Christmas Thoughts!!!

Christmas provides a part for everyone to play:

* You can be a Mary: Be willing to be whatever God wants you to be.

* You can be a Joseph: Take God at His word even if you don't understand, and give His plan your best shot.

* You can be a shepherd: Get excited about the Good News, and tell as many people as you can.

* You can be a wise man: Worship Jesus, and give Him your most precious gifts.

* You can be a star: Reflect God's light and point the way to Jesus.

* You can be an angel: Loudly proclaim the good tidings.

*You can be the Baby Jesus: Lay down yourself to help others live.

Merry Christmas!!!

Well, tomorrow is christmas and since I'll probable be extremly busy with all the dinner preparations and all I thought I'd take this time to post some christmas pics and to wish you all a very happy CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS one and all!!!!

Thoughts!!!

Child by child we build our nation.

Many a boy is the kind of kid his mother tells him not to play with.

Children are poor mens riches.

Hugs!!!

Hugs
It's wondrous what a hug can do,
A hug can cheer you when you're blue.
A hug can say, "I love you so."Or,
"Oh, I'm sad to see you go."
A hug is, "Welcome back again!"And, "
Great to see you!" or,"Where've you been?"
A hug can soothe a small child's pain
And bring a rainbow after rain.

The hug!
There's just no doubt about it,
We scarcely could survive without it.
A hug delights and warms and charms;
It must be why God gave us arms!
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers.A
nd chances are some favorite aunts
Love them more than potted plants.

Kittens crave them.
Puppies love them.
Heads of state are not above them.
A hug can break the language barrier,
And make the dullest day seem merrier.

No need to fret about the store of 'm,
The more you give,
The more there are of 'm.
So stretch those arms without delay
And give someone a hug today!

Baby girls!!!

A girl is a girl so frilly & sweet
You'd just like to hug her the moment you meet.
She's little pink ruffles & nylon & lace;
She's an innocent look on a little pink face.

She's ice cream & candy & pink birthday cake;
She's also the cookies she helped mother bake.

She's the one perfect nuisance to each little boy,
But she's daddy's own sweetheart, his pride & his joy.
She can pout, she can stomp, she can tease, she can cry,
But still she's his pet, the very apple of his eye.
She's kittens & everything cuddly & nice,
And sure she's a bit of God's own paradise.

Finally a New Baby!!!

Yeahhhhhhhhh!!!!! Joan just had her baby a few hours ago, and its a.....( drum roll please)....A BOY!!! That's right folks its a B-O-Y boy. I'm so excited now I'm an aunt for the eigth time. Yeah, I can't wait to see it. Well Joan I love you!!! Come home soon we all want to see you and the new baby. Stay healthy I wish you the best. Muahhhhhh!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Well, the christmas season began with a BANG the other day. Everyone left for ten days of fundraising, witnessing, and shows. So me and about four others are left here with the kids, pets, and house. Why do I get the feeling I'm being left out??? Ha Ha Ha!!! No, its great its so quiet I'm getting tons of work done. only ten days till christmas I can't wait. Time sems to be draging on and on and on. Why is it that when you wan time to go fast its seems to slow done to really slow turtle mode and when you want it to go slow it speeds up to turbo speed. Oh well Paitience tiff life will go at its pace to matter what you do. Love you all, Merry Christmas!!!

Peace in the midst of a storm!!!

" It was one of the worst days in my life; the washing machine broke down, the telephone kept ringing, my head ached, and the mail carrier brought a bill I had no money to pay. Almost to the breaking point, I lifted my one-year-old into his high chair, leaned my head against the chair, and began to cry. Without a word my son took his pacifier out of his mouth and stuck it in mine."

Why men die young...

"Watch out for that...wall."













" Is that a close shave or what."












"Watch your...Head."













" That is why guys should never lay in the middle of an unmowed lawn."

Now thats funny!!!

