Of course, right?! I am positive they are having a great night together. :)
Forced Smile. :)
She LOVED it!
The back!
Doll Baby!
MELTS MY HEART!
They clean up nice huh?!
It's ITCHY! :)
I have to admit that I was honestly shocked when Larry asked Bayleigh if she wanted to go. Don't get me wrong, Larry is the most wonderful father in the world, but let's face it...he's not really the get dressed up and go dancing type.
The dance started at 7 so when he got home from work her and I headed into town to get her hair done up. She sat there SO SOMBER the whole time. When Teresa turned that chair around and she seen her hair....smiles from ear to ear. I loved it! She loved it too!!!
When we got home, we didn't have too much time to take pictures, but we all know that I wasn't letting them out the door without them. :) When Bayleigh and I came in Daddy was standing there with a corsage in hand waiting on her. After helping her with that we headed outside to take a couple of pictures and then they were off. I am sure that while I sit here watching SuperNanny--Of course, right?! I am positive they are having a great night together. :)
Forced Smile. :)
She LOVED it!
The back!
Doll Baby!
MELTS MY HEART!
They clean up nice huh?!
It's ITCHY! :)Until next blog!
Love,
Jenn
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
This requires a Title?
Hello blogging world. I'll bet you thought I forgot about you. The truth is, I have not. To be 100% honest with you...I've been "blessed" with this mind of a woman that is in full on insecure mode--which I hate, but it is what it is.
Ok, so I am sorry to leave you hanging, but I just sat down and typed the LONGEST most PITIFUL, most SELFISH blog anyone in the history of blogging has ever written. As you can see, it is gone. It is not here. I deleted it, because I don't have it in me to put it all out there. I am just going to say, I have a TON on my plate right now. I am not dealing with it well emotionally and I am full of negativity and self pity and self doubt and I really am wanting to be the best person I can be. I want to be a happier and more positive person and I feel writing the truth of things here is not going to benefit anyone.
With that being said, I am sorry for my absence and I promise to update soon when I can honestly blog without feeling like I have to put on my happy face when in fact I am frustrated with so much in my life. I know, I know, I know, this is MY blog and MY place to come and just be me, but there is a saying "say it forget it, write it regret it". I don't want to regret anything and I don't want to hide behind my happy face when behind that face is so much inner conflict. I am sure you understand. SO, enough for now. I am sorry. Until next blog.
Love,
Jenn
Oh, I do have to say....don't get the impression that I am trying to be in denial to myself about things, because I certainly am not in any denial. I just don't want feelings to get hurt. I want to be the best person I can be. That's all.
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Also, you can bookmark this page to your favorites and check back often for updates without having to look up the blog address. When you click on a picture it opens larger. Just click the back button on your browser to return to the blog. If you get to a video in the blog, you must scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and pause or stop the playlist music player or the sounds will play at the same time. Feel free to post comments too!**
Ok, so I am sorry to leave you hanging, but I just sat down and typed the LONGEST most PITIFUL, most SELFISH blog anyone in the history of blogging has ever written. As you can see, it is gone. It is not here. I deleted it, because I don't have it in me to put it all out there. I am just going to say, I have a TON on my plate right now. I am not dealing with it well emotionally and I am full of negativity and self pity and self doubt and I really am wanting to be the best person I can be. I want to be a happier and more positive person and I feel writing the truth of things here is not going to benefit anyone.
With that being said, I am sorry for my absence and I promise to update soon when I can honestly blog without feeling like I have to put on my happy face when in fact I am frustrated with so much in my life. I know, I know, I know, this is MY blog and MY place to come and just be me, but there is a saying "say it forget it, write it regret it". I don't want to regret anything and I don't want to hide behind my happy face when behind that face is so much inner conflict. I am sure you understand. SO, enough for now. I am sorry. Until next blog.
Love,
Jenn
Oh, I do have to say....don't get the impression that I am trying to be in denial to myself about things, because I certainly am not in any denial. I just don't want feelings to get hurt. I want to be the best person I can be. That's all.
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Also, you can bookmark this page to your favorites and check back often for updates without having to look up the blog address. When you click on a picture it opens larger. Just click the back button on your browser to return to the blog. If you get to a video in the blog, you must scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and pause or stop the playlist music player or the sounds will play at the same time. Feel free to post comments too!**
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