Seymour Spot

Words

2011-02-08T07:50:00.003-06:00

It seems to me that our society has gotten used to saying and doing anything they want because they can always say they are sorry later. It is not that simple.

Harsh words cut people like a knife. "I'm sorry" is like a balm and bandaid. It will heal the cut over time(if the person lets it) but it is not an instant healer. There is still a wound there; it still hurts. Until it heals the words are not forgotten.

Now I could go into forgivness but I am going to stick to words.

I have been saying for several weeks now that "a wise man will measure his words with the consequences and only speak when the the words are found to be just." Words are powerful. They can build up and tear down. Words have ruined marriages, parent/child relationships,reputations, friendships, businesses, communities, countries and what hurts me the most: children, BUT just as words tear down they can also build up.

Words are not an uncontrolable circumstance, we choose our own words. WE ARE RESPONIBLE for what we say. We can choose to vomit our words and clean up later or weigh them carefully and see what we build.

The scripture that comes to mind is: James 1:19-20 (King James Version)
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

New Year

2011-01-01T22:48:00.004-06:00

My goal for the new year is for my actions and words to be DELIBERATE.

adjective
1. carefully weighed or considered; studied; INTENTIONAL:
2. characterized by deliberation; careful or slow in deciding: a deliberate decision.
3. leisurely and steady in movement or action; slow and even; unhurried: a DELIBERATE STEP.

–verb (used with object)
4. TO WEIGH IN THE MIND; consider: to deliberate a question.

–verb (used without object)
5. TO THINK CAREFULLYor attentively; reflect: She deliberated for a long time before giving her decision.
6. to CONSULT or confer formally: The jury deliberated for three hours.

I feel 2011 is going to be about CHANGE, COMMITMENT and RENEWAL. That doesn't make me feel excited but something better: Secure and Firmly Planted.

Quick Update

2010-01-08T19:13:00.002-06:00

I have not had access to the internet other than my Blackberry since we moved the first time. I did get a laptop for Christmas but until we get internet my posts will be few and far between. Here is a very quick update until next time.

We moved back to Texas in October. My husband was blessed with a job 2 business days after we arrived. Thank You, Jesus!!! God has blessed us so much since arriving back. We are looking forward to our future. Hopefully my next post will be a little longer. I have a few thoughts that I want to share with you but maybe I can post them next time. Love you all!!

Moving!!

2009-05-30T08:03:00.000-06:00

My husband is officially the Pastor of the First United Pentecostal Church of Theodore, AL. WE'RE MOVING!!!!!!

Why I don't like Forums

2009-05-28T08:57:00.003-06:00

I have been trying to finish the series that I started but I have been so busy so I decided to go ahead and give you the titles and a very brief description of each.

Words Have Meaning- A lot of times people just spout off things not fully understanding there meaning.

No Immediate Conseqeunces- When you say something to someone sitting right in front of you, you immediately reap something from the words that you have just spoken. It could be excitement, hurt or a punch in the nose. If you are communicating over the internet there are no such rewards therefore no real restrictions.

Long Term Consequences- One word: REPUTAION

Let me clarify: I am mostly talking about political and religous forums.

Now maybe I can feel like I finished something I started that really didn't matter in the first place. LOL :)

Why I Don't Like Forums Part I Tone of Voice

2009-04-15T08:34:00.005-06:00

When you are reading you loose something very important: Tone Of Voice.

For example, if I said "sit down, please" my tone of voice would give you the full meaning of my words. I could say "sit down, please" through gritted teeth and you would know that I was angry and that my request was really a demand. If I said it with a sing song tone you would know I am happy and I am requesting you to sit. I could also say it in a sincere tone of voice and my tone would let you know that it would be my honor for you to sit down.

Tone of voice is just as important to your conversation as your words.

Part II to come shortly. :) My tone of voice: Respectfully Soft

Quote of The Week

2009-04-03T15:56:00.001-06:00

"Salvation is not just a Fire Escape!"
-Bro. White

I Will Dance

2009-04-01T17:22:00.003-06:00

I have had a really hard/bad/terrible day today and the song that is in my head is....
When the Spirit of the Lord moves upon my heart I will dance like David danced.......
It's got me dancin...
Can't wait for church.

2009-03-16T09:22:00.002-06:00

Two blogs that I have really enjoyed lately: My Wonderful Husband and My Dear Friend

2009-03-10T19:43:00.001-06:00

The Last Man Standing

2009-03-02T10:05:00.004-06:00

Thursday my husband went to the doctor, the diagnosis the flu. The doctor put everyone in our family on TamiFlu in hopes that no one else would get it. I did not fill my tamiflu because that was just extra money and I figured I could handle it. My husband was too sick to argue so I won!

Brake Down of the Flu Epidemic at my house:
Thursday-My husband
Saturday-Nathan (my middle son)
Sunday-Braeden (my youngest son)
Monday-Kevin (my oldest son)

I feel like I have won some kind of race. I am the last man standing. I am very very tired from taking care of everyone else but for some WEIRD reason I have renewed energy at the thought that I, without any medicine, have out lasted everyone else who has been taking medicine. I know that this is weird but I can't help it. LOL

Hope you all escape the flu bug. 'Till later, Lynda

P.S. I know my punctuation is wrong but I am tired. Sorry.

2009-02-18T13:36:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!

Wonderful Weekend

2009-02-10T09:09:00.008-06:00

Friday we went to my moms house and drop off my two little boys. (Kevin stayed home) Saturday we got up and drove to Conroe, TX where we had lunch with Bro. and Sis. Smith. I thought that we were going just to make a couple of new friends but I left there ministered to. Just to get to talk to a seasoned minister and his wife was a blessing.

After we left the restuarant we went to The Woodlands Mall. REAL SHOPPING. (something like Heaven) They had almost all the best stores Thomas Kinkade, GODIVA!!!!! HUMMMM!!

Sunday morning we went to Bro. Whitaker's church in Montgomery, TX. That church is AWESOME. The building is beautiful and the people are so kind. You can tell that they have been very blessed the past three years. Bro. Whitaker preached right at me. His message was great. After church we were privileged to get to eat with the Whitaker Family. They have such a passion for what they do and ALL of their 5 children help.

Sunday night my husband preached an AWESOME message. He spoke about praying past the blessing to the victory. God wants to give us the victory but sometimes we stop at the blessing.

Sunday night after Church me and my husband got away for a date dinner. We went to Pappadeaux. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Perfect date restaurant. Wonderful food.

This whole weekend has been such a blessing for my husband and I. We went to Montgomery wanting to be a blessing to a Home Missions church and we came back blessed and forever changed. I am humbled at the thought that God allowed us to fellowship with The Smiths and The Whitakers, such men and women of God.

