Today Brian is off. We are hoping that Jantzen's final gift will be arriving today, a trampoline! He has been unbelievably patient and truly has no idea what kind he is getting. Brian found an awesome tramp with some really cool additions so we are thrilled and can't wait for it to arrive. Jantzen lives on his trampoline and I am so thankful for the weather forecast this week because he will really be able to enjoy it! can't wait to post a pic!

This weeks menu will be:

Monday- Baked chicken, rice and green beans

Tuesday- mexican meatloaf, rice and beans

Wednesday- Lasagna, salad and bread

Thursday- grilled chicken salad, biscuits

Friday-possibly Kristas bday dinner!

Read the post down below FIRST! I WENT BEYOND AND DIDN'T KNOW i HAD A LIMIT

We all laughed and the lady introducing said "No, this is a little boy!" He just looked again at Jantzen and said again in all seriousness. "well....she sure is pretty!" Jantzen just turned his head looking at me across the room and said "And, he is NOT kidding" we have continued to laugh and laugh about Pastor Bob. Well we were at the end of the circle of people and finally there sat Glynna, the lady they made the blanket for. Her head was down and she had no expression but easily showed her frustration. Jantz was introduced to her and they gave her the bag, Jantzen had to help her totally just getting the blanket out was a difficult task. They laid this beautiful blanket across her lap and asked her "Isn't it beautiful?" She said flat out "NO"
Jantz was not in the least offended but just lovingly smoothed it over her legs. Well, then the activity director who was doing all the introducing started to read the cards the kids had made for her. That is when the tears and wave of emotion began to flow. You see, Glynna was a author for childrens books and LOVES children. She was always found in a school "reading to them" and I just experienced such a powerful lesson as I watched all of this play out how Gods grace and how reaping and sowing play out in this life we choose to live. God chose Glynna of all these people to receive this gift. made by the loving hands of children and to hear the words of the children themselves wishing her well and for her to enjoy their labor now. Glynna gave her heart to children and now these children gave theirs to her. That is God, a loving father watching over all of us, whispering, providing, loving and caring for each of His. Jantzen was so grateful for this experience as was I. As I walked out with him, knowing we will return. I just looked at him and said The Favor of the Lord is upon you, in a mighty way, and I am soo blessed to be your mother. He looked at me and said...I didn't come here just for me....I knew you needed to smile mom. The depths of my sons heart is beyond anything I can understand but I know that He has a servants heart, like Davids. I can't wait to see what God has in store!

Friday- I was able to spend the evening with Brian, we went to dinner. I sat and listened about his week. This journey began 2 yrs ago with the possibility that his company would sell and my husband does NOT like change. He has worked for this company over 30yrs. I have literally watch Gods hand and my husbands trust move, grow deeper and wider with each day, month and year. He explained things to me last night about how he knows he has done everything he can do, within the company and also spiritually we have seen some pretty amazing miracles, and both of us know now why the timing has been sooooo long. But to hear my husband say...The realization that this still might not happen and I am ok either way still as I type this just moves me to the core. It is one of the things I learned about in Bible study this week that Beth Moore gave us an exericise to do about fear. fill in the blanks" Well if -------happens then I will------.
there are so many things to which we could write but brians #1 would probably been; If I lose my job then I will be a failure, or I will die. I know men have such a problem with their jobs being their identity but you see that is PART of what has been broken off of Brian. He knows his identity is in Christ, he knows that God is our provider, he knows that we will be ok because we are together and have each other. He knows God will keep us....no matter what.

There are so many other things, seriously that I could type about but these are the highlites to me. I am soo humbled even as I type them out. God is so ....beyond words. truly nothing I can say will suffice. My heart overflows!

Wow I knew this week would fly and it very much did but it was one of those weeks that in my flesh I thought would be slow and honestly hard to make it through but God did amazing and wonderful things each and every day!! His Holy Spirit truly lead me with strength and peace that passed ALL understanding, even in the midst of the enemies attacks on our health, time and thoughts, GOD REIGNED AND WAS OH SO VICTORIOUS! When a person who "knows" the Lord goes throughout their day and just converses with and about their Abba Daddy or Lord it is a natural thing to them but when you have conversation with others who don't "know" Him they think it strange or say to themselves "why do they talk like that?" Well here are just a FEW of the highlites where our God covered me with His wings or Hid me behind His Cross or just gave me peace in the midst of the storm.