When i went to City Hall to renew my dogs license, I told the clerk I wanted a licence for Sex. He said "I'd like one too."
Then I said, "But this ones a don." He said he didn't care what she looked like. Then I said, "You don't understand I've had Sex since I was nine years old."
He winked at me and siad, " You must have been quite a kid."
When I got married and went on my honey-moon, I took my dog with me. I told the hotel Clerk I wanted a room for me and my wife and a special room for Sex."
He said, "You don't need a special room for sex, as long as you pay your bill we don't care what you do."
I said, " look, you don't seem to understand, Sex keeps me awake at night."
The Clerk said, " Funny, I have the same problem."
Well, one day, I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competetion began the dog got loose and ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing there looking disspointed. I told him I planned to have Sex in the contest.
He said, "Wonderful, if you sell tickets you'll clean up."
"But you don't understand," I said, "I want to have sex on TV."
He said, "They alread have that on cable, its no big deal anymore."
Well, my wife and I decided to seperate. So we went to court to fght for custody of the dog."
I said to the judge, " Your honor, I had sex before I was married."
The judge said, "The court is not a confessional, please stick to the facts."
Then I told him that after I was married Sex left me. He said, "Me too."
Well, last night Sex ran away again, I spent hours looking all over for him. A cop came up to me and said, "What are you doing in this alley at 4 am?" I said, " I'm looking for Sex."
My case comes up on Friday...

Of stupidity!!!!

Well, I did the most stupid thing I've ever done in a long time yesterday. I was trying to "clean" my laptop of unneeded junk. So I decided in a very stupid rash decision to delete all the microsoft products off my computer. Arrrrrg!!!! Not just one or two things but every single product that I had on my computer I deleted. So all the work I had on my computer was gone...talk about stupidity. But at least it was me who did it and not some one else...cause if it had been I don't know what I would have done. Ha Ha Ha!!! Well, I think thats the last time i'll be "cleaning" my computer. GRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! To all those out there I wish you all a very merry time at this holiday. I hope you all have lots of fun filling your stomachs and enjoying the joys of this season. After this comes christams so be prepared to gain a few pounds in the coming months. Happy Happy thanksgiving!!! Praise be to the lord for all he has done and provided!!! PTL!!!

My Class!!!

Me and my class at circle time. They we're learing about PG moms and the growth of the baby. Both thier moms are pregnat so they are continually referring to the babies as theirs. HE HE HE!!!!

My adorable class... being good and studious. ( The two older boys are my class the younger ones are someone elses.)

My two students working diligently on there work books. They are so smart they make a teacher proud!!!

Witnessing!!!

Well, I went witnessing for yesterday with victoria ( a new diciple) and it was the first time both of us had gone out without an experienced witnesser. We were both pretty freaked at first and we were both giggling and super nervous. But then we sat down an prayed and claimed the keys...and then we both felt so much better. We won two souls ( WOOOOPIE) which we both thought was pretty good for our first time out witnessing. Of course we both ran into some problems while out but it went farily smoothly. One guy we walked up to wanted to pray but he felt it was too simlple and I was trying to tell him that the bible said you just have to have faith to go to heaven. And I said it says in the bible... and my mind totally went blank and I could not think of the verse I was trying to qoute. So I just said the somethng about having faith and not works. HE HE HE!!! Well I guess I'm not the best witnesser but its a start anyway.

False alarm.

Well, it looks like there isn't going to be a baby just yet. The stuborn child that it is, decided it wasn't going to come out yet...so we have to wait until its ready. Damn, that scorpio...HA HA HA!!! Well its good at least it will teach me paitience. Love you Joan, missed you!!!

Cool Poem.

I was looking for a poem online and I found this one and I really liked it so I thought I should post it for your enjoyment as well:

A Creed To Live By

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Don't let your life slip through your fingersby living in the past or for the future.
By living your life one day at a time,you live all the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;
and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope;
to be without hope is to be without purpose.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been,
but also where you're going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

~ Nancye Sims ~

Still waiting...

Well this baby is diffently a scorpio...hes as stuborn as anything. well, its been two days since Joan went into have the baby and it looks like its still going to take more time. the midwife says it could take anywhere from a night to a week. So please pray it happens soon as thats a long time to be waiting...and a long time to be in labor. I'll let you know when we know more. Until then keep your prayers going.

No Baby Yet.

Its been 24 hours since joan left to have the baby and still no baby. the excitement is killing me, i hope we hear from them soon. This baby is taking way to long...pray. Soon I hope we will hear the good news.

New Baby!!!

Well, its four o'clock in the morning when all of a sudden a bright light shines on me i open my eyes to find my sister-in-law joan desperatly serching the beds for a certain person. Then she wakes up vicky whispers something to her and vicky jumps up like a cat who just had its tail stepped on. joan leaves and vicky grabs her pillow and turns to go I very confused now ask her whats going on and she tells me that joan is having her baby. she leaves and i turn to go back tos leep no point in waking up this early I reason. I'm just about o fall back to sleep when I hear a bang and again a light shines in brightly. I open my eyes again to find my sister banging around and whispering something about not being packed to leave. Well after a half hour of banging and jingling around she leaves and I roll around and try to get some sleep. well all of that sleepless night was worth it as now I will soon be an aunt...again. I am so excited to see the new little nephew or niece. I don't know which yet as she is still in labor but soon we will know I'll keep you posted.

