Joshua, My Five Year Old

My Joshua turns 5 tomorrow. Time has flown by and I was unprepared for how fragile my children could make me. I am constantly praying for them and wondering about them...their present...their future. They have no idea how much I love them. Thought I show them and tell them all the time. They will not know of this love until they have children of their own.

I know that tomorrow Joshua will have 2 mothers who are thinking about him and how big he is. I know I am the blessed one. Praise God for this Gift! I have been able to watch him grow and take pride in what he is becoming. I have all the memories and know that if given the chance, there will be more memories to make.

I grieve for his other mother. For her loss. I hope that one day she will be able to look at all I have sent for her and that she will be blessed with the knowledge that she gave him life and a home. She wanted the best for him. I love her and I thank her for making a hard decision that has brought so many people joy. I pray that one day we can know eachother and be friends. That I can share with her our story.

Joshua,
God knew where you were and saw exactly what you needed: A Father and Mother, a home. He saw Daddy and Mommy and knew exactly what we needed: You. God knows our every need and our every desire and he has a perfect plan for our lives. I pray that you will learn to let God lead you and that you will trust that His ways are GOOD. At 5 there is so much that you have learned but there is still so much to go. You are a joy, you are my heart. I look at you and still see the cute dimpled little baby boy who would gnaw on my chin when teething. I see the echo of the man you will become. The strength, the courage, the tenderness, the intelligence and the humor.

I will always love you. "Forever and ever, whole wide world."

Mom

Sailboat Cake

I made this cake for a shower. I thought it turned out well. It was fun to make and if I hadn't waited until the last minute I could have gotten a lot more creative with it! Let me know if you need a cake. I could seriously use the business.

New Year Revelations

Well it's a new year and I have entered a new decade of my life...the 30's! I wasn't sure how I would feel about this new age but I think it's going to be alright.

Well, I set some new goals for myself as I do every year. I have 2 specific goals that I will share. One is to not yell at stupid people when I am driving (But if I am not driving then it is okay! j/k). I have realized that I let bad driving tick me off way to much and with little ones sitting in the back... I don't want them to pick up that bad habit from me!

Anyways, the next one is to spend time in The Word EVERY day. I have been reading through the Bible and sharing with a group of ladies for a year now and even though I could break up the assigned reading into bits for every day, I have not been able to follow through. I know on the days I do read that life doesn't seem so hard. I feel buoyed and supported some how. I have more patience and peace, which is really important with 2 four year olds and and 1 year old.

Well those are a few of my goals. Surprisingly weight-loss is not a goal of mine this year. I am not going to make a big deal out of it. I am just going to make more of an effort to excercise. Anyways, what are your goals? Does anyone want to share?

Bible Readthrough Schedule for the Spring

I have been reading through the Bible with a group of ladies and we started this January. So it will take us a little over a year to finish the Bible but it has been awesome. I thought I would post our Spring schedule on here and say that anyone who would like to join us is welcome. Just send me an email and let me know you want to come and I can give you all the details. moehend@yahoo.com

Tuesday, January 5th – 1 Corinthians
Tuesday, January 12th – 2 Corinthians
Tuesday, January 26th – Galatians and Ephesians
Tuesday, February 2nd – Phillipians and Colossians
Tuesday, February 9th – 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Tuesday, February 23rd – 1 and 2 Timothy
Tuesday, March 2nd – Titus, Philemon and Hebrews
Tuesday, March 9th – James, 1 and 2 Peter
Tuesday, March 16th – 1, 2 and 3 John and Jude
Tuesday, March 23rd – Revelation 1-10
Tuesday, March 30th – Revelation 11-22

"Hand" made Tree Skirt

My boys are growing so fast and it seems like there are all kinds of crafts you can do to memoralize their little hand or feet prints. I have done many of them but never an ongoing one. I found this idea online last year and decided we had to make one.
A Handprint Tree Skirt. So I bought a plain felt tree skirt and used white acrylic paint to put each of the kids print on it. Simon was only a month old so I had to use his foot and it is so sweet! This year we added their new prints and I added bric brac to the edges of the skirt to decorate it a little more. I loved looking at how much their hands had grown! I know that every year when we get this out it will be so neat to watch their growth around our tree.