Sunday-Jen got sick, fever, throat all the signs of possible flu. We had leadership over here and prayed over her and God poured and washed over her touching her heart, mind, and body. She was back at school by Wed. and felt better by Tues.
Wednesday was youth and also a VERY busy day but each minute the Lord had planned in detail! I picked Jantzen up from school and he asked me to drive across the street to the ALZHEIMERS NURSING HOME, I was finishing up a conversation on the phone and so I just did what he asked and when I finished I asked why we were here. He explained that the blanket that his class had crocheted for a patient here at the facility was finished and a woman had come to receive it for her and that Jantzen wanted to meet her. I honestly did everything I could to keep us from going in and I really can't explain why because our family has a SERIOUS heart for the elderly and adore them but anyway after I came up with every reason why and Jantzen just continued to say "well, we can try" we went in. Immediately to our right, there sat the woman who had come to the school to receive the blanket. She asked me is she could help us and I explained that Jantz was a student who participated in making the blanket for their patient and that he wanted to me her. She was aghast (sp?) and with tear in her eyes she proceeded to explain what we might see as we walked back to meet with some of these people. She explained how we were to "LOVE THEM WHERE THEY WERE. " She told Jantzen that like when he was a baby and I loved him even though he couldn't walk or talk that that's what we were to do. I immediately said to Jantzen, Just like the Lord loves us.....right where we are. So as we continue behind locked/secure door after another we finally come upon a group of elderly people playing ball. (throwing a soft big ball one to another, for exercise) Well she proceeded to announce who Jantzen was and why he was here. She had the gift bag in hand and began introducing Jantzen to each member in the circle, and told Jantz something special about each one of them. "This is Frank, he served in WWII, as frank whispers "tell him I served in France". Then there was Shirley who immediately grabs Jantzen as if to pull herself up with his strength, He says you don't have to get up, She looks him straight in the eye and says "Oh yes, I gotta PEE!!" omg it was hilarious. He continues on meeting these most precious children of God and gets to this sweet, in my best Beth Moore voice possible "I MEAN SWEET, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?" man, he is introduced as their "Pastor" His name of Bob. He smiles the MOST precious smile and with all seriousness in him looks at Jantz and says "Well, she is such a pretty little girl

Is it really Monday already!! Wow! I really am READY for Spring Break!!!

Menu:

Monday-Pork chops, green bean casserole, salad

Tuesday-Pigs in a blanket, mac & cheese

Wednesday- Snacks on your own---YOUTH---

Thursday- Baked chicken, salad, corn on the cob

Friday- Out to eat-anywhere I don't care! :0) or maybe just order in

This is going to be a crazy week, Brian will not be home at all because he is traveling and having business meetings from sun up to sun down this week! Gods grace will carry us each day though!

Formal 09'

Well first of all, its a funny story! My daughter does NOT like to be in a dress let alone HEELS! So, while we were dress shopping, she of course saw some "clothes" she would like to purchase. So I decided to use this to my advantage.....BRIBERY!! mwahahaha. Jenna my love, if you would like for me to purchase you a new shirt you must allow me to ....paint your toes, your fingernails, and oh ya.....wax your eyebrows! My oh so witty daughter ponders this proposal and simply looks at me and says....."Can I have two shirts?????" So we laughed ourselves through the store finding the "second shirt!" So yesterday was soooo much fun for me having mother/daughter time. Then as we are waxing her eyebrows Jenna decides we should put some more blonde highlights in her hair.....well, I had loaned my foil out to friend but thank goodness for Reynolds Wrap Heavy Duty foil. I cut myself some foil strips and we foiled away. Jenna said she felt like we were playing twister while painting her nails and toes!

The girls looked beautiful and had fun taking pics before hand! They went out to eat and then danced the night away!

Thanks goodness it's Friday! I am soo happy to have a day at HOME. It seems as though I have had to run, work or DO, everyday for the past few weeks so I am very happy to have this day or at least morning FREE! :) Jantz has 2 parties tonite and one is in Tulsa so the running will begin as soon as I pick him up afterschool. *SIGH*
I am going to continue working on my blog today! It is soo much fun and very much a challenge LOL but will take it like I said One day at a time!

As I spent time praying this morning it seemed the list was so long and so heavy. The funeral of Jesse Goering is today and my heart was heavy for his father and family and all the kids who knew him. One of our youth, a precious young woman of God has been so affected by this and carried a burden because she "feels" she did not "Share the Love of Christ" with Jesse before he died but I know this: There are those people that when you are in their presence you are in the presence of our Lord because they are full of His Love and glory and it spills onto all those around them. I lifted her and all of those who are in that funeral today to truly experience God in a powerful way, for some it will be a Hope of Glory, for others, it will be Salvation and Forgiveness and for those who know Christ may it be that we all share the Love and Hope of Christ as He hides us behind his Cross and lets His Glory go forth.