The Lord is moving in our lives and I am soooo grateful.

What God Can't Do

2009-02-08T16:12:00.001-06:00

I was thinking in church this morning about people that seem to be so mightily used of God. What is the difference between them and us? Does God love them more, were they given more talents then us? Maybe, but I believe it is because they don't know what God can't do. (I know that is a double negative but work with me here LOL)

We all know that God can do ANYTHING but do we believe HE WILL. I think that that is the difference. If we know he can and know he will, we will step out in faith more giving God an opportunity to show he can AND will.

I don't know if any of this is making sense or not but that is what is on my heart right now. I want to have more faith in God; knowing that HE WILL.

Mat 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Blackberry

2009-02-04T12:00:00.004-06:00

I got a red Blackberry for Christmas. I LOVE it!!! My kids love it too. I just found a toddler version on the internet. I think that I am going to have to get my little boys one. LOL

Catch Up Post

2009-01-28T11:17:00.018-06:00

Since I am so far behind and pictures say a thousand words I am doing this post in mostly pictures.

Nathan at the Christmas parade.

Braeden at the Christmas Parade. They both got a boat load of candy.

Kevin preached in Dallas, Mineola and Kilgore in the month of December. For some reason I never get any pictures though. I guess I am too busy talking. LOL

My niece Miranda at a Christmas play. She is the one in the cowboy hat. She had two solos and did really good.

Then we had my mom's christmas at my house this year. My mom got to stay with me the whole month of December. I LOVED every minute of it. Thanks, Mom

This thing was flying around a couple of blocks away from our house. It was really cool to see.

Dwyght (my father-in-law) and Betty (his wife) got to spend Christmas with us this year. That was really nice

One of Kevin's Christmas presents.

My husband loves these hats.

My father in law bought Kevin a Les Paul (or something like that) guitar for Christmas.

He also bought the little boys a swing set. All three of my boys got spoiled this Christmas.

New Years Eve we went a Seymour Family Party. We had a lot of fun.

Two weekends ago Me, my mom, my sister, my aunt, my niece and my two small boys went to Mississippi. It was a stroll down memory lane for my mom. We went to where my mom and dad met, where they got engaged, were married and their first house. They also had my brothere and sister there. We say a lot of ofl friends of my mom's and my aunt's. We also saw my uncle and one of my cousins. (picture above-cousin, mom, uncle)

Me-left , my cousin and my sister- right. Yes, my boys are in their pjs, we got up reeeeally early.

I am sure that we did more stuff but if I didn't take a picture of it I don't remember. LOL

Iced In

2009-01-28T10:32:00.005-06:00

Front Yard

Back Yard

Driveway

I just posted these pictures because I think that it looks pretty.

Valentine's Day

2009-01-20T15:06:00.003-06:00

I am REALLY looking forward to Valentine's Day this year. We have no special plans and I don't really care what we do. I am just looking forward to the day. I decided to change my blog for a month to celebrate. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and a wonderful valentine's day.

Sorry for the lack of posts. So many wonderful things are happening in our lives right now I have not been able to sit down long enough to post. Maybe this week I will get a chance to catch up. The Lord has blessed me with a whole week off from babysitting. Whoo Hoo!!

If Jesus Came to Your House

2008-12-04T17:11:00.000-06:00

If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two,
If He came unexpectedly, I wonder what you’d do.
Oh, I know you’d give your nicest room to such an honored guest.
And all the food you’d serve would be the very best,
And you would keep assuring Him you’re glad to have him there….
But…. When you saw Him coming, would you meet Him at the door
With arms outstretched in welcome to our heav’nly visitor?
Of would you maybe change your clothes before you let Him in,
Or hide some magazines and put the Bible where they’d been?
Would you turn off the radio and hope He hadn’t heard,
And wish you hadn’t uttered that last, loud and hasty word?
Would you hide your worldly music and pout some hymnbooks out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would you rush about?
And I wonder… if the Savior spent a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing the things you always do?
Would you go right on sayings the things you always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from day to day?
Would your family conversation keep up its usual pace?
And would you find it hard each meal to say a table grace?
Would you sing the songs you always sing and read the books you read?
And let Him know the things on which you mind and spirit feed?
Would you take Jesus with you everywhere you’d planned to go,
Or would you, maybe, change your plans for just a day or so?
Would you be glad to have Him meet your very closest friends,
Or would you hope they’d stay away until His visit ends?
Would you be glad to have Him stay forever on and on,
Or would you sigh with great relief when He at last was gone?
If might be interesting to know that things that you would do,
If Jesus came in person to spend some time with you.

Author unknown

Happy Tired

2008-12-02T08:24:00.002-06:00

Today is my birthday so I decided to take a little time and do something that I want to do. (like update my blog LOL)

This year was the BEST Thanksgiving that I think I have ever had. We had a lot of food and sweets! My mom, sister and ALL of my nieces were here. My wonderful husband built us a table for the living room so that we ALL could sit around the table together. It was great! People just kept coming, by the end of the day we had almost 25 people.
The guys and kids played WII and us girls looked at sales papers. The day was perfect.

The next day me, my mom, my sister, six teenagers and one 11yr old got up at 2:30am and went shopping. It is a tradition for me, my mom and sister to go but this year the kids wanted to go. I was worried about all the kids going but they took their own car and everything went smoothly. I got all of my big items purchased and came home with $4 to spare. No credit cards only cash. Now that is called budgeting. LOL Another perfect day.

Saturday one of my nieces had a wedding to go to, so she came over so I could do her hair. Before I knew it EVERYONE was back at my house. (I had just finished cleaning LOL) I LOVED IT!!!!!! Her hair turned out really pretty. Another perfect day.

After all that I am very very very tired but it is a happy, content and oh so blessed tired.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I have two more posts but I will save some for later. lol

New Pics

2008-11-06T16:53:00.001-06:00

All I Have To Say About It...

2008-11-05T07:55:00.002-06:00

2Ti 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Rom 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. ForG there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Fun Fest 2008

2008-10-31T20:29:00.008-06:00

We had A LOT of fun at Fun Fest. They had pony rides, bouncy thingies(?), hay rides, cotton candy and lots and lots of games. The boys had a blast. Here are a few pictures.

Introducing Bob the Tomato aka Braeden and Larry the Cucumber aka Nathan
Braeden was trying to eat over his tomato belly. It was cute.

Climbing Up

Sliding Down LOL

One of these is Bunch N Breeze but I'm not telling you which one. LOL

ABIGAIL WAS TOO CUTE!!

