The Dinner

The dinner went great I also have pictures of the table. Theses Ladies are amazing they make dinner for all 36 of us and it was fabulous. I am exhausted serving and cleaning up for 36 people is a ton of work, but what a blessing it was. So happy that I was picked to help. My dessert also was very good, I can tell they ate all of it. That makes it worth the 36 hours it took to make it. I hope all who attended are blessed by the program and the evening.

Apples of Gold

I have the privileges of helping tonight at the celebration dinner for Apples of Gold. Apples of Gold is a ministry where women of the church that have been married for many years mentor to new or wives in need (that was me I took the course and had been married 8 years). The course is 7 weeks and you learn about kindness, loving your husband and children, purity, hospitality and submission. I know this course and these mentors saved my marriage and I am always looking to help them any way I can. A typical night is we arrive at 6:00pm to the mentors house where we get a cooking lesson from them, which will be our dinner, this takes an hour. Then "the girls", the ones taking the course, are served dinner by the mentors and we have table talk about the nights topic. Then we have a time of instruction and questions and answers this goes to about 9:30pm. The mentors give of their time to make the food and prepare the lessons and every session they give gifts to the "the girls". They also call "the girls" during the week and check to make sure that everything is alright in our lives. These mentors are amazing women of God that they would do all this for us. Anyway tonight is the celebration dinner where "the girls" bring there husbands and the mentors bring their husbands for a formal dinner as like a graduation of the class. I now help serve this dinner to the mentors and "the girls" and this time I made the dessert which I am concerned did not turn out but I pray it all goes well. If you are interested in more information on Apples of Gold the web site is applesofgold.org. This is such a wonderful ministry.

Passion Week

Well Passion week has started and I am very sad to not have my mom to share this time with her. She loved being with the kids and cooking Easter dinner.

I am also sad that no units have sold (we own a construction company). This weekend will be the end of season and no units sold. I am holding strong in that God has a plan and HE provides. I try not to be anxious but this morning it got the best of me. I had to take a break and sit down and just read the bible and listen for God. I do feel better and have a peace. I am trying not to do things my way but His will. This proves a challenge!

On a happier note my father came to Grandparents Day at Luke's school so here is a picture of the boys together.

This morning was great my sister called and asked if I wanted to go to breakfast. This is my favorite thing to do and I also got to eat at Skillets my favorite place to eat! My niece also came Bella she was very good. Her favorite thing to do is say Kari. So I think she said it 50 times!

I ask for prayer that the business would turn and God's will would be done. Pray that I do not let the stress of it all get to me.

Monday

Well this morning was interesting. I woke up at 6:00am and woke up my husband to have our quiet time with the Lord. Then we got the kids up and thought all was going well any way I ended up bring Paige to school over an hour late.

My heart is breaking for my family. I am lucky to have a special best friend who is also my sister. I also have a father that loves me to death. But, ever since my mother died 4 months ago they no longer get along. My heart believes that they both miss her so much and she loved them both more than anything else. I do not know how to help or if to help I just feel my family being torn apart.

The new house

God is good! Last night my husband, my son and I went to dinner on the way home
my son asked where are we going? I answered the new house. Luke replies no mom it is just home. Kids do not lie and to know that it was home to him made me remember that home is where my family is.

My first post

This is my first ever post. I just moved to a new condo and am on a new life plan and thought I should blog about it. My husband who is the love of my life and I decided that we are going to work really hard at having Christ in everything we do. Where we live, where we work, where we play, everywhere. We have two children, Luke who is 3 years old and Paige who is 10 going on 30. 2007 was the worst year I have had, my mother (stepmother of 20 years) was digosnisted with luekima and died 10 months later. It was a long slow death and was just awful. One thing I learned God is all that you need and all that you have! He was my stength and my guidance ( I was the one that made all her medical decisions). She did know Jesus and was baptisted at her home just weeks before she died. I had the pleasure of becoming her daughter over those ten months as we were not close before. But in those 10 months I had the best mother anyone could ask for. I know she loved me and loved the Lord and is in Heaven with Him now.

So on to the new part...

The move was my idea I thought we should sell our house and move to this condo (we build condos and this is one of ours). That way we are close to my friends and my favorite church Summit I love Summit. I feel as God wants us there, I learn so much each Sunday and feel blessed that God had allowed me to find this place where He is. I am now praying about where send my children should go to school in August. I found a school that I think I like I am going there Monday.

Well I have to go unpack I will upload more pictures of my family they are great!