I have pretty much given up on ever posting my Omaha post. *sigh* I have been waiting on the return of my camcorder cord for a while now and well, I have lot interest in the Omaha post. Yes, it is completely written out and saved in my archives. Yet, I no longer have the energy nor desire to put the pictures and videos up along with the post. Maybe in a couple weeks I will throw it up when I am bored.

Anyhow. Isn’t that picture sweet. My little boy–on a skateboard and on a RAMP. Ecccckkk.

We have been super busy the last couple weeks. But what else is new right?Do you really want to hear the details?
Didn’t think so. Here are the bullet points.

* Alec had his last baseball game for the season last week. He was DONE.He did not really mind the season coming to an end. Alec was very up and down when it came to baseball this year. He definitely is more *into* the game now. He likes to watch Jt’s and cubs games. He likes to play too. He just get really bored quickly.

* Autumn had several softball games this past week. They had to cram a ton of makeup games in along with regularly scheduled games. She pitched and did AWESOME! She hit a LOT! She looked really good out there. She wants to try out for the towns travel soft-ball league. That is July 15th. I am not even going to THINK about how busy next spring/summer could be if we have TWO children in a travel league. *breath- Tanya-breathe.*

* Autumn has also been doing a track and field Junior high clinic. It meet two days a week. She LOVES it! She is a sprinter.

* Alec is getting ready to work on a piece for his first piano recital. We will know in the next couple weeks the details of all that.

* Jt’s baseball team has done okay. They have had a couple bad tournament games. The boys are getting a little over-confident and some don’t seem to *want* it as much as others. The boys as a team have to pull together and get pumped up again. We have had some really great games- and some real stinkers that I KNOW our boys could have won– but didn’t. We have two or three more games and two more weekend tournaments and they we are done.:( Boooooooooo. Don’t want the season to end.

* I did start to read the bible this week.I did not get as much read and I would have hoped but I started. I do plan to post we weekly check in post. Probably Sundays? That seems to be our most low-key non rushed day.

* We took the kids to the Zoo and Oh my goodness was it ever CROWDED! Plus, everyone there was a big ol’ CRAB! We had fun though. It is SO much easier at the zoo now that the kids are older.

*We have several BBQs and get togethers this weekend. I am looking forward to spending time with friends and family and just enjoying every moment.

My nephew will be turning ONE tommrow! Sunday we celebrated his birthday with friends and family. I was going to post these pictures tommrow for his REAL Birthday but they turned out SO cute and I could not WAIT to post them.
Happy Birthday my little sweetpea.

Hearing a Michael Jackson song has always sent me back to when I was a little girl. A lot of memories there.

The first album (record) I ever bought was a a Micahel Jackson album. Tina and I used to play that thing over and over and over.

I remember my dad came back from one of his business trips and brought me back two Michael Jackson posters! I was SO excited about those posters. They were proudly the first posters I ever taped to my walls. I think I was about 9 -10 years old.

Yes, the man was mentally sick. Yes, he had some VERY serious allegations made toward him.
Putting all that aside, because in my opinion only GOD has the authority to judge and see what Michael Jackson did or did not do……

There is NO denying that the man was a music legend and is a very big piece of the 80’s.

I pray for Michaels children and family.

I am still waiting on that cord so I can post videos from our Omaha trip. Trust me, the post is nothing without the video. So.. I will just talk about the rainbow picture I mentioned before.While I
not-so- patiently wait along with all of you for that cord.

“The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting

covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

GENESIS 9:16

I have always thought of rainbows as another way of God reminding me of his constant presence in our lives. A reminder of his promise to us. Even as a young girl, after first accepting Christ as my savior I seemed to be drawn to rainbows. They always sent me into deep thought about the Lord and my dedication to him. I have had times I strayed away from the Lord. I dealt with some stormy times but always looked for the rainbows.

When we were in Omaha we were all sitting out under the sun watching a game. There had been storms the previous day , but the skies had been clear all morning. Usually, I am on the lookout for rainbows after storms.

