Isaiah and Makenna's birthday party was a success! They got to swim at their party and "daddy got in too!" and that made this day so perfect for them. I couldn't have asked for a better day. Even though Nate has been out of work for 3 weeks, we had everything we needed to make it wonderful. I enjoyed the simplicity of it this year. I enjoyed preparing everything and doing the mom thing. Being a mom is great. Especially their mom!

Note to self: One day I want to write a book called "When She Turned Around".

This summer has been so full of adventures for this little family. Some of them I was expecting and some I wasn't. I'm to the point now that since summer is over, I'm ready for a vacation. I need some time to chill and relax and have some quiet time. It's not going to happen but that would be my wish if I saw a shooting star.

I was really pleased to get to share my life with a decent size group of women over the weekend. It was such a great time of getting into God's word and learning and also hearing other women share their lives and hear the things they have come through and how they are much like me in the fact that they decided to take control over their life and make their own decisions but then paid for them in terrible ways but now God has restored their life and their sanity and they can stand in front of others and share how God has made them whole again. It's so cool to see someone that was broken into pieces and they don't mind to share their garbage with others in hopes of helping them or giving them a hope for their future. God is cool like that. It was such a humbling experience to open that part of my heart up and let things out and have other women come up to me afterwards and tell me how much they needed to hear what I had to say. What an encouragement! Nothing happened in vain and that's what I have to hold on to.
I look forward to being able to share it all again soon. Maybe I'll even be able to share more, depending on the group that will be listening. He will tell me what to say and what to hold back. I trust that completely.
the worship team I was able to put together did an AMAZING job. Those girls rock! I look so forward to doing it again!

What a busy couple of weeks!
Getting two kids ready for school.
Plan a birthday party for those two awesome kids!!
Getting myself ready for school.
Getting the finishing touches done on the worship sets for the women's retreat.
Finalizing the written version of my story to share at the retreat.
Waiting to hear from the cardiologist about how they are going to fix Nate's heart...(wait wait wait)

There seems to be a lot on my plate. It's good though. It's good.

I can't believe I am school shopping for two kids this year. Time sure is passing quickly. I'm exciting for Makenna to start kindergarten though. She's going to do great!
I'm always a little nervous for Isaiah. Maybe because he's a momma's boy. He's going to do great in first grade!

I believe I have decided what I want to do with my life. I'm not really sure how I came across this position in the field I'm looking at going into but I really like what it looks like. The only bummer is that there are only 10 schools in the country that have this program. Luckily one of those is in the state of North Carolina but we would still have to move. Once I talk to advisers and such, I'll post more about it. I don't want to get my hopes up just yet. There's a LOT to do before I commit.