We Have A New Addition

2008-10-25T19:27:00.002-06:00

Not that a vehicle is a family member, but I do hate walking (when it is not by choice) so I guess I love our cars. We got tired of fixing our Sonata every other month so we got something with a warranty and then we bought the extra warranty. LOL
Sooo introducing our new 2008 F-150

I know what I forgot

2008-10-24T08:17:00.002-06:00

On the last day we were gone, my husband preached for Rev. Kenny Prince. Their church is awesome. The building was beautiful and the music was great. You could definitely feel the presense of God. Kolton is Nathan's new hero because he was playing the drums. Kolton did a really good job too. God is doing wonderful things for their church. I am soooo glad that we got to go and fellowship with them for a few hours.

Thank you Bro. and Sis. Prince for inviting us.

Our Trip

2008-10-20T12:53:00.011-06:00

Ok, maybe when I said I would blog about our trip "tomorrow" I meant next week. Sorry it has taken me so long. I have had a really bad cold and it seems everything I have done has taken me twice as long. I am feeling better now though.
Anyway here is my trip in a nut shell. (whatever that is)

Saturday we started out trip with the Luman family Reunion. It is in the woods, in the middle of nowhere. This is four of my dad's sisters and my mom.
Sunday Kevin preached in Kilgore. I was asked to teach Sunday School. I loved it. We sang "When you're up you're up" about twenty times. I was in high heels. I was so sore I could barely walk for days. LOL

Tuesday we went to our friends Micheal and Tamera's house. We all went to a pumpkin patch and let the kids get pumpkins. We always enjoy spending time with their family.

Our children had a little too much fun. LOL

Wednesday we went to the zoo.

The birds were our favorite part. One landed on Nathan's head.

TWO landed on Kevin!

I don't remeber what day it was but one of the days we carved pumpkins. Well, Lil Kevin carved a gourd. LOL I think they turned out really cute.

Well that was about it. We had fun mostly relaxing. It feels like I am forgeting something but this is what I took pictures of so this is what I remember.

weeereee baaaackkkk!

2008-10-14T09:20:00.003-06:00

We have been out of town since the 3rd. I am glad to be back home.

I plan to blog all about our trip tomorrow.

Here is a picture that I took while we were gone. You thought our gas was high.

What a difference a dot can make.

Can you figure this out?

2008-09-26T20:36:00.001-06:00

3 brothers go to a hotel. To save money they decide to share a room and equally split the cost. The hotel manager tells them that the total cost of the room is $30. Each brother pays $10. They get their key and go to the room. A short while later the hotel manager realizes that the total cost of the room was not $30 but was only $25. The hotel manager gives a $5 bill to the bellboy and sends him to the brothers’ room to give the refund. The bellboy not knowing how to divide a $5 bill between 3 brothers decided it would be easier to give each brother $1 each and just keep the extra $2 for himself. So when he arrived at the room he gave each $1. This made it so each brother then only paid $9 ($10 minus the $1 refund) each for the room.
So if each of the 3 brothers paid $9 that is $27 total. The bellboy kept $2 for himself. This is a total of $29. The 3 brothers initially paid $30.
Where is the missing dollar?

I love the Fair!!

2008-09-21T15:44:00.007-06:00

Friday we went to the Wichita Fair. I have not been to a fair in a long time. We had a lot of fun.Kevin, Nathan and Miranda are feeding the animals.

MY BOYS!! Braeden is making a funny face because his alergies started going crazy, Nathan is patiently waiting his turn to ride a ride.

Miranda was ready to get off that ride.

Mommy and Braeden. This was the fun house. At the end there was a slide; when it was his turn to go down he started flipping head over heels all the way down the slide.

WARNING! This might make you sick. VOTE!!!!!

2008-09-17T07:46:00.000-06:00

A Few Pics

2008-08-25T08:37:00.007-06:00

BOYS

While I was in the yard talking to my husband's Aunt and cousins my two wonderful little boys decided that they wanted to wash there toys in the rain water that was in their wagon. They went into the house and got the dish soap. Nathan is washing INSIDE toys and Braeden is washing his car. BTW we had just gotten back from WalMart, these are not play clothes. I couldn't get mad it was too funny. Braeden decided to eat some of the soap, he was sick for three days. He didn't get to go to Sunday School and he was soo upset. He kept saying "But mommy I don't have soap in my mouth" That part was sad. So this picture is for all of you mothers out there that just sent your kids to school and are wishing they were at home with you. LOL

FLOOD

These two pics on top are what happened to the road next to I44 during the flood. You can see it literally picked up the road and moved it into the grass. You can still see the stripes on the asphalt. CRAZY!!

GREAT DEALS AT LOWE"S

Notice the before and after price. My husband saw this and I had to take a picture.

How Bad Do You Want It

2008-08-23T18:56:00.002-06:00

There are several things in my life that I have wanted to change or do but never seemed to be able to. I would try over and over but it never worked out. I would give reasons and excuses to make myself feel better but I always seem to end up frustrated with myself. The reasons, excuses and frustration never got me anywhere.

A couple of weeks ago I decided to try to change a few things again, one of them being going on a diet. I have REALLY started seeing results in two of the areas that I want to change. This time feels different. So what is the difference?

I WANT IT BAD ENOUGH!!!! Bad enough to do WHATEVER it takes.

I was talking to someone the other day about helping someone in need, and I made this statement: You can't help them until they are willing to sacrifice for it themselves first. THEY HAVE TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH!

Maybe in years past I just never wanted it as much as I do now. Yes I wanted those things and yes they would have made me very happy then, but now I WANT it. I want it bad enough to sacrifice. I want it bad enough to run/walk two miles, eat less, pray more, even fast. I have never successfully fasted before and now I do. Why? I WANT IT!!! I want to lose weight and I want to change.

Since I got this thought, every time I think I will just wait until tomorrow to do what I need to do I say to myself "How bad do you want it?" I want it bad enough to do what I need to do.

So now I ask you to think about what you want in life. How bad do you want it?

Side note: I know this is early but I weighed this afternoon and I have lost 10lbs!! Yes, 10lbs. I am sooo excited!! I am 1/3rd of the way through. I know I have had some set backs, some have been my fault, but I want it bad enough not to quit.

Ramblings

2008-08-20T09:11:00.002-06:00

Today I fill an overwhelming sense of gratitude. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened. I just feel grateful for all the blessings God has given me. "Big" blessings make memories but I think "little" blessings make up our lives.

Monday and Tuesday it felt like my problems (no big problems just life) were bigger than my blessings.
Monday I let my problem get to me and I didn't even want to pray. So I just whispered a prayer. "Lord, please don't forget me" I know that sounds silly but that's what I said.
Tuesday wasn't a bad day I was just "Sailing On" (thank you Bro. Holley) All day yesterday I felt a strong tugging to just pray. So I did. I prayed. It wasn't anything spectacular "just a little talk with Jesus" I love that song.
Today I woke up feeling like the blessed person that I am.