The Whole Motly Crew...

My Family...My Family...I Know Its Large...My Family. Well here we are... well most of us at least except for one brother...and that's all nine of us with the diffrent add ons. Got to love em right!

Pretty dancing trees!!!

Oka, well I do have a problem with taking videos to much to heart and after watching the pretty dancing trees song in the kiddie vidde to many times I got the idea into my head that I loved the pretty dancing trees (though I don't know where I ever got that idea from...).

Trust like a little child's!

The other day while I was outside with the kids jasmine (2) was plaing on the jungle gym in our back yard. When she wanted to get down she called to us and the other child care worker I was with (Victoria) went to get her. She told her to jump and she would catch her but istead of jumping jasmine just let herself fall face first forward. Of course Vicky caught her fine and we laughed and commented at how much trust she had that she would just let herself fall like that trusting completely that we would catch her. Well later on I was thinking about this and I realized that in this little act of a trusting child there was so much for me to apply to my own life. I must admit at times I try to push god around and tell him how he should do things. When he asks me to just trust him and let go I often times try to tell him that he shouldn’t expect me to do that as it would be just plain to diffcult. But he just looks at me and tells me to let go and just drop into his strong capable arms. But I look down at the waves at the things I will miss if I yeild to his will I hesitate and try to reason him out of it. But through seeing this act of simple trust from this child I wondered what it would be like to just let go when he told me to and feel that freedom of falling and being caught in the hold of my savior. Well I decide I would try and put it to practice in my own life. well the situation posed its self a few days later. The lord was again asking me to just trust his will and let go. I ran back over all the times I had struggled with this and tried to work it out on my own. And I pictured jasmine letting herself fall and being caught easely in her teachers arms. And then I pictured me standing on a very high place there was no way for me to get down and there at the bottem was jesus his arms outstreached waiting beckoning me to jump and he would catch me. For a a split second I stutterd and then I let my self go…I felt that sensation of free falling the air rushing past me and the wind wiping my hair. And then I felt myself being caught in strong arms and I felt a feeling of complete trust envelope me. Well in the days to come when I would begin to question my resolve to trust him I again remembered that beautiful feeling of being held tight in his arms and I felt so glad I had trusted like a little child and let go.

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween to all those out there!!! Autmn will soon be ended and winter will set upon us sooner than we know it...so cheers to halloween and all that it entails. May You all have a Happy Happy Halloween!!! Muahhhhhh!!!

Worst Day Ever???

Well I just had to post this as the story behind it was hilarious. I was having a really bad day and it was brothers birthday so I decided to get my mind off of myself I would bake a cake (good morale…bad application). So I made it but I forgot to oil the pan and then I forgot it baking in the oven…good job tiff!!! So when I tried to take it out not only was it burnet but it was stuck. He He He!!! Well the picture above is what it came out like…not exactly the prettiest cake as you can see from my brother’s expression in the picture. But PTL it tasted fine so we enjoyed it anyway.

Now you see it...now you don't.

Autumn is here and it has shed its beautiful colors over all
the trees surrounding us. But it is going fast so I thought I should take this time to post some beautiful pictures of autumn for the weather decides to change (which it all ready has) and cast a blanket of whiteness over all the beautiful colors. Well here’s to autumn in its entire splendor…CHEERS!!!

Well my oldest sister got married last month, finally, after waiting for years. But unfortunatly my internet was down so wasn't able to post and pictures but I can't help but post some now.

I think this guy took "car pooling"a little to seriously.

Love loves the unlovely.

Here's some pics of me at the pond by our house.

Well this is a appolige to all those wh frequently check my blog. My internet acces was stolen from me by an evil computer that broke down so I have been unable to update my blog for a long long time. but it has now been fixed and iIwill soon have my blog up and running again yipppe!!!!!! so hold on to your horsesIi'll be right on it.

I think they're twins!!!!

