Full circle

Cool thing tonight. There's a girl whose name is Rachael and she's very cool. She was in our youth group at the Cathedral of Tomorrow about a million years ago (OK - I'm exaggerating - it was in '91-'92ish so like 15 years). The funny thing is that we have this habit of losing touch for a few years at a time, but we always seem to catch up with each other again. I found her sister-in-law on myspace recently and she graciously offered to pass my numbers on to Rachael (Thanks, Angie). So I got a call from Rachael tonight and we got a chance to catch up a bit - it's probably been around 8 years(?) since we've really talked. A lot of life has happened in that time. Happy me.

Oh, the CD is out and beginning to circulate. It has turned out really well. If you'd like to get your hands on one, email me and I'll assist you in doing so! My email is supermommyof4@yahoo.com.

Only two more days of school. There are no words...

Stay cool - and I mean that literally!

It's important to have a plan...

Well, the closing on our new house is Monday (finally!!), we closed on our current house on the 11th and the plans for moving are in place. The new house is quite wonderful and we are very excited. There is some remodeling to do (we're expanding the kitchen) and quite a bit of painting (if you're good with a brush and have some time, PLEASE let Matt know) but we do have a bit of a timetable now. I'm a little overwhelmed by the amount of work we have ahead of us, but it's going to be great when we're on the other side.

These are some shots of our backyard. It is HUGE!









The fireplace in our front room:

and this is the house from the back:


Obviously, for safety reasons, I'm not going to put our new address on here. If you want our info, email me at supermommyof4@yahoo.com. Thanks for sharing in my joy!!

Has anyone seen me?

If I happen to come up missing in the next week and a half or so, you may want to look under a large pile of papers to be graded. I have SO much to do before school is out. And if I'm under there and asleep, just let me sleep...

Happy Birfday!

Well, today Mr. Jacob is five years old and, let me tell you, he thinks he's pretty hot stuff. He came into the bathroom this morning. I was at the sink and Matt was in the shower. I said, "Happy birthday, baby," to which he gave the proper answer of, "Thank you," (proud mommy moment). He then promptly left the bathroom. Matt said, "Happy birthday" and Jacob obviously didn't hear because he had left. Jacob promptly returned, this time to actually USE the bathroom. He did what was necessary and then leaned up to the shower curtain and said, "What do you say to me today, Daddy?"

He's a little mad at me though. He feels that he should be in kindergarten today since he is five now. I think he'll get over it.

We were carrying all the party stuff for his class to the car and he informed us that he did not have to carry anything because it was his birthday! If only life were that simple!

There will be presents and more cake later, along with big boys presents like bikes, action figures and skate boards.

I can't believe my baby is five. Enjoy it folks. It goes so fast...

Sad

I have honestly tried to make all of my blogs fairly happy and positive, but I now need to pull on the therapuetic advantages of a blog. I'm really down tonight. I didn't think Mother's Day coming would be that hard. I just planned to ignore it like I have with all of the other holidays since Caleb died. but this one is hitting me harder than I thought it would. There's no way when we celebrated last year that I had any idea I wouldn't have one of my sweet boys with me a year later.

I really do trust God that his way is best. I can't say that I agree or would chose to have things go the way they have, but I choose to trust his infinite wisdom.

I just miss him so darn much. I told Matt the other night that it's getting harder to remember specifics about him. There are things I will always have ingrained in my mind, but the day to day mannerisms and stuff like that are getting a little harder. Makes me wish I had just follwed him around with a video camera for a couple of days -- just reguar ordinary days. And it's hard to find the balance between thinking about things a lot to remember but not too much so that you can't function.

If you read this, thank you for caring and keeping up with my journey. My family and I could still use your prayers. Please also pray for my friend, Barb, and her daughter, Kate, who lost their mom/grandma today.

-sigh-

I sincerely hope you enjoy time with your mom/kids this Mother's Day. God is so good to give us each other...

Pictures from the beach at Galveston

Enjoy....

Just a matter of time

Howdy to all my buddies out there.

Well, yesterday we finally shipped off everything for the CD!! Yea! It should take discmakers a few days to master, then about two weeks to duplicate. We hope to have product in hand by the end of the month.

I am very happy with the way everything has turned so far. The music, the artwork... not bad for our first project. More than anything else, though, I really hope it will be a blessing and encouragement to those who get ahold of it.

If you want one, I'll let you know how to get one soon.

Thanks for reading...