Everyone makes a big deal about getting old. They don't want to get older. NOT ME!! I love getting older. The older I get the more wise I become. I continue to change for the better. I am becoming a better person everyday. Now for me I have a long way to go and it is slow coming, but it is still progress. LOL The older you get the more confident you are in yourself and God. You think things through a lot better.

The only "down" side I can see is you are closer to death but I don't really think we have a fear of death I think that it is a fear of the unknown. Kindergarteners have the same fear on the first day of school. When I think of it like that it seems kind of silly. Parents are in control on that first day of school just like God is in control of our lives and death. So we have nothing to fear.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I have a calm assurance God is in control.

By the way I lost a pound this week. I am not really sure why because I didn't exercise. I need to get off of this computer so I can do that now before something happens and I don't get to.

Hope you have a blessed week.

2008-08-12T08:31:00.002-06:00

One of these days I am going to post something other than my diet adventure. LOL!!
There have been a lot of things happen that I really want to blog about but it seems I never have the time.

I have been on a diet vacation for a week now. That was not my intention but half way through I decided to just make it a vacation. LOL It started with an ice cream sale at United and then I decided to make cookies with my kids. I thought I was being a good mom but 7 dozen cookies later I thought I better get back to my diet. (I didn't eat all of them but I did eat a lot) We made memories so I don't regret it I will just have to do a little more excerising this week.

I have not gained anything and last week I lost 1.4lbs. I am back on track today and hopefully I will start loosing again.

A Couple Things

2008-07-30T13:24:00.002-06:00

I am getting to help a LITTLE bit this week at VBS. I have REALLY enjoyed it. I think Bro. Joseph does a wonderful job and everyone there works really good together. They set a great example for the kids. I will post picks later when I have more time.

I wanted to give a quick update on my diet. I have lost 3.4 lbs this week. When I loose 3 more pounds I will be back to where I was before all of the funerals. That is going to be when loosing starts getting fun. I am not excercising this week because of VBS. We will see what burns more calories, VBS or Excecising, next week when I weigh in. LOL!!

Hope everyone is having a great week. I know I am!!

Diet Updat

2008-07-22T20:55:00.002-06:00

I only lost 1lb this week but I am not giving up. I started eating off of a small plate at dinner instead of a dinner plate. This has helped a lot with portion control. Tomorrow I start excercising for 1hr instead of 30min. We will see how it goes. I am determined not to give up even if it takes me a year to loose 30 lbs.

I also started a little weightloss counter on the bottom of my blog.

Don't Give Up

2008-07-22T07:44:00.003-06:00

Don't beat yourself up because you are not what you want to be or because you can't give what you want to give. Just be and give your best and eventually you will be.

Diet Update

2008-07-15T20:44:00.004-06:00

Well this week I didn't do as well as I had hoped. I lost 2.4lbs, which is very close to my goal(2.5lbs). I am happy with it considering I am getting all the "bugs out" of my diet plan.

I did very well only drinking water and not eating sweets. Sweets are my weakness.

I excercised almost everyday. Which I am going to do better and excerise EVERYDAY except Sunday. I didn't excercise Monday and I was dragging all day. Today when I excercised I immediately had so much more energy. That has given me extra motivation.

My BIG problem has been portion control. I think that I have been having problems with my blood sugar which has caused me to majorly over eat. I have decided (thanks to Sis. Hallford) to eat 6 small meals a day instead of 3 regular meals.

Well I am on my way to loosing weight and feeling better. This blog and your comments has really helped and motivated me. Please leave ANY advice that you feel might help. I really appreciate it.

Debbie Downer

2008-07-12T08:43:00.007-06:00

Well I just got another call, my mother's uncle died. This makes the 7th death this year. This is also the first one that I am not going to get to go to. Which is sad because I really loved my Aunt and Uncle but truthfully I am tired of funerals and I don't think that I could handle another one. After my dad died every funeral that I go to gets harder and harder.
I think that it is very important to go to funerals even if you don't do anything but give the family a hug and let them know that you are praying for them and that you love them.
At my dad's funeral I realized that it is the little things people do that mean sooo much.
My Aunt and Uncle are great Godly examples. I have watched them go through horrible things in thier lives and they ALWAYS remained faithful to God. They always gave him the glory even when all you could see was the bad. When my dad died my Aunt was in some sort of hospital and she checked herself out so her and my uncle could come to the viewing.
Anyways I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer. It just makes me feel better to get it off my chest so to speak. I will be ok. I am going to go get some paint and paint something. I will either be destructive or productive either way I will feel better. LOL!!

Dieting

2008-07-10T09:14:00.002-06:00

I am going on a diet! My goal is to loose 30lbs by Oct. 1. I would love to loose 40 but I am trying to keep it real. That means I need to loose about 2.5 pounds a week. I just got finished exercising and it was harder than I remembered so I decided to blog my experience. Maybe if I know that I have to blog my results I will stick to it. LOL I weighed on Tuesday night so I will blog my weight loss every Wednesday morning.

If anyone has any weight loss tips I would love to hear them. My plan right now is to exercise 30 min a day, drink water only and cut down on my portions.

Wish me luck!!

Censorship

2008-07-01T16:12:00.004-06:00

I have read two stories today about censorship.

The first story someone had a graphic picture of a young girl dying and they felt they had a first amendment right to show everyone this picture even though the family did not want anyone to see it. They cried foul because they were being censored.

The second story was of a teacher who wanted her students to read a book that the school board told her not to pass out to the kids. She did it any way and was suspended for a year and a half. She got upset because her STUDENTS were being censored.

Since when did the word CENSOR become a bad word. YES! I censor EVERYTHING that I watch/read and I especially censor everything my children watch/read.

Lam 3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart....

I think that a better word for censor would be shelter. I shelter my mind and my children's mind from the things this world wants lack of cencorship from.

Bloggin' Blues

2008-06-28T16:26:00.002-06:00

My Crazy Boys

2008-06-24T08:11:00.002-06:00

I have not been feeling well so I guess my family thought I needed to be cheered up. When they got back from the grocery store last night KevinII was holding this fudge round (which is one of my favs) and they handed me a birthday card. It is not my birthday but the sillyness definitely made me feel better. Thank You, Kevin, Kevin, Nathan and Braeden. I couldn't ask for a better family.

Love and Marriage

2008-06-22T10:09:00.005-06:00

I have been thinking a lot about Love and Marriage. I have been thinking about the differences between marriage back in the day and today.