I looked up and found the most interesting rainbow I had ever seen. It was under the sun and upside down. It looked like a huge smile in the sky. It was very light and did not last long. I did my best to capture a picture of it.
I said a prayer that everyone in my life- past, present and future be as blessed as I am to know Jesus Christ as their savior and to be reminded of Gods promise to us every time they lay their eyes on the beauty of a rainbow.

“ I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”<br />
Genesis 9:11-13

“I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:15-16

Seeing this smiling rainbow left me thirsty. Thirsty to learn more of Gods word. Understand it. Live by it. I am going to make a big confession to all of you. I am 33 years old and have never read the entire bible. *gulp* I severely *lack* when it comes to my bible knowledge. I tell myself I am going to sit down and read. Soak in the words and complete the entire bible- front to back. Then,…. I do it for a couple weeks and then slack. Each time feeling a little more disappointed and frustrated. I have tried study bibles. The ones that have a reading plan.I realize that reading the bible isn’t going to *score me points* with God. I just feel I need to do this for a couple of reasons.

1.) I want to have a knowledgeable conversation about God and what I believe to be his word and why I choose to follow his word with non-believers. I hold back when sharing my love and excitement for God to non-believer because I feel as though the minute they ask me questions I am not going to have the *answers* and turn them off Christianity. I try to let me actions speak for me. However, I am human and that does not always work out in Gods favor.

2.) I want to be able to live by his word and teach my children his word. The kids ask me questions and I don’t have the answers for them.

3.) I just REALLY want to know more.

So…I am coming to all you and asking for your help. I would like to have a handful of people commit to checking in with me every week.Help me come up some sort of reading plan. We can discuss what we have read and ask questions.Ask a LOT of questions.

Any takers???? Anyone want to help? I will do a little research as I am not sure the *best* way would be to start in Genesis and go in order. I am not in a huge hurry to get through it. Slow and steady is key. I want to understand and live by the word.

Happy Fathers Day!
I hope everyone is spending the day relaxing and enjoying the men in their lives. I am thankful for not only my husband and dad but for our Father and Lord! Without any of them,I would not have 3 of the best children ever!

Joe woke up this morning and took the kids fishing. We are going to spend the day relaxing and then going to a BBQ later on this evening.

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!
1 John 3:1

Omaha post is done…I am just waiting on a cord from my neighbor so I can add videos.

I apologize for still not having the Omaha trip post up. It is coming. I have just been busy with every-day running around and such. On top of that, Jt had a terrible migraine and slight fever.

Tonight, Jt and Autumn are at baseball and track and I am on my way out the door to small-group. I can’t wait to meet up with the small group. It feels as though it has been F.O.R.E.V.E.R! We have all been so busy.
Anyhow, just wanted to stop in. Say Hi and tell everyone the update will be up soon.
I have an entire post I want to do about this picture as well. I just could not wait to put it up though….. So the story will have to wait.

I am still working on the Omaha trip update. I could not wait to share the good news we recieved this morning…..

I want to thank all of you for your constant prayers for Jt over the last several weeks. I am delighted to tell all of you that I talked with the school this morning and Jt’s test scores came back. He has officially been accepted to Aurora Christian School! We will go to register him Monday.

We are thrilled and giving thanks to those who prayed for us and to the Lord who made this happen!

I ask for your continued prayers.

Update coming soon.:)
All the pictures below are SOOC(straight out of camera).No editing. I love them. What do you think?

Jt has his placement testing for ACS today at 8:30. Please keep him in your prayers.
Pray that he stays focused and on task.

Thank you.

After his test is over we will pick him up and be on our way to………………………………
Click the pause button the ipod player to the right before playing the video.

I will try my best to update here and on facebook as often as I can.

Isn’t this music player cute? I saw one like it on a Misty’s Blog and just had to have one. I am frustrated though because I can not figure out how to get this player in my side-bar. Anyone know how to do this with Wordpress? I use my own hosting domaine but I use wordpress as my blogging provider.
Arrggg.

**edited**
I figured it out! Wooohooo. I will be adding new songs every now and then. It works just like a regular ipod. So… if you are not in the mood for music/movie clips, or you are sneaking–a peak at my blog while you are working (sssshhhh I won’t tell) it should be easy to turn off.