Breathe in ....

Breathe out....

my year of chaos has begun!! i have NOT had the camera out at all the last couple of weeks so no pics today!! i have however gotten some flack for no posts so i guess you can listen to me ramble!!! September is a crazy month....starting today i have both girls in school for 3 hours...opposite times so really no "free" time for me yet this year!! and a lot of running around.

September is also the month of travel for my hubby. he was gone last week for meetings. he is in town this week and then on the 17th he leaves for Africa and will be gone THE REST OF THE MONTH!!! Don is going to Africa with Youth For Christ to be a part of a young leaders development process!! It is a great program that develops young leaders from all over the world!! Don is in charge of the 20 or so young leaders from the US and their development process the next couple years!! he can explain in much better detail but it really is a great project. I was originally going to go with him to Africa to help him with the physical demands that his body will endure, but over much thought and prayer i felt like it was too long and bad timing to leave both kids for that long!! So, our next solution was to ask our 20 year old nephew to go and be Don's helper!! Jarrod is going to be a junior ministry major in college this year and will gain much knowledge while helping his uncle on this trip!! So, i will hold down the home front here and Don will go. We need lots of prayer for ALL of us....the girls are old enough now to hate it when Daddy leaves...every day i will here "i want daddy", "i miss daddy", "is daddy coming home now?" questions from little ones who don't understand time yet and that two weeks is a long time!! So, pray for our girls and while you are doing that....Pray for their mommy to be FUN, PATIENT, and STRONG:) Don will need lots of physical prayer....he has never traveled overseas before and this will be a long and draining process for his body. Pray for strength and patience on his part. Pray for him to know what he can do when he is over there and when he NEEDS to rest!!

But BEFORE ALL of this happens....we get to celebrate tomorrow....a few days early because of Don's trip..... MY BABY is turning the big "4"!!!!! i can't even believe that!! We are celebrating tomorrow so I WILL take pics tomorrow and do a post on that little child tomorrow or Friday at the latest!! And Maddie is VERY excited to be 4 and be "big".

Another thing on my plate is that MOPS started up last night!! I love MOPS!!! Our first meeting got off well and we all had a lot of fun!! i am on the steering team and in charge of our moppets program which is the program that lines up volunteers to take care of our kids!! It is always great to get around other moms and relate to them!!

That is it for now...pics will come soon!! have a great week everyone!!