Marriage used to be a committment that was NEVER broken no matter what. People loved each other unconditionally and unselfishly. I think that might be the problem. SELFISHNESS. We can't seem to get past our own needs and wants to look at someone else, even if that someone is our husband/wife.

I grew up in a home that was not perfect. My parents were not perfect and they had problems, but they LOVED each other unselfishly and unconditionally. They taught thier children to love unselfishly and unconditionally. I remember as a child, and all my life, my dad would play his guitar and sing this love song to my mom and I believe he meant every word. It has become my favorite memory of my dad. We sang it at his funeral.

I will leave you with the words and if I have enough nerve I will put a video of me singing it.

Yours Love
May the fruit of my toil
Be yours love
May the food of my soil
Be yours love
And from this moment on may a love that is strong and lives on and on
Be yours love

May the sons that I raise
Be yours love
May the comforts I praise
Be yours love
And ever I get weak may the love words I speak and the arms that I seek
Be yours love

May the Lord's shining grace
Be yours love
May the happiest face
Be yours love
And may the last fingertips that touch these two lips as life from me slips
Be yours love

Another Death

2008-06-13T15:02:00.003-06:00

Well, we are on our way out of town this weekend for another funeral. My husband's Aunt passed away yesturday. This makes the 5th funeral I have been to this year.

This may sound bad but I can see how God has blessed us through every trial this year.

I can't help but think of my dad with every death since he passed away in March. I am having all kinds of emotions. Everything from sad to mad. (pray for my family LOL)

I am so glad that I have the Lord. I don't know what I would do without him.

I know that everyone at Life Tabernacle will have wonderful services this weekend. I wish that I could be there, but since I can't I will just say
WELCOME Pastor and Sis Holley!! I don't really know you but everyone that does is SOOO excited that you are our new pastor so you must be wonderful people. I look forward to getting to know you.

RainForest Cafe

2008-06-03T09:37:00.004-06:00

This weekend we went to the Rain Forest Cafe. We tried to go there a couple a years ago but Nathan freaked out and we had to leave. This time the little guys loved it and we had a lot of fun. Here are some pics of us while we were there.
Braeden making a silly face. He is ALWAYS making a silly face.

Nathan having fun.

Kevin and Miranda (my niece) LOOK Kevin is smiling!!! Miranda is always smiling!!

New Family Picture

2008-05-28T20:12:00.002-06:00

Dwyght's Wedding

2008-05-28T09:48:00.005-06:00

Memorial Day weekend we went to Dwyght (my father-in-law) and Betty's wedding in Savannah,GA.

Dwyght and Betty

Me, Betty, Dwyght, Kevin and Lil Kevin

Diane, Betty, Dwyght and Jackie. Betty's daughters. I didn't get a good picture of Betty's sons.

Kevin's Birthday

2008-05-28T09:43:00.004-06:00

May 9th Kevin turned 17yrs old. We had a little BarBQue for him because he wanted STEAKS!! They were really good too.

Miracles Still Happen

2008-05-28T09:27:00.006-06:00

I was making the cake for Kevin's birthday and I turned around and saw Braeden, who is 2yrs old, had gotten into a bottle of blood pressure medicine. It was in a child proof bottle but I think that those are only adult proof!! I asked him if he had eaten any of it and he said that he had but he didn't like it. I called poison control and they said to get him to the emergency room NOW. We got there and they took us straight back to the doctor. (I have never gotten service that quick before, they were faster than Mc Donalds) WE WERE SO BLESSED!!!!! He took just enough medicine to make him completely cooperative but not enough to hurt him. He drank the charcoal, he let them hook up the EKG, the blood pressure and heart moniter with no problems at all. His stats all remained fine. God was truely with us that day. Here are some pics of the emergency room.

Braeden with charcoal teeth

Breaden with the EKG

The medicine made him sleepy.

Oh yea to top it all off, Kevin couldn't come to the emergency room because they had a chemical spill at work and they wouldn't let anyone leave.

Nathan's Birthday

2008-05-28T09:16:00.004-06:00

April 15th Nathan turned 4 yrs old. He wanted his friend Jonathan to come to his party so we had it at my mom's house.

Makayla, Nathan, Matthew and Levi
The Boatman and Seymour Children
Caitlan, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Nathan and Breaden
Emalea wasn't there she was globe trotting with her mother LOL

Nathan and Jonathan racing with there balloons!
We had a lot of fun!!!!

Another Death

2008-04-26T09:42:00.002-06:00

I just received a call; another one of my cousins died this morning. I will post more later.

Please keep the Luman family in your prayers. This makes the fourth Luman to die this year.

I don't know what God is doing but I do know that "..... all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

This Year So Far

2008-04-22T10:37:00.007-06:00

It has taken me a while to be able to make this post.

January 1st I felt like this year was going to be a break through year for myself and my family. Be careful what you pray for. LOL

January 8th my cousin Ronnie Luman aka Lil Ronnie died. He was my age and we played together every year at our family reunion. I have a lot of memories of us as children. Going to his funeral was very hard. When someone is your age and they die it hits close to home.

February 5th my Granddaddy, Charlie Luman, died. He was my last living grandparent. He touched a lot of people's lives. I did not know this but he is the reason my cousin Roger Dale is a UPC minister today. The Lord was so good to me; I had just made the trip down there for my cousin's funeral so money was tight and all three of our cars were broken; he blessed us with enough money to rent a car and make the trip.

A BLESSING IN THE STORM
March 2nd Kevin got the Holy Ghost!!!!

March 3rd my dad had a heart attack they revived him and put him on life support. We got to stay with him for a week in ICU. The Lord really blessed us.

March 10 they took my dad off life support and a few hours later my daddy, Robert Luman died.

April 15 Nathan turned 4yrs old. WOW how time goes by.

My babies are growing up.

This year so far has been the hardest physically and emotionally but it has also been by far the BEST SPIRITUALLY. They say that during the trials that God is molding you and I truely believe that. God has blessed me this year far more than I could have imagined, and it is just the BEGINNING. There may be more trials but I feel and electicity going through the air and I am excited. Yes, I still have days where I think about my dad a lot and it makes me sad but the Lord said I will send you a comforter and he has. God has been so very good to me and my family.

Happy Valentines Day

2008-02-14T12:33:00.002-06:00

I am so glad that I get to spend my life with you.

You are a wonderful husband and daddy.

I love you!!

-Lynda

The Flu

2008-02-01T13:27:00.001-06:00

I took Nathan to the Dr today and he tested positive for the flu. The Dr said that are whole family would probably get it so we are doing everyone a favor and quarantining ourselves. This weekend is going to be loads of fun! LOL!!!

Respect

2008-01-27T22:02:00.000-06:00

Full disclosure: I don't like secular christian music. I only listen to Holy Ghost filled musicians. I have been this way for many years. Now I can go on with a clear conscience.

