Saturday, May 23, 2015

Thomas' broken heart

Today Thomas said "my heart is destroying me" while I helped him brush his teeth. He was using the words he knew to say his heart is broken or he felt remorse.

He must remember the word and context when Joanna was calling him destroyer a while back and it hurt his feelings and he cried.

God bless my son.

-Amy

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Katherine Wolf

Katherine Wolf
God is in the business if making things new.
Matthew 7:24 build your house on the rock.
Psalm 37
Phil 1:6
Rom 8:28,31,37,39
1 john 4
2 cor 12:9
2 cor 4:16-18
Hebrew 12:1-3
1 cor 7:17


-Amy

Speaker 1 : Lisa Terkeurst

Speaker 1 : Lisa Terkeurst
Day 2 - women of joy

2 Samuel 20 v 4
David's son absolom made trouble.
Troublemakers cause trouble in their location and in their destination.

1 approach
Approach conflict in humility.
Show up - with your faith.
God will meet you!
We represent and re present god everywhere we go.

2 assurance
We are peaceful. We have a different kind of assurance.

3 advice
The city listened because the wise woman had a habit of wisdom.
Give your first thoughts of the day to god even if it is just one verse.



-Amy

Friday, April 24, 2015

Women of joy - Keynote

Keynote - Margaret Feinberg
1 poke holes in the darkness
2 rejoice when it makes no sense
3 find joy in every square inch
4 Your Heavenly Father wants to speak to you
Is 46:4 I will sustain you.


-Amy

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Saturday trip to the park, shopping, and mini golf

We had an overall nice family day. We watched monster high movies in the morning, I knitted, and Jason went grocery shopping. The weather was perfect and I took the kids to the park before lunch and we ended up going to a church playground where nana took them "when they were good. " (so they must have gone often.)
Back at home, Thomas gave me a scare as he ran across the road and back by himself. I was on the phone with Jason and just started screaming and couldn't get to him fast enough. It was like a nightmare for me. I brought them inside and sat down with them. I spanked him and hugged on him. I told him I didn't want him to die and I want him to remember to never go in the road again.

Later we went shoe shopping and ate and played mini golf! Joanna wanted to do other things and pouted but Jason talked to her about our plans and we could play or go home or she didn't have to play and we would. Well we all had a blast. It was fun watching the kids be excited to get the ball in the hole. They cheered each other and mom and dad through each turn. Even other players got a kick out of some antics. Joanna snuck up on Thomas and startled him and he jumped. Once Joanna was looking in a dark window to see what's inside and I goosed her and that was funny. Jason was just his wonderful funny self too. A very lovely day.
-Amy

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Top 10 list on our 10th anniversary - June 21 trip to Biltmore.

June 21 trip to Biltmore.
10 good things from our last 10 years:
1. Getting married
2. Honeymoon to Williamsburg
3. Overseas at the same time
4. Vacation to Italy
5. Joanna
6. Thomas
7. Family vacations and Christmases together
8. New jobs changes and adventures
9. Debt free--selling our cars
10. Jason became an ordained deacon

Joanna lost her tooth and the tooth fairy visited her at Nana's.


-Amy

Aug 8 2013

I'm so glad and refreshed to have an hour to myself (before sleeping) after the kids go to bed at 8:30! I hear them in there talking and stuff but they are calm and resting! Thomas said his prayer tonight. He hasn't wanted to the last couple if days. I let him and Joanna sleep in the big bed, sideways. And that was something fun and different for him. Joanna has been sleeping with him or me and only by herself a few times these last two weeks. Thomas asks for daddy when I spank him. Joanna and he were pretending to call daddy in the phone with each other. Joanna was talking with a deep voice to Thomas, funny but makes me sad he's gone! He's supposed to come home Saturday! I hope he does! It was disappointing last week when he said sat or tues then tues came and went with no word! But then he called as he was getting on the plane to San. Antonio. At least he's closer now and kind of on his way!


-Amy