Arrow of Light Ceremony

 


I can't believe my last boy has reached the highest honor of Cub Scouts. He has just earned his Arrow of Light. I'm so proud of him. The Cub Scout experience has been overall a good experience. We're running towards the end of this season. Joseph has earned the Arrow of Light, then one more Pine Wood Derby then the Blue and Gold Bridging to Boy Scouts. It has gone so fast. It seems like yesterday that he was just a tag a long with all of his brother's activities. Congratulations Joseph. We're so proud of you!

Happy 11th birthday Joseph!!!

 
I can't believe Joseph is 11 already! He is growing in to such a great young man. I'm so proud of the person he has become. We were able to go to the Pacific Science center with our best friends. It was a great day. The coldest picnic I've ever been on! Happy Birthday Joseph! We love you!

I love Christmas!

Christmas time is officially here. I have the house all decorated. I have the Christmas music playing... AAAhhhhhh....

Happy 52nd Anniversary Mom & Dad!!

Fifty two years is a long time! I'm so blessed to have such great parents. There have been some tough times over the years, but God has kept them together. It is such a blessing to have my parents living close by and part of our lives. My kids are blessed to know their grandparents. Thank you Lord for a Christian Heritage. It is such an incredible blessing in my life. We love you mom and dad!

Recall Notice

A friend sent this to me. I'm not sure who wrote it originally.
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RECALL NOTICE



The Maker of all human beings (GOD) is recalling all units manufactured,

regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and

central component of the heart. This is due to a malfunction of the

original prototype units, code named Adam and

Eve. resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent

units. This defect has been technically termed "Sub-sequential Internal

Non-morality", or more commonly known as S.I.N. as it is primarily

expressed.



Some of the symptoms include:



1 Loss of direction



2 Foul vocal emmissions



3 Amnesia of origin



4 Lack of Peace and Joy



5 Selfish or violent behavior



6 Depression or confusion in the mental component.



7 Fearfulness



8 Idolatry



9 Rebellion



The Manufacturer is providing factory authorized repair and service free

of charge to correct this defect. The Repair Technician, JESUS, has

most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost

of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.



The number to call for repair in all areas is P-R-A-Y-E-R. Once

connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE

procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus,

into the heart component. No matter how big or small the SIN defect

is, Jesus will replace it with:



1 Love 2 Joy 3 Peace 4 Patience 5 Kindness 6 Goodness 7

Faithfulness 8 Gentleness 9 Self Control



Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Believer's Instructions

Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes.



WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction

voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and

problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being

permanently impounded . For free emergency service, call on Jesus.



DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall action will

have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be

permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that

facility. Thank you for your attention!



P.S. Please assist where possible by notifying others of this important

'recall notice'. You may contact the Father any time by "knee mail".

Perfectionism and blogging...

I think this entire year has passed so fast, I am still spinning. I thought I would blog a little, but it took me 6 times to remember my username and password! I really need to blog more often! I think I got swept up in the easiness of Facebook, a sentence here and there and I'm done. Whenever I blog, I want to have a nice picture and a paragraph or two explaining the picture. Since I haven't had time to do that, my poor blog sits here abandoned. That is really a bad habit of mine. I tend to be such a perfectionist. If I can't make something like the way I see it in my head, I don't really want to start, and then never really get it done. I'm trying to take baby steps and let things happen even if they are not as perfect as I imagine they should be. I see the problem in my blogging, but I also see it in my home. In my minds eye I see my home just so, when it doesn't make the cut, I'm left discouraged. So here is a step in the right direction - a blog entry with no pictures or event to correspond with it. Now will I have the guts to actually post it to my blog? ;-)

Struggle is an opportunity

A friend posted this on her facebook page. I'm not sure who wrote it originally, but it had a timely message.
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The emperor moth is the most majestic species among all the moths. It has wide wings spanning out majestically when it flies. Before it can become a full grown moth, it has to be a pupa in a cocoon. Now, the interesting fact about the moth’s cocoon is that the neck of the cocoon is very narrow.

In order that it become a moth, the pupa of the moth must squeeze its way out of the narrow neck.

One day a man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. He sat and watched the moth struggling to force the body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck.

Then the man being kind decided to help the moth. So he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. He expected that the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. A few days later, it died.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening was the way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth into its wings so that it would be ready for flight. Once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the struggle. By depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the emperor moth of health.

You see, the struggles of life, heartaches and pains are necessary if you want to be great. Instead of cursing them, understand them while you are experiencing them. They are part of the making of a man.

"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."

Romans 5:3-5