I heard a song the other day. It was a secular christian song. The words was something like this.
I want to lay back against you with your arms around me. I want to hear your heart beat and feel you breath.

JESUS IS NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

What happen to respect. We should bow down before him. Worship him. I think that there is something wrong with thinking that we can be so familiar with God.

This song sounds like something that would be in a love song, not something that you would say to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Anyways that is enough ranting. LOL

Just to end on a good note. Someone was baptized at church tonight and I just heard my 2 and 3 yr old playing like they were baptizing each other. I have to admit I am very proud right now. Actually I am crying! LOL The scripture is so true; I have no greater joy than to know that my children walk in truth.

Do you Doubt?

2008-01-08T09:31:00.000-06:00

I was reading my children the story of when Jesus fed the five thousand the other night and I got to thinking. What would I do if I was told to take the baskets and pass out the food? Would I only give each person a little in hopes that maybe everyone could get something or would I give everyone enough to be full because I trusted what Jesus said? Would I doubt or believe?

What do we do with our friends and family? Do we only tell them a little bit because somewhere we kind of wonder if God will really do what he says? Can God really change their lives, heal there bodies and save there souls or will he fail them and then we look foolish?

Maybe it is a pride thing. I am sure those men didn't want to look foolish and get half way through the crowd and have nothing left. Maybe they were scared that there would be a mob if everyone didn't get fed. There were probably a lot of emotions involved. Inspite of their worries they did as Jesus asked and they witnessed a miracle that day.

In spite of our worries we should do as God asks not only with our friends and family but with our lives as well and maybe 2008 can be a (as Sis Elms said on her blog) "break through" year. Full of miracles. I WANT TO SEE MIRACLES!!!!!!!

The Power of Holy Ghost Music

2008-01-06T08:08:00.000-06:00

This morning we got up and everyone was grouchy. No one had slept well and was a little short. So I turned on My Hope Radio (a pentencostal radio site www.myhoperadio.com) It didn't take long and people were laughing and telling stories. That is the power of the Holy Ghost and good Godly music.

2007

2008-01-01T15:52:00.000-06:00

2007-12-24T20:16:00.000-06:00

It has been a long time since my last post. We have been very busy in a good way. The Lord is really blessing my family. I will post an update on everything that God has been doing in our lives as soon as possible. We are having a wonderful Christmas and hope that all of you are as well. Love everyone of you. And...

Thanksgiving

2007-11-19T12:45:00.000-06:00

I just thought I would post a few random things that I am thankful for.

Braeden's fat kissable cheeks

A house to clean (even when I am not in the mood to clean it, like now)

My husband and Children

My God, I could not make it without him, He gives us the ability to be truly thankful

Downs Syndrome

2007-11-12T21:48:00.000-06:00

I just saw a statistic on CNN that said 80-90% of mothers that find out that there baby is going to have down syndrome abort their baby. This is considered acceptable behavior in our "civilized" country. What are we thinking? At this moment I am more afraid of our law makers than I am of criminals on the street. I think that our government has done a great job keeping us safe, but who is governing congress?

When I was pregnant they asked me if I wanted to have the test done. I told them no. It did not matter to me. That was my child, and he was in the hands of God, there was nothing that I could do about it.

I don't know who all reads my blog but I am asking that you bind with me in prayer for these babies, for their mothers, and for our law makers. I would like to see a change and I believe in going straight to the top.

These are my boys and I wouldn't trade ANYTHING no matter what for them.

Thank You

2007-11-11T20:05:00.000-06:00

Today is bittersweet. Veterans Day. We mourn the loss of our loved ones and we celebrate the freedoms that our Veterans gave us.
I think that it is appropriate that this day was set aside right before the "Happiest Time of the Year". Christmas! Without our Veterans we might not have the privilege to celebrate the birth of our Savior so openly.
So today I honor and Thank You for all that you have given to us.

A special Thank You to the Veterans in my life. My Handsome Husband, Kevin; my father-in-law, Dwyght and my father, Bobby.

My Awesome Husband

2007-11-09T11:01:00.000-06:00

Let me brag on my husband a little bit. My husband took a test this morning for work and passed. He got a raise and a bonus. He is soo kind too. I needed a little more money so that I could start school in January and he gave his bonus money to me. I love him soo much. I could not ask for a better husband. Honey, I am proud of you!

Kids Fun Fest

2007-10-31T11:05:00.000-06:00

One Day at a Time

2007-10-29T08:08:00.000-06:00

The other day I was having a "bad day" and right in the middle of being mad and feeling sorry for myself I said "NO, This is NOT the kind of life that I want and since life is made of days then this is not the kind of day I am going to have" So I turned on MY Hope Radio and the rest of my day was good. Sometimes you can't change your circumstance but you can ALWAYS change your attitude.

When I was a little girl my parents would sing together and one of the songs that they would sing was One Day at a Time. It was really more of my mom singing and my dad howling but I digress. lol For those of you who do not know this song it goes something like this.
One day at a time sweet Jesus
Thats all I'm asking from you
Give me the strength to do everyday what I have to do
Yesturday gone sweet Jesus
And Tommorrow may never be mine
So for my sake teach me to take
One day at a time

I have a lot of things to post and I will try to catch up this week.

Back Home

2007-10-17T07:26:00.000-06:00

Well we are back at home now. My children and I are definitely home bodies. When we walked in the front door my 2yr old said "MY HOME!" I enjoyed being with my mom and seeing The Boatmans.
My dad is still very sick. He is going to go from the hospital to a nursing home. He needs lots of prayers.
God doesn't always change the situation sometimes he changes you. I pray God always changes me for the better even while he is changing the situation.

New Quote and Scripture

2007-10-08T07:58:00.000-06:00

I don't know if you guys have noticed but I have added a Quote of the Week and a Scripture of the Week on the left side of my blog.

Here's an extra one for free.
"In season's of change you either bloom or die"
me

OH yea my dad is in the hospital/emergency room right now. He needs prayer.

Buddha

2007-10-06T20:58:00.001-06:00

I was reading through some of my old college books and I found this quote.

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
Siddhartha Gautama

I really like it and then I found out that Buddha said it so I asked my husband "If you quote Buddha does that make you a Buddhist?" Then he reminded me of this scripture..

Pro 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:....

So I'm Christian again!!!

Anyways just thought I would leave with this quote and scripture. It is still good no matter who said it. Hope everyone has a good night and Sunday.

Too Blessed not 2 B Happy

2007-10-05T22:26:00.000-06:00

You ladies will NEVER believe what happened to us tonight. I am sitting here in shock!!