SUMMER TIME BLUES
By me
Well as all vacation must come to an end, mine just did. So now the summer time blues are setting in. fear boredom lack of inspiration, all these are symptoms of the dreaded disease. But I have found the cure. Instead of doing the things you do when you’re on vacation why not Wright about what you did. So that is what I tried to do, and this is what happened:
(Caution all or partially all contents of this …article are extremely exaggerated. Take all these stories with a pinch of salt and a shot of vodka.)
Vacation time, yippee!!! Time to surf the waves, ride the current and get very very tired. (Of course I mean rested.) My life seems to have taken a leap forward and my body feels ten years older (I mean younger.) so we arrive at our beautiful, shining and shimmering…. Camp ground… (Me to crew: Excuse me I thought it was supposed to be a resort or something not a camp ground. Crew to me: well we are trying to tell the story as it happened…Me: oh well that will have to do.)
So we arrive at our …. Wonderful campground… ( crew to me: it was a state park actually Me to crew I know that but they don’t need to know that crew to me: but you are supposed to tell it like it happened Me: fine) I mean our wonderful state park which is a campground but it is state park so you can’t camp in the campground but you can because it’s a camp ground…understand??? Any hue, so we arrive set up camp and… (Crew to me: don’t try and lie, tell the truth) … fine… and go… (Crew: to sleep.) (Me to Crew: you know you really are cramping my style, could you like shut it, savvy?) Well we wake up the next morning to a ripe and ready day. So we get up eat read and are off for a fun and exciting day at the beach. Well as the day goes surfing ten foot waves… playing ultimate Frisbee on burning hot sand…and wonder of all wonders getting very salty… though I have no idea how. (Crew to me yes you do me to crew: I said to shut it Crew: sorry) okay so we go back and yeah yeah it has rained and all our stuff got soaked. Crum an a half… so we rearrange… distribute precious dry bedding … and settle down for the night… when out of the night comes… a great big… (Crew to me: don’t even try it me to crew: oh come on just one little lie Crew: no me oh well)… comes a great big… rain cloud. So all our still dry stuff gets…soaked. Well life goes on and we enjoy another day at the beach… night falls…very wet people fall asleep… and wake the next morning to go to a…amusement park!!! Spend a day… exhausting themselves… get horse voices…sore muscles… and tired eyes. Go back sleep in rain and mud. And then go to beach and…. Play…mini golf. Woaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Spend last day rocking out and shouting balls… then go back spend night watching pirates and ships. The end comes all too quickly for our band of fun loving people and our vacation has ended. Or has it???

“Oh eagle, don’t be despondent due to the swift and rough breeze, for it blows in this manner to make you fly faster and higher.” –Iqbal

Rub A Dub Dub! All my younger necies and nephews pilled in a tub!!!

Why I chose the life I’m living?
---By me.
I just read a very distasteful article about the lifestyle I choose to live. Not only did this person totally dis every aspect of the life I love but he made it his business to speak for me with words and that were neither true, nor the way I thought. So I have decided to answer this “wonderful” article with one of my own I hope you don’t mind. Okay so this life isn’t for every body and yes there are flaws in this life style just like in every single life style out there. Whether you’re a bum and professional athlete a rock start or just an average Joe bloe who just manages to scrape out a living for himself you will face problems and difficulties. That’s part of life that’s part of the cruelty of this world, and that’s part of the learning process of this package deal of life. So don’t point the finger at my way of doing things because there’s four more pointing back at your way. Now is missionary life a hard deal? I’ll be the first to answer with a definite yes. Is it and easy hunky dory road to follow? I will be the one to answer with a whole hearted no. but I will not say it is not a thrilling and exciting life. How many people do you know who are not missionaries that have been to over four continents and have been to countless countries all in the span of fifteen years? How many people do you know that can speak at least three languages? I can guarantee you not very many. I choose this life because i love change, I love to have variety. Sure living in a house with twenty three people is not always easy but it sure is fun to meet new people. Discover people who are not your family. To meet the challenge of getting along with several different personalities. To learn to face each new challenge with a different approach tailor made for each person. I choose this life because I love waking up in morning and knowing that this day will hold brand new challenges, experiences, and happenings. I love waking up and knowing that each day something new is going to happen that will not be the same. Granted just like everyone else there re things that happen just the same things I have to do that I will have to do each and every day. But still the thrill of knowing that today is a brand new day keeps me on an up beat tune. Why do I choose the life I have? Because I love it.

My little princes and bitrthday present all rolled in to one.
Praise the lord she already knows how to raise her arms and praise him.

What peace can they have who are not at peace with god?

Don't worry this will be a very strange blog. Due to my incredible tendency to make everything very...odd. So hurray hurra! Here goes my first post. yeahhhhh!