Still Alive...

We're here..... just being lazy and busy the past few days. As I sit here and catch up with everyone in blogland, it's snowing up a storm outside. Yes, it's snowing and sleeting here in North MS. After dressing the girls in short sleeved dresses and sandals on Thursday, I'm now pulling back out the winter hats and gloves! The spring weather was nice while it lasted however, I'm beginning to get a good sinus headache and I'm certainly going to blame it on the weather.
So, our good friends The Hall's visited with us last week and we had a great time just sitting, chatting , eating mexican food and just being together. Our girls enjoyed their time together and fortunately no real melt downs to speak of. As for my sweet hubby, with 5 girls in one house, CDP just stayed in his room and watched TV. He even let the big girls stay up late and watch movies and talk...FUN FUN FUN!
This week we'll get the girls back into the school mode and I'll take a little time to clean house and work on Women' s Ministry stuff (getting ready for our Retreat in April). Friday night is looking like the perfect DATE NIGHT for myself and CDP. I'm hoping he'll ask me soon.........
After taking some time off from walking because of the cold temperatures, I've started back again and it's really helping my motivation to clean and keep things in order here at home. It's amazing how much energy you have when you expell some energy....interesting! Ok, Ya'll, I'm signing off for now. Our SS class is socializing tonight...possibly some games....sitter will be here at 6pm.....Later!

Thursday Ramblings...

We've not had much going on these days....just life in the normal. Our weeks consist of Ballet on Mondays, School on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Church on Wednesdays and down time with Daddy on Fridays. Saturday's are reserved for preparation for Sunday's, since that's a huge day at our house. I've learned that laying out clothes for church on Saturday night helps TREMENDOUSLY! It's amazing how much time you waste looking for those precious white tights and bloomers!
We are excited to have our bestest friends from Atlanta coming to visit on Monday. KSH and MKH will be visiting us for a few days. My girls are SOO excited and can't wait to entertain our guests!
It's still cold here. Today's high was around 50 and our evenings hang around in the 30's. I was out and about today and noticed new flip flops everywhere. I am so ready for flip flops! Can anyone say SPRING! Later guys!

Home Again

We made it home last night around 6:45. We had a great trip and the weather was absolutely beautiful! It made me long for Spring. Our previous trips to the Atlantic Coast were chilly but this year, the sun was shining and the temp around 74 each day. My parents traveled with us and were blessed to spend some great one on one time with the girls. CDP finished up has last seminar for his Doctorate. He has pretty much decided on his project and after final approval from his professor, he will write his Thesis, then orals in the spring and graduation in May of 2010. It's going to be a busy year for him. When God brings him across your mind, say a little prayer for him.
I'm at home today washing clothes and just mainly enjoying the peace and quiet. The girls are at MDO and since I cleaned my house BEFORE we left, I'm sitting pretty for a few hours.....at least until the girls get home and then I'll be picking up after them! Now off to plan dinner for tonight and make the beds. By the way, it's good to be HOME!

I almost forgot...

..that I was fasting from the News! I guess I now realize just how unnecessary it is to be bombarded by breaking headlines every 30 seconds. I promise, I never missed it. The only real question I had was why gas prices seemed to spike and them never come down. I began to rely on the huge gas price sign at WalMart to give me some indication as to what might be happening in the markets. And, as I relied on that sign for some indication as to how the world was happening along, I also began to give credit where credit is due. I began to thank God for taking care of me and my family and to tell him, many times, how I trust Him for everything we have. You do realize it's all His anyway, don't you? Somtimes it's hard for us humans to understand we really aren't in control. I'm grateful for that! So, if you think it's impossible to take a break from the Headlines, give it a try. I made it 30 days.

Great Lord's Day..

We had a great day in church today. God really moved and it was exciting to see. It's begun to rain here and the temperature today reached a whopping 65. It felt wonderful...like a gentle reminder from the Lord that Spring is on it's way. I'm really excited about that.

This week finds our family packing up and traveling south to Jacksonville, FL. CDP has his last seminar to attend for his DMin program and then he will begin his writing phase. He is excited and ready to start working on his project. We are all tagging along just so we can all be together. As I type I hear, "Come on race car! You can do it!" Yes, SJ has been completely ruined by her father! They are sitting in front of the TV playing video games! Such sweet memories we're making tonight! Take some time this week to listen to your kids....you'll be surprised how smart they are!

I'll post again this week. Hopefully from SUNNY Florida!