We were at linens n things just looking around and this guy walks up to my husband and says "Me and my wife watched you and your family walk in here and we just wanted to give you this" and hands my husband some money.
My husband says thank you and asks the man if he could pray for him. The man said yes so my husband laid his hands on him and prayed for him. He started speaking in tongues and everything right there in the middle of the store.
We talk for a little bit and the man says "I want to give you this too" and he hands my husband more money. My husband thanked him again and tells him we will be praying for him. We get his name and he leaves.
A minute later he says "I feel led to give you all the money in my pocket" and hands my husband his change and all.
About 15 minutes later the man comes back into the store and says me and my wife discussed it and we want to write you a check for your ministry.
My husband and the man talk for a while and my husband got a really good chance to witness and invite him to church.
I have never seen anything like that in my life. I am still in shock!

OH yea and to top it all off the lady at the resturant liked me (I guess) and gave me a senior discount. lol

Too Blessed to be Depressed

2007-10-04T09:00:00.000-06:00

I have been in a really funky mood lately.

Nobody likes me everybody hates me think I'll go eat worms kind of mood.

Last night I was laying in my bed unable to go to sleep because my children went to bed the first time I put them there and I had all this extra time I didn't know what to do with. I started thinking how blessed I am.

All during the day things happen that truely are blessings. Nathan says the cutest things; like he doesn't want to spend his money he wants to spend my money. Kevin comes up with the funniest things to do; like shooting something on my stove (thankfully he didn't actually do that one) I try not to laugh and encourage him but it really is funny. Braeden is learning all about his world; he got both his hands and one leg stuck together with rubber glue. And all of that was just yesterday!!! Most days I laugh all day long at what my children say, do or get themselves into.

And then I have a wonderful mother who I talk to several times a day. I have an Aunt Linda who loves me very much and would not want me to eat worms. I have a sister who is a lot of fun to be around. And then there is my most precious husband who could not treat me any better than he already does.

I am not even going to go into the monetary blessings that God has given me.
OK maybe one. I noticed this one yesterday.
We have been keeping a budget spreadsheet to see where all of our money goes. Well yesterday I was looking and we have spent about $200 more than his check was and we didn't go into to debt. That is the blessing you get from paying your tithes. Your money goes sooooo much further.

Sorry such a long post I am just feeling very blessed this morning. I will leave you with Anita Renfroe.

William Tell Overture for Moms

2007-10-04T08:59:00.001-06:00

My new fav Song

2007-09-21T14:27:00.001-06:00

My new favorite song

2007-09-21T14:23:00.001-06:00

Since I already admitted to reading people's blogs that I do not know I will share something else that I found on a strangers blog. I love this song, I had never heard it until now. I hope you enjoy.

Personality Type

2007-09-21T10:09:00.001-06:00

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Ok, I am pathetic!! I copied this off of someone's blog that I don't even know but I thought it was neat so I decided to take the test myself, again for the millionth time. LOL

My husband took the test too. As you can see we are complete opposites. LOL !!!!!!

Nathan's Versoin of Acts 2:38 and the Godhead

2007-09-18T07:43:00.000-06:00

When I ask Braeden he runs around yelling JESUS JESUS JESUS; but he won't do it on camera

The River Walk

2007-09-08T12:25:00.000-06:00

We went to the River Walk in downtown Savannah.

Quentin, Matthew (Dwyght's little boy) and Kevin AKA The Three Stooges

Dwyght and his new hair do. I think he should keep it.

Crab Shack

2007-09-08T12:10:00.000-06:00

We went to The Crab Shack on Tybee Island. I think we had the most fun there. They had alligators that you could feed, talking birds, kittens, fish and a boat load of food.

The sign says Where the elite eat in their bare feet.

Kevin posing in his new hat.

Boys acting silly or maybe it was Paw Paw and Daddy that put them up to it.

Braeden posing or maybe he was protesting. lol

This was a picture of our food AFTER we had already gotten a plate full.

This is our food after we were done. No wonder I have gained weight on vacation. lol

Outlet Shopping

2007-09-08T11:56:00.000-06:00

We went to a very large Tanger outlet mall in Hilton Head Island.
The boys are playing in a spaceship. I guess they were saying "mom you can shop but we're out of here"

Daddy and Nathan. Nathan is making a funny face.

Family Reunion Pictures

2007-09-06T09:05:00.000-06:00

For anyone who waned the pictures of the family reunion, when we get back home my husband is going to put all of them on our family website so that you can download and print. I will put a link on here when he puts them up. We will be back home on the 13th.

PIGnic

2007-09-05T14:04:00.001-06:00

Yesterday I told the little boys we were going to have a picnic. Nathan was soooo excited. We get out there and Nathan starts crying saying "This is not a PIGnic there are no pigs here" I explained what a picnic was and everything was good then.

We have had a lot of fun today, at Outlet malls and Berkley Hall but I need to get dressed for church. Maybe I can post pic later.

Family Reunion

2007-09-04T18:28:00.001-06:00

Our vacation has officially started. I am a few days behind blogging our vacation. Here are just a few pics that I took at a family reunion (our first stop)

Me, my mom and my sister, Carla
My mom and Aunt Lucy
My brother Chuck

My boys LOVED this thing

Happy Birthday Braeden

2007-08-25T19:55:00.000-06:00

Can we PLEASE go play???

Smile!!!!!

He would scream at the top of his lungs everytime he hit one. It was funny!!!

I've taught him well.

Today is Braeden's birthday so we went to Chuck E Cheese. The kids had a blast. I can't believe my baby is 2yrs old. WOW!!!!!

New Pictures of the Boys

2007-08-15T08:00:00.000-06:00

Reality: SFC

2007-08-12T09:36:00.001-06:00

Everyone deserves a chance at a better life. Now you're given a chance to make a difference. Don't forget SFC!!

Is it just Me...

2007-07-28T19:30:00.000-06:00

Is it just me or does anyone else out there start celebrating Christmas in July?

Every year around July I start getting in the christmas mood. I start singing christmas songs and listening to christmas music. On live 365 you can listen to christmas music all year long.

My husband never lets me put my tree up before Thanksgiving and believe I've tried. However I always manage to leave it up until almost February.

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!

I love everthing about Christmas. I love the guilt free shopping, the music, the family time, the food, the lights, the decorations, I'll admit the presents, giving presents and most of all the reason for the season My God and My Savior.

Oh and I also love Thomas Kinkade (the picture above) which is what I am hoping for this Christmas. HINT HINT HINT!! KEVIN that was for you just in case you missed the subtle hint.

And don't even get me started on christmas presents. I can never wait until the day of christmas to give them out, especially if I know the person is really going to like it. This last year we opened our presents the Friday before christmas which was really nice because we got to play with our kids several days before Kevin had to go back to work.