Today was soo much fun with Nicole!!! She is the blogger-bomb.com !!!! Seriously, she gave me lots of great information ....now....I have to attempt to put it to use!~ My first attempt was my signature! now, I have to admit......JENNA had to find the code for me because I was totally frustrated and got it all figured out and did EVERYTHING but couldn't find the code thingy. So I am excited with this and will have fun playing with the rest one day at a time! Thanks, Nicole you truly are awesome!!! at blogging, encouraging and mostly at friendship... I just love you!

Today was a really a down day for me. I went to Dr T this morning and told him about the alfafa supplements I had been taking and how I read that alfalfa may be another cause of inflamation. So he tested me for it and sure enough I cannot take it anymore. It definately has played a part in how I have felt for the last 3 weeks. He also found out that MSG is affecting me which is in soooo many foods. He explained to me that I must STOP eating ALL tomatoes products and potato products along with any MSG. Well I must say, it sent me down. Then we went into the emotion part and it really got me. It is so impossible to explain what he does or to even attempt blogging about it so I won't even try. What I can say is that I know I must change my diet AGAIN and have to have a better outlook than I have in the past about it because like Dr T said ...this is the easiest thing that I CAN control and as bad as I have felt these past few weeks, salsa...pizza. french fries....they just aren't worth it. I know that me being home and not working is playing a role in my emotional state bc I truly am a people person so to be home day upon day is not really a good thing. I keep asking the Lord, do I go to work partime somewhere again? At this point my body doesn't feel good enough to think about that so I just wait to see what the Lord directs.

I really want to learn more about this blogging stuff and make it look nice and not like just a journal so I am still hoping to get with my friend so she can teach me the ropes.

Monday- Hamburger Helper Lasagna with garlic crescent rolls
Tuesday-Pork tenderloin, scalloped potatoes, green beans
Wednesday- make your own salad or sandwich
Thursday- Chicken and rice in the crock pot
Friday- Birthday dinner for my momma!! cake ice cream and all the fixins

Wow! What a week! Oklahoma was hit with yet another snow/ice storm and while this year we DID MAINTAIN power we were still out of school for 3 days! I truly enjoyed having the kids home and being cooped up and I think if you ask them they would say the enjoyed it as well.

I just really wanted to share the moments that as George Strait would say "I saw God today"
On Wednesday we decided that we would go ahead and have youth at our house (the kids all wanted to come :) )so Jen and I had to get out of the house to go get snack food. On our way home we were pulling into our driveway and noticed it had been scraped but didn't know by whom....As we were unloading our car, here comes our neighbor on his tractor. He had been a busy bee clearing neighbors driveways and just going about his kind business doing what I might say the Lord would do...loving and helping people even when they don't know it or see it. You see my neighbor has cancer and according to drs. wasn't even suppose to be alive on this day. He was diagnosed about 2 yrs ago and has taken treatments but I honestly have not seen him down one day. Tears just poured out as I saw this man "loving his neighbors as himself" as God tells us to do. He just drove by waving and smiling...he didn't want any credit or kudos he was just doing what he could to help. I pray that he will be blessed 7fold!

On Wednesday night our youth showed and we had a full house! Even the hominy group of kids came and you could just feel Gods hand on every minute of it. One boy in particular was sharing and VERY EMOTIONAL so much so that he really couldn't finish his sentence but I literally watched God just pour over him and wash away the torment and resentment that he had experienced that past week and just whisper to Him...I am here, I am with you....I will lead and guide you. It was precious and to be very honest Brian and I were so praying that everyone would be ok and make it here and home safe since some literally drove an hour away and an hour back on very slick roads. We were the only ones in town meeting I think but It truly was clear that we were suppose to meet and God would protect each and everyone as He did.
Not only did He Protect everyone but He spoke and moved in their lives as only He can do! Thankyou Father!

We are are still melting but it it suppose to be like 56 today and in the 60s tomorrow so it will all be gone soon, thank goodness. Another storm, more memories to store away. I enjoy the storms when they come but am always glad to see them go!!!

Here is a little snipet of a Dave Ramsay letter I read from my email that I wanted to share.

As for our new president, if you’re not a fan, pray for him. He’s your president. If you are a fan, pray for him. He’s your president, not your savior. Your hope will be crushed if you wait for him and his administration—or anyone else—to fix your life and give you money..... Dave Ramsay

This was just the end of his letter on the stimulus package or his opinion of it.

Be blessed!