Hello, friends! I've missed you, lol! The last few days have been pretty hectic, but today is the Lord's day and I take that seriously and get rest and spend time bonding with my kids. Right now, the dishwater is still in the sink because I'm not done with lunch dishes, but I needed a break, ahhh! Sounds lazy now that I say that- Oh well!   
     So here it is afternoon and time for Kaylee to take her nap, but I would like to take the kids and go walking out by the Goshen Dam. It's so beautiful out there. Even though it could be warmer, it could be much colder too. So I appreciate the fact that I don't need to wear a jacket and am planning to take advantage of the weather while we have it. Who knows when it will change again, this is IN, right?
     Lyndon is playing with Kaylee on my recliner and it's so fun to listen to him. He's so good with her! He put her to sleep yesterday when it was nap time. And yet he is so shy, that he refuses to get to know anyone at church. What's up with this phenomenon? Teen years? Or rebellion? Good grief, it was a fight to get him to church this morning, but somehow we made it!
     Elijah is my outside buddy. He's off playing soccer across the street, his favorite past time.
     The boys have wanted to spend quite a bit of time on the computer playing games and watching movies, so I told each of them they need to read books to earn time. So Lyndon has picked up Personality Plus- one that really helped me a few years ago and taught me a lot. Personality Plus: How to Understand Others by Understanding Yourself. Special Feature: Personality Profile Test. (Revised & Expanded Edition 32 printing, June 2000)). It helps you learn how to get along with people better, to understand others and accept people as they are. I believe this could fix many relationships, it helped me in so many ways. Helped me accept my kids' differences and to teach them to accept each other instead of making fun or laughing at each other. We all have different needs, wants, abilities and gifts. So if we appreciate each other and work together, we can all accomplish more than we ever can be alone. So, hopefully he will find something in the book that will help in some area of life. :) Learning is good! 



Ha ha, I just got fresh pineapple out to snack on and Lyndon says I'm strange, lol! ;) That's OK, I'll be strange if it means I'll be healthy. I also want to make some carrot juice this afternoon. Goodness, I am planning too many things instead of resting, aren't I? Well, I want to feel better!! I feel like there's junk in my body that needs to be deleted. So in order to do that, I have to put the good stuff in! So here we go.......time for salads, fresh fruits, veggies, and whole grains. Oh, and I've eased up on coffee. :)

I think I want to tell you all about a book I just finished reading called Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives (Including a 5-Step Plan for Self-Empowerment). I found this book and just thought it looked interesting since I have gone through some crazy things in the last two years and need to change my life. But for some reason I have not had my 'AHA' moment that is needed in order to make some serious changes. I want to, in the worst way- but I just haven't been able to yet. In this book, it says that you can't rush it, it just comes when you're ready. Ugh! But I will continue to strive forward everyday and pray for God's leading. Because ultimately He is in control and I want to be in His plan. This book was very empowering though, and opened my eyes and made me cry quite a few times. Inspiring stories of women who have gone through years of abuse or addictions and then pulling themselves up and changing their lives into something beautiful and serving others.

Lord, make me into what I ought to be! Mold me and move me, shape me but above all lead me.