Well Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!

P.S. To everyone who always thought I was certifiably crazy I guess I just removed all doubt.

We're Going On VACATION!!!

2007-07-26T08:19:00.000-06:00

These are two pics I got off the internet. The top one is in Savannah GA and the bottom one is in Charleston SC.

We are FINALLY getting to go on a real vacation. The last time our family went on vacation was 4yrs ago. I REALLY NEED A VACATION!!!!!!

I am soooooo EXCITED !!!!!!! We are going to Savannah GA and Charleston SC.

We are not going until Labor Day weekend but I am already starting to plan. At this rate we will be packed by mid August. LOL

I know that it is a long way away and that things could change between here and there but not even that is going to keep my spirits down.

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back from Visitation and Really Long Post

2007-07-12T13:22:00.000-06:00

Well I visited modern America and I am back now, probably never to return again. LOL The ties were broken on the suits that I ordered (the lady cussed at me when I told her) and I quite myspace. I don't think myspace is for everyone. (hopefully I will keep in contact with my friends though) So now I am back to horse and buggy and I prefer it a lot better. LOL Give me good old fashion sales racks and lunch dates any day.

Anyways here is a thought that I had yesterday Ithought I would share with you guys. Hope you enjoy.

There is a difference in having a moment of weakness and living there.

A moment of weakness is when you make a mistake feel convicted and repent turning from the sin and trying not to do it again.

Living in your weakness is when you make a mistake feel convicted and instead of repenting you justify it until the conviction is no longer there.

Oh what a scary thing. JUSIFICATION.

There is a point in the human body where there is no much damage being done that your pain receptors shut down. You no longer feel pain. It is your bodies way of coping.
Those pain receptors were put there by God for a reason. They keep you safe from danger. If you cut yourself your pain receptors tell you to stop what you are doing before you create real damage or even kill yourself.

God also gave man a conscience. When you are doing something that is going to hurt you are possible kill you spiritually your conscience says “that is wrong”.

The devil gave man JUSTIFICATION. You can justify anything you want away until your conscience says “hey that is too much damage” and stops working. Otherwise your conscience would literally drive you insane. It is your bodies way of coping.

Oh I pray that we will not give into our weaknesses and decide to live there. GET UP everyone has weak moments but you don't have to live there.

Well I finally did it!!

2007-07-04T12:54:00.001-06:00

I finally joined modern America and bought something on Ebay AND I joined myspace. I bought two of these suits for the small boys. Aren't they cute? And my myspace page is www.myspace.com/seymourspot

To All Mothers

2007-06-19T08:27:00.000-06:00

Cleaning and Scrubbing

Can wait till tomorrow....

For babies grow up-

We've learned to our sorrow...

So quiet down cobwebs...

Dust go to sleep...

I'm rocking my baby

And babies don't keep!!!

This has been by my kitchen sink and I thought that I would share it with everyone. It is a good reminder that dishes will still be there tomorrow but your kids will not always be there, and when they are gone you will still be there with your dishes and wish that you had spent more time with your children. I guess what I am trying to say is let your house be for a day and take your kids to the park. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Happy Father's Day

2007-06-17T07:09:00.000-06:00

To my wonderful husband, my dad and my father in law. You are all great men. My boys and I are privileged to have you in our lives. Hope you have a great fathers day. We love you.

P.S. My dad is very sick and in the hospital. Please pray for him.

Silly Kids

2007-06-15T10:00:00.001-06:00

I was folding clothes and looked over to find Nathan and Miranda (my niece) reading thier books like this. Kids are funny!!! Great break from folding clothes. LOL

Happy Anniversary

2007-06-07T21:36:00.000-06:00

Free MySpace slideshows, photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Song for the pictures

2007-06-07T12:28:00.000-06:00

2007-05-27T20:54:00.000-06:00

A. Available or Single? Married to the most wonderful man I have ever met
B- Best Friend. Love of my life Kevin
C- Cake or Pie. BOTH!!!!!!!!!
D- Drink of Choice. not picky whatever is there
E- Essential Item. cell phone
F- Favorite Color. purple
G- Gummi Bears or Worms. BOTH!!!!!!
H- Hometown. Born in Nacogdoches, TX raised in Angleton, TX and Kilgore, TX
I- Indulgence. anything chocolate
J- January or February. they are both the same COLD ugh!!!
K- Kids. Three handsome boys. Kevin, Nathan and Braeden
L- Life is incomplete without… My God and my family
M- Marriage Date. June 8, 2002
N- Number of Siblings? 2; a sister: Carla and a brother: Chuck
O- Oranges or Apples? oranges; worth the work
P- Phobias/Fears. I don't think I have a fear.
Q- Favorite Quote. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God. Matt 5:9 (first scripture I ever memorized and it is still my fav)
R- Reasons to smile My boys and someone getting the Holy Ghost
S- Season(ing). SEASON - spring and fall; SEASONING - ketchup
T- Tag Three. Sis Patti, Tiffany and Staci Hallford
U- Unknown Fact About Me. My great Grandfather started numerous pentecostal churches in east Texas (I just learned about that this weekend I think it is neat)
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals. Oppressor of Animals
W- Worst Habit. talking too much and smacking my gum
X- X-rays or Ultrasounds. whatever
Y- Your Favorite Foods. chicken nuggets from mickey d's and chocolate
Z-Zodiac- who knows how to spell that stuff anyway; whatever December is

Happy Birthday Kevin

2007-05-09T11:40:00.000-06:00

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Almond Joy

2007-05-03T19:13:00.000-06:00

This candy bar describes me and my husband perfectly. I am the Joy and he is the Nut!!!!! JK I love you honey.

Lesson of the Week

2007-04-27T08:45:00.000-06:00

We usually only see one side of a person because we see that person in the same setting every time we see them; and we judge them on that one side. We either like them or we don't.
Well this is were my lesson began. There was this guy that I really did not like. He is pushy and loud!!! Then a couple of days ago I say him in a completely different setting and the Holy Ghost pricked my heart. "This guy has good in him too just like the rest of us"
We all have faults and some may only see the bad but from now on I am going to find the good in EVERYONE.
This is probably the second or third time that I have learned this lesson but I pray "Lord as many times as it takes, please don't give up on me."

Disclaimer: Some people really are bad with bad intentions. Let the Holy Ghost show you and/or protect you. If you don't have the Holy Ghost, GET IT!!! YOU NEED IT.

New Family Picture

2007-04-24T21:15:00.000-06:00

Thanks Carla, for all your help.

2007-04-20T22:08:00.001-06:00

Thank you for letting us discover the world with you all over again. We love you!