The first weekend was Superbowl weekend and also since Issy was feeling better - she was going to a slumber party at Ireland's house - which was preceeded by a slumber party the night before at Aubrey's house!!
Friday Jan 30th was scrapbook night, so when I picked Issy up from school Aubrey came over for a play date , and then when her mom came to pick her up they invited Issy to go to the high school football game to watch Aubrey perform, and then spend the night!! Sherri too the girls to the morives that morning - so Makaila and I took advantage and went to the movies too to see American Sniper - Great Movie. We picked up Issy and headed to Cypress to take Issy to Slumber Party # 2!!
Ireland had a great crafty party and Izzy had a blast. Sunday morning we went to church
Church Notes:
The most Important Decision
Are you living a life that pleases God?
I let God by God when:
1. I'm believing God for great things in my life.
Limits:
* The ceiling of boredom - taking all the fun away
* The ceiling of fear - replace that fear with faith
* The ceiling of assumptions - sometimes we think we know better
Stop trying to help God's plan along; he can handle it on his own and in his own timing, Remember that with God all things are possible but nothing is predictable!
2. I'm praying to God about the details of my life. We need to remember that he cares about all the details. If you care about it then God cares about it. If your worried about it - pray about it,
3. I'm trusting God with the mysteries in my life. We all need unfailing love beasue it produces Wisdom!
I caught Issys muck and was sick for a week!
During that week Issy complained about never having been a flower girl. It was weighing on her because she talked about it for days. So on Wednesday after we picked Makaila up from youth service the girls took shower and Danny and I got married (for the third time in our lives). Makaila married us and Issy was our beautiful flower girl. However, we didn't have any flowers so she threw candy, and it was bedtime...so we rushed through it in 5 minutes (Dresses unbutton and sport coat over OOTD! LOL )and then off to bed. It was sop cute and something I want them to remember forever!!
After 15 years, a divorce, and three marriages....I love this guy more than I ever imagined. He is the best father I could ask for our girls, he is a hard working faithful and kind man. I am proud to be his bride. I am still working on the affection part...but I love him none the less!! Happy Anniversary Dan!! I LOVE YOU!
In addition to my pie and card and lowers, Issy gifted me with a special serenade on our anniversary. She strummed her guitar and sang to me my all time favorite song!! Skin-a-marink-a-dink-a-doo!!
Both her and Makaila sang that little song to me when they were younger and I absolutely love it. You know the song:
Skin-a-mar-ink-a-dink-a-do, I love you
I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon
I love in you in the evening and underneath the moon
Oh Skin-a-mar-ink-a-dink-a-do, Skin-a-mar-ink-a-do..I LOVE YOU!!!
It was a fantastic gift...it beat out the pie...and I love pie!
This is a glimpse of Issy on crazy hair day...I love it!
My girlfriends and I met for breakfast and saw 50 shades of Grey!! SAUCY!!
Makaila was feeling the crud too so I took her in and she was okay!
Issy got a "Green Machine" for Valentines Day!! (I sent my dad a pic of her riding it and he replied "That's nice honey...but it looks purple to me!"LOL)
Makaila got a heartfelt card with some cash - we know the way to her heart too!
This was Mrs. Nina testing it out!
We went to a wedding Valentine Weekend and Issy was all about having a good time! We danced and danced!
This handsome guy was my date to a Valentine Wedding!
Church Notes:
The wisest financial advisor.
Do these 5 things and God will provide for you:
1. Know - the state of your finances. Be informed/ Keep good records!
2. Plan Carefully - don't partake in impulse buying; make adjustments where necessary and be in balance. Follow the law of harvest - whatever you plant will grow; just get your results later and greater!
3. Save - get rich quick schemes never work! Tithe 10%, Save 10% and live on the other 80%
4. Give - if you hold onto the seed you wont harvest anything! Be content with what you have instead of wanting more. Dishonor blocks the blessings of God.
5. Trust in God! God wants you to know that you can trust him!
Wherever your treasure is, there too your heart will be.
After church that week we went shopping with Ceci and the kids and guess what...I found a dress (Yes another one) for Makaila's 15. It was divine intervention!
This is a good daddy! Pushing his girls around in a mall cart just to see them smile! LOL
This dress was a steal. It was mistakenly marked down, I used two coupons, and a promotion sales and bought a pin for an extra discount and paid only 36% of the original price!! With heels it will be the perfect length!!It was the only one marked down and it was my size and petite....I think God really wanted me to have it! It covered all my requirements too....simple yet elegant, conservative up top, no heavy cleavage, I can wear regular undergarments!
Our church had an Ash Wednesday service and I am so glad we went. Not only was it great service - but I got a glimpse of what goes on during youth service. Since Wednesday nights are youth night at church they combined the two and I got to see how they do service. During praise and worship all the kids huddles around the stage and praised with their songs and their hands lifted high...it was so beautiful. It was dark - and I couldn't get a good picture - but it was most definitely a proud mommy moment to sit in my seat and watch Makaila up there around that stage with her group of friends freely praising and worshiping in song!! I loved it!!!
Makaila partook in the ATA in school tournament and rocked it!! I am so proud of this ninja!!
We went to make a payment on the hall - we are only 4 months away from Makaila's 15!!! AHHHHH
How adorable are these two girls!?!?!!?
Makaila's art teacher asked her to participate in the Art Competition at her school. She made this little clay monster that was adorable and I am so proud of her!! She did great too!
The big ATA Tournament took place on Feb 28th and this ninja rocked it!! Her sleepy daddy was there to cheer her on and that makes us so happy!
She did fantastic - She placed 2nd in sparring, 3rd in forms adn 3rd in combat sparring!!! WATCH OUT
We had a great month. It was time consuming and hectic, things at work were not the greatest...I was super busy and too often disappointment. I am hoping for better things in the months to come. I know that God puts us through things because he has a great plan for us...and I am hopeful and eager to see those plans come to fruition. Girls, when you read this blog years form now and scroll through these pages and come to this point...let me just remind you of a few things we discussed this month in some simple conversations and some heartfelt talks.
* You are beautiful and wonderfully made in God's eyes. No matter what other people see or say you need to have confidence in yourself as a woman and know that you are beautiful. Your not fat, or skinny, dark or light, thick or thin, chubby, zitty, four eyes, or anything else....you are beautiful. I wish with all my hear that you could see your self through my eyes. When I look at you I see the perfect combination of me and your daddy. I see beautiful smiles, and perfection. I see smart, witty, driven girls who make me more proud than anything else in this world! I see beauty in its purest form.
* Money does not grow on trees and you cannot continue to expect to live with certain expectations unless you earn those things. You are children and you should not concern yourself with money issues or bills, or how things are financially for our family...that's a concern for me and your daddy.....but we do want you to know that we work hard to give you guys nice things and to show you the value of money. I know you think we are hard on you by having you each do chores, and by making a cell phone something earned with grades, or having you spend your babysitting money to buy yourself things....but that is a part of life (nothing is free) and I hope one day you can see that we are teaching you to be responsible and driven.
* Love is not something girls your ages know about so please stop using that word so freely. Love is something that is cultivated in a relationship. It's not a feeling but rather a commitment based on the result of growing with another person. It's not easy but it most definitely worth it. It is finding a person, getting to know them over time, and realizing that that person make you a better person. It is your best friend, a person who you have no secrets from, a person who holds no secrets from you. Love is the completeness you create with another person that makes you laugh, that your not embarrassed to cry in front of, that doesn't judge you or mock you but lifts you up and encourages you and pushes you to higher limits. Love is finding someone worth fighting for. Love is not lust, or affection or chemistry or attraction it is way better than that...it's being with someone that you can't give up on. Love is when divorce is not an option and never will be. Love with another person should be with the person that you want to father your children and play with your grandchildren, and hold you at night and smell your stank breathe in the morning. LOL It's the person you want to fight with and make up with. It's the person that challenges you and cheers for you. I pray that one day you come to know love in its true form and that each of you find a man to love you in all the ways I have mentioned. I pray that he makes you feel like the most special important and smartest woman in the world. I pray that he loves you as much as your father and I do. I also pray that you grow up first and that you enjoy life and youth and friendships and travel and life before you fall in love and more after you have found it.
* You only get one sister. I don't know how else to tell you this...but your dad and I will never had more kids (unless I can convince him to adopt..which I am not sure we are cut out for). I physically cannot have more kids...so NEWS FLASH - This is your one and only sister. I don't care how annoying or rude or bossy she is. I don't care how much she gets on your nerves, or ignores you...that its....that your only option is her. LOVE HER!!! Treasure the time you have growing up together because it is going by way to fast and we can't get it back. I know that you guys are different in age by quite a bit but your sister loves you and looks up to you and couldn't imagine life without you...so treat her the same please. You are two separate completely different girls,....but you are sisters and friends and I hope that never changes. I hope you guys grow up and become the best of friends. I hope you always stand up for each other and look out for each other and love each other unconditionally and totally...the way Daddy and I love you!!
That about wraps us February - I plan on getting caught up and going back to weeklies in March!!! It's rodeo season and work is crazy...but I can do it!! Have